Events for November 30

Nov 30: Keith Giffen, writer for the Legion of Superheroes and the "Bwah-hah-hah" Justice League, is born.

Nov 30: Robert Kirkman, writer for The Walking Dead, Invincible, and Battle Pope, is born.

Nov 30, 1970: Johnny Ryan, writer/artist for Angry Youth Comix and Blecky Yuckarella, is born.

Nov 30, 2005: James Sasseville, cartoonist and collaborator with Charles Schulz for It's Only a Game, passes away in Los Altos, CA, at the age of 78.

Events for November 29

Nov 29, 1981: Dr. Fredric Wertham, author of Seduction of the Innocent and unwitting father of the Comics Code Authority, passes away at the age of 86.

Events for November 28

Nov 28, 1957: Jerry Ordway, writer and artist for Superman and many other DC Comics, is born.

Events for November 26

Nov 26, 1922: Charles Monroe Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip, is born in Minneapolis, MN.

Events for November 25

Nov 25, 1973: Rex Maxon, comic book and strip artist and co-creator of Turok Son of Stone, passes away at the age of 85.

Nov 25, 2004: Bob Haney, co-creator of original Teen Titans, the Doom Patrol, and Metamorpho the Element Man, passes away due to complications from a stroke at the age of 78.

Nov 25, 2006: Dave Cockrum, comic book artist and co-creator of the Uncanny X-Men, passes away due to complications from diabetes at the age of 63.

Events for November 23

Nov 23, 1961: Masamune Shirow, creator of the Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell manga, is born in Kobe City, Japan.

Events for November 22

Nov 22, 1940: Roy Thomas, writer for Avengers, Conan the Barbarian, and All-Star Squadron, is born in Missouri.

Nov 22, 1950: David Wenzel, artist for The Wizard's Tale, is born.

Nov 22, 1956: Ron Randall, artist for Star Wars, Justice League, and Spider-Man, is born.

Nov 22, 1989: Clarence Charles "C.C." Beck, SHAZAM! artist, passes away at the age of 79.

Events for November 21

Nov 21, 1922: Wies Peleman, Flemish cartoonist and author of Zonder Woorden, is born in Belgium.

Nov 21, 1972: Rich Johnston, writer of Holed Up and The Flying Friar and Lying in the Gutters columnist, is born.

Events for November 20

Nov 20, 1900: Chester Gould, creator of Dick Tracy, is born in Pawnee, OK.

Events for November 19

Nov 19, 1917: Observed birthday of Zelda Jackson "Jackie" Ormes, creator of Torchy Brown and first syndicated Black female cartoonist, although some sources place her birth year in 1915.

Nov 19: Min S. Ku, artist for Justice League Adventures, is born.

Events for November 18

Nov 18, 1953: Alan Moore, author of Watchmen and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, is born in Northampton, England.

Nov 18, 1985: The first Calvin and Hobbes comic strip is published by Universal Press Syndicate

Events for November 17

Nov 17, 1966: Ed Brubaker, writer for Captain America, Daredevil, and Criminal, is born.

Events for November 15

Nov 15, 1915: Martin Nodell, artist for the Golden Age Green Lantern, is born in Philadelphia, PA.

Nov 15, 1969: Jessica Abel, writer/artist for Artbabe and La Perdida, is born.

Events for November 14

Nov 14, 1958: Edd Vick, science fiction and comic book writer, is born.

Nov 14, 1973: Anders Nilsen, comic artist and creator of Big Questions, is born.

Events for November 13

Nov 13, 2004: Harry Lampert, artist for the Golden Age Flash, passes away from brain cancer at the age of 88.

Events for November 11

Nov 11, 1943: Dave Cockrum, co-creator of the Uncanny X-Men, is born in Pendleton, OR.

Nov 11, 1964: Lewis Trondheim (Laurent Chabosy), creator of the Lapinot and Donjon comics, is born in France.

Nov 11, 2005: Lucho Olivera, Argentinian comic artist on Nippur, Gilgamesh, and Dick el Artillero, passes away at the age of 63.

Events for November 10

Nov 10, 1960: Neil Gaiman, author of DC/Vertigo's Sandman, is born.

Events for November 9

Nov 9: Bill Mantlo, prolific writer for Marvel Comics on Rom, Micronauts, Alpha Flight, Incredible Hulk, and Marvel Team-Up, is born.

Nov 9, 1993: Ross Andru, comic artist for DC and Marvel Comics, passes away.

Events for November 8

Nov 8, 1924: Mario Faustinelli, member of the Venice Group and artist/editor for Asso Di Piche, is born in Venice, Italy.

Events for November 6

Nov 6, 2001: Gray Morrow, renowned sci-fi comic book artist and art director for the Spider-Man (1967) animated TV show, dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Events for November 5

Nov 5, 1938: James Steranko, comic book historian, writer/artist for Captain America and Nick Fury in the 1970's and arguably the creator of the first graphic novel, is born in Reading, PA.

Nov 5, 1977: Rene Goscinny, writer of the Asterix comics, passes away at the age of 51.

Events for November 3

Nov 3, 1916: Harry Lampert, artist for the Golden Age Flash, is born.

Nov 3, 1928: Osamu Tezuka, father of Japanese manga, is born in Osaka, Japan.

Nov 3, 1998: Bob Kane, creator of Batman, passes away at the age of 82.

Events for November 2

Nov 2, 1927: Steve Ditko, co-creator of Marvel Comics' Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, is born in Johnstown, PA.

Nov 2, 1981: Wallace "Wally" Wood, prolific artist of the Silver Age, dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Events for November 1

Nov 1, 1972: Zander Cannon, artist for America's Best Comics' Top 10, is born.

Events for November

1939: Marvel Comics #1 is published by Martin Goodman. Despite the name of the book, the company will not be known as Marvel Comics until 1963.

1940: The Justice Society of America unites for the first time in All-Star Comics #3, making it the first superhero team in the comics.

1966: After teases and near-misses stretching back more than a year, readers finally hit the jackpot as we see Mary-Jane Watson's face for the first time in Amazing Spider-Man #42, drawn by John Romita Sr.

1987: Don Lomax publishes the first issue of the autobiographical Vietnam Journal for Apple Comics.