2010 Event A 28-year old Somali male is shot for breaking into Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoonist Jurt Westergaard's home and threatening his family with an axe 2007 Death Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers, dies of a stroke while at the drawing table, at age 76 2005 Death Will Eisner, American Cartoonist 2004 Death Syd Hoff, cartoonist/children's book illustrator, The New Yorker, dies at 91 2003 Death William Steig, cartoonist/writer, New Yorker, dies at 95 2003 Death Bill Mauldin, cartoonist, Willie and Joe, dies at 81 2003 Death Al Hirschfeld, Broadway cartoonist, dies at 99 2002 Death Dave Berg, cartoonist, Mad, dies at 81 2001 Death Herblock, political cartoonist, The Washington Post, dies at 91 2001 Death Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist 2001 Death Charles Templeton, Canadian Cartoonist 2001 Death Hank Ketcham, cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace, dies at 81 2000 Death Carl Barks, cartoonist, Donald Duck, dies at 99 2000 Death Joe Mayhew, cartoonist/reviewer, Washington Post Book World, dies at 57 2000 Death Jeff MacNelly, cartoonist, Shoe, dies at 52 2000 Death Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist, Peanuts, dies at 77 2000 Death Don Martin, Mad cartoonist, dies at 68 2000 Death Marc Davis, Disney cartoonist, designed Disney's Pirates of the Carribean ride, dies at 86 1999 Death Saul Steinberg, cartoonist/modern artist, A View of the World from Manhattan, dies at 84 1997 Death Bill Rotsler, cartoonist/writer, dies of cancer at 62 1997 Death James Friell, political cartoonist, dies at 84 1997 Death Andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72 1996 Death William George Rushton, actor (TW3)/author/cartoonist, dies at 59 1996 Death William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist, dies at 80 1996 Death Barry Appleby, cartoonist, dies at 86 1995 Event Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip 1995 Death Oliver Wendell Harrington, cartoonist, dies at 83 1995 Death Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter, dies at 83 1995 Death Carl Ronald Giles, cartoonist, dies at 78 1995 Death Charles Martin, cartoonist, dies at 85 1995 Death John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81 1995 Death George Price, cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at 93 1995 Event Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980 1994 Death Forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79 1994 Death Piet van Elk, cartoonist, dies at 74 1994 Death Lucebert [J Swaanswijk], poet/cartoonist (PC Hooft 1967), dies at 69 1994 Death Walter Lantz, U.S. cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 93 1994 Death Jack Kirby, cartoonist and co-creator X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Thor, dies at 76 1993 Death Peter De Vries, cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at 83 1993 Death Vincent T Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies at 93 1992 Death Pierre Culliford [Peyo], Belgian cartoonist (Smurfs), dies at 64 1992 Death Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88 1992 Death Daan van Driel, Dutch cartoonist/WWII resist fighter (Trouw), dies 1992 Death Martin Engelman, Dutch cartoonist/painter/graphic artist, dies 1992 Death Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies at 70 1991 Death Vaughn Shoemaker, U.S. cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies 1991 Death Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88 1991 Death Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies 1990 Death Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske and Wiske), dies 1990 Death Keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31 1989 Death Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky and his Friends), dies at 79 1989 Death Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi and Lois, Hagar the Horrible), dies at 71 1988 Death Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76 1988 Death Milton A Caniff, U.S. cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates), dies at 81 1986 Death Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88 1985 Death Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84 1983 Death Herge, Georges Remi, Belgian cartoonist (Rin-Tin-Tin), dies at 75 1981 Death Eppo Doeve, Dutch graphic artist/cartoonist/painter, dies at 73 1979 Death Al Capp, U.S. cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70 1978 Death Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77 1976 Death Melle J Oldeboerrigter ("Melle"), painter/cartoonist, dies at 65 1974 Death Harry Hershfield, cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at 89 1973 Birthday Seth MacFarlane, American Cartoonist 1970 Death Rube Goldberg, U.S. cartoonist (Mike and Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87 1970 Death Jay Irving, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69 1970 Event Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors and Sjimmie" strip 1967 Death Henri-Georges Adam, French painter/cartoonist/sculptor, dies at 63 1962 Death Anne C Veth, Dutch cartoonist/art critic, dies at 82 1961 Birthday Daniel Clowes, born in Chicago, Illinois, author, cartoonist, creator of 'Eightball', published graphic novels including, 'Ghost World' 1960 Birthday Alison Bechdel, American Cartoonist 1960 Birthday Benoat van Innis, Belgian cartoonist/painter/cartoonist, New York Post 1960 Birthday Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist 1959 Death Bruce Bairnsfather, cartoonist, dies 1959 Death George Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65 1958 Death John C Poortenaar, painter/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 72 1958 Birthday Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist 1957 Birthday Ray Billingsley, comic strip cartoonist, Curtis 1957 Birthday Berke Breathed, cartoonist, Vegetarian, Bloom County, Outland 1957 Birthday Berkeley Breathed, American Cartoonist 1957 Birthday Scott Raymond Adams, born in Catskill, New York, cartoonist, Dilbert 1956 Birthday Dave Sim, Canadian Cartoonist 1956 Birthday Phil Foglio, American Cartoonist 1956 Birthday Lynda Barry, born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, cartoonist, author, known for comic strip, 'Ernie Pook's Comeek', wrote 'The Good Times are Killing Me', 'What It Is' 1954 Birthday Matt Groening, cartoonist, Life in Hell, Simpsons 1950 Birthday Cathy Guisewite, U.S. cartoonist, Cathy 1950 Birthday Gary Larson, born in Tacoma, Washington, cartoonist, created and published the single-panel comic strip, Far Side 1949 Death Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY 1948 Birthday Garry Trudeau, political cartoonist, Doonesbury 1948 Birthday James FCS "Jim" Woude, cartoonist 1947 Birthday Jeff MacNelly, Puliter Prize-winning cartoonist, Shoe 1945 Birthday Jim Davis, cartoonist, Garfield 1944 Birthday Wouter R van Romondt, Dutch/Dutch Antillean cartoonist 1943 Birthday Robert Crumb, U.S., cartoonist, Father Time, Fritz Cat 1940 Death Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37 1940 Death Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies 1940 Death Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81 1939 Birthday George William Reed, astronomy writer/cartoonist, Dark Sky Legacy 1938 Event Al Capp, cartoonist of Lil' Abner creates Sadie Hawkins Day 1937 Birthday William George Rushton, London, actor/author/cartoonist, TW3 1936 Birthday Ralph Steadman, British Cartoonist 1935 Birthday Pat Oliphant, Australia, cartoonist, The Art of Oliphant 1934 Death Albert Funke Kuppes, political cartoonist, dies 1933 Birthday Bill Tidy, English cartoonist, Fosdyke Saga 1932 Birthday Harry Lammertink, Yrrah, Dutch cartoonist, Vrij Netherland 1932 Birthday Paul Krassner, comic strip cartoonist, MAD Magazine, and founder, Yippies 1932 Birthday Jim Berry, cartoonist, Berry's World 1931 Death John-French Cantre, Flemish wood carver/painter/cartoonist, dies at 45 1931 Birthday Johnny Hart, born in Endicott, New York, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers 1930 Death Jules Pascin, Julius Pincas, Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies 1930 Birthday Rolf Harris, Australian/British cartoonist 1929 Death Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71 1929 Event U.S. cartoonist Elzie Segar creates "Popeye" 1929 Birthday Jules Feiffer, New York City, cartoonist, Passionella, author, Little Murders 1928 Birthday Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist/president, l'ASIFA 1927 Birthday Raymond Jackson, Jaki, British cartoonist 1927 Death Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 1926 Birthday Pierre "Peyo" Culliford, Brussels Belgium, cartoonist, Smurfs 1926 Birthday Tom Ryan, comic strip cartoonist, Tumbleweeds 1925 Birthday Leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist, Little Orphan Annie 1924 Birthday Lucebert, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist, Boozz, PC Hooft prize 1967 1924 Birthday Paul Conrad, comic strip cartoonist, LA Times 1924 Birthday Wally Fawkes, cartoonist/jazz clarinettist 1924 Birthday Jack T. Chick, American Cartoonist 1924 Birthday Jack Chick, American Cartoonist 1924 Birthday Andre Franquin, cartoonist 1923 Birthday Mort Walker, cartoonist, Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois 1923 Birthday Paul F Conrad, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, cartoonist, Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84 1922 Birthday Charles M Schulz, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, cartoonist, Peanuts 1922 Birthday Charles Schulz, Cartoonist 1921 Birthday Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist, Eric the Viking 1921 Birthday Bill Mauldin, cartoonist, WW II Army grunts 1921 Birthday William Henry Mauldin, New Mexico, political cartoonist, Pulitzer-1945, 59 1921 Birthday Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator, MAD Magazine 1920 Birthday Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist 1920 Birthday Jay Ward, cartoonist, Rocky and his Friends, Bullwinkle 1920 Birthday Hank Ketcham, cartoonist, Dennis the Menace 1918 Death Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk), dies at 41 1918 Death Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 1917 Birthday Jack Kirby, cartoonist and co-creator X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Thor 1917 Birthday Dik Browne, cartoonist, Hi and Lois, Hagar the Horrible 1917 Birthday Reg Smyth, English cartoonist, Andy Capp 1917 Birthday Will Eisner, American Cartoonist 1916 Birthday Carl Ronald Giles, cartoonist 1916 Birthday William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist 1915 Birthday Charles Templeton, Canadian Cartoonist 1915 Birthday Forest Sagendorf, cartoonist 1915 Death Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69 1914 Birthday Cees [Cornelis A B] Bantzinger, Dutch cartoonist/illustrator 1914 Birthday Saul Steinberg, Romania, cartoonist/illustrator, New Yorker 1914 Birthday David Langdon, cartoonist/illustrator 1913 Birthday Walt Kelly, cartoonist, creator, Pogo 1913 Birthday Wolfgang Schulze, Wols, German cartoonist/painter 1913 Birthday Willy Vandersteen, Belgian cartoonist, Suske and Wiske 1912 Birthday Wessel Couzijn, sculptor/cartoonist, Auschwitz-monument 1912 Birthday Marten Toonder, writer/cartoonist, Mr Bommel 1912 Birthday James Friell, political cartoonist 1912 Birthday Oliver Wendell Harrington, cartoonist 1912 Birthday Charles Addams, cartoonist, New Yorker, Addams Family 1911 Birthday Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter 1910 Birthday Charles Martin, cartoonist 1909 Death Christopher KH de Neree tot Babberich, cartoonist, dies at 29 1909 Birthday Herblock, Herbert L Block, Roosevelt, Utah, political cartoonist 1909 Birthday Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist 1909 Birthday Al Capp, Alfred Gerald Caplin, New Haven, Connecticut, cartoonist, Li'l Abner 1909 Birthday Barry Appleby, cartoonist 1909 Birthday Ted Rall, American Cartoonist 1909 Birthday Scott McCloud, American Cartoonist 1908 Birthday Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author, Daily Express 1908 Birthday Melle J Oldeboerrigter, Melle, Dutch painter/cartoonist 1907 Birthday Eppo Doeve, Dutch cartoonist/painter 1907 Birthday Herge, Georges Remi, Belgian cartoonist, Kuifje 1907 Birthday Milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, Dutch cartoonist, Terry and Pirates 1904 Birthday Peter Arno, New York City, cartoonist, New Yorker 1903 Birthday Al Hirschfeld, American Cartoonist 1902 Death Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies 1902 Birthday Dick Ket, Dutch painter/cartoonist 1901 Birthday George Price, cartoonist 1901 Birthday Chic Young, cartoonist, Blondie 1900 Birthday Chester Gould, cartoonist, Dick Tracy 1900 Birthday Jay Irving, New York City, cartoonist, Draw Me a Laugh 1900 Birthday Douglas L. Mays, cartoonist, Punch 1900 Birthday Joseph E A "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter 1900 Birthday Kees Verwey, painter/water colors painter/cartoonist 1897 Birthday Hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist 1893 Birthday Ropert L Ripley, Santa Rosa California, cartoonist, Believe It or Not 1892 Birthday Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant" 1891 Birthday Jean Galtier-Boissiere, French writer/cartoonist/journalist 1891 Birthday David Low, British Cartoonist 1888 Birthday Gluyas Williams, cartoonist, Fellows Citizen 1887 Birthday Rie Cramer, Marie Holman, Dutch cartoonist/author 1887 Birthday H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist 1886 Birthday John C Poortenaar, painter/etcher/cartoonist 1886 Birthday John-French Cantre, Flemish wood carver/painter/cartoonist 1886 Birthday Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter/cartoonist, Pallieter 1886 Birthday Arthur Mailey, cricketer, great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist 1885 Birthday Harry Hershfield, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist, Can You Top This? 1885 Birthday Jules Pascin, Julius Pincas, Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist 1884 Birthday Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter/cartoonist 1883 Birthday Rube Goldberg, cartoonist, who made the easy outrageously difficult 1883 Birthday Frank O King, Cashton Wisconsin, cartoonist, Gasoline Alley 1880 Birthday Christopher K H de Neree tot Babberich, cartoonist 1880 Birthday Anne C. Veth, Dutch cartoonist and art critic 1879 Birthday Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator, Candide 1877 Birthday Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist, People/Nutcracker 1874 Birthday Willem E. Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist 1872 Birthday William Heath Robinson, England, illustrator/cartoonist, Don Quixote 1871 Birthday Lyonel C. A. Feininger, U.S. cartoonist/painter 1870 Birthday John McClutcheon, cartoonist, Pulitzer Prize-1931 1867 Birthday Frank Brangwyn, Wales, painter/muralist/cartoonist, Willam Morris 1864 Birthday Phil May, Wortley Yorkshire, cartoonist 1861 Birthday Floris H Verster, van Wulverhorst, painter/cartoonist/etcher 1858 Birthday Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist, Green Amsterdammer 1858 Birthday Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist, Cheerful Blatter, Simplicissimus 1857 Birthday Frederick Opper, cartoonist, Maud, Alphonse and Gaston 1850 Death J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 1840 Birthday Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America 1839 Death Joseph A Koch, Australia painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 1828 Death Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82 1825 Birthday Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer, Le Bon Samaritain 1820 Birthday Nadar, Felix Tournachon, French painter, cartoonist, author and ballonist 1820 Birthday John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator, Alice in Wonderland 1818 Death Carl P Fohr, German painter/cartoonist, dies at 22 1816 Death Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74 1815 Death Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 58 1812 Death Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23 1793 Death Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 1791 Birthday W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist 1788 Birthday Franz Pforr, German painter and cartoonist, Lukasbund 1781 Death John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57 1779 Death Henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist, dies at 27 1777 Birthday Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter, cartoonist and graphic artist 1770 Death Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist, dies at 62 1768 Death Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 1764 Birthday J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/lithographer 1759 Death Cornelis Pronk, portrait painter/cartoonist, dies at 67 1756 Birthday Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist 1756 Birthday Thomas Rowlandson, English painter/cartoonist/etcher 1751 Birthday Henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist 1748 Birthday Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist 1734 Death Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 1729 Birthday Paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter 1724 Birthday John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist 1708 Death Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist, dies at 76 1708 Birthday Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist 1700 Death Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77 1697 Death Constantine Huygens, Jr., Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried 1691 Birthday Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist 1690 Birthday Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist 1688 Death Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 1677 Death Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54 1677 Death Wenzel Hollar, Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about 69 1677 Death Aernout "Aert" van der Neer, cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at 73 1651 Death Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86 1635 Death Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42 1631 Birthday Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist 1628 Birthday Constantine Huygens, Jr., Dutch poet, painter and cartoonist 1619 Birthday Hubertus Quellinus, Quellien, Flemish cartoonist/copper plate 1617 Death Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies 1612 Death Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartoonist/mathematician, dies at 48 1610 Death Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32 1598 Birthday Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized 1591 Death Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51 1584 Death Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44 1578 Birthday Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized 1564 Birthday Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver 1539 Birthday Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist/illustrator 1539 Birthday Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist, Comedia
