Will Eisner's birthday

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William Erwin "Will" Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of comics as an instructional medium; for his leading role in establishing the graphic novel as a form of literature with his book A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories; and for his educational work about the medium as exemplified by his book Comics and Sequential Art. [Read more on Wikipedia]

Menino Maluquinho's Birthday

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Menino Maluquinho (The Nutty Boy) is a children's book Brazilian of 1980 created by artist and cartoonist mining of Caratinga known Ziraldo.

Presents the stories and inventions of a lively and impish child, "Silly." Cartoons and activities that are lyrically describe the taste of childhood.

The book became a success, having sold up to December 2006 over two and a half million copies, and is known for countless children, serving as inspiration for a piece of theater , movies , comic books and a series of TV of the same name. It is also used by some schools to encourage reading.

On October 24, 2010, the character turns 30, the same day as the birthday of its creator, Ziraldo.

Happy 4th of July and Happy Birthday Rube Goldberg!

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Reuben Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970) was a Jewish American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons he created depicting complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways – now known as Rube Goldberg machines. Goldberg received many honors in his lifetime including a Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning in 1948 and the Banshees' Silver Lady Award 1959.

Goldberg was a founding member and the first president of the National Cartoonists Society, and is the name sake of the Reuben Award which the organization awards to the Cartoonist of the Year. He is the inspiration for various international competitions, known as Rube Goldberg contests, which challenge participants to make a complex machine to perform a simple task. [Read more on Wikipedia]

E.C. Segar's Birthday

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Elzie Crisler Segar (December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye, a character who first appeared in 1929 in his comic strip Thimble Theatre. Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest it was "SEE-gar". He commonly signed his work simply Segar or E. Segar above a drawing of a cigar. [Read more on Wikipedia]