August 1: Today in Comics History Index

• August 1, 1776: Schadenfreude immigrates to America (Picture Stories from American History #2)
• August 1, 189X: Well, its better than being surrounded by a mysterious frog ( Marvel Classics Comics #9)
• August 1, 1934: Airman breaks eight records mishandling them in baggage claim (All-American Comics #29)
• August 1, 1946: That stands for "Not Really Launching." (Space War #6)
• August 1, 1949: Newspaper prints white ink on black paper, immediately goes out of business (Top 10: The Forty-Niners)
• August 1, 1950: Anthropomorphic bunny rides to the Holy Land to conquer Jerusalem (Comic Book History of Animation #4)
• August 1, 1967: Count Dante advertisement
• August 1, 1981: Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock 'n' Roll (Hip-Hop Family Tree Two-in-One)
• August 1, 1985: "With musical guest Gumby and the Clayboys!" (Flaming Carrot Comics #26)
• August 1, 1986: Maybe you should mix in some of that psychic squid DNA, Adrian (Doomsday Clock #7)
• August 1, 2040: We'll still be arguing that The Simpsons isn't as good as it was in seasons 1-47. (Simpsons Comics #8)
  
  
• August 1: Two-Face is asked if the only thing he ever says is "no" (Batman: Dark Victory #11)
• August 1: Everything's better when it's sung by John Candy! (Or, It's Francis Scott Key's birthday!)
• August 1: Hard-hitting lease-breaking action! (Spider-Woman #20)
• August 1: Waldo spotted (The Unwritten #35.5)
• August 1: Exciting Archer Montage, Left Side (Young Justice #7)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 1, 1911: Jackie Ormes

Celebrity and (sisters'!) birthdays:

• August 1, 10 BC: Claudius
• August 1, 1779: Francis Scott Key
• August 1, four years ago: Marshall, the Tiny Stuffed Cow: 2017 • 2018 • 2021 • 2020 • 2022

Character birthdays:

• August 1: The Joker