August 22: Today in Comics History Index

• August 22, 1776: Okay, just look at the part I've got circled here, otherwise you're gonna spoil it for yourself on the 27th and 29th (Picture Stories from American History #2)
• August 22, 1806: Banksy strikes during the California Spanish Mission era (Django/Zorro #5)
• August 22, 1934: The answer to that question from yesterday? (Crime Cases Comics #27)
• August 22, 1939: No one's made him dinner since Dorothy got swept away in that cyclone (The Last Mechanical Monster)
• August 22, 1962: They then immediately wiped it to tape an episode of Keith Harris and Orville ( Beatles with an A: Birth of a Band)
• August 22, 1988: Harvey's just annoyed he's booked to appear after "Stupid Pet Tricks" (American Splendor #14)
• August 22, 2010: Moloch, mo' problems (Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #3)
  
  
• August 22: We now return to Josephine Baker, P.I., already in progress (Miss Don't Touch Me)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 22, 1915: Bob Brown
• August 22, 1953: Kevin O'Neill
• August 22, 1964: D. G. Chichester
• August 22: Anna-Maria Cool

Celebrity birthdays:

• August 22, 1848: Melville E. Stone

Character birthdays:

• August 22: Ben Urich