August 9: Today in Comics History Index

• August 9, 1910: White man announces plan to do something; everybody expected to drop what they're doing to help him (Classics Illustrated #76)
• August 9, 1922: The newest fad of the Roaring '20s: bum-shooting! (Crime Must Pay the Penalty #2)
• August 9, 1938: Nothing Much Happened Today (Marvel Holiday Special 1991 #1)
• August 9, 1981: At last Lois and Lucy have a kid sibling to push around (Checkmate #4)
• August 9, 1999: The Invisibles #4:
  • Just another completely ordinary day in England
  • What we have here is a failure to communicate on Grant Morrison's notational level
  • Wedding of Ma Frost and Pete the Wanker
  • Something big's clearly going to happen, so stay tuned for the next couple days!
• August 9, 2000: A Tale of Two Cities Editions (Section Zero #3s)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 9, 1914: Tove Jansson
• August 9, 1951: Bob McLeod
• August 9, 1957: Rick Leonardi
• August 9: Alyce Gordon
• August 9: Dwayne Turner

Celebrity and friend birthdays:

• August 9: Pink Bunny
• August 9: Sean McGonegal

Character birthdays:

• August 9, 1939: J. Jonah Jameson, Sr.