* 1953 – James Vance, American comic book writer, author and playwright

Bill Holbrook ( born 1958 ) is an American cartoonist and webcomic writer and artist, best known for his syndicated comic strip On the Fastrack.

Goldoni, a prolific writer, is best known for his comic play Servant of Two Masters, which has been translated and adapted internationally numerous times.

The rise of comic book specialty stores in the late 1970s created / paralleled a dedicated market for " independent " or " alternative comics " in the U. S. The first such comics included the anthology series Star Reach, published by comic book writer Mike Friedrich from 1974 to 1979, and Harvey Pekar's American Splendor, which continued sporadic publication into the 21st century and which Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini adapted into a 2003 film.

In 2011 Avatar Press began publishing a comic book Caligula written by horror comic writer David Lapham.

This 64-page story was adapted by Donald Duck comic strip writer Bob Karp from an unproduced feature, and published in October 1942 in Four Color Comics # 9.

Barks transitioned his skills as an animator artist and storyman into those of a comic artist and writer, notably in his longer adventure tales.

He wrote one Uncle Scrooge story, three Donald Duck stories and from 1970-1974 was the main writer for the Junior Woodchucks comic book ( issues 6 through 25 ).

* Borgia, by Milo Manara ( artist ) & Alejandro Jodorowsky ( writer ), a comic in the form of serialized graphic novel, depicting the story of the Borgia family.

In 1978, Jones ' wife Dorothy died ; three years later, he married Marian Dern, the writer of the comic strip Rick O ' Shay.

* 1911 – Nicholas P. Dallis, American psychiatrist and comic strip writer ( d. 1991 )

* 1953 – J. M. DeMatteis, American comic book writer

* 1958 – Carlo J. Caparas, Filipino comic strip creator / writer

* 1962 – Joe Quesada, American comic book writer

* 1975 – Matt Fraction, American comic book writer

* 1969 – Mark Millar, Scottish comic book writer

Keno Don Hugo Rosa, known simply as Don Rosa, ( born June 29, 1951 ) is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and other Disney characters.

* 1948 – Doug Moench, American comic book writer

* 1954 – Mary Jo Duffy, American comic book writer and editor

* 1968 – Warren Ellis, British comic writer

: The mock epic ( A. J. Liebling, Calvin Trillin, the French writer Robert Courtine, and any good restaurant critic ) is essentially comic and treats the small ambitions of the greedy eater as though they were big and noble, spoofing the idea of the heroic while raising the minor subject to at least temporary greatness.

* 2000 – Gil Kane, Latvian-born comic book writer ( b. 1926 )

* 1957 – Ann Nocenti, American comic book writer

When it was first published, Don Quixote was usually interpreted as a comic novel.

Instead, his announcer, Don Wilson, incorporated speeches about Jell-O into the program at appropriate places, to Jack's feigned comic annoyance.

Today the most renowned figure of late 18th century opera is Mozart, who began with opera seria but is most famous for his Italian comic operas, especially The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte, as well as The Magic Flute, a landmark in the German tradition.

The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is a comic book story by Don Rosa about Scrooge McDuck.

* June 29 – Keno Don Rosa, American comic book author

* June 28 – Don Chambers, American newspaper comic strip artist

Don Pasquale is an opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti with an Italian libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and the composer after Angelo Anelli's libretto for Stefano Pavesi's Ser Marc ' Antonio ( 1810 ).

The screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Don Marquis, Norman Z. McLeod, and Sam Mintz was based on the comic strip Skippy by Percy Crosby.

According to a comic story by Don Rosa, it is an 1875 Seated Liberty dime, but in a comic story written by Pat and Carol McGreal and drawn by Maximino Tortajada Aguilar, the last two digits have been swapped, making it an 1857 Seated Liberty dime.

Don Rosa wrote two comic book sequels in 2000 and 2005 titled The Three Caballeros Ride Again and The Magnificent Seven ( Minus 4 ) Caballeros respectively.

Don Rosa wrote and drew a story regarding the origin of the Junior Woodchucks Guidebook, " Guardians of the Lost Library ", which Comics Buyer's Guide mentioned as possibly the greatest comic book story of all time.

In 1958, Warner Brothers cast him as an airman in the Andy Griffith military comedy No Time for Sergeants, which also brought the young TV comic Don Knotts to motion pictures.

The Scrooge McDuck comic book Son of the Sun, written by Don Rosa, features Manco Cápac as the original owner of various lost treasures.

The second guest was Don Herbert, TV's " Mr. Wizard ", and the show ended with a young comic named Steve Fessler reciting aloud the script of an obscure Bela Lugosi movie Bowery at Midnight.

There is a comic scene based on the play on words ( Castilian / castellan ) in Don Quijote.

Guardians of the Lost Library is a comic book story made by Don Rosa for The Walt Disney Company, mentioned by Comics Buyer's Guide as " possibly the greatest comic book story of all time ".

Don Cholito would later bring in audience members who would announce civic functions ( meetings, fundraisers, sports events and the like ), sometimes intervening in the announcement for comic effect A famous episode had Don Cholito wear cossack garb and dance when a Russian folk dance group visited Puerto Rico ; in yet another he staged a shouting match with Muhammad Ali.

Fritz said that Don was extremely agitated and had a copy of the comic strip tucked in his back pocket.

Don DeLillo, who rose to literary prominence with the publication of his 1985 novel, White Noise, a work broaching the subjects of death and consumerism and doubling as a piece of comic social criticism, began his writing career in 1971 with Americana.