Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles and ends, this time for September 21-27, 2018...

125 years ago September 21, 1893 Cartoonist Frank Willard is born. One of the first members of the National Cartoonists Society, he is best known for creating the Moon Mullins comic strip.

110 years ago September 22, 1908 Artist F.M. Howarth dies of pneumonia at age 43. A pioneer in narrative comics, he was known for his “sawed-off”-people style. He created Lulu and Leander and Mr. E.Z. Mark.

95 years ago September 22, 1923 Jack Berrill is born. The writer-artist created the sports strip Gil Thorp.

90 years ago September 24, 1928 Writer-artist Daniel Robert Aguila is born. Also known as “El Dani,” the editorial cartoonist also works on such strips as Student Life and Barrio Breeze.

90 years ago September 25, 1928 Artist Julio Radilovic is born. He also uses the name “Jules,” is president of the union of Yugoslav comics artists, and works on such features as Kapetan Lesi and Herlock Sholmes.

90 years ago September 25, 1928 Comic strip pioneer Richard F. Outcault dies at age 65 following an illness. The writer-artist created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown and is credited by some as the instigator of the modern comic strip.

85 years ago September 25, 1933 Dan Dunn begins as a newspaper strip by Norman W. Marsh, who introduced the character in the earlier publication Detective Dan: Secret Operative No. 48.

80 years ago September 23, 1938 Artist Jean-Claude Mézières is born. He is best known for co-creating (with Pierre Christin) Valérian and Laureline.

75 years ago September 27, 1943 Grandma Duck is introduced as a character in the Donald Duck comic strip by Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro. (Her picture was shown three years earlier.)

70 years ago September 22, 1948 The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passes an ordinance forbidding sale to children under 18 of any publication prominently featuring an account of crime that shows images of commission of “certain crimes of force, violence or bloodshed”; in December, it will be ruled to be unconstitutional.

60 years ago September 22, 1958 Writer-artist Peter Kuper is born. His work includes Eye of the Beholder and the continuation of Mad’s “Spy vs. Spy.”

30 years ago September 27, 1988 Golden Age and Silver Age artist Paul Reinman dies at age 78. He worked for many companies but was especially known for his work inking Jack Kirby’s pencils. He co-created The Fireball and (with Jerry Siegel) The Mighty Crusaders and (with Richard E. Hughes) John Force.

15 years ago September 25, 2003 Writer-artist Herb Gardner dies at age 68 from lung disease. He created The Nebbishes.

10 years ago September 26, 2008 Belgian writer-artist Raymond Macherot dies at age 84. He signed his work as “Zara” and was known for Chlorophylle, Clifton, and Sibylline.