Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles, and ends, this time for September 13-19, 2024...

200 years ago September 18, 1824 British cartoonist and fantasy illustrator Richard Doyle is born. He draws the cover of the first issue of Punch and designs its masthead.

120 years ago September 8, 1904 Writer-artist Boody Rogers is born (as Gordon G. Rogers). He creates Sparky Watts and Babe.

125 years ago September 18, 1899 Portuguese artist Carlos Botelho is born.

115 years ago September 16, 1909 Award-winning Uruguayan pioneering artist and teacher Julio E. Suárez is born. He creates Peloduro and Cocona en el país de las Hormigas.

115 years ago September 17, 1909 Dutch artist and editor Piet Worm is born.

110 years ago September 19, 1914 National Cartoonists Society Secretary Mary Margaret “Marge” Devine (neé Duffy) is born.

100 years ago September 16, 1924 Award-winning animator Faith Hubley (neé Chestman) is born. She co-founds Storyboard Studios with her husband, John.

100 years ago September 19, 1924 Dutch underground comix artist Joop Du Buy is born.

90 years ago September 16, 1934 The Silly Symphony comic strip by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro adapts Disney’s “The Wise Little Hen” cartoon, which introduced Donald Duck.

80 years ago September 13, 1944 British cartoonist William Heath Robinson dies following an operation at age 72. He was known for drawing complex inventions to achieve simple results (as was Rube Goldberg, 11 years younger than Robinson).

75 years ago September 18, 1949 Award-winning artist William Stout is born. He is especially noted for his design skills and reconstructions of the prehistoric world.

70 years ago September 14, 1954 William Gaines announces he has canceled EC’s horror and crime comics.

70 years ago September 17, 1954 Comics publishers announce the formation of the Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA), which amasses membership of 28 publishers by December and sets the stage for pre-publication censorship of comic books.

70 years ago September 18, 1954 Editor, publisher, and critic Gary Groth is born. He co-founds Fantagraphics Books (with Michael Catron).

70 years ago September 19, 1954 Garry Leach is born. The award-winning artist, editor, and publisher is the first artist on Alan Moore’s revival of Marvelman. He co-creates Warpsmith (with Moore) and (with Dave Elliott) he co-founds Atomeka Press.

65 years ago September 14, 1959 Het Volk introduces Adhemar in the new The Adventures of Nero story.

65 years ago September 17, 1959 Writer-artist Frank Cummings is born. He draws movie parodies for Cracked, assists on the syndicated Blondie, and creates the newspaper strip Brain Squirts.

60 years ago September 14, 1964 Artist and letterer Todd S. Tuttle is born.

60 years ago September 17, 1964 Belgian writer Jean Ray dies at age 77. His real name was Raymundus Joannes de Kremer, and he was also known as “John Flanders.”

50 years ago September 18, 1974 French artist Gérard Alexandre dies at age 60. He was the longtime artist of L’Espiègle Lili.

40 years ago September 14, 1984 Argentine artist Lino Palacio dies at age 80. He created the character Avivato.

25 years ago September 14, 1999 Underground cartoonist Joel Beck dies at age 56 from complications of alcoholism. He created the pioneering comic strip Lenny of Laredo.

25 years ago September 17, 1999 Hungarian artist Antal Szemere dies at age 76.

15 years ago September 14, 2009 Award-winning British editorial cartoonist and Punch artist Roy Raymonde dies at age 79 following a fall.

10 years ago September 14, 2014 Political cartoonist Tony Auth dies of brain cancer at age 72. He drew Norb.