Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles, and ends, this time for June 6-12, 2025…

200 years ago June 11, 1825 The Glasgow Looking Glass #1 is released. Considered to be the first publication devoted entirely to comics and cartoons, it includes the first installment of the cliffhanger feature “History of a Coat” by William Heath. Innovations include use of word balloons and of the phrase “to be continued.”

125 years ago June 9, 1900 French writer Victor Dancette is born.

115 years ago June 8, 1910 Writer-artist C.C. Beck is born. He’s known for his art featuring Fawcett’s Captain Marvel, for his creation of Fatman, and for his many interactions with comics fans.

110 years ago June 7, 1915 Artist Graham J. Ingels is born. He’s best known for his evocative horror art for the EC line.

110 years ago June 8, 1915 Woody Gelman is born. The writer-artist is publisher of Nostalgia Press and editor and art director of Topps. He co-creates Bazooka Joe, Mars Attacks, and Popsicle Pete and creates and writes DC’s Dunbar Dodo and Fennimore Frog.

105 years ago June 7, 1920 Artist Pete Tumlinson is born. He’s especially known for his work on Kid Colt.

105 years ago June 9, 1920 Italian artist Sandro Angiolini is born.

105 years ago June 12, 1920 Cartoonist Dave Berg is born. He’s especially known for his satiric features for MAD.

95 years ago June 6, 1930 Award-winning writer-artist Jerry Dumas is born. He works with Mort Walker, and they develop the innovative Sam’s Strip, which is eventually modified into the Sam and Silo strip.

95 years ago June 7, 1930 The Little King by Otto Soglow is introduced in The New Yorker.

95 years ago June 7, 1930 The Chinese comics magazine Shanghai Manhua is canceled.

90 years ago June 10, 1935 Award-winning writer-artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi is born. Credited with starting the gekiga (“dramatic pictures”) style of Japanese alternative comics, he’s the subject of the 2011 film Tatsumi. He’s also known for his autobiography, A Drifting Life.

85 years ago June 6, 1940 The first issue of the Bulgarian comic book Chuden Sviat is published.

80 years ago June 9, 1945 Brazilian novelist and artist Minami Keizi is born. He is co-founder of the publishing house EDREL (Editora de Revistas e Livros) and M&C Editores.

75 years ago June 7, 1950 Artist W.O. Wilson dies at age 83. He created Madge the Magician’s Daughter.

75 years ago June 11, 1950 Artist, musician, and animator Pedro Bell is born. He often refers to his drawings as “scartoons.”

70 years ago June 7, 1955 Award-winning writer-artist Mark Schultz is born. He creates Xenozoic Tales and SubHuman and writes Prince Valiant and the kickoff issues of DC’s “First Wave” The Spirit.

70 years ago June 10, 1955 “The Blot’s Double Mystery” begins in Topolino: a sequel to the classic Mickey Mouse “Phantom Blot” story.

65 years ago June 10, 1960 Writer-artist Al Posen dies of cancer at age 65. He created Them Days Is Gone Forever, Jinglet, and Sweeny & Son.

65 years ago June 10, 1960 Award-winning writer-artist and comics theorist Scott McCloud is born. The primary author of the Creator’s Bill of Rights (1988) and creator of the concept of the 24-hour comic (1990) is best known for his volumes Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, and Making Comics.

60 years ago June 9, 1965 Writer-artist Tim Eldred is born. He creates the science fiction adventures of Grease Monkey.

60 years ago June 11, 1965 British cartoonist Fougasse dies at age 77. Born Cyril Kenneth Bird, he was the art editor and chief editor of Punch.

60 years ago June 11, 1965 Pulp artist Frank Tinsley dies at age 65. He also drew the Yankee Doodle strip (soon retitled as Captain Yank).

55 years ago June 6, 1970 Artist Victor E. Pazmiño (who signed his work “VEP”) dies at age 70. He produced comic book work for Dell, cartoons for Ballyhoo, and gag comics features through Sangor Studio and others.

55 years ago June 6, 1970 The British comic book Cor!! begins and introduces Ivor Lott and Tony Broke by Reg Parlett.

55 years ago June 10, 1970 Artist and film and art director Matt Haley is born. He’s known for his work on Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, Ghost, and The Order.

25 years ago June 8, 2000 Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Jeff MacNelly dies of lymphoma at age 52. He also created, wrote, and drew the Shoe comic strip.

25 years ago June 8, 2000 Australian artist Hart Amos dies at age 83. He drew for the K.G. Murray Publishing Company.

20 years ago June 10, 2005 Manga artist Shinji Nagashima dies of heart failure at age 67. Known as the father of shonen manga, he also published The Harsh Story of a Manga Artist.

15 years ago June 12, 2010 Award-winning artist Al Williamson dies at age 79. His comics career began with EC heroic-fantasy work.

5 years ago June 10, 2020 Award-winning sportswriter and cartoonist Murray Olderman dies at age 98.

5 years ago June 11, 2020 Award-winning writer-editor Dennis O’Neil dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at age 81. He worked for Marvel and DC, and his DC work included being group editor of Batman comics and co-creating the John Stewart Green Lantern. He was also a member of the board of directors of The Hero Initiative.