Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles, and ends, this time for November 21-25, 2025…

110 years ago November 23, 1915 Disney animator John Dehner is born. He becomes an actor on such series as radio’s Have Gun, Will Travel and plays the boss on TV’s The Doris Day Show.

100 years ago November 22, 1925 Salvador Bartolozzi begins the Spanish children’s magazine Pinocho in which his Pinocho character is introduced.

100 years ago November 22, 1925 Slovenian artist and animator Miki Muster is born.

85 years ago November 22, 1940 Pioneering fan, historian, comics writer, and editor Roy Thomas is born. His ongoing work on the award-winning Alter Ego makes that magazine perhaps the longest running comics fan publication.

85 years ago November 22, 1940 Animator, artist, director, Monty Python member, and Help! magazine staffer Terry Gilliam is born.

80 years ago November 21, 1945 Vincent DiFate is born. He’s known for his award-winning science fiction and fantasy art and books.

80 years ago November 23, 1945 Editorial cartoonist and Desert Storm combat artist Chip Beck is born. He creates Supercrat and Kiljoy.

75 years ago November 22, 1950 Artist David Wenzel is born. He’s especially known for his adaptation (with writers Chuck Dixon and Sean Deming) of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit for Eclipse.

75 years ago November 25, 1950 Award-winning writer Chris Claremont is born. His comic book work includes 16 years on Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men and co-creation of many major Marvel characters. According to Guinness World Records, his 1991 X-Men #1 is the all-time bestselling comic book.

70 years ago November 21, 1955 Comics publisher Dennis LaSorda is born.

70 years ago November 24, 1955 The Belgian comic Risque-Tout begins from Dupuis.

60 years ago November 22, 1965 Artist Daniel Brereton is born.

55 years ago November 22, 1970 Writer-artist Al Columbia is born. His work includes The Biologic Show and Pim & Francie: The Golden Bear Days.

55 years ago November 23, 1970 Hara-Kiri becomes Charlie Hebdo following events of the preceding week.

55 years ago November 24, 1970 Finnish artist Eeli Jaatinen dies at age 64.

45 years ago November 25, 1980 Writer-artist Al Vermeer dies of a stroke at age 69. He created the Priscilla’s Pop comic strip.

40 years ago November 23, 1985 Underground comix artist Roger Brand dies of liver failure at age 42.

40 years ago November 24, 1985 Dutch writer and translator Cornelis Buddingh’ dies at age 67. A literary award was named for him, and he co-created (with Otto Dicke) Spekkie en Blekkie and Jesje en Josje.

35 years ago November 24, 1990 Dodie Smith dies at age 94. She wrote The Hundred and One Dalmatians, the basis for affiliated Walt Disney projects.

30 years ago November 22, 1995 Pixar’s Toy Story goes into wide release. It’s the first feature-length computer animated film.

25 years ago November 23, 2000 Artist Ray Burns dies at age 76. Early in his career, he worked as an artist’s assistant and storyboard artist. Eventually, he took over drawing Gil Thorp.

15 years ago November 24, 2010 Walt Disney’s Tangled opens. The 3D computer animated feature is based on “Rapunzel” and is the 50th feature in the “Walt Disney Animated Classics” series. The box office success is one of the most expensive animated films.

15 years ago November 25, 2010 Award-winning writer-artist Lou Cameron dies at age 86. He contributed to Gilberton’s Classics Illustrated series and worked for such other companies as Atlas, DC, Ace, and St. John in the 1950s.

15 years ago November 25, 2010 French artist and animator Michel Douay dies at age 95.

10 years ago November 22, 2015 Apartment 3-G ends. By this point, it’s a King Features strip by Margaret Shulock and Frank Bolle.

5 years ago November 24, 2020 Award-winning Australian artist Yaroslav Horak dies at age 93. He drew the James Bond comic strip.