Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles, and ends, this time for June 13-19, 2025…

170 years ago June 13, 1855 Spanish artist Melitón González is born.

115 years ago June 17, 1910 Raymond Poïvet is born. The French artist co-creates (with Roger Lécureux) Les Pionniers de l’Espérance and (with Jean-Pierre Dionnet) Tiriel.

110 years ago June 15, 1915 French artist Léonce Burret dies at age 49.

110 years ago June 18, 1915 Robert Kanigher is born. The career of the prolific writer-editor starts in the Golden Age. He creates Sgt. Rock, Black Canary, and Harlequin and scripts the introduction of the Barry Allen Flash.

110 years ago June 19, 1915 Trailblazing comics editor Julius Schwartz is born. He begins his influential career with activities as a science fiction fan, then as agent, then as one of the initiators of the Silver Age of comics.

105 years ago June 14, 1920 Jane Krom Grammer is born (as Jane Krom). She draws the “Dotty” feature in Supersnipe.

100 years ago June 15, 1925 Artist Ross Andru is born. He’s especially known for his collaboration with artist Mike Esposito, with whom he co-creates (with Robert Kanigher) DC’s Metal Men. He designs Marvel’s The Punisher and co-creates (with Esposito and Marv Wolfman) the comic strip The Unexplained.

100 years ago June 16, 1925 Artist and pioneering Portuguese animator Servais Tiago is born.

100 years ago June 19, 1925 Prolific Dutch artist Carol Voges is born. His best known comic strip is Pa Pinkelman.

95 years ago June 14, 1930 Marvel and DC freelance artist Samuel E. Grainger is born. He also provides art for the gaming company TSR.

95 years ago June 15, 1930 The Smythes by Rea Irvin begins.

95 years ago June 16, 1930 Award-winning newspaper strip and Dell Comics artist Frank Thorne is born. He’s best known for his work on Red Sonja.

95 years ago June 18, 1930 Award-winning artist Hugo Díaz Jiménez is born. He is known as the “father of the national cartoon” in Costa Rica.

95 years ago June 19, 1930 Spanish animator and artist Jorge Ginès (who works as “Gin”) is born.

90 years ago June 15, 1935 Ellie Kelly is born. She marries artist Frank Frazetta in 1956 and is his model and business manager.

90 years ago June 15, 1935 Animator Doug Crane is born.

90 years ago June 15, 1935 Artist and political cartoonist Gaar Williams dies at age 54. His panels and strips included A Strain on the Family Tie and Among the Folks in History.

90 years ago June 17, 1935 Ralph Fuller’s Oaky Doaks begins.

85 years ago June 15, 1940 Journalist, pioneering comics historian, and Funnyworld and Funnybooks creator Michael Barrier is born.

85 years ago June 15, 1940 Actor and voice artist Aron Kincaid is born. He’s known for playing Killer Croc and Sky Lynx.

85 years ago June 17, 1940 The Shadow (already known in pop culture as a radio and pulp character) is introduced as a comics character in a daily strip created by Walter B. Gibson and drawn by Vernon Greene.

80 years ago June 15, 1945 Writer Don McGregor is born. His comics career begins with stories for Warren magazines, and he goes on to work as a Marvel editor and writer. He’s especially known for his work on Black Panther, Killraven, and Zorro and he co-creates the pioneering Sabre with Paul Gulacy.

75 years ago June 17, 1950 Award-winning editorial cartoonist and comic strip artist Dana J. Summers is born. He’s known for his panel cartoon Bound & Gagged and (with Ralph Dunagin) The Middletons.

70 years ago June 14, 1955 Prolific writer-editor Paul Kupperberg is born. A DC editor in chief, he co-creates Arion with Jan Duursema.

70 years ago June 15, 1955 Award-winning artist Brent Anderson is born. He’s especially known for his work (with Chris Claremont) on X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills and (with Kurt Busiek) on Astro City.

70 years ago June 16, 1955 Walt Disney’s Lady and the Tramp opens in wide release. It’s the first animated feature in CinemaScope and is based on a novel by Ward Greene. The “Scamp” character appears in a variety of comics spinoffs over the years (often drawn by Al Hubbard), including a strip written by Greene and drawn by Dick Moores.

60 years ago June 15, 1965 Burr Shafer dies at age 65. He created the cartoon feature Through History with J. Wesley Smith.

60 years ago June 19, 1965 Jack Kent’s King Aroo ends.

55 years ago June 13, 1970 Belgian writer-artist Roger Copuse dies of leukemia at age 42. Signing his material “Hubuc,” he worked for Spirou, Pilote, and Tintin.

55 years ago June 15, 1970 Portuguese writer-artist José Sobral De Almada Negreiros dies at age 77.

55 years ago June 16, 1970 Award-winning Canadian writer-artist Gisèle Lagacé is born.

55 years ago June 17, 1970 The first episode of Quincy by Ted Shearer is released.

55 years ago June 18, 1970 Multicon 70 is the first occasion of the show that’s held in Oklahoma City.

45 years ago June 14, 1980 Canadian artist Peter Kuch dies at age 63. The editorial cartoonist was the Winnipeg Free Press art director.

45 years ago June 19, 1980 Prolific and influential Belgian writer-artist Joseph Gillain dies of cancer at age 66. Working as “Jijé,” the creator of Jerry Spring and Fantasio created material for Spirou.

20 years ago June 17, 2005 French cartoonist Charlie Schlingo (born Jean-Charles Ninduab) dies at age 49, the result of an accidental fall.

20 years ago June 18, 2005 Bruce Hamilton dies at age 69. Head of The Bruce Hamilton Company, Gladstone, and Another Rainbow, he published limited edition art and boxed sets of EC comics and the work of Carl Barks, among other projects.

20 years ago June 19, 2005 Animator and artist Selby Daley Kelly, widow of Walt Kelly, dies of complications of a stroke at age 87.

15 years ago June 13, 2010 Chinese artist Hua Junwu dies at age 95.

15 years ago June 18, 2010 Pixar’s Toy Story 3 opens in North America. It’s nominated for five Oscars, wins two, and is the first animated film to make more than $1 billion worldwide.

15 years ago June 19, 2010 Teacher and artist Ken Muse dies at age 85. He was known for his Wayout strip.

10 years ago June 19, 2015 Marvel cover artist Earl Norem dies at age 92.