Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/May/May 1
- 1919: birth of Win Mortimer, Canadian comics artist best known for his work on Superman
- 1940: birth of Cal Sobrepeña, Filipino comics artist known for Lovelife Komiks
- 1940: birth of Alex Nino, Filipino comics artist best known for his work on horror and science-fiction/fantasy titles
- 1943: birth of Carlos Trillo, Argentine comic book writer who worked with Horacio Altuna and Jordi Bernet
- 1956: birth of Phil Foglio, American cartoonist and comic book artist known for humorous science fiction and fantasy art
- 1956: birth of Tim Sale, American comics artist known for his collaborations with writer Jeph Loeb.
- 1963: birth of Christopher Moeller, American writer and painter, specializing in fully painted graphic novels.
- 1971: debut of Faceache, British comic strip created by Ken Reid which ran until 1988
- 1972: first issue of L'Écho des savanes, French comics magazine started by Claire Bretécher, Gotlib and Mandryka
- 1977: birth of David Hopkins, American comic book writer known for Karma Incorporated
- 1986: first issue of Barbara Slate's Angel Love, published by DC Comics until 1987.
- 1997: death of Max Mayeu, Belgian writer and artist, better known under the pseudonym “Sirius”
- 2001: launch of Captain RibMan, American webcomic by John Sprengelmeyer and Rich Davis
- 2005: start of Concerned, American webcomic by Christopher C. Livingston
- 2006: first appearance of M×0, Japanese comedy manga created by Yasuhiro Kanō
- 2007: death of Tom Artis, American comic book artist for DC Comics, Fleetway/Quality, and Marvel Comics throughout the 1980s and early 1990s