January 25, 2025: * Kees Kousemaker (one of Holland's most renowned comics experts, founder of historic Amsterdam comic store Lambiek, knighted for his contributions to the Dutch comic world, and much, much more) is born (1942)
* Patty Klein (writer of many European comics, including Noortje) is born (1946)
* The Honolulu Herald printed an obituary for Mel Blanc. But they were wrong: the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Barney Rubble, etc. etc. etc. hadn't gone silent yet (1961)
* Inge Heremans (aka Ilah aka Cordelia; Belgian comic artist) is born (1971)
* Steve Jobs introduced the world to the Macintosh and changed the course of computer and animation history. The Mac brought us the first computer "for the rest of us" and started the boom of computer use by the masses. And two years later, with money earned at Apple Computer, Jobs would buy the computer graphics division of Lucasfilms, and rename it Pixar. (1984)
* Flip Fermin (Robur en Pennekamp) dies (1994)
* Dilbert, the TV Series, premiers on UPN (1999)
* Animated series Mr. Bean premiers (2002)
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