Tom Armstrong is an American cartoonist and the creator the daily newspaper comic strip Marvin, which he written and drew continuously since its creation in 1982. He was also the original artist on Tom Batiuk's newspaper comic strip John Darling, which he drew from 1979 through 1985; he left the strip in 1985 to concentrate more on Marvin, with Gerry Shamray replacing Armstrong on the John Darling strip. Amrstrong received the Elzie Segar Award in 1996. Armstrong was also a graduate of the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana. 

February 28th, 1950 in Evansville (Age 74)