Question: When was the painter that had his covers featured on the "Atlantis" graphic novel born?
Context: Brian Ralph (born 1973) is a U.S. alternative cartoonist.  His illustrations have appeared in "Wired" and the "New York Post".  His debut graphic novel, "Cave-In", was nominated for three Harvey Awards, one Eisner Award, and listed as one of the "Comics Journal"'s "five best comics of 1999".  His second graphic novel, "Climbing Out", was awarded a Xeric Grant in 2001.  His third graphic novel, "Daybreak", was published by Drawn and Quarterly in September 2011. American Born Chinese is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang.  Released in 2006 by First Second Books, it was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Awards in the category of Young People's Literature.  It won the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award, the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, the "Publishers Weekly" Comics Week Best Comic of the Year, the "San Francisco Chronicle" Best Book of the Year, the 2006/2007 Best Book Award from The Chinese American Librarians Association, and Amazon.com Best Graphic Novel/Comic of the Year.  It also made the "Booklist" Top Ten Graphic Novel for Youth, the NPR Holiday Pick, and "Time (Magazine)" Top Ten Comic of the Year.  It was colored by cartoonist Lark Pien, who received the 2007 Harvey Award for Best Colorist for her work on the book. Carnet de Voyage is a 2004 graphic novel by cartoonist Craig Thompson.  The book is a combination of a travelogue and sketches that Thompson compiled while traveling through France, Barcelona, the Alps and Morocco, during a promotional tour for his earlier graphic novel "Blankets".  Thompson also documents some of the research he did for his follow up graphic novel, "Habibi".  It was published by Top Shelf Productions. The Halo Graphic Novel is the first graphic novel adaptation of the military science fiction video game "Halo", published by Marvel Comics in partnership with Bungie.  The "Halo" series began with the award-winning popular video game "", which spawned several books as well as video game sequels, and is focused on the story of future humanity fighting against a powerful collective of races called the Covenant.  "The Halo Graphic Novel" is the series' first entry into the sequential art medium, and features aspects of the "Halo" universe which until then had not been discussed or seen in any medium. Captain Canada is a superhero created by CJON-DT (NTV) owner Geoff Stirling, his son Scott Stirling and Filipino artist Danny Bulanadi in the late 1970s.  Captain Canada debuted in 1979 in the "Captain Newfoundland" comic strip published in the Newfoundland Herald (known then as "The Sunday Herald") and later appeared in the "Atlantis" graphic novel, which featured covers by Boris Vallejo.  Since his creation, he has become a mascot for NTV and has appeared in numerous promos for the station, the most recent being created by Vancouver based Borderless World Productions in 2010.  Captain Canada has made many public appearances, including the annual Santa Claus Parade in St. John's, Newfoundland.  There is a plaque in Arizona marking his first manifestation in the United States.  Captain Canada also appeared in the 1980 television movie "Captain Newfoundland and the Tip of Atlantis", scenes of which were used in NTV promos during the 1990s. Marvel Graphic Novel (MGN) was a line of graphic novel trade paperbacks published from 1982 to 1993 by Marvel Comics.  The books were published in an oversized format, 8.5" x 11", similar to French albums.  In response, DC Comics established a competitor line known as "DC Graphic Novel". Orijit Sen (born 1963) is an Indian graphic artist and designer.  His graphic novel River of Stories, published in 1994 by Kalpavriksh, is considered as the first graphic novel of India.  He co-founded People Tree in 1990 as a "collaborative studio and store for artists, designers, and craftspeople."  He is one of the founders of The Pao Collective of comic book artists; PAO: The Anthology Of Comics 1 by Penguin Books India won the 2nd Comic Con India Awards 2012 in the best graphic anthology category.  He is Mario Miranda Chair visiting professor at Goa University.  "The Disappearing Tiger", a T-shirt designed by him, is currently featured at The Fabric of India exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.  His diverse works, which include public art works, have been exhibited in India, England, Russia, France, Japan, Canada, and various other countries. The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers is a 2007 graphic novel by Indian graphic artist Sarnath Banerjee.  It is the author's second graphic novel after "Corridor", which has been widely advertised as the first Indian graphic novel. Boris Vallejo (born January 8, 1941) is a Peruvian painter. The Deep: Here Be Dragons is an original graphic novel from Gestalt Publishing written by award-winning writer Tom Taylor (Injustice Gods Among Us, Superior Iron Man, Star Wars: Adventures, , The Authority, The Example) and illustrated by James Brouwer, which tells the tales of the Nekton family – A multiethnic family of Aquanauts who live on a submarine.  The all-ages graphic novel won the Aurealis Award, Australia's premier speculative fiction literary award, for Best illustrated book/graphic novel in 2012 and was also nominated for Best children’s illustrated work/picture book.
Answer: January 8, 1941