Professor X is a Jerk!: Compulsory Clambake

The universe is in danger! Sentinels are attacking! Apocalypse is apocalyptin'! Magneto's hoardes are on their way to pillage, burn and plunder! So what does the most brilliant mutant mind in the universe, Professor Charles J. (for "Jerk") Xavier command his students?


Panel from X-Men #8 (May 1992), plot, pencils, and inks by Jim Lee, script by Scott Lobdell, more inks by Art Thibert, colors by Joe Rosas, letters by Tom Orzechowski

Why, it's a MANDATORY PICNIC!

When they returned, of course, the X-Mansion had been completely destroyed by Juggernaut and the Blob. They ripped up Jubilee's closetful of yellow trench coats! They sat on Cyclops's extra ruby quartz glasses! They put Nair in Beast's shampoo bottles! They danced with jing-tinglers tied to their heels! They whammed their who-whonkers! (And I think we all know how painful that can be.) They even scratched up all of Wolverine's Debbie Gibson albums!

Also, Jean got killed again.

But no, the X-Men had to go have a picnic because Professor X said so.

Whatta jerk.

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 280

Panel from Captain America #228 (December 1978), script by Roger McKenzie, breakdowns by Sal Buscema, finishes by Mike Esposito and John Tartaglione, colors by George Roussos, letters by Diana Albers

Riverdale: Hellmouth (Day 7)

Archie's Pal Jughead #80 (January 1962)

Bully's Sketchbook: Roger Langridge

Mr. Roger Langridge! He's one of my favorite comics writers and artists. I remember his work first catching my attention in one of the old Amzing Heroes swimsuit specials. Did he draw Wolverine with water wings? Thor in a thong? No! His contribution was the cast of the much-beloved (by me 'n' others) BBC 1950s cult classic radio program The Goon Show at the beach!:


"FamousPeopleGoonHoliday" by Roger Langridge, from Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special #1 (1990)

You can catch Roger Langridge currently writing and drawing issues of the relentlessly delightful The Muppet Show comic book from BOOM!, or, as Mister L. himself describes it: "currently drawing pigs in wigs and socks with ping pong balls glued to them to earn a crust."

So, y'know, if he can draw felt frogs and plush pigs...surely he can draw a little stuffed bull, can't he?

A: Yes he can.



Thank you very much for the sketch, Roger Langridge!

If you wanna see more of the work and art of Roger (and why wouldn't ya?), book yourself a room at The Hotel Fred, Roger's blog named after his sad-sack, lovelorn comic character Fred the Clown. Or, buy his stuff...you know you want it!



Roger Langridge: he's great, and he makes me look great.

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 279

Panel from X-Men #155 (June 2004), script by Chuck Austen, pencils by Salvador Larroca, inks by Danny Miki, colors by Udon Studio, letters by Rus Wooton

Riverdale: Hellmouth (Day 6)

Life with Archie #39 (July 1965)

L'essence Jameson

J. Jonah Jameson!

But what do we really know about him, anyway? Huh?

So here you go: everything you need to know about J. Jonah Jameson in just a handful of non-sequential panels, jumbled together to tell one sorta-continuous-meta-saga! (For best results, read panels aloud in the voice of J. K. Simmons.)































































All panels are from issues of Spidey-Super Stories. And they really happened! (On Earth-57780.)

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 278

Splash page from Avengers #460 (January 1978), co-plot and script by Jim Shooter, co-plot by Roger Stern, pencils by George Pérez, inks by Pablo Marcos, colors by Phil Rachelson, letters by Joe Rosen

Riverdale: Hellmouth (Day 5)

Archie's Mad House #62 (October 1961)

Monday Night Murals: Chicken running in my death trap

Say, where are all the Titans and the Teen Titans and Little Red Riding Hood rushing to?

Titans #12-13, Vigilante #5-6, Teen Titans #70 (June-July 2009), art by Andrew Robinson and Greg Digenti
(Click picture to .50-caliber-size)

Are they...

1. They're trying to avoid being simultaneously shot by the Tetradecagonean, the DC Universe assassin who can shoot fourteen targets at once
2. Dick Greyson has a new costume and they're hurrying to see it
3. Dick Greyson has a new costume designed by George Pérez and they're running away as fast as they can
4. Sprinting to get out of another DC crossover story, little knowing they've played right into Dan DiDio's hands
5. Their cartoon show is on
6. The killer called Honey Bun is back and deadlier than ever
7. ...say, why is Flash in the middle of this chase?
8. Running away from, or towards, a kiss from Michael Caine
9. Rushing to get to the end of the story before Vigilante's comic is cancelled (again)

There are no wrong answers.

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 277

Panels from Uncanny X-Men #460 (JAugust 2005), script by who else but Chris Claremont, pencils by Tom Raney, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Gina Going, letters by Rus Wooton

Riverdale: Hellmouth (Day 4)

Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch #62 (September 1980), art by Stan Goldberg

Ten of a Kind: Milk does a comic good

(More Ten of a Kind here.)

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 276

Panel from X-Men #9 (June 1992), co-plot and script by Scott Lobdell, co-plot, pencils and inks by Jim Lee, more inks by Art Thibert, colors by Joe Rosas, letters by Tom Orzechowski

Sunday Morning Silents: The Burstrup Homes Murder Case (1911)

The Burstrup Homes Murder Case (1911), directed by Alice Guy Blache

Riverdale: Hellmouth (Day 3)

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #77 (May 1962)

Same Story, Different Cover: Looks more like early afternoon to me

L: Chamber of Darkness #7 (October 1970), art by Bernie Wrightson
R: Giant-Size Chillers #3 (August 1975), reprinting "Night of the Werewolf" from Chamber of Darkness #7,
art by Bernie Wrightson (again)

(Click picture to hunkypunk-size)

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 275

Panels from Avengers #191 (January 1980), co-plot by Roger Stern, co-plot and script by David Michelinie, breakdowns by John Byrne, finishes and inks by Dan Green, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by John Costanza

Saturday Morning Cartoon: Poor Little Me

Poor Little Me (1935), a Happy Harmonies cartoon produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising

Riverdale: Hellmouth (Day 2)

Little Archie #74 (October 1972)

The first Silver Age appearance of Nelson Muntz, Sr.

Panel from the story "Cry, Clown, Cry" from House of Secrets #51 (December 1961), art by Bill Ely

Hey, this kinda turned out to be DC Comics week, didn't it?

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 274

Cover of [New] Defenders #125 (November 1983), art by Carl Potts and Bill Sienkiewicz

Riverdale: Hellmouth (Day 1)

Archie's Joke Book #59 (December 1961)

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