The November 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year

"November 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown

Dennis, you jive turkey!

Just a Reminder for the Week Ahead

from All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #19 (Marvel/Timely, Fall 1946), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Syd Shores

The October 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year

Yes, it's time for the Ineffectual October Calendar by Howard Chaykin, this time starring Sarah Palin and John Oates!


from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots #1 (one-shot) (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin; colors by Jesus Aburtov; letters by Ken Bruzenak
But that's no good to use as a calendar for this month, so here again is Dennis.


"October 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown

This month all month, let's celebrate Dennis committing his first knife crime!

The September 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year

Whatddaya mean, you haven't picked up that phone call yet? It's September, dude! Check the handy tiny calendar! And ya know what? It's useless for us this month!


from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots #1 (one-shot) (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin; colors by Jesus Aburtov; letters by Ken Bruzenak
Instead, check out America's only trademarked Menace™, Dennis, in a cartoon that has no captions but is obviously subtitled "I'd like a volunteer...oh sweet Jesus, not you, Dennis." Enjoy the li'l heckraiser all month long!


"September 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown

Bully Eats Food: At last, a beer for the discerning stuffed bull

Today in Comics History, August 6, 1951: Newspaper hits porch so hard it's seeing stars

from "Newspaper items" in Big Town #11 (DC/National, November 1951), by Mort Drucker

Today in Comics History, August 4, 1952: Plan Eight from Outer Space is unsuccessful

from "The 1950 Hamilton A.F.B. California Case" in Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 series) #26 (EC, December 1954), script by Al Feldstein, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Jim Wroten

Today in Comics History, August 4, 1914: Great Britain vows with all its might to protect those delicious waffles

from Tolkien: Lighting Up the Darkness (Ablaze, February 2024), script by Willy Duraffourg, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, colors by Flavia Caracuzzo and Joël Odone

Today in Comics History, August 2: Happy birthday, Peter O'Toole!

Born on this day in 1932: acclaimed British actor Peter O'Toole (insert joke from Diamonds Are Forever by Sean Connery), who you've seen in such movies (if you're lucky!) as The Lion in Winter, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Stunt Man, My Favorite Year, Man of La Mancha, What's New Pussycat?, Lawrence of Arabia, Troy, and, ahem, Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (and lots more).


photo cover of Goodbye, Mr. Chips one-shot (Gold Key/Western, June 1970)