Saturday, August 15, 2009

Separated at Birth: Looking for a friend from years ago/He used to come with us to every show

Nancy & Sluggo #188
Nancy and Sluggo #188 (October 1962)



"Dancing on the Ceiling" by Lionel Richie (1986), directed by Stanley Donen


I suppose they both owe a lot to Fred. (And Stanley Donen, who also directed this.)

But for sheer unadulterated Sluggosity, there's no one who can beat Marvelous Mike Sterling, whose Sluggo Saturdays are burnin' up the internet each and every sixth day of the week. Forget those Secret Saturdays, your Saturday Night Live, or your Ian McEwan novels...Sluggo Saturdays over at ProgressiveRuin.com are where it's at, baby!


365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 227: The Hands of Ben Grimm, Day 7

The Hands of Ben Grimm
FF #569
Panel from Fantastic Four #569 (September 2009), plot by Mark Millar, script by Joe Ahearne, pencils by Stuart Immonen, inks by Wade von Grawbadger and Scott Hanna, colors by Paul Mounts with Dean White
(Click picture to heartbreak-size)



Friday, August 14, 2009

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 226: The Hands of Ben Grimm, Day 6

The Hands of Ben Grimm
Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine #10
Panel from Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine #10 (November 2001), plot by Erik Larsen and Eric Stephenson; script by Bruce Timm; pencils by Dave Ross; inks by Greg Adams; colors by Eric Stephenson, letters by Richard Starkings of Comicraft



Thursday, August 13, 2009

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 225: The Hands of Ben Grimm, Day 5

The Hands of Ben Grimm
Fantastic Four Annual #5
Panel from Fantastic Four Annual #5 (November 1967), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnot, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Sam Rosen



Wednesday, August 12, 2009

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 224: The Hands of Ben Grimm, Day 4

The Hands of Ben Grimm
Ultimate Fantastic Four #44
Panels from Ultimate Fantastic Four #44 (September 2007), written by Mike Carey, pencils and inks by Pasqual Ferrandiz, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Rus Wooton



Tuesday, August 11, 2009

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 223: The Hands of Ben Grimm, Day 3

The Hands of Ben Grimm
Marvel Team-Up #100
Panel from Marvel Team-Up #100 (December 1980), written by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Bob Wiacek, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Annette Kawecki



Monday, August 10, 2009

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 222: The Hands of Ben Grimm, Day 2

The Hands of Ben Grimm
Fantastic Four Annual #3
Panels from Fantastic Four Annual #3 (1965), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks byDick Ayers, letters by Artie Simek. (Picky people might remind you that it was originally published in Fantastic Four #11, but I don't get any of those on this blog now, do I?)



Sunday, August 09, 2009

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 221: The Hands of Ben Grimm, Day 1

The Hands of Ben Grimm
Fantastic Four vs. The X-Men #4
Panel from Fantastic Four vs. The X-Men #4 (June 1987), script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Jon Bogdanove, inks by Terry Austin, colors by Glynis Oliver, letters by Tom Orzechowski