Today in Comics History, January 3, 1976: Rub-on letters applied to front of police building are a little crooked

from Bay City Jive #3 (WildStorm, September 2001), script and letters by John Layman, pencils by Jason Johnson, inks by Sean Parsons, colors by David Baron

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 3: Pretty Sneaky, Sith

Panels from "Dark Lord's Conscience" in The Empire Strikes Back Monthly #155 (Marvel UK, March 1982), reprinted in color in Classic Star Wars: Devilworlds #1 (August 1996); script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by John Stokes, new colors by James Sinclair, letters by John Aldrich (both pages?)

Today in Comics History, January 3, 1976: Chinese Kingpin has had it up to here with those darn kids gunning their engines

from Bay City Jive #2 (WildStorm, August 2001), script and letters by John Layman, pencils by Jason Johnson, inks by Sean Parsons, colors by David Baron

Today in Comics History, January 2, 1976: The Transamerica Pyramid Building makes a bold move to break the panel border

from Bay City Jive #1 (WildStorm, July 2001), script and letters by John Layman, pencils by Jason Johnson, inks by Sean Parsons, colors by David Baron

Flashback Friday: Olive, You're a Fine Girl

Filling up Fridays: Fine Flashback Fosts Posts, re-presenting some of my favorite Comics Oughta Be Fun! entries that you might not have seen, or would enjoy seeing again, or maybe you're just going to go out to the pub tonight so you won't have to worry about it, see if I care...anyway, re-presenting a Bully classic originally published on March 17, 2008! (I was six then.)


There's a port on a western bay


And it serves a hundred ships a day


Lonely sailors pass the time away


And talk about their homes


And there's a girl in this harbor town


And she works layin' whiskey down


They say "Brandy, fetch another round"


She serves them whiskey and wine


The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)


"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)


"Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea."


(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)


Brandy wears a braided chain


Made of finest silver from the North of Spain


A locket that bears the name


Of the man that Brandy loves


He came on a summer's day


Bringin' gifts from far away


But he made it clear he couldn't stay


No harbor was his home


The sailor said " Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)


"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)


"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea."


(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)


Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes


When he told his sailor stories


She could feel the ocean fall an' rise


She saw its ragin' glory


But he had always told the truth, lord, he was an honest man


And Brandy does her best to understand


(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)


At night when the bars close down


Brandy walks through a silent town



And loves a man who's not around


She still can hear him say


She hears him say "Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)


"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)


"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea."


(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)


"Brandy, you're a fine girl," (You're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be," (Such a fine girl)


"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea."
(Dooda-dit-dooda, dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)



Now, crank it up and read it again!:

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 2: Fear of a Black Robot

Panel from Droids #1 (Marvel/Star, April 1986), script by Dave Manak, pencils by John Romita, Sr., inks by Carlos Garzon, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Grace Kremer

Today in Comics History Future: We got ninety-nine problems one problem but crime, inflation, unemployment, sexual and racial discrimination, deterioration of moral values, junk food, bad TV and so on ain't one.

House ad for The Survivors! (aka Jeremiah) from The Comics Journal #76 (October 1982), art by Hermann Huppen

Comics News for January 1, 2015

Top: from Captain America #105 (Marvel, September 1968), script by Stan Lee,
pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dan Adkins, letters by Sam Rosen
Middle: from "Rosie and Red Russia!" in Adventures into the Unknown (ACG, November 1956), pencils and inks by Ogden Whitney
Bottom: from "The Case of the Crazy Crimes" in Batman #136 (DC, December 1960), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris, letters by Stan Starkman