Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!: Liberty Bell March, Day 29 and Today in Comics History, March 29: Happy birthday, Eric Idle!

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published March 29, 2015.

Born on this day: Monty Python comedian Eric Idle!

Eric will now take this blog post and turn it into an award-winning Broadway musical.

Eric will now take this blog post and turn it into an award-winning Broadway musical.

from Comics: Monty Python one-shot (Bluewater, April 2014), script by Chris Canibano, pencils and colors by Juan Luis Rincón, letters by Gary Scott Beatty
Hey, he knows George Harrison!

'And maybe...maybe some time we could...we could smoke some grass together?' 'I LIKE IT!'

'And maybe...maybe some time we could...we could smoke some grass together?' 'I LIKE IT!'

from Rock 'n' Roll Comics: The Beatles Experience (Revolutionary/Bluewater, 2010), script by Todd Loren, art by Mike Sagara
Also, a magazine known primarily for its covers of naked lady van art did an interview with Eric:

So silly it's a wonder Graham Chapman didn't come in at the end and tell them to stop it.

So silly it's a wonder Graham Chapman didn't come in at the end and tell them to stop it.

"A Brief (and Very Silly) Interview with Eric Idle" in Heavy Metal Magazine v.25 #3 (Heavy Metal, July 2001), interview by Steve Ringgenberg
Happy birthday, Eric!

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Liberty Bell March, Day 29 and Today in Comics History, March 29: Happy birthday, Eric Idle!

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