Friday, December 31, 2021

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 365: 🎡It's been a long road, getting from there to here 🎡


Ahem! Excuse me, but I'm just gonna toot my own horn for a second: I finally finished this feature, after starting...uh...on January 1, 2019. Well, I never said 365 Days in a row.

At some point I even lost COUNT, because 2020 was a Leap Year, and...well, the extra day is in there somewhere. Don't ask me to point to it.

Say Mary Jane's Aunt Anna, what do you like about Peter?


from Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives graphic novel (Marvel, May 1989), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Andy Mushynsky, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Rick Parker




Monday, November 08, 2021

Today in Comics History, Day After Election Day: Republicans instruct Democrats on when to vote in 2021


from D.P.7 #28 (Marvel/New Universe, February 1989), script by Mark Gruenwald, pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Danny Bulanadi, colors by Paul Becton, letters by Janice Chiang

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Bully Eats Food: Pizza Bianca

Sometimes you don't even need a bunch of meat or veggies on top of your pie: Pizza Bianca for the win!


Thursday, September 16, 2021

Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛ now concludes her first catcast day with us

Someone has joined me on the bed after a busy first day in our home!


Lookit those black paws!


sleeeeeeepy kitty


Goodnight everyone, from a bull and a cat!

Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛ has arrived!

Yes, after much yearning and planning...KITTY PRYDE IS IN DA HOUSE! We now have a wonderful cat living with us!

At first she hid under the bed so there were no photos for a couple hours, but then she came out to do what we all love doing best in this house...eating!






Tuesday, September 07, 2021

Today in Comics History, September 7, 1893: Amnesia?!? Where were you last month during Amnesia August, young man?



from Back to the Future (2015 series) #18 (IDW, March 2017), co-plot by by Bob Gale, co-plot and script by John Barber, pencils by Marcelo Ferreira, inks by Maria Keane, colors by JosΓ© Luis RΓ­o, letters by Shawn Lee

Monday, September 06, 2021

Today in Comics History, September 6: Happy birthday, Macy Gray!

Born on this day, singer/songwriter/producer/actor Macy Gray!

Who got cheated out of being in a comic book! She should have been in this scene in this comic!


from Spider-Man: The Movie (Marvel, May 2002), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Alan Davis, inks by Mark Farmer, colors by Dave Kemp, letters by Dave Sharpe

So here's my birthday present to you, Macy, through the magic of Photoshop: you are in a comic book!


Happy birthday, Ms. Gray!

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 243: Surely His Attitude Zeniths A Mission


from Legends #5 (DC, March 1987), plot by John Ostrander, script by Len Wein, pencils by John Byrne, inks by Karl Kesel, colors by Tom Ziuko, letters by Steve Haynie

(Give yourself Bonus Bully Fun Points if you heard this in your head when you read that last panel):


opening to Shazam! TV series (Filmation, 1974)


Thursday, August 05, 2021

Today in Comics History, August 5, 1945: This is not a 365 Days of Power and Responsibility post, no matter what the last panel suggests


from "Key to the Future" in Real Heroes #14 (Parents' Magazine Press, May 1946), creators uncredited and unknown

Sunday, August 01, 2021

Adventures with Marshall the Tiny Stuffed Cow: Happy birthday, Marshall!

Today (August 1) is the fourth birthday (again) of my kid sister Marshall! We had a nice party for her with presents...





...and cake!





Happy birthday, Marshall!

The Marvel Age Calendar for August 1993 2021: When Hitler saw this calendar page, he peed his pants

Get out your red, white, blue and pink (a lot of pink) crayons for the 1993 Marvel Age calendar you can use this month in 2021! Who says this isn't the Bountiful Bully Age of Boosting Brayola? I mean, Crayola.

from Marvel Age #127 (Marvel, September 1993), pencils by Darren Auck, inks by Malcolm Jones III
(Click picture to Allies-size)

Hey, this calendar is blatant Spitfire erasure!


from The Invaders (1975 series) #12 (Marvel, January 1977), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Frank Robbins, inks by Frank Springer, colors by Phil Rachelson

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Today in Comics History, July 28, 1945: Just when we were thinking this was tragic but quaint


from "Scoops...Pictures to Remember" in Real Fact Comics #5 (DC, November 1946), pencils and inks by George Roussos

Sunday, July 25, 2021

Today in Comics History, Sunday the 25th: Rowena mysteriously disappears and is never seen again


from Kathy #4 (Marvel/Atlas, April 1960), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Stan Goldberg

Monday, July 12, 2021

Today in Comics History, July 12, 2017: They lost on Final Jeopardy

Remember on February 3, where the Vision Twins were accused of schoolroom shenanigans, and it looked a little bit like this:


cover of The Vision (2016 series) #4 (Marvel, April 2016), art by Mike Del Mundo

And then suddenly, on March 16, it looked a little like this (note the date difference):


cover of The Vision (2016 series) #4, second printing (Marvel, May 2016), art by Mike Del Mundo

Well, here it is, July 12 a year later, and whatdaya know, now it looks a little like this:


from The Vision #2 Director's Cut (Marvel, September 2017), art by Mike Del Mundo

Geez! Make up your mind, comics! When will you stop accusing the Viztwins, anyway? And why are they still in school in July? They're not bad students! Let them go out and play their little robot games. Like...um...Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, I guess.

Friday, July 02, 2021

Today in Comics History, July 2, 1983: This is either the beginning of the "Physical" video or a late night Cinemax movie


from Hot Valley Days and Cocaine Nights #2 (Antarctic, January 2021), script by Matthew Spradlin, pencils and inks by Farid Karami, colors by Andrew Crossley

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Today in Comics History, June 20: Mom misunderstood what type of grass I wanted


from Hot Valley Days and Cocaine Nights #1 (Antarctic, December 2020), script by Matthew Spradlin, pencils and inks by Farid Karami, colors by Andrew Crossley

Today In Comics History, June 20, 1978: Back to the Future, Carrying a Space Alien


from DC Comics Presents #2 (DC, September 1978), script by Martin Pasko, pencils by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, inks by Dan Adkins, colors by Jerry Serpe, letters by Clem Robins

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Today in Comics History, June 17, 1976: Daily Telegraph switches to "all-headline" format


from "The Storm" in Teen Confessions #93 (Charlton, February 1976), script by Joe Gill (?), pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Vince Alascia

Today in Comics History, June 17: Happy birthday, Violet Gray! Maybe.

Hey, June 17 is Violet's birthday! Happy birthday, Violet Gray!


from Peanuts (United Feature Syndicate, June 17, 1962), by Charles M. Schulz

Or...is it on January 28?!? What kinda con game are you playing here, Violet?


from Peanuts (United Feature Syndicate, January 29, 1955), by Charles M. Schulz

(Be back here on January 28 to see these same strips in the opposite direction, I guess!)

Sunday, June 06, 2021

Today in Comics History, June 6, 3333: Strawberry jam spilled


from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld

Friday, June 04, 2021

Today in Comics History, June 4, 3333: Premiere of Manos 2: Torgo in the City


from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld

Monday, May 24, 2021

Today in Comics History, May 24, 3333: The laxatives finally worked


from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld

Saturday, May 22, 2021

Today in Comics History, May 22, 3333: Filming commences on The Erotic Adventures of 'Manos,' The Hands of Fate


from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Today in Comics History, May 20, 3333: Disco Fever enters fourth funky day


from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Today in Comics History, May 19, 3333: Oh, you saw the Snyder Cut too


from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld

Monday, May 17, 2021

Today in Comics History, May 17, 3333: He says it will only take three hours. Three! Three! Ha ha ha ha!


from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Today in Comics History, May 16: Marvel Comics asks "What If...Rick Jones was actually competent as Bucky?"


from What If...? (1977 series) #5 (Marvel, October 1977), co-plot and script by Don Glut, co-plot by Roy Thomas, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Russ Jones, colors by George Roussos, letters by Carol Lay and Warren Greenwood

Saturday, May 15, 2021

Today in Comics History, May 15, 1986: Here we go again



from Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #1 (May 2016), script by Erik Burnham; pencils and inks by Alan Robinson; colors by Maria Santrolalla; letters by Shawn Lee



from Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #2 (IDW, June 2016), same creators



from Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #5 (IDW, September 2016), same creators