Today in Comics History, January 21: Happy birthday, Wolfman Jack! (Arroooo!)

Arroooo! Please join me in wishing a happy birthday to Mr. Wolfman Jack, born on this day in 1938!



from Cap'n Dinosaur one-shot (Image, July 2014); script by Kek-w; pencils, inks, and colors by Shaky Kane; letters by Comicraft
No, no, not that one! The hairy-faced, gravel-voiced disk jockey, and an actor who appeared in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, and Galactica 1980! And some good films too!


from "American Confetti" in MAD #166 (April 1974), script by Larry Siegel, pencils and inks by Mort Drucker
I'm so happy to see he acheived the ultimate acme of show business prestige: being drawn by Mort Drucker! And now, by Matt Groening! (Note: Matt Groening did not actually draw this.)


from Simpsons Comics #103 (Bongo, February 2005), script by Ian Boothby, pencils by Phil Ortiz, inks by Mike DeCarlo, colors by Art Villanueva, letters by Karen Bates
You know the drill: find Wolfman Jack at the Superman/Muhammad Ali prizefight and win a cookie! (Disclaimer: cookie may have already been eaten.)

cover of All-New Collectors' Edition #C-56 (DC, March 1978), layout by Joe Kubert, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Neal Adams (?) and/or Cory Adams (?), logo design by John Workman
(Click top picture to GOAT-size)
Everybody join with me and Clap for the Wolfman as we wish Wolfman Jack a happy birthday!

"Clap for the Wolfman by The Guess Who (RCA Victor, 1974), written by Burton Cummings, Bill Wallace, and Kurt Winter