Y'know, every now and then when I'm researching an appearance by a celebrity in comic books, that same celebrity will be eventually revealed as just too pure for comic books. When even Winona Ryder and Olivia Newton-John are aply represented and star in comics but this one actor isn't, that does tend to point to his uniqueness in the field. I had rather hoped to find him in the pages of MAD, but it doesn't look like they've parodied a single one of his movies or TV shows.
I'd thought I hit the jackpot when I found out there had been a series from Topps Comics adapating the James Bond thriller GoldenEye...
from James Bond 007: Goldeneye #1-2 (Topps, January 1996), painted cover o #1 by Brian Stelfreeze
...but it turns out this comics miniseries was cancelled after issue #1, and today's birthday boy doesn't make an appearance in the movie until the second half, so we miss out on him in comics again!
That's why I'll just wish Joe Don Baker a very happy birthday, without being able to show any comic book that he's ever been in, at all.
...Except the 1975 Dell Movie Classic adapation of his greatest firm and most iconic role.
cover of Mitchell [Dell Classic Movie Comic] one-shot (Dell, September 1975), painted cover by John Saxon and Merlin Olsen
Happy birthday, Joe Don! Have some cake.
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His actual name is "Mitchell"? Did his parents name him sarcastically or were they just insufferable hipsters?
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