Today in Comics History, March 29: Happy birthday, Val Mayerik!

Born on this day, so let's pop open a bottle of Cold Duck and salute him: Val Mayerik, commercial and comic book artist, known for his work on Fear, The Frankenstein Monster, Sherlock Holmes, Ka-Zar and more, plus lots of gaming manuals. And oh yeah: he co-created a little feathery protagonist called Howard the Duck, as well as Foolkiller, Dakimh the Enchanter, Wundarr the Space Jesus Aquarian, and the cancelled-so-fast-you-could-see-the-pages-fluttering Void ndigo!! So geez, Marvel, would it have killed you to put his photo on more than just one birthday calendar box?


from Mighty Marvel Calendar 1976, 1977, and 1978 (Marvel 1975, 1976, 1977)
Happy birthday, Val!


from Marvel Age Special: Punisher Anniversary Magazine one-shot (Marvel, February 1994)