Today in Comics History, March 5: Happy birthday, Andy Gibb!

Born exactly toda in the year 1958, let's a hoist a birthday toast to the late great (died 1988) singer, songwriter, actor and unofficial Brother Gibb: Andy Gibb!


cover of Look-In (1971 series) ##41/1978 (ITV, 7 October 1978), painting by Ivan Rose
Andy was the younger brother of the Bee Gees (Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb), but even tho' he wasn't in that supergroup, he still made some great hits himself: "I Just Want to Be Your Everything," "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water," and "Shadow Dancing." And, je was an actor, appearing on the stage in The Pirates of Penzance and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, and on television on Punky Brewster and Gimmee a Break! as well as hosting a season of Solid Gold!


from Vigilante #4 (DC, March 1984), script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Don Newton, inks by Pablo Marcos, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by Todd Klein
Happy birthday, Andy. You left us too soon.