Today in Comics History, May 7: Happy birthday, Grass Green!

Wishing a happy birthday today (born 1939) to the late great African American underground cartoonist, Richard "Grass" Green (Charlton's "The Shape," Go-Go, Star-Studded Comics, witzend, Super Soul Comix, Holiday Out, Xal-Kor the Human Cat, Wildman, Blooperman, and much more, like Eros Comics, which Gary Groth won't let me look at.).


from Men of Mystery Comics (1999 series) #37 (AC, August 2002), text by Bill Black and Bill Schelly, pencils and inks by Grass Green
In the process of researching this post, I've been looking at some of his work at Charlton. It's a lot of fun and I'd love to see these nicely reprinted.


from "Would You Believe... the Bestest League of America!!!" in Go-Go #5 (Charlton, February 1967); script by Gary Friedrich; pencils, inks, and letters by Grass Green


from "The Swingin' Saga of Superella!" in Go-Go #6 (Charlton, April 1967); script by Gary Friedrich; pencils, inks, and letters by Grass Green


from "Snow What, A Far-Out Fairy Tale (Part 1)" in Go-Go #7 (Charlton, June 1967); script by Steve Skeates; pencils and inks (and letters?) by Grass Green


from "Rapunzelstiltskin" in Go-Go #8 (Charlton, August 1967), script by Steve Skeates, pencils by Grass Green, inks by Frank McLaughlin
Happy birthday, Grass Green!