Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!: Today in Comics History, July 12: Happy birthday, Phil Jimenez!

Big, lovingly detailed birthday wishes goin' out today to a great modern comics writer/artist, Phil Jimenez (Wonder Woman, New X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, Fairest, The Amazing Spider-Man, Angela: Asgard's Assassin, The Invisibles, Infinite Crisis, JLA/Titans, Lana Lang as Superwoman (also writer and creator), Tempest, co-creator of Mister Negative, and lots more). He also pencilled and inked the famous Barack Obama Amazing Spider-Man cover.

Why is it such a small photo? It's such a small photo because I cropped out out the terrible, terrible, human being who was sitting next to him. Whose name rhymes with Geddie Gerganza.

Why is it such a small photo? It's such a small photo because I cropped out out the terrible, terrible, human being who was sitting next to him. Whose name rhymes with Geddie Gerganza.

from "Watch This Space" in DC Comics cover-dated November 1998
Didja know Phil was a letter writer to comics before he started in the field professionally? (I didn't!)

'Also, can Superman beat the Martian Manhunter, or what? Inquiring minds want to know.'

'Also, can Superman beat the Martian Manhunter, or what? Inquiring minds want to know.'

from the letters column in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985 series) #10 (DC, December 1985)
Happy birthday, Phil! I wish you a happy year ahead in which you make many appearances in comic books as a character yourself! Please?

When after all it's just a compromise of / The things we do for love / The things we do for love

When after all it's just a compromise of / The things we do for love / The things we do for love

from Heartthrobs #1 (DC/Vertigo, January 1999)

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Today in Comics History, July 12: Happy birthday, Phil Jimenez!

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