Today in Comics History, July 24: Happy birthday, Ricardo Villamonte!

Born on this date: comic book penciller and inker Ricardo Villamonte ("vee-yah-MON-tay") (Doctor Strange, Weird War Tales, The Twilight Zone, Nightmare, Scream, Psycho, Crystar, Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, Uncanny X-Men, and lots more)!


from Marvel Age #31 (Marvel, October 1985), text by Jim Salicrup, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Andy Yanchus
Below, Ricardo (green shirt) keeps the peace by conjuring up a football when series star Crystar (all crystal) keeps bugging him, Jo Duffy (pink shirt), and Bob Harras (orange shirt) while they work on the next issue of The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior. Can you guess it's Assistant Editors' Month?



from The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior #5 (Marvel, January 1984), script by Jo Duffy, pencils by Ricardo Villamonte, inks by Dave Simons, colors by Andy Yanchus, letters by Janice Chiang
Happy birthday, Ricardo!