Bully and His Pals: Shelly the Otter Eats Ice Cream

"Spoon nothing, I want to swim in these chocolate ices!"


Photograph by Randi

Today in Comics History, September 10, 1919: The disembodied head of Bob Feller is your host for these exciting tales of baseball thrills

from "Lakefront Larrupers: The Cleveland Indians" in Baseball Thrills #3 (Ziff-Davis, Summer 1952), pencils and inks by Everett Raymond Kinstler, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, September 10, 1940: Happy birthday, Dear Nina, Happy birthday to you! (reads next balloon) oh sorry nevermind.

from Queen of Kenosha (Animal Media, October 2018), script by Howard Shapiro, art by Erica Chan

Today in Comics History, September 10, 1924 (?): "This must be Wednesday," said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer. "I never could get the hang of Wednesdays."

from Providence #6 (October, September 2015), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Jacen Burrows, colors by Juan Manuel Rodriguez, letters by Kurt Hathaway

Today in Comics History, September 10, 1966: Comic book fanboys take to the streets to angrily complain about TV show

from Comic Book History of Animation #4 (IDW, February 2021); script by Fred Van Lente; pencils, inks, and letters by Ryan Dunlavey; colors by Adam Guzowski

Today in Comics History, September 9, 1900: Colonel Theodore Cruz Sr. flees Texas for Arctic Circle

from "The Isle of the Dead" in Real Fact Comics #14 (DC, May 1948), script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernie Breslauer; pencils and inks by Howard Sherman (?)

Today in Comics History, September 9: Happy birthday, Neil Hamilton!

Born on this day in 1899, so he knows ALL about the Y1.9K virus: actor Neil Hamilton, star from stage to silents to movies to television, plus advertisement modeling and even a little song and dance!


from "Screen Scoops" in Movie Comics (1939 series) #2 (DC/Picture Publications, May 1939); text, pencils and inks by Walter Galli

Today in Comics History, September 9, 1851: Uh uh, you ain't stickin' that key up me, human

from Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys one-shot (IDW, July 2011), script by Joe Hill, pencils and inks by Gabriel Rodriguez, colors by Jay Fotos

Today in Comics History, September 9, 1850: Somehow I always wind up sitting next to this guy

from "Mental Marvel" in Real Fact Comics #5 (DC, November 1946); script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernie Breslauer; pencils and inks by Nat Edson

Today in Comics History, September 9: Happy birthday, Serban Cristescu!

Born on this day: Bongo Comics colorist and letterer Serban Cristescu!


from Bongo Comics cover-dated March 2003
Happy birthday, Serban!

Today in Comics History, September 9: We now return to Josephine Baker, P.I., still in progress

from Miss Don't Touch Me (NBM, October 2014), script and colors by Hubert, translation by Joe Johnson, pencils and inks by Kerascoët, letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, September 9: Happy birthday, Frank Robbins!

Born on this day in 1917: comics writer/artist and fine art painter Frank Robbins (creator of the Johnny Hazard strip, Batman, Detective Comics, Weird War Tales, House of Mystery, Superboy, The Invaders, The Human Fly, and more)! And he co-created Man-Bat, the Ten-Eyed Man, Union Jack, Spitfire, and Baron Blood!


from Mighty Calendar Calendar 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 (Marvel, 1975-1978)

Today in Comics History, September 9, 1962: Who let Vince Colletta loose in space?

from Dick Tracy (Tribune Content Agency, December 9, 1962), by Chester Gould

Today in Comics History, September 9: Happy birthday, Colonel Sanders!

Born on September 9, 1890: Colonel Harland Sanders, chicken magnate. That's magnate, nor magnet, because I don't know how you could have a magnet for chickens.


from Cracked #188 (August 1982), script and art by John Langton

Today in Comics History, September 9, 1893: And the adventure keeps on adventuring

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #25 (final issue) (IDW, October 2017), co-plot and script by John Barber, co-plot by Bob Gale, pencils by Marcelo Ferreira and Athila Fabbio, inks by Maria Keane, colors by Jose Luis Rio, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, September 8, 1565: But actually, no one should concern themselves with this situation except the Turks*

from "Malta: Stronghold of Courage*" in Real Life Comics #8 (Pines, November 1942), creators uncredited and unknown
*and Goosio

Today in Comics History, September 8: Happy birthday, Peter Sellers!

Born on this day in 1925: actor and comedian Peter Sellers, who appeared (several times more than once!) in many films over a thirty year career, notably as bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau in the Pink Panther movie series.


from Film Fun #2095 (Amalgamated UK, 12 March 1960)

Today in Comics History, September 8, 1998: America refuses to learn from yet another pandemic

advertisement for Spyro in DC/Johnny DC comics cover-dated November 1998

Today in Comics History, September 8: Happy birthday, Harry Secombe!

Born on this day 101 years ago (1921) in Swansea, Wales: comedian, actor, singer, and writer Sir Harry Secombe, one of the greatest Welshmen in modern history but mostly unknown to American audiences.



from Film Fun #2904 (Amalgamated UK, 5 March 1960), by Bertie Brown

Today in Comics History, Labor Day: Wrap up your restful Labor Day weekend by chillin' down in the sewer

from Batman: The Long Halloween #12 (DC, November 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Richard Starkings
(Click picture to Grundy-size)

Today in Comics History, September 8, 1939: American Bureaucracy: The Comic Book

from All-Star Squadron #61 (September 1986), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Mike Harris, inks by Tony DeZuñiga, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by David Cody Weiss

Today in Comics History, September 8, 1900: It's so hot his inkwell has dried completely up

from "The Isle of the Dead" in Real Fact Comics #14 (DC, May 1948), script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernie Breslauer; pencils and inks by Howard Sherman (?)

‮Today in Comics History, September 7, 2022: A Great Metropolitan Newspaper‭

‮from Earth-Prime #2: Superman and Lois (DC, June 2022), text by Adam Mallinger‭
I'm pretty sure that should read "2021," but hey, you can never tell what typos are on Bizarro-World.

Today in Comics History, September 7, 1956: The night my dad told my mom he was just going out for cigarettes

from "UFOs in the Animal Kingdom" in UFO Flying Saucers #12 (Western/Gold Key, November 1976), pencils and inks by Jack Sparling

Today in Comics History, September 7: Happy birthday, Rob Tokar!

Born on this day: Rob Tokar, Marvel Comics assistant editor and editor in the late eighties and early nineties, as well as occasional scripter and colorist (The Punisher, What If...?, The Avengers, NFL SuperPro, more)! Since then he's worked at Disney, Blizzard, TokyoPop and Tokartoons!


from Marvel Age #93 and 105 (Marvel, October 1990 and October 1991), text by Chris Eliopoulis & Barry Dutter (#103) and Mike Lackey (#105), pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Marie Javins (#93) and Renee Witterstaetter (#105)
Happy birthday, Rob!

Today in Comics History, September 7, 1968: Same as it ever was

from The 'Nam #32 (Marvel, June 1989), script by Doug Murray, pencils by Wayne Vansant, inks by Geof Isherwood, colors and letters by Phil Felix

Today in Comics History, September 7, 1959: Happy birthday, Huntress!

from Infinity Inc. (1984 series) #7 (DC, October 1984), text by Joey Cavalieri
Happy birthday, Helena Wayne!


from "From Each Ending...A Beginning!" in DC Super Stars #17 (DC, November 1977), script by Paul Levitz, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Bob Layton, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, September 7: Nancy still keeps receipts yet again

Nancy (United Feature Syndicates, July 13, 2021), by Olivia Jaimes
Have some déjà vu from March 30, June 6 and August 21? Then see y'all back here for this strip once again on October 6!

Today in Comics History, September 7: Happy birthday, Chrissie Hynde!

Born on this date, the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders!


from "Ralph Carney" in American Splendor: Our Movie Year (Random House, December 2004), script by Harvey Pekar; pencils, inks, and letters by Gary Dumm
Happy birthday, Chrissie!


"Don't Get Me Wrong" by the Pretenders (Real Records/Sire, 1986), written by Chrissie Hynde

Today in Comics History, September 7, 1968: The day Ben Grimm fell on top of Peter Parker and kinda squished him

from Sub-Mariner (1968 series) #8 (December 1968), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Dan Adkins, letters by Sam Rosen

Today in Comics History, September 7: Happy birthday, James "Rhodey" Rhodes!

It's Rhodey's birthday and Elektra is all broken up about his death and HOLY COW THAT'S TONY STARK


from Invincible Iron Man #599 (June 2018), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by Stefano Caselli, colors by Marte Gracia, letters by Clayton Cowles

Today in Comics History, September 6: Word balloon savagely slashed by Sept. 6 caption

from "The Slasher!" in Tales of Horror #9 (Toby, December 1953), pencils by Bill Molno (?), inks by Rocco Mastroserio (?)

Today in Comics History, September 6, 1989: Clark Kent's fake cop badge expires

from The Punisher (1987 series) #10 (August 1988), script by Mike Baron, pencils by Whilce Portacio, inks by Scott Williams, colors by John Wellington, letters by Ken Bruzenak

Today in Comics History, September 6: Meanwhile in the Snyderverse...

cover of Heroes in Crisis #3 (January 2019), art by Ryan Sook
Which means it's the anniversary of the day this happened:



from Wonder Woman (1987 series) #219 (DC, September 2005), script by Greg Rucka, pencils and inks by lotsa people, colors by Tanya Horie and Richard Horie, letters by Todd Klein
Happy Maxsnapversary, I guess!

Today in Comics History, September 6, 2035: A big-ass gun authorizes everything

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #11 (IDW, August 2016), script by John Barber, pencils and inks by Marcelo Ferreira and Áthila Fabbio, colors by Jose Luis Rio,, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, September 6: No particular place to talk and walk

from Black Hammer: Age of Doom #9 (Dark Horse, March 2019), script by Jeff Lemire, pencils and inks by Dean Ormston, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Todd Klein