Today in Comics History, February 20: Happy birthday, Mike Allred!

Born on this day: Mike Allred, scripter and artist, creator of Madman, Red Rocket 7, and The Atomics, co-creator of X-Statix and iZombie, and artist on some of the World's Most Fun Comics™ ever, including FF, Silver Surfer, Wednesday Comics, Bug!: The Adventures of Forager, X-Ray Robot, Superman: Space Age and much, much more!


from FF (2013 series) #10 (Marvel, September 2013), script by Matt Fraction, pencils & inks by Mike Allred, colors by Laura Allred, letters by Clayton Cowles



Mike appeared as a Earth-616 character (much as Stan 'n' Jack had!) in issues of FF he drew, accompanying Ant-Man's team to the Microverse, accompanied by Marvel Marvel's VP Tom Brevoort and scripter Matt Fraction! (Mike's the one in the knit hat and Madman t-shirt!)



Mike's the ideal choice for a Fantastic Four comic book: like Kirby and his successors, he can handle "visually interesting ways to tell their story!"



The FF liked him so much they even invited him to their big series blow-out celebration on the MOON! (Pictured here with his wife and frequent colorist Laura Allred!)

from FF (2013 series) #16 (Marvel, March 2014), script by Matt Fraction, pencils & inks by Mike Allred, colors by Laura Allred, letters by Clayton Cowles
(Click top picture to Kirby-size)
Mike also ceratesamazing covers.


Happy birthday, Mike! Thanks for all the wonder and excitement, and we wish you many, many more!


pinup from Detective Comics (2011 series) #27 (DC, March 2014), pencils and inks by Mike Allred, colors by Laura Allred