Today in Comics History, May 9: Happy birthday, Barbara Slate!

Born on this day: comics writer and artist Barbara Slate, who's written, drawn, and created titles at Marvel, DC, Harvey, Archie, and Scholastic, including 2019's The Mueller Report Graphic Novel!


from Son of Yuppies from Hell one-shot (Marvel, 1990), photograph by Bert Stern



She's written and drawn many comics, including the Yuppies from Hell series, Sweet XVI, Barbie, and...


from Marvel Age #82 (Marvel, December 1989), by Renee Witterstaetter


from Marvel Age #99 (Marvel, April 1991)


from Marvel Age #135 (Marvel, April 1994), photograph by Hildy Mesnik
...Yes! She's the creator of one of my favorite comic books of all time: Angel Love!


Angel Love house ad in DC comics cover-dated August 1986
Here Barbara relates the history of creating our favoprite red-headed lovelorn cartoonist:

from DC Through the '80s: The Experiments (DC, August 2021), by Barbara Slate
(Click picture to girl-in-the-big-city-size)
You might have noticed me occasionallyusing specific panels from Angel Love for internet memes, but to be honest, I really do love Angel...er, Love!



(top)Angel Love house ad in DC comics cover-dated October 1986
A very happy birthday to you, Barbara Slate! We angel love love love ya!


from Yuppies from Hell one-shot (Marvel, 1989), photograph by Bert Stern






























PS:


from Angel Love #1 (DC, August 1986); script and pencils by Barbara Slate, inks by John William Lopez, colors by Bob LeRose, letters by Bill Yoshida