Today in Comics History, July 3: Happy birthday, Franz Kafka!

Born on this day in 1883 in the Kingdom of Bohemia (Face it, you didn't know he came from Bohemia! The only thing I knew about Bohemia was that there was a scandal there), writer and cockroach enthusiast Franz Kafka, who woke up this morning not quite feeling himself. Hey, Franzie, what kinda cake would you like for your birthday?


"Baking with Kafka" from Baking with Kafka (D+Q, October 2017), by Tom Gauld



Kafka wrote such infamous works as The Metamorphosis, Amerika, The Trial, and The Castle, which is assigned reading for all supporting characters in the Marvel Universe. the Watcher issues it tio you just before your debut issue.


from Dazzler #20 (Marvel, October 1982), script by Danny Fingeroth, pencils by Frank Springer, inks by Vince Colletta, colors by Don Warfield, letters by Janice Chiang
So remember, for the best in uneasy translated reading entertainment, Make Mine Kafka!


"For the Finest in Classic Entertainment" in Masterpiece Comics (D+Q, August 2009), by R. Sikoryak
Happy birthday, Franz! Hope you survive the metamorphosis!


"The Easily Influenced Novelists' Characters" from Baking with Kafka