Today in Comics History, September 27: Happy birthday, Avril Lavigne!

Born on this day: Grammy-Award-winning singer/songwriter Avril Lavigne ("Complicated," "Sk8er Boi," "Don't Tell Me," "My Happy Ending" and more)! What's that gotta do with comic books, you ask? Well...


covers of Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes Vol. 1 and 2 (Del Rey, April 2007-July 2007), art by Camilla d'Errico



Yes, Avril actually appears in the manga, as the (imaginary) pal of the troubled protagonist:

from Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes Vol. 1 (Del Rey, April 2007), Xart by Camilla d'Errico
(Click picture to Here’s to Never Growing Up-size)
But the rules tell us that she can't get an entry in The Official Handbook of the Avril Lavigne Universe until she's made an appearance in three comic books. So lucky, then, that we have this comic:


cover of The #1 (Building & Loan Comics, 2005), by Evan Munday
Not to mention this, whatever this is:


from "Ticket Masters of Evil" in Toyfare #69 (tee hee) (Wizard, May 2003), by Pat McCallum, Tom Root, and Zach Oat, with Justin Aclin, Robert Bricken, Adam Patyk, and Jon Gutierrez
So, in conclusion, everybody loves Avril Lavigne. Isn't that right, Wrecker?


from Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #126 (Marvel, May 1987), script by Danny Fingeroth, pencils by Alan Kupperberg, inks by Art Nichols and Vince Colletta, colors by George Roussos, letters by Rick Parker
Happy birthday, Avril! I'll always be your Sk8er Bull.


"Complicated" by Avril Lavigne (Arista, 2002), written by Avril Lavigne, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, and Graham Edwards