Today in Comics History, September 14: Happy birthday, Donny Cates!

Born on this date: comic book scripter and artist Donny Cates (Venom, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, Absolute Carnage, Star Trek and more, plus his own co-creations Interceptor, God Country, Redneck, Crossover, Vanish, Babyteeth, plus others)! Here he is meta-writing himself into the second story arc of Crossover:


from Crossover #11 (Image, February 2022), script by Donny Cates, pencils and inks by Geoff Shaw, colors by Dee Cunniffe, letters by John J. Hill



Don't try to compare him to the writer of a Republic serial. He write himself into the series thirty-five minutes ago. And from now.



The great thing about writing yourself into your own comic book is that you can be certain that you're immortal and you're never going to die...whoops. Oh.


from Crossover #13 (Image, May 2022), script by Donny Cates, pencils and inks by Geoff Shaw, colors by Dee Cunniffe, letters by John J. Hill
Happy birthday, Donny!


from Babyteeth #1 (AfterShock, June 2017)