Today in Comics History, September 29: Happy birthday, Anita Ekberg!

Born on this day in 1931: Anita Ekberg, Swedish movie star and sex symbol (Said Bob Hope: "Whoa, I'll take Sweden!"), from such movies as La Dolce Vita, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, The Mongols, Boccaccio '70, If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, The Clowns, and more!

It's not easy to find portrayals of Ms. Ekberg in comic books, but I think I've found the one that's the platonic ideal of Anita Ekberg in comics: Anita Ekberg drawn by Wally Wood!


from "Movies Are Longer Than Ever" in MAD #32 (April 1957), pencils and inks by Wally Wood
Well, howdy, Miz Ekberg, and happy birthday!