"November 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown
Dennis, you jive turkey!
Friday, November 01, 2024
The November 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year
"November 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown
Dennis, you jive turkey!
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Just a Reminder for the Week Ahead
from All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #19 (Marvel/Timely, Fall 1946), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Syd Shores
Tuesday, October 01, 2024
The October 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year
Yes, it's time for the Ineffectual October Calendar by Howard Chaykin, this time starring Sarah Palin and John Oates!
from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots #1 (one-shot) (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin; colors by Jesus Aburtov; letters by Ken Bruzenak
But that's no good to use as a calendar for this month, so here again is Dennis.
"October 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown
This month all month, let's celebrate Dennis committing his first knife crime!
from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots #1 (one-shot) (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin; colors by Jesus Aburtov; letters by Ken Bruzenak
But that's no good to use as a calendar for this month, so here again is Dennis.
"October 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown
This month all month, let's celebrate Dennis committing his first knife crime!
Sunday, September 01, 2024
The September 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year
Whatddaya mean, you haven't picked up that phone call yet? It's September, dude! Check the handy tiny calendar! And ya know what? It's useless for us this month!
from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots #1 (one-shot) (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin; colors by Jesus Aburtov; letters by Ken Bruzenak
Instead, check out America's only trademarked Menace™, Dennis, in a cartoon that has no captions but is obviously subtitled "I'd like a volunteer...oh sweet Jesus, not you, Dennis." Enjoy the li'l heckraiser all month long!
"September 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown
from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots #1 (one-shot) (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin; colors by Jesus Aburtov; letters by Ken Bruzenak
Instead, check out America's only trademarked Menace™, Dennis, in a cartoon that has no captions but is obviously subtitled "I'd like a volunteer...oh sweet Jesus, not you, Dennis." Enjoy the li'l heckraiser all month long!
"September 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown
Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Today in Comics History, August 6, 1951: Newspaper hits porch so hard it's seeing stars
from "Newspaper items" in Big Town #11 (DC/National, November 1951), by Mort Drucker
Sunday, August 04, 2024
Today in Comics History, August 4, 1952: Plan Eight from Outer Space is unsuccessful
from "The 1950 Hamilton A.F.B. California Case" in Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 series) #26 (EC, December 1954), script by Al Feldstein, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Jim Wroten
Today in Comics History, August 4, 1914: Great Britain vows with all its might to protect those delicious waffles
from Tolkien: Lighting Up the Darkness (Ablaze, February 2024), script by Willy Duraffourg, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, colors by Flavia Caracuzzo and Joël Odone
Friday, August 02, 2024
Today in Comics History, August 2: Happy birthday, Peter O'Toole!
Born on this day in 1932: acclaimed British actor Peter O'Toole (insert joke from Diamonds Are Forever by Sean Connery), who you've seen in such movies (if you're lucky!) as The Lion in Winter, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Stunt Man, My Favorite Year, Man of La Mancha, What's New Pussycat?, Lawrence of Arabia, Troy, and, ahem, Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (and lots more).
photo cover of Goodbye, Mr. Chips one-shot (Gold Key/Western, June 1970)
photo cover of Goodbye, Mr. Chips one-shot (Gold Key/Western, June 1970)
Thursday, August 01, 2024
Today in Comics History, August 1: Happy birthday, Claudius!
Ave Claudius! And happy birthday to ya too, because today's your birthday (born August 1, 10 BC), Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus! Better known to the world as jus' plain Claudius, which makes it easier to write birthday cards to him, especially when you had to chistle 'em into slate tablets. "Happy birthday, Claude!" (thunk) Not that he wasn't mighty enough to pick 'em up:
from "[I Made an Airplane]" in Kid Eternity (1946 series) #5 (Quality, Spring 1947), pencils and inks by Pete Riss (?) or Witmer Williams (?)
from "[I Made an Airplane]" in Kid Eternity (1946 series) #5 (Quality, Spring 1947), pencils and inks by Pete Riss (?) or Witmer Williams (?)
Fun with Comics: How Bertie Wooster would have handled Nazis
from the Junior Rangers story in Headline Comics v.1 #7 (Prize, Spring 1944), art by Henry Kiefer (?)
The August 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year
Come on, man! Time to answer your landline to participate in a Republican-backed phone poll that will be presented as representing 100% of the population of America instead of the sliver of percentage who answer blind calls and still have a telephone that won't fit in your pocket. Lookin' at you, Mom. Anyway, this little stuffed bull gives you the permission to ignore your phone all month.
from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots #1 (one-shot) (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin; colors by Jesus Aburtov; letters by Ken Bruzenak
Instead, why not cool off in August by divin' into the pool of a complete stranger as suggested by this real calendar you can use all thru this month of August 2024, huh? Wow, McGruff the Crime Dog can't get to Dennis's neighborhood fast enough.
"August 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown
Remember: don't pick up your phone! It might just be Ghostface.
(And oh yeah, PS: here's a calendar you can use if you're only gonna be around the last two weeks of August. Like, say, if you come out of a coma on the 18th or somethin'.)
from Spider-Gwen: Gwen-Verse #2 (Marvel, June 2022), script by Tim Seeley, pencils and inks by Jodi Nishijima, colors by Federico Blee, letters by Ariana Maher
from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots #1 (one-shot) (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin; colors by Jesus Aburtov; letters by Ken Bruzenak
Instead, why not cool off in August by divin' into the pool of a complete stranger as suggested by this real calendar you can use all thru this month of August 2024, huh? Wow, McGruff the Crime Dog can't get to Dennis's neighborhood fast enough.
"August 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown
Remember: don't pick up your phone! It might just be Ghostface.
(And oh yeah, PS: here's a calendar you can use if you're only gonna be around the last two weeks of August. Like, say, if you come out of a coma on the 18th or somethin'.)
from Spider-Gwen: Gwen-Verse #2 (Marvel, June 2022), script by Tim Seeley, pencils and inks by Jodi Nishijima, colors by Federico Blee, letters by Ariana Maher
Friday, July 26, 2024
Today in Comics History, July 26: Earth is embarrassed to go to the prom after it gets a big pimple
from Children of the Vault #1 (Marvel, October 2023), script by Deniz Camp, art by Luca Maresca, colors by Carlos Lopez, letters by Cory Petit
Today in Comics History, July 26: Happy birthday, Helen Mirren!
Happy birthday today to actor Dame Helen Mirren (The Queen, The Long Good Friday, Excalibur, Calendar Girls, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The Mosquito Coast, Prime Suspect, The Fate of the Furious, F9, Fast X, and many other movies that don't involve racing cars.)
She sneaks into this feature celebrating her birthday by the skin of her English teeth, because she technically is in comic books:
"DC Nation" from DC Comics cover-dated May 2023
Happy birthday, Helen! Try to fit in a guest appearance in a Batman something this coming year, okay?
She sneaks into this feature celebrating her birthday by the skin of her English teeth, because she technically is in comic books:
"DC Nation" from DC Comics cover-dated May 2023
Happy birthday, Helen! Try to fit in a guest appearance in a Batman something this coming year, okay?
Today in Comics History, July 26: Happy birthday, Sandra Bullock!
Born on this day: actor Sandra Bullock, who has a pretty cool last name as far as I'm concerned. You may remember her from such films as Demolition Man, Speed, Hope Floats, Miss Congeniality, The Net, Gravity and others, but you may not remember her from M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, because she wasn't in that.
Let's take a look at Sandra Bullock in comic books, shall we?
from "You Ought to be in Pictures" in Archie's Spring Break #5 (Archie, 2000), script by Bill Golliher, pencils by Jeff Shultz, inks by Jim Amash, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Bill Yoshida
Aw man, that's not Sandra Bullock, that's just anotgher one of Archie's Generic Celebrities.
Oh well. Until I can leaf through these other comics and find an actual appearance by her, let's check in on this thinly-disguised version of Sandra Bullock.
Let's take a look at Sandra Bullock in comic books, shall we?
from "You Ought to be in Pictures" in Archie's Spring Break #5 (Archie, 2000), script by Bill Golliher, pencils by Jeff Shultz, inks by Jim Amash, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Bill Yoshida
Aw man, that's not Sandra Bullock, that's just anotgher one of Archie's Generic Celebrities.
Oh well. Until I can leaf through these other comics and find an actual appearance by her, let's check in on this thinly-disguised version of Sandra Bullock.
Today in Comics History, July 26, 1918: J.R.R. Tolkien eagerly awaits for his order of bologna to arrive
from Tolkien: Lighting Up the Darkness (Ablaze, February 2024), script by Willy Duraffourg, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, colors by Flavia Caracuzzo and Joël Odone
Monday, July 01, 2024
The July 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year
Here's your ready-to-use July Calendar!
from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots #1 (one-shot) (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin; colors by Jesus Aburtov; letters by Ken Bruzenak
Aw, that's no good! For one thing, you can't read the numbers. And also, who still uses a land line and answering machine these days? (Looks up at the panel) The Dutch, that's who!
Here's a real calendar you can use this month of July 2024, courtesy of Your Friendly Neighborhood Pre-Pubescent Menace:
"July 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown
Shoot off those firewworks if you got 'em, kids! Right into Mr. Wilson's house.
from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots #1 (one-shot) (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin; colors by Jesus Aburtov; letters by Ken Bruzenak
Aw, that's no good! For one thing, you can't read the numbers. And also, who still uses a land line and answering machine these days? (Looks up at the panel) The Dutch, that's who!
Here's a real calendar you can use this month of July 2024, courtesy of Your Friendly Neighborhood Pre-Pubescent Menace:
"July 1968" from Dennis the Menace Giant #51 [Dennis the Menace Christmas Special] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1967), creators unidentified and unknown
Shoot off those firewworks if you got 'em, kids! Right into Mr. Wilson's house.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
There Is No Hope in Crime Alley 2024: Hand over those three rocks, lady
Long-time readers of this blog will know that pretty much everytime June 26 rolls around, I commemorate the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne by showing off panels of that iconic origin of Batman, because it's been portrayed in comic books two or three times.
from "The Batman Wars Against the Dirigible of Doom" in Detective Comics (1937 series) #33 (DC, November 1939), script by Bill Finger, figure pencils and inks by Bob Kane, background pencils and letters by Sheldon Moldoff
However, this year let's mix it up a little bit and show a happier ending to that trip through Crime Alley:
Nancy (United Feature Syndicate, October 10, 1953), by Ernie Bushmiller
I'm pretty sure Sluggo still got shot, but still...
Today in Comics History, June 26, 1903: Massive debt undertaken to decorate aft end of ship
from "Most Dangerous Passage" in True Comics #65 (Parents' Magazine Press, October 1947), creators uncredited and unknown
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Today in Comics History, June 25: Hoberman has been poked; had his dog shot; is bugged
from "The Sins of the Father..." in Action Comics Weekly #606 (DC, June 28, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 25, 8:07 AM Pacific/10:07 AM Central: A tiny gnome is kicking Rafael's shins
from "The Sins of the Father..." in Action Comics Weekly #606 (DC, June 28, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 25, 7:30 AM Pacific/9:30 Central: Mysterious package makes second appearance in comics within two weeks
from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
And now, the exciting recap:
from "The Sins of the Father..." in Action Comics Weekly #606 (DC, June 28, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Wait, the handwriting on the package changed!
Today in Comics History, June 25, 9:05 AM: Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building
from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 25, 12:41 AM: Yep, let's paint our super-secret stealth spy plane tomato red
from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 24, 10:36 PM Pacific/June 25, 12:36 AM Central: Cops give bad news to Han Solo
from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 25, 12:33 AM: Tonight, on Jackass...
from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 24, 10:29 PM Pacific/June 25, 12:29 AM Central: Wow, that musta been some kind of magic trick
from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 25, 12:26 AM: Artificial method to jump-start a Crisis on Infinite Earths is discovered
from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Monday, June 24, 2024
Today in Comics History, June 24, 11:58 PM: This is the weirdest Columbo ever
from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 24, 11:45 PM: It's hard to know who to root for here, the guy with a skullface and lobotomy or the one in his footie pajamas
from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 24, 11:17 PM: Amazon.com deliveries get more and more complicated
from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 24, Midsummer Night: Who's the special guest at the barbecue? It's Agatha all along
from The Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985 series) #3 (Marvel, December 1985), script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Richard Howell, inks by Jim Mooney, colors by Janet "JayJay" Jackson, letters by Lois Buhalis
Today in Comics History, June 24, 3:03 PM: We have always spied in the castle
from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 24, 2:25 PM: Livin' in a box / Livin' in a Barney's box
Well, whaddaya know? It was called "Haunts of the Very Rich!"
from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 24, 12:24 PM Pacific (2:24 PM Central): How very disarming, Mister Bond
from "Spread Your Broken Wings and Learn to Fly" in Action Comics Weekly #603 (DC, June 7, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Aw, what do you wanna bet the next story won't even be called "Haunts of the Very Rich"?
Today in Comics History, June 24, 2:00 PM: Noooooobody expects Barney's...oh wait, yeah, you're on the list.
from "Spread Your Broken Wings and Learn to Fly" in Action Comics Weekly #603 (DC, June 7, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Today in Comics History, June 24, 1947: Alien geese prepare to invade Earth
from UFO Flying Saucers #1 (Western/Gold Key, October 1968), script by Leo Dorfman, pencils and inks by Joe Certa
Today in Comics History, June 24, 1898: Doctor shoots to kill
"Army Doc" from M.D> (1955 series) #5 (EC, December 1956), creators uncredited and unknown
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Today in Comics History, June 22: Happy birthday, Jae Lee!
Born on this day: comics artist Jae Lee (Red Sonja, Batman/Superman, Inhumans, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Darkwing Duck: Negaduck, Wolverine, Before Watchmen: Ozymandias, Django/Zorro and many more)!
from Marvel Knights Sketchbook one-shot (Marvel/Wizard, August 1998), art by Jae Lee
Happy birthday, Jae!
from Battlestar Galactica 1999 Tour Book one-shot (Realm, May 1999), art by Jae Lee
from Marvel Knights Sketchbook one-shot (Marvel/Wizard, August 1998), art by Jae Lee
Happy birthday, Jae!
from Battlestar Galactica 1999 Tour Book one-shot (Realm, May 1999), art by Jae Lee
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