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Sunday, November 19, 2023

Today in Comics History, November 19, 1863: Superman swerves to avoid the giant heads of the Founding Fathers and Charles Xavier

'Turn down your high beams, James madison!'

from "The World's Most Perfect Girl!" in Action Comics (1938 series) #133 (DC/National, June 1949), script by Dorothy Woolfolk, pencils and inks by Al Plastino

Sunday, January 01, 2023

Today in Comics History, January 1, 1863: American journalism gets paper cut; bleeds all over newspapers

from "The Union Preserved" in Picture Stories from American History #4 (EC, Summer 1947), script by Jerry Coleman, pencils and inks by Allen Simon

Thursday, December 01, 2022

Today in Comics History, December 1, 1859: Way to commit to a cause without waffling, Abe

That one guy at the lower right TOTALLY did not get the memo that this was clearly a top hat convention.

from "John Brown" in Real Life Comics #4 (Pines, April 1942), creators uncredited and unknown

Saturday, November 19, 2022

Today in Comics History, November 19, 1863: A hush comes over the crowd as they try to calculate how many is four score and seven

'Now, who wants to buy an NFT of my speech?'

from "The War Between the States" in Picture Stories from American History #4 (EC, Summer 1947), script by Jerry Coleman, pencils and inks by Allen Simon

Monday, August 29, 2022

Today in Comics History, August 29, 1857: Match wits with Abe Lincoln, and see if you can figure out...whodunnit?!?

But what will happen when Abe lincoln discovers the killer is...himself?!?

from "Murder by Moonlight" in Real Heroes #9 (Parents' Magazine Press, February 1943), creators uncredited and unknown

Friday, April 15, 2022

Today in Comics History, April 15, 1865: Man sitting in front of Lincoln's bed is so traumatized all the color drains from his face

'Dibs on his collection of erotic horse silhouettes.'

from Picture Stories from American History #4 (EC, Summer 1947), script by Jerry Coleman, pencils and inks by Allen Simon

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Today in Comics History, April 14, 1865: Oh, you jerk Booth, look at his hands, he'd already surrendered

It's his own fault for sitting in the middle of a circular target!

from Picture Stories from American History #4 (EC, Summer 1947), script by Jerry Coleman, pencils and inks by Allen Simon

Today in Comics History, April 14, 1861: Abraham Lincoln teaches the crowd how to spell "yay"

Hey now, that guy in maroon in the center has a compelling argument!

from Picture Stories from American History #4 (EC, Summer 1947), script by Jerry Coleman, pencils and inks by Allen Simon

Monday, February 21, 2022

Today in Comics History, President's Day: Come on and sit on George's wooden lap

I'm gonna go sit on Nixon's lap and ask him for some recording tape.

"Whatcha Want for President's Day?" from The Ren and Stimpy Show #17 (Marvel, April 1994), script by Dan Slott, pencils and inks by Mike Kazaleh, colors by Chia-Chi Wang, letters by Brad K. Joyce

Saturday, February 12, 2022

Today in Comics History, February 12: Happy Birthday, Abraham Lincoln!

Born on this day in 1809: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, the Great Emanicipator, and the guy who grew up in a log cabin, did his school lessons on a shovel, and wishes in retrospect he hadn't been so keen to see Our American Cousin: Abraham Lincoln!

I would NOT go around tempting people to shoot you, Stan.

I would NOT go around tempting people to shoot you, Stan.

from Mighty Marvel Calendar 1976 (Marvel, December 1975)
Abe has been in comic books lotsa times, and IU've celebrated him several times in poss on this here puppet-town cow blog. Here's just a few:

Next year: S'more of the 125+ comics panels featuring Abraham Lincoln that I've got hoarded away for just such a occasion like February 12. But now, I'm goin' to bed. It's been a long day. Happy birthday, Abe!

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Today in Comics History, April 14, 1865: Or again, maybe he was

Well, what the truth is, we may just never know.

from "Scoops...Pictures to Remember" in Real Fact Comics #3 (DC, July 1946); script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernie Breslauer; pencils and inks by George Roussos

Monday, October 09, 2017

365 Days of Defiance, Day 282: To overthrow the men who pervert it

This one's a little over the top, sure, but if you can't have a time-travelling Abe Lincoln punching post-apocalypse Immortan Don in 2017...

It was nice of them to portray 45 as more attractive and fit than he is in real life.

It was nice of them to portray 45 as more attractive and fit than he is in real life.

'Fourscore and seven years ago we did our parts to try and make America great. What have YOU done, you horse's ass?'

Netflix presents MARVEL'S IRON FIST ABE!

Panels from Trump vs. Time Lincoln one-shot (Summer 2017), script by David Perez, pencils and inks by David Hutchison, colors by Lee Duhig
"The people — the people — are the rightful masters of both congresses and courts — not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it. — Abraham Lincoln, Notes for Speeches at Columbus and Cincinnati, 1959

Monday, July 04, 2016

A Month of... Pancakes! Day 4: Celebrate Independence Day by enjoying the traditional July 4th meal!

'Now make them in the shapes of bunny rabbits!'

Mary Todd Lincoln is working away in the kitchen making hundreds of pancakes, grumbling about the Emancipation Proclamation...

Panels from Marvel Adventures: The Avengers #34 (May 2009); script by Paul Tobin, pencils by Matteo Lolli, inks by Christian Vecchia, colors by Sotocolor, letters by Dave Sharpe

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Today in Comics History, April 14, 1865: Aside from that, yes, actually, Mrs. Lincoln did enjoy the play

Today in comic books, and, for that matter, real life:

Relaxed? he's freakin' asleep!

from "News Snapshots: Past and Present" in It Really Happened #10 (Pines, August 1947), creators unknown
Yes, it's It Really Happened, the comic book where it really happened! As opposed to the comic book Jack Kirby's We Wish It Happened!:

'ARTE JOHNSON?!?'

from The New Gods (1971 series) #1 (DC, February 1971), script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta, letters by John Costanza
And if you think that's impressive, just imagine what Vince Coletta erased!

Anyway, Lincoln was relaxing at the theatre, and on with the show! Say, I wonder what Lincoln was enjoying so much?

'Hot dogs? Peanuts? Bullet through the head?'

'Hot dogs? Peanuts? Bullet through the head?'

Wow, the audience really DOES hate Zatara.

'Wait, that's Superman doing that! He's a phony! Hey, this guy's a great big phony!'

The most blood-chilling EC comics characters of them all!

from (top to bottom) It Really Happened #10; the Marvo the Magician story in Lightning Comics (1940 series) v.2 #1 (Ace, June 1941), creators unknown; "The Super Stunt-Man!" in Superman (1939 series) #26 (DC, January 1944), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Joe Shuster and Ira Yarbrough, inks by George Roussos (?); from "Vaudeville Section" in Fat and Slat #4 (EC, Spring 1948), script and art by Ed Wheelan
Yes, that's how it really happened.

...

Naw, I'm jus' foolin' ya. Here's how it actually "went down," as the kids say today.

Aw, Lincoln's looking' for his lost penny. And it has his face on it!

Aw, Lincoln's looking' for his lost penny. And it has his face on it!

So. That happened.

Then, ~~today~~ tomorrow and twelve days from now in comics history, this happened:

Geez, bad enough for Lincoln to die -- don't make him die in a Family Circus cartoon.

Geez, bad enough for Lincoln to die -- don't make him die in a Family Circus cartoon.

Hmm. I think I prefer my version better. Sorry, Mr. Lincoln!

More President Lincoln getting assassinated comics here. So many there ought be an entire tab on TV Tropes for this.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Today in Comics History, November 19, 1863: Superman uses his great powers for profiting on eBay

'Hey, he signed this 'Heywood Jablowme!''

from "Autograph, Please!" in Superman #48 (DC, September 1947), script by Jerry Siegel, pencils and inks by John Sikela

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Today in Comics History, June 14, 1920: Underwhelming superhero with world's stupidest birthmark is born

'I shall have to name him something patriotic...ah, perfect: 'Adolph.'

from Our Flag Comics #2 (Ace, October 1941), pencils by Harry Anderson
Then, twenty-one years later...

21 years in a couple panels? This is what Scott McLeod was trying to tell us about ALL ALONG!

21 years in a couple panels? This is what Scott McLeod was trying to tell us about ALL ALONG!

WHOA THAT'S QUITE A JUMP CUT

'Maybe I shouldn't a' had an entire apple pie before bed.'

Man, Lincoln there looks like he's about to hand down the death sentence, doesn't he? Luckily, Flag McFlagg not his real name knows what to do with this amazing new superpower: financially benefit himself! Oh, wait, no, fight crime.

'Geez, so, were you even listening to me? Don't make ANY associations with flags! Ehhh, he's already gone.'