Today in Comics History, March 21: Happy birthday, Al Williamson!

Born on this day in 1931: Al Williamson, comics artist on the Flash Gordon and Secret Agent X-9 strips, EC's Valor, Weird Science and Weird Fantasy, Warren's Creepy and Eerie, the Star Wars comic strip and book, and the proverbial many, many more!


text page from Crime SuspenStories (1950 series) #17 (EC, June 1953)

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 341: Uh, Jonah, you got a little..on your face...no, the other side...yeah, right there...no, over to the...

House ads for All-Star Western (1970 series) #10 (February-March 1972);
(top) printed in Batman #237 (December 1971); (bottom) printed in Our Army at War #240 (January 1972)
Ad art: pencils and inks by Tony DeZuñiga
Ad designed by Sol Harrison (?) or Ben Oda (?); lettered by Gaspar Saladino Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, November 13: Giant sideburns are introduced to Lily Dale, New York

from "19th Century StormWatch" in All Star Western (2001 series) #18 (May 2013), script by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, pencils and inks by Staz Johnson, colors by Rob Schwager, letters by Rob Leigh

Kick in the Crotch Month, Day 22: Captain Kangaroo, no!

Panels from All Star Western #11 (September 2012), script by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, pencils and inks by Moritat, colors by Mike Atiyeh, letters by Rob Leigh