from "Easter Hunt" in Love and Rockets (1982 series) #42 (Fantagraphics, August 1993), script by Gilbert Hernandez; pencils, inks, and letters by Jaime Hernandez
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Showing posts with label April 1. Show all posts
Monday, April 01, 2024
Today in Comics History, April 1, April Fools' Day: Hopey you had a great April Fools' Day
from "Easter Hunt" in Love and Rockets (1982 series) #42 (Fantagraphics, August 1993), script by Gilbert Hernandez; pencils, inks, and letters by Jaime Hernandez
Today in Comics History, April 1, April Fools' Day: Jimmydickery
from "Superman's Enemy!" in Jimmy Olsen #35 (DC/National, March 1959), script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley
Today in Comics History, April 1, 1956: Bucky pants a guy
from Captain America (2005 series) #11 (Marvel, November 2005), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Steve Epting, additional inks by Mike Perkins, colors by Frank D'Armata, letters by Randolph Gentile
Today in Comics History, April 1: Happy birthday, Tom Raney!
Born on this day: Tom Raney, comic book artist on many books, including Stormwatch, Thor, Outsiders, Uncanny X-Men, Green Lantern, Mutant X, Black Widow, Avengers Academy and more! And this...his first artwork in print!
from Marvel Age #94 (Marvel, November 1990)
from Marvel Age #94 (Marvel, November 1990)
Today in Comics History, April 1, 198X, April Fools' Day: Joker Regrets He's Able to Lunch Today
from Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer #1 one-shot (DC, February 1986), script by Robert Loren Fleming, pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by Bob Oksner, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by John Costanza
Today in Comics History, April 1, April Fools' Day: As flies to wanton boys are we to Ernie Bushmiller
Nancy (United Feature Syndicate, April 1, 1950, 1952, and 1958), by Ernie Bushmiller
A special tip 'of the three rocks to Johnny Callicutt for bringing these strips to my attention. Johnny runs the absolutely essential and unofficial Nancy Comics by Ernie Bushmiller feeds on Twitter and Bluesky! Thanks, Johnny!
Today in Comics History, April 1, 1991: Oh crumbs, they're moving
from The Complete Crumb Comics v.17: Cave Wimp (Fantagraphics, July 2005), by Robert Crumb
Today in Comics History, April 1, April Fools' Day: Hey, it's April Fools' day, not April Menaces' Day
from (top) "April Antics" in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #151 [Dennis the Menace Yearbook] (Hallden/Fawcett, April 1976), creators uncredited and unknown;
(bottom) Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #160 [Dennis the Menace Yearbook] (Hallden/Fawcett, January 1977), creators uncredited and unknown
Today in Comics History, April 1, 2036: Boy, these Gladiator sequels just get weirder and weirder
from eJunky (Scout, September 2023), script by Nicholas Tana, art by Kyle Faehnrich
Today in Comics History, April 1, April Fools' Day: Just like the Columbia Record Club, you will never be able to unsubscribe
from "Crime-of-the-Month Club!" in Batman (1940 series) #110 (DC/National, September 1957), script by Dave Wood, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris, letters by Pat Gordon
Today in Comics History, April 1, April Fools' Day: Into the mouth of madness
from "The Joker's Crime Costumes" in Batman (1940 series) #63 (DC/National, February 1951), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris, letters by Ira Schnapp
Not Today in Comics History, April 1, April Fools' Day: Well, I don't know where to put this so I guess it gets posted today
This is literally the one day I shouldn't post these panels — well, aside from the fact that I shouldn't be readin' this in the first place. But where else am I gonna put it?
from "Back in Business" in Image! 30th Anniversary Anthology #6 (Image, October 2022); co-script by Jimmy Palmiotti; co-scripot, pencils, inks, and letters by Amanda Conner; colors by Paul Mounts
I suppose since it is "no where near April Fools," this entry actually should be posted the furthest away from it, i.e. October 1. Then again, it was hard enough to do that math, especially when you're counting on hoofs.
from "Back in Business" in Image! 30th Anniversary Anthology #6 (Image, October 2022); co-script by Jimmy Palmiotti; co-scripot, pencils, inks, and letters by Amanda Conner; colors by Paul Mounts
I suppose since it is "no where near April Fools," this entry actually should be posted the furthest away from it, i.e. October 1. Then again, it was hard enough to do that math, especially when you're counting on hoofs.
Today in Comics History, April 1, 1944, April Fools' Day: Fairy Godfather more effective in politics than actual humans
Barnaby (Field Enterprises Syndicate, April 1, 1944), by Crockett Johnson
Today in Comics History, April 1, 1955: Happy birthday, Sillarochca!
No, I didn't know who he was either.
from Psi-Force #26 (Marvel/New Universe, December 1988), pencils by Graham Nolan
from Psi-Force #26 (Marvel/New Universe, December 1988), pencils by Graham Nolan
Today in Comics History, April 1, April Fools' Day: Even today, poor Alfred has to clean all that up
(Click bottom picture to pity-the-fool--size)
Today in Comics History, April 1, 1972, April Fool's Day: The only April Fools' prank in the 'Nam is whoever told Ed that mustache looked good on him
from The 'Nam #71 (Marvel, August 1992), script by Don Lomax, pencils and inks by Wayne Vansant, colors by John Kalisz, letters by Phil Felix
Also on this day, this did, or didn't, happen. You make the call!
from The 'Nam #77 (Marvel, February 1993), script by Don Lomax, pencils by Mike Harris, inks by Frank Percy, colors by John Kalisz, letters by Michael Higgins
Today in Comics History, April 1, April Fools' Day: Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head
from Superman (1987 series) #181 (DC, June 2002), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Cam Smith, colors by Richard Horie and Tanya Horie, letters by Comicraft
Today in Comics History, April 1, 1930, April Fools' Day: I'm gonna make you read these text pages....April Fool!
from Crime Must Pay the Penalty #5 (Ace, December 1948), creator uncredited and unknown
Today in Comics History, April 1, 2003, April Fool's Day: Don't know about you, but I'd be happy if the Iraq War was just a victimless prank
from Combat Zone: True Tales of GIs in Iraq graphic novel (Marvel, 2005), script by Karl Zinsmeister, pencils by Dan Jurgens, inks by Sandu Florea, colors by Raúl Treviño, letters by Virtual Calligraphy
Today in Comics History, April 1, April Fools' Day: Won't you turn your radio down / Respect the seven second delay we use
from Sandman #5 (1989 series) (DC, May 1989), script by Neil Gaiman, pencils by Sam Kieth, inks by Malcolm Jones III, colors by Robbie Busch, letters by Todd Klein
opening theme from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Revuew/Universal, 1955), ("Funeral March of a Marionette" by Charles Gounod)
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