I'm always touched by your presence, Andrew

Andrew Weiss, everybody! Let's give him a great big hand!


And that's the subtle, nuanced humor you've all been missing while I've been gone.

Seriously...thank you, Andrew. When I was slamming my fuzzy little head against my desk when my computer died, he immediately volunteered to guest-blog while I carefully applied a claw hammer to my iMac, he thoughtfully volunteered to fill in and provided a sense of absolute fun that I try to celebrate in these here virtual pages. If'n you missed 'em, please go back and check out his posts. And while your'e add it, you really oughta be adding Andrew's Armagideon Time to your regular reading. I say this without hyperbole: he's truly on of the sharpest and most entertaining bloggers on comics, music, pop culture, and twentieth-century folly available on the Inter-majig-net. He makes me think, laugh, and ooh and ahh in awe. Also: if you're not careful, you may just learn something. (I'm takin' that phrase back.)

Thank you also to the many, many people who chimed in with message of support, tech help, offers to lend me a computer or even chip in to get me a replacement. Thank you all; you honestly don't know how much this meant to me at a very distressing time. And remember: back up all your files. Even though I had backed up my files daily, I was still distraught at the prospect of losing stuff (like the rest of the year's Star Wars comics panels) that I had sitting on my desktop without being backed up.

Luckily and thankfully, a new computer arrived at Casa Bully this week, and while I curse Macintosh OS Mavericks for doing away with "Labels," I was relieved and pleased at how quickly I was able to transfer everything from old to new.

Which is as good a time as any to thank you, the viewer reader, for your attention and patience this past week and indeed all throughout 2015. I've seen my lifestyle change to the point I'm not able to keep up with the blog every single day. You may have noticed that I often update with a blast of several posts at once in a following week — in fact some time tonight after I post this return post you'll see a barrage of Star Wars and Today in Comics History posts, so don't forget to go back and check 'em out! Altho' I'm not finding as much free time as I did circa 2010 or so (The Little Stuffed Social Diary has been very filled in recently!), you can still count on fun through 2016, including a brand-new series of 365 Days of... and...well, some other keen stuff I'll try to get to! Thanks for stickin' with Comics Oughta Be Fun!

And...well, this one's for you, Andrew. (wipes little black button eyes with handkerchief)

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 73

Panels from Detective Comics #385 (March 1969*), script by Bob Kanigher, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Joe Giella,

It's not Batman's birthday today (that was February 19) but it is the birthday of two pals of Alfred and mine: friends and fellow bloggers, Mike Sterling and Andrew Weiss. Go on over to their blogs and wish 'em a happy birthday! (I don't know why they don't just stay six, though.) Happy Birthdays, Mike and Andrew!


*This comic book is as old as Mike Sterling!

It's just like the time Kermit the Frog sat in for Carson.

A lot of people won't get no supper tonight, and a lot of people won't get no justice tonight. But you will get a post from this little stuffed bull tonight...just...not right here. In my Chris Sims "follow me into this van and I'll give you candy, kids!" impersonation, let me lead you across the street to Andrew Weiss's Armagideon Time, where you'll find a Bully-penned -crayoned entry in that popular favorite feature all the internet has been raving about, Nobody's Favorites! In tonight's entry: The X-Man nobody likes!



Naw, I'm jus' foolin' with ya. Instead, why not check out the I-can't-believe-it's-not-Gambit adventure of the time that Jean Grey hired Paulie Provenzano to be on the X-Men! As I like to say, now that he's so popular and such a favorite with all the kids, it's kind of fun to see where he got his start.



So make with the clickety-click to read Nobody's Favorite: Paulie Provenzano already! Tell Andrew I sent you. Also, to bring me back some cookies.