from Psi-Force #23 (Marvel/New Universe, September 1988), pencils by Ron Lim
Oh no! He killed Edgar Allan Poe!
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Sunday, August 27, 2023
Today in Comics History, August 27: Happy birthday, Thomas Boyd!
Born on this day in 1969 (so he just missed Woodstock): paranormal Thomas Boyd, who was absent the day they handed out cool code names.
from Psi-Force #23 (Marvel/New Universe, September 1988), pencils by Ron Lim
Oh no! He killed Edgar Allan Poe!
from Psi-Force #23 (Marvel/New Universe, September 1988), pencils by Ron Lim
Oh no! He killed Edgar Allan Poe!
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Today in Comics History, August 27, 1776: No, wait, you still can't look at the picture yet
from "The Story of the War of Independence" in Picture Stories from American History #2 (EC, 1946), script by M. C. Gaines and W. W. D. Sones, pencils and inks by Allen Simon
Today in Comics History, August 27, 1965: A Grand Day Out
The Fab Four meet the King!
from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; pencils, inks, and colors by Bloop; letters by Ortho
from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; pencils, inks, and colors by Bloop; letters by Ortho
Today in Comics History, August 27, 1966: Sean Connery warned Doc Savage Jr. to wear his earmuffs
Today is the anniversary of the day that Doc Savage's son went to a famous concert at Shea Stadium:
from Doc Savage (1987 miniseries) #2 (DC, December 1987), script by Dennis O'Neil, pencils by Andy Kubert, inks and letters by Adam Kubert, colors by PetraKubert Scotese
You have no taste, Son of Man of Bronze!
from Doc Savage (1987 miniseries) #2 (DC, December 1987), script by Dennis O'Neil, pencils by Andy Kubert, inks and letters by Adam Kubert, colors by Petra
You have no taste, Son of Man of Bronze!
Today in Comics History, August 27, 1967: Rest in Peace, Brian Epstein
from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; pencils, inks, and colors by Piero Ruggeri and Filippo Neri; letters by Ortho
from Marvel Comics Super Special #4 [The Beatles] (1978), script by Dave Kraft, additional dialogue by Don McGregor, pencils by George Pérez, inks by Klaus Janson and Joe Rubinstein, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by Tom Orzechowski
from The Beatles: Their Story in Pictures (ITV, 1982), script by Angus P. Allan, art by Arthur Ranson (collected from the strip in (Look-In)
(Click picture to enlarge)
Today in Comics History, August 27, 1910: The message was "Guess where I'm texting you from?"
from "Hop Harrigan's History of American Aviation" in All-American Comics #22 (DC, January 1941); text, pencils, and inks by Jon L. Blummer
Today in Comics History, August 27: Happy birthday, Richard Kadrey!
Happy birthday today to Richard Kadrey, co-creator and writer of Vertigo's Accelerate and writer of of arcs on Lucifer and Hellblazer!
"On the Ledge" from DC/Vertigo comics cover-dated August 2000
"On the Ledge" from DC/Vertigo comics cover-dated August 2000
Today in Comics History, August 27, 1917: Sure, they were great in WWI, but in WWII that one guy spent the whole war yakkin' on the telephone
from "Fidelity and Service" in Our Fighting Forces #90 (DC, February 1965), script by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tom Nicolosi
Today in Comics History, August 27: Happy birthday, Don Perlin!
Born today: comics writer and artist (and Assistant Art Director at Marvel) Don Perlin (The Defenders, Werewolf by Night, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, Transformers, Man-Thing, Captain America, Spidey Super Stories, co-creator of Valiant's Bloodshot and much more)!
from Mighty Marvel Calendar 1979 and 1980 (Marvel, 1978-1979); Marvel Age #32 (Marvel, November 1985), text by Jim Salicrup, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Andy Yachu
Happy birthday, Don!
from Marvel Age #55 (Marvel, October 1987)
from Mighty Marvel Calendar 1979 and 1980 (Marvel, 1978-1979); Marvel Age #32 (Marvel, November 1985), text by Jim Salicrup, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Andy Yachu
Happy birthday, Don!
from Marvel Age #55 (Marvel, October 1987)
Today in Comics History, August 27: Happy birthday, Kelly Freas!
Born on this day in 1922: famous SF/Fantasy artist Kelly Freas, whose paintings graced the covers of pulp magazines for decades!
He also created that robot that killed Queen.
Freas also illustrated many issues of MAD magazine, including iconic covers and this self-denigrating ad parody.
from MAD #56 (July 1960), by Kelly Freas
Happy birthday to you, Kelly Freas!
from Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #2 (Marvel b/w magazine, March 1975)
He also created that robot that killed Queen.
Freas also illustrated many issues of MAD magazine, including iconic covers and this self-denigrating ad parody.
from MAD #56 (July 1960), by Kelly Freas
Happy birthday to you, Kelly Freas!
from Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #2 (Marvel b/w magazine, March 1975)
Today in Comics History, August 27: Happy birthday, Ilya Salkind!
Born on this day: film and movie producer Ilya Salkind, co-producer of the first three Christopher Reeve Superman movies and Supergirl, and the 1973 Three/Four Musketeers films!
from Fifty Who Made DC Great one-shot (DC, 1985)
Happy birthday, Ilya! And thanks for not being involved with The Quest for Peace!
from (top) DC Comics cover-dated August 1978;
(bottom)All-New Collectors' Edition #C-62 [Superman: the Movie] (DC, March 1979)
from Fifty Who Made DC Great one-shot (DC, 1985)
Happy birthday, Ilya! And thanks for not being involved with The Quest for Peace!
from (top) DC Comics cover-dated August 1978;
(bottom)All-New Collectors' Edition #C-62 [Superman: the Movie] (DC, March 1979)
Today in Comics History, August 27: Sometimes flickering sometimes bright / Sometimes burning up the night / Hair today and gone tomorrow
On this day (mumble mumble) years ago, an accidental laboratory fire and a rescue by Superboy leaves the teenage Lex Luthor bald and vowing revenge for every single one of his lost follicles!
from Super DC Calendar 1976 (DC, 1975), letters by Ben Oda
Perhsp you can recall the early, happy carefree days of Superboys's Pal, Boy Luthor, the Boy Who was Boy Pals with Superboy! And his luxurious head of...brown hair?
from "How Luthor Met Superboy!" in Adventure Comics #271 (DC, April 1960), script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Al Plastino
"My hair! My beautiful head of comics' Lex's hair!"
from Super DC Calendar 1976 (DC, 1975), letters by Ben Oda
Perhsp you can recall the early, happy carefree days of Superboys's Pal, Boy Luthor, the Boy Who was Boy Pals with Superboy! And his luxurious head of...brown hair?
from "How Luthor Met Superboy!" in Adventure Comics #271 (DC, April 1960), script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Al Plastino
"My hair! My beautiful head of comics' Lex's hair!"
Today in Comics History, August 27, 8:33 AM PDT (11:33 AM EDT): Ponytail billows dramatically in rooftop breeze
from Young Justice (2011 series) #12 (DC, April 2012), script by Greg Weisman, pencils by Christopher Jones, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty
Today in Comics History, August 27, 7:54 AM PDT (10:54 AM EDT): Orange is the new bat
from Young Justice (2011 series) #12 (DC, April 2012), script by Greg Weisman, pencils by Christopher Jones, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty
Today in Comics History, August 27, 7:59 AM: Batman sugarcoats it, as usual
from Young Justice (2011 series) #12 (DC, April 2012), script by Greg Weisman, pencils by Christopher Jones, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty
Today in Comics History, August 27, 6:16 AM: Aqualad fails his perception roll
from Young Justice (2011 series) #12 (DC, April 2012), script by Greg Weisman, pencils by Christopher Jones, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty
Today in Comics History, August 27, 6:13 AM: What are the odds? They both knew his middle name!
from Young Justice (2011 series) #12 (DC, April 2012), script by Greg Weisman, pencils by Christopher Jones, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty
Today in Comics History, August 27, 6:10 AM: Four out of five Martian dentists recommend
from Young Justice (2011 series) #12 (DC, April 2012), script by Greg Weisman, pencils by Christopher Jones, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty
Today in Comics History, August 27, 6:07 AM: Superboy still hasn't gotten the hang of playing hide and seek
from Young Justice (2011 series) #12 (DC, April 2012), script by Greg Weisman, pencils by Christopher Jones, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty
Today in Comics History, August 27, 5:40 AM: Bruce does not actually have a plan
from Young Justice (2011 series) #12 (DC, April 2012), script by Greg Weisman, pencils by Christopher Jones, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty
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