Today in Comics History, March 25: Happy birthday, Elton John!

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published March 25, 2022.

Born on this date, already wearing a sparkly pair of sunglasses and chunky heels: Elton John, the world's only Rock Star!


cover of Look-In #37/1973 (ITV, 8 September 1973), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, January 30, 1969: Little-known musical band can't afford recording studio

from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; pencils, inks, and colors by Virginie de Lambert; letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, August 15, 1965: The Beatles are paid $160,000 to let 55,000 teenagers scream at them for half an hour

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 Rock 'n' Roll Comics: The Beatles Experience (Revolutionary/Bluewater, 2010), script by Todd Loren, art by Mike Sagara




from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; pencils, inks, and colors by Ben Lebégue; letters by Ortho

Liberty Bell March, Day 29 and Today in Comics History, March 29: Happy birthday, Eric Idle!

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published March 29, 2015.

Born on this day: Monty Python comedian Eric Idle!


from Comics: Monty Python one-shot (Bluewater, April 2014), script by Chris Canibano, pencils and colors by Juan Luis Rincón, letters by Gary Scott Beatty
Hey, he knows George Harrison!


from Rock 'n' Roll Comics: The Beatles Experience (Revolutionary/Bluewater, 2010), script by Todd Loren, art by Mike Sagara
Also, a magazine known primarily for its covers of naked lady van art did an interview with Eric:


"A Brief (and Very Silly) Interview with Eric Idle" in Heavy Metal Magazine v.25 #3 (Heavy Metal, July 2001), interview by Steve Ringgenberg
Happy birthday, Eric!

Today in Comics History, March 26, 1968: Paul's leaving India, bye bye

from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; pencils, inks, and colors by Martin Trystram; letters by Ortho


from Rock 'n' Roll Comics: The Beatles Experience (Revolutionary/Bluewater, 2010), script by Todd Loren, art by Mike Sagara