Today in Comics History, August 4: Happy birthday, Louis Armstrong!

Born on this day in 1901: iconic American trumpeter, singer, and actor Louis Armstrong! "Satchmo", or "Pops," to his pals!

(PS: the birth date and year on this panel are wrong.)


from Dime Comics #24 (Bell Features, December 1945), text and art by Gerald Lazare

Today in Comics History, July 17, 1959: Man's watch debuts on television, DuMont Network orders pilot and 13 episodes of The Watch

from Billie Holiday graphic novel (NBM, May 2017); script by Carlos Sampayo; translated by Katy MacRae, Robert Boyd, and Kim Thompson; pencils and inks by José Muñoz; letters by Ortho

Today in Comics, July 17: Ah, remember the good old days when we'd go to a record store to buy music?

from Billie Holiday graphic novel (NBM, May 2017); script by Carlos Sampayo; translated by Katy MacRae, Robert Boyd, and Kim Thompson; pencils and inks by José Muñoz; letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, July 17, 1959: Rest in Peace, Billie Holiday

from Billie Holiday graphic novel (NBM, May 2017); script by Carlos Sampayo; translated by Katy MacRae, Robert Boyd, and Kim Thompson; pencils and inks by José Muñoz; letters by Ortho

"(In My) Solitude" by Billie Holiday (Clef Records, 1952), written by Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, and Irving Mills

Today in Comics History, June 12, 1959: Please don't hate me, I just couldn't resist

from Billie Holiday graphic novel (NBM, May 2017); script by Carlos Sampayo; translated by Katy MacRae, Robert Boyd, and Kim Thompson; pencils and inks by José Muñoz; letters by Ortho