Today in Comics History, March 21: Happy birthday, Jeff Lemire!

Born on this day: comic book writer and artist Jeff Lemire (creator of Sweet Tooth, Trillium, The Nobody, and Essex County Trilogy, and writer on All-New Hawkeye, Extraordinary X-Men, Moon Knight, Old Man Logan, Superboy, Animal Man, Justice League Dark, Green Arrow, Black Hammer, Bloodshot Reborn and more)!


"On the Ledge" from DC/Vertigo comics cover-dated November 2009
Jeff's at the extreme right of this double-page spread of a Comic-Con without hardly nobody in the aisles? What's up with that?

from Faith (2016 series) #3 (Valiant, September 2016), script by Jody Houser, pencils and inks by Pere Pérez, colors by Andrew Dalhouse, letters by Dave Sharpe
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Happy happy birthday, Jeff!


from Teen Titans, Earth One v.1 (DC, January 2015)

Today in Comics History, December 21: Happy birthday, Chip Zdarsky!

BoTD: comics artist, writer, and designer Chip Zdarsky (Howard the Duck, Daredevil, Peter Parker, Batman, Jughead, Sex Criminals and much more)!





variant "How to Draw" covers for Marvel Comics cover-dated December 2017, by Chip Zdarsky

Today in Comics History, July 29: Happy birthday, Gail Simone!

Happy birthday today to Gail Simone, prodigious scripter of comics and television, with her work in such a wide variety of titles as Wonder Woman, The Simpsons comics, Action Comics, Deadpool, Secret Six, Red Sonja, Rose and Thorn, Domino, Birds of Prey, Batgirl, The All-New Atom and others. She's the co-creator of the comic book series Agent X, Clean Room, Welcome to Tranquility, and Leaving Megalopolis, and has written for TV on such series as Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and more!


"DC Nation" #77, from DC COmics cover-dated November 2008
Can you spot Gail in her natural habitat: Twitter a comic book convention?:

from Faith (2016 series) #3 (Valiant, September 2016), script by Jody Houser, pencils and inks by Pere Pérez, colors by Andrew Dalhouse, letters by Dave Sharpe
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Happy birthday, Gail!

Today in Comics History, July 15: Happy birthday, Kelly Sue DeConnick!

Born on this day: comics writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, co-creator of Pretty Deadly and Bitch Planet, and writer on such series as Captain Marvel, Avengers Assemble, Osborn, Aquaman, Ghost, and more! She was a consultant on the 2019 Captain Marvel movie and had a cameo in the film. She's also the translator of several manga, including Fruits Basket, Black Cat, Demon Diary, Kare First Love, and Sensual Phrase. How do you even find time to have some birthday cake today, Kelly Sue?

Can you spot Kelly Sue at this comic book convention? Bonus points for all the other creators you can find! Hint: most of 'em have nameplates!

from Faith (2016 series) #3 (Valiant, September 2016), script by Jody Houser, pencils and inks by Pere Pérez, colors by Andrew Dalhouse, letters by Dave Sharpe
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Happy birthday, Kelly Sue DeConnick!


from "Horsepower: Dark Horse Heroes" in Dark Horse Comics cover-dated February 2013

Today in Comics History, June 24: Happy birthday, Ryan Stegman!

Today! Join in the birthday celebration for comics writer and artist Ryan Stegman (She-Hulks, X-23, Superior Spider-Man, Inhuman, Uncanny Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows, King in Black and more)!

Sadly Ryan was born too late to attend the Superman/Muhammad Ali prize fight like nearly everybody else in comic books, but here's the next best thing: can you spot Ryan...at a comic book convention! Bonus points for all the other creators you can find! Hint: most of 'em have nameplates!

from Faith (2016 series) #3 (Valiant, September 2016), script by Jody Houser, pencils and inks by Pere Pérez, colors by Andrew Dalhouse, letters by Dave Sharpe
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Happy birthday, Ryan!

Today in Comics History, April 7: Happy birthday, Jody Houser!

A very happy birthday today to comics writer Jody Hauser, Eisner-nominated scripter for Faith, who's also scripter Stranger Things, StarCraft, Critical Role, Doctor Who, Mother Panic, Supergirl, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, Star Wars, Star Trek: Year Five, Spider-Girls, The Web of Black Widow and many more! Now...find Jody Houser!

from Faith (2016 series) #3 (Valiant, September 2016), script by Jody Houser, pencils and inks by Pere Pérez, colors by Andrew Dalhouse, letters by Dave Sharpe
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Happy birthday, Jody!