Today in Comics History, December 23, 1988: Delta variant hits hard

from Flaming Carrot Comics #26 (Dark Horse, June 1991); script by Bob Burden; pencils and inks by Bob Burden, Rod Whigham, Pat St Amopur, Joe Pruett, and Marsha Jensen, letters by Roxanne Starr

Today in Comics History, September 19, 1983: Chairface Chippendale is furious he wasn't included in heist

from Flaming Carrot Comics #26 (Dark Horse, June 1991); script by Bob Burden; pencils and inks by Bob Burden, Rod Whigham, Pat St Amopur, Joe Pruett, and Marsha Jensen; letters by Roxanne Starr

Today in Comics History, August 15, 1982: Broadcast of America's greatest TV show ever

from Flaming Carrot Comics #26 (Dark Horse, June 1991); script by Bob Burden; pencils and inks by Bob Burden, Rod Whigham, Pat St Amopur, Joe Pruett, and Marsha Jensen, letters by Roxanne Starr

Today in Comics History, August 1, 1985: "With musical guest Gumby and the Clayboys!"

from Flaming Carrot Comics (1988 series) #26 (Dark Horse, June 1991); script by Bob Burden; pencils and inks by Bob Burden, Rod Whigham, Pat St Amopur, Joe Pruett, and Marsha Jensen, letters by Roxanne Starr
But who is Robert Babo?


Oh! Thanks, F.C.!

Today in Comics History, July 28, 1987: I for one blame the KKK

from Flaming Carrot Comics (1988 series) #26 (Dark Horse, June 1991); script by Bob Burden; pencils and inks by Bob Burden, Rod Whigham, Pat St Amopur, Joe Pruett, and Marsha Jensen, letters by Roxanne Starr

Today in Comics History, March 23, 1986: AKA San Diego Comic-Con

from Flaming Carrot Comics (1988 series) #26 (Dark Horse, June 1991); script by Bob Burden; pencils and inks by Bob Burden, Rod Whigham, Pat St Amopur, Joe Pruett, and Marsha Jensen, letters by Roxanne Starr

Today in Comics History, March 3, 1982: Nation's advertising executives tearfully turn to all-yelling advertisements

from Flaming Carrot Comics (1988 series) #26 (Dark Horse, June 1991); script by Bob Burden; pencils and inks by Bob Burden, Rod Whigham, Pat St Amopur, Joe Pruett, and Marsha Jensen, letters by Roxanne Starr

365 Days of Defiance, Day 150: E Pluribus Daucus Carota

Today's one-hundred-and-fiftieth (trust me, it'll all come together at some point) Day of Defiance is brought to you by Randy Sims, America's Only Sims Interested in Comic Books! Actually, I'm not entirely sure that's true, but I hoist my tiny mug of A&W Root Beer to you today, Randy! He suggested I feature one of the Greatest Covers of Civil Disobedience ever:


Cover of Flaming Carrot Comics #11 (March 1986), pencils and inks by Bob Burden, colors and letters by Roxanne Starr
Oh man, somebody collect and reprint the entire Complete Flaming Carrot soon, please! (Lookin' at you, Fantagraphics, or you, D+Q!) Because there's so much vegetable-based rebellion in this one issue I want you to go out and read it right now! Here's just one example:


So for this finest in anti-Russian propaganda at exactly the right time, we thank you, Flaming Carrot #11! And Спасибо, Comrade Randy Sims!

Last week's comics, this week.

I'm finally catching up on a couple comics from last week! Were they worth the wait? Heck yeah!

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #15: This comic is fun. Nobody expected a character almost universal'ly considered to be one of the lamest heroes in the DC Universe to make any sort of comeback, much less a starring role in a Justice League Unlimited story! That's one of the best things of all about JLU: any character, no matter how they were treated or written before, or even if they died, has Justice League potential! (Or, as Superman has been heard to say once or twice, "Each of you brings something to the table." I guess that means even a little stuffed bull has Justice League potential! Mind you, what I usually bring to the table is the silverware and the napkin rings...) Take away the kinda-clichéd "here's the moral of the story" ending and a writer who doesn't know the difference between "el" and "los" and at the heart of this book you have a story that defines the joy 'n' wonder of comics: every character is someone's favorite, and if you dismiss a character as lame, well, he or she just hasn't been written right—yet. I doubt they'd ever bring back Vibe in the real DC Universe, so all hail the Animated DC Universe! May your skies never turn red!


FLAMING CARROT COMICS #4: This comic is fun. Sentences can't express how cool it is that Flaming Carrot is back in a regular comic book series. So, I'll use a series of partial, disjointed, sentence fragments to explain what I loved about this issue, much in the vein of a hip beatnik hep cat or maybe even the Carrot himself, starting...now!

Adventures in his pajamas. Ducky soap! "Pants all pie now." Sponge Boy? SPONGE BOY! Uh oh, evil baby! Dead man's party. Joe Izusu?!? Fumetti! "You made a deal not me!" Carrot secrets! Next issue: all photo Carrot. And...Gumby and Pokey by Bob Burden and Rick Geary!?!?!? Hoo hoo! That's why! FLAMING CARROT COMICS #4! Most fun comic of week! Oh, sorry, I started sounding like the Hulk a little at the end there. Seriously, pick it up. I laughed, I cried, I kissed three-fitty goodbye.