Today in Comics History, March 19: Happy birthday, Bruce Willis!

Born on this day: actor Bruce Willis (Moonlighting, Die Hard, Hudson Hawk, The Fifth Element, 12 Monkeys, Unbreakable and many more)! Happy birthday, Bruno!

He gets around in comics. Here he is (with tuff guy pals Arnie and Sly) being intimidated by Lobo! Why, that's at least one and one quarter action movie heat right there in those three guys alone!


from Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 (DC, March 1995), script by Beau Smith, pencils by Phil Jimenez, inks by John Stokes and Dan Davis, colors by Gene D'Angelo, letters by Albert DeGuzman

A Month of... Celebrities in Comics, Day 5: Last Action Heroes

It's opening night at Guy Gardner's Warriors bar, and anybody who's everybody (and his brudder) is at the party, from Ambush Bug to Zatanna! Seriously, check out the guest list! And it's not only superheroes that are attending the literal bash, it's the elite of Hollywood and a trio of very tough guys themselves marvelling at how Guy defenestrated Lobo: Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Sylvester Stallone! Why, that's at least one and quarter action movie heat right there in those three guys alone!


Panels from Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 (March 1995), script by Beau Smith, pencils by Phil Jimenez, inks by John Stokes and Dan Davis, colors by Gene D'Angelo, letters by Albert DeGuzman

Today in Comics History, November 20, 1984: For the first time in history, Hal Jordan actually avoids getting hit on the head

from Convergence: Green Lantern Corps #1 (DC, June 2015), script by David Gallaher, pencils by Steve Ellis, inks by Ande Parks, colors by Hi-Fi, letters by Dave Sharpe

Okay, this made me laugh.

A scene from this month's Red Lanterns Annual:


Panels from Red Lanterns Annual #1 (September 2014), script by Charles Soule, pencils and inks by Miguel Sepulveda, colors by Chris Sotomayor, letters by Dezi Sienty and Taylor Esposito
I will quibble with the fact that this annual continues a story from the regular Red Lanterns series, and is "To Be Continued" in the next issue. (Whatever happened to those done-in-one annuals we had before all the universes re-aligned? Ah well, at least it's not all-reprints.) But I LLOL'd (literally laughed out loud) at the final panel here, which plays on one of the most (in)famous sequences of the early "bwah-ha-ha" Justice League of the...good gravy, has it been that long?...late-eighties, as well as working in a gag that it could only happen in another universe.

If you missed it the first time, or, hey, if you're like me and just wanna see it again, here it is!



Panels from Justice League (1987 series) #5 (September 1987), script by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis, pencils by Kevin Maguire, inks by Al Gordon, colors by Gene D'Angelo, letterers by Bob Lappan
It's always good to see Guy Gardner again, although I don't know who glued G'Nort to his face.

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 150: Nothing you can say can tear me away

House ad for Guy Gardner #1 (October 1992); printed in The Heckler #2 (October 1992)
As art: pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Terry Beatty,

Today in Comics History, September 14: Guy Gardner's health insurance runs out

from JLA: Classified #6 (DC, June 2005), script by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, pencils by Kevin Maguire, inks by Joe Rubinstein, colors by David Baron, letters by Bob Lappan

LOL Sundays #16: Relax, don't do it

Panels from DC Universe Online Legends #16 (Late December 2011), script by Tom Taylor, pencils and inks by Bruno Redondo, colors by Jorge Gonzalez, letters by Wes Abbott

Separated at Birth: It's a Guy Thing

L: Justice League International #18 (October 1988), art by Kevin Maguire and Joe Rubinstein
R: Justice League International #19 (Nov. 1988), art by Kevin Magure and Joe Rubinstein
(Click picture to Guy-size)


Dedicated to SallyP...Happy birthday, Sally!