Showing posts with label January 28. Show all posts
Showing posts with label January 28. Show all posts

Friday, January 28, 2022

Today in Comics History, January 28: Happy birthday, Todd Klein!

Born on this day, so you'd better write him a letter of congratulations (but be sure to use your best penpersonship): Todd Klein, letterer, logo designer, and writer!


from New Talent Showcase (1984 series) #1 (DC, January 1984)

Klein started off as a staff production worker at DC and worked his way up (with small, deliberate penstrokes) to become one of the top letterers of our time, with extensive work at DC Comics including cover or character logos for Blue Devil, Amethyst, Angel and the Ape, Promethea, Witchblade, Ahoy Comics, Ambush Bug, Amazing Heroes, The Legion of Super-Heroes, Doctor Strange, Atari Force, Batman and the Outsiders, Zot!, The Amazing Spider-Man, Action Comics, Justice League of America, Camelot 3000, DC Comics Presents, Sensational She-Hulk, The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Time Warp (one of my all-time favorite logos) and many, many more. He also created a large number of the logos used in Who's Who in the DC Universe. What, more? Yes, more! Todd was also the main writer for The Omega Men for a dozen issues, plus scripts for Green Lantern, House of Mystery, Blue Devil, and others! Whew!

And oh yeah, he was in that Bat-Mite comic story!

You Can't Tell the Players without Some Annotation Dept.: In the second image below: letterer Milton Snapinn at upper left, colorist Tony Tollin (red shirt), inker Bob Smith (burgundy shirt over white tee), Todd Klein (orange shirt), penciller Michael Golden (blonde, holding dog leash), Al Milgrom (white shirt, lower right), Bob Rozakis (blue shirt).




from "Bat-Mite's New York Adventure!" in Detective Comics #482 (DC, February 1979), script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Michael Golden, inks by Bob Smith, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by Milt Snapinn

Happy birthday, Todd Klein! (And don't forget to check out Todd Klein's website: it's extensive, entertaining, and educational!)

Today in Comics History, January 28, 2009: Marvel pays Ben Urich to disguise his journalism notes as an "Our Story This Far" teaser


from The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #2 (Marvel, March 2009); script by Dan Slott; pencils by Chris Bachalo; inks by Tim Townsend, Jon Sibal, Jaime Mendoza, and Chris Bachalo; colors by Antonio Fabela and Chris Bachelo; letters by Rus Wooton

Spoiler: Paris and Britney did not wait another day.

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Today in Comics History, January 26-28, 1985: "I know times are changing. It's time we all reach out for something new."


from The Other History of the DC Universe #5 (DC/Black Label, September 2021), script by John Ridley, layouts by Giuseppe Camuncoli, finishes by Andrea Cucchi, colors by José Villarrubia, letters by Steve Wands

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Today in Comics History, January 28, 814: I wonder why you keep me waiting, Charlemagne, my Charlemagne


from "Charlemagne, Emperor of the West" in Real Life Comics #9 (Pines, January 1943), pencils and inks by Henry Kiefer

Today in Comics History, January 28: Happy birthday, Violet Gray! Maybe.

Hey, January 28 is Violet's birthday! Happy birthday, Violet Gray!


from Peanuts (United Feature Syndicate, January 29, 1955), by Charles M. Schulz

Or...is it on June 17?!? What kinda con game are you playing here, Violet?


from Peanuts (United Feature Syndicate, June 17, 1962), by Charles M. Schulz

(Be back here on June 17 to see these same strips in the opposite direction, I guess!)

Today in Comics History, January 28, 1725: Long-time companion outs dead man


from "Peter the Great, Father of Russia" in Real Life Comics #6 (Pines, July 1942), creators unknown

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Today in Comics History, January 28: Reading in the nude becomes popular, except upon Naugahyde


from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest #2 (Top Shelf/Knockabout, June 2018), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Kevin O'Neill, colors by Ben Dimagmaliw, letters by Todd Klein


Sunday, January 28, 2018

Today in Comics History, January 28, 1941: Mystery Science Lincoln 1941 is invented


from The Adventures of Captain America #1 (Marvel, September 1991), script by Fabian Nicieza, pencils by Kevin Maguire, inks by Joe Rubinstein, colors by Paul Mounts, letters by Richard Starkings

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Today in Comics History, January 28, 1999: Funeral Shervish for Shean Connery


from The Invisibles (1999 series) #12 (DC/Vertigo, April 1999), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by Philip Bond, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

(See also.)

Today in Comics History, January 28, 1988: Wait, this is altogether too uncomfortably close to 2017


text page from The Draft one-shot (Marvel/New Universe, July 1988), text by Mark Gruenwald and Fabian Nicieza

Monday, January 28, 2013

Today in Comics History, January 28, 1965: Somebody's really carrying a torch for Astrid Lindgren


from The Invisibles (1999 series) #11 (DC/Vertigo, May 1999), script by Grant Morrison, layouts by Warren Pleece, finishes by Philip Bond, colors by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Todd Klein

But I joke. Even though Astrid Lindgren died this day (in 2002), t'was in fact Beryl Wyndham who passed away today in 1965.


from The Invisibles (1997 series) #10 (DC/Vertigo, November 1997), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Phil Jimenez, inks by John Stokes, colors by Daniel Vozzo, color separations by Heroic Age, letters by Todd Klein

See also.