Today in Comics History, March 26: Happy birthday, Brian Bolland!

Born on this day: Brian Bolland, British comics artist of Judge Dredd, Camelot 3000, Batman: The Killing Joke, Green Lantern, House of Hammer, Mr. Mamoulian and more, and about a gazillion comic book covers!


from Direct Currents #24 (DC, December 1989)

Today in Comics History, August 22: Happy birthday, Kevin O'Neill!

A very happy birthday — and we wish he were here to celebrate it with us — to Kevin O'Neill, born on this day in 1953 and passed away late last year. He's written, drawn, and colored stories in 2000 AD, Toxic, Buster, Green Lantern (the infamous back-up story that resulted in him being banned by the Comics Code Authority from ever drawing a Code-approved story every again) and more! And he's the co-creator of Nemesis the Warlock, Ro-Busters, Metalzoic, Marshal Law and,...you know where I'm going with this...one of the early twenty-first century's most important comics, his collabpration with Alan Moore on several series of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. In the pentiumtulare series Ctury, he provided portraits of Moore and himself throughgout the titular century:


"Rogues in the Gallery" from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: Century: 1910 (Top Shelf/Knockabout, April 2009), pencils by Kevin O'Neill

Today in Comics History, June 7: Happy birthday, Karl Urban!

Celebrate his birth today in both settings rural and urban: It's the birthday of actor Karl Urban, out of The Bourne Surpemacy, Pete's Dragon, Doom, Thor: Ragnarok, The Lord of the Rings, Xena: Warrior Princess and many more, including (or course), roles of...Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy in the Kelvinverse Star Trek films!:


photo covers featuring Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy on Star Trek (2011 series) #42 and 50 (IDW, February and October 2015)
...as William "Billy" Butcher in The Boys...


cover of The Boys Omnibus v.2 (Dynamite, June 2019)
...and as cinema's only Judge Dredd in the cult favorite movie Dredd:


from "Thrill-Power Overload: 40th Anniversary Update! Judgement Time" in Judge Dredd Megazine #379 (Rebellion, 17 January 2017), text by Karl Stock
Happy birthday, Karl Urban! And your less important twin, Karl Suburban.

Today in Comics History, December 24, 2104, Christmas Eve: It's Christmastime in the Mega-City

from "The Night of the Rad-Beast, Part 2" in 2000 AD prog 297 (IPC, 1 January 1983), script by Alan Grant and John Wagner, pencils and inks (and colors?) by Carlos Ezquerra, letters by Tom Frame
(Click picture to Dredd-size)

Today in Comics History, October 15: Happy birthday, Cam Kennedy!

Born on this day: Scottish comics artist Campbell "Cam" Kennedy (2000 AD, Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, The Light and Darkness War (co-creator), Star Wars: Dark Empire and Boba Fett, Batman, The Spectre, The Punisher and more)!


from The Light and Darkness War #1 (Marvel/Epic, October 1988)
Happy birthday, Cam! I'm sure Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper wish you the same!


from 2000 AD prog 460 (IPC, 8 March 1986), pencils and inks by Cam Kennedy

Today in Comics History, January 16: Happy birthday, André Michelin!

Bouncing into the world on this day in 1853: André Michelin, co-founder of the Michelin Tire Company and the publisher of the original Michelin Guide, which gave stars to restaurants on a scale of 1-5 for snootiness.

Sadly, André Michelin doesn't seem to appear in any comic books that I can tell. Talk about snootiness, comics industry! So I'm going to fulfill my duty for his birthday by instead populating this post with comic book appearances of Bibendum, the famous Michelin Tire Man, who actually is all he's blown up to be! Mind you, early Michelin Man was pretty much total nightmare fuel...but he got cuter.

Judge Dredd Wishes You a Very Merry Christmas

Panels from the Judge Dredd story "I Hate Christmas" in 2000 AD Prog 867 (25 December 1993), script by Mark Millar, art by Carlos Ezquerra, letters by Tom Frame

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 137

House ad for Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment On Gotham one-shot (December 1991)
from Hellblazer #48 (December 1991)

The Official Comic Book Panel of the Day of the 2012 Olympics, Day 11

Splash panel from "The First Lunar Olympics" in 2000 AD Prog 50 (4 February 1978), script by John Wagner, pencils and inks by Brian Bolland, letters by Tony Jacob

(Click picture to Stallone Urban-size)

Comics' Greatest Team-Ups