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Friday, July 14, 2023

Today in Comics History, July 14: Happy birthday, Ingmar Bergman!

Today we celebrate the birthday of Ingrid Bergman, the beautifu land talented movie star of Gaslight, The Bells of St. Mary, Notorious, Spellbound, A Woman Called Golda, Casablanca, and...what? Wait, it isn't Ingrid Berman's birthday? Ingmar Bergman, born on this day in 1918, and groundbreaking director of The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona, and Fanny and Alexander?!? Screenwriter, playwright, and stage director too? Oh boy. I know I'm gonna struggle with this one.

So here's a cartoon of what if Ingmar Bergman directed Blondie and Dagwood.

And then Daisy and her pups drown in a periolous boating accident off the coast of Norway.

And then Daisy and her pups drown in a periolous boating accident off the coast of Norway.

from "If the Comics Were Drawn By Famous Movie Directors" in Cracked #51 (Major Publications, April 1966); script, pencils, and inks by Bill Ward (as "McCartney")
Happy birthday Ingmar, you nut, you crazy guy! C'mon blow up a party balloon or something...aw geez, Ingmar, not the grey one.

Today in Comics History, July 14: Happy birthday, Gustav Klimt!

He's trying to find the Klimt!...I don't get that joke.

Happy birthday (born 1862, so use a lotta candles) to painter Gustav Klimt, champion of Art Nouveau and the Vienna Secession, who gave us such famous works as Pallas Athena, Judith and the Head of Holofernes, The Three Ages of Woman, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, Schubert at the Piano, Girlfriends (or Two Women Friends), Danaë, and The Kiss, aka The Painting Most Likely to be Displayed in an Art Major's College Dorm Room.

Why no interior illustrations on display here? um...er...I don't have the book.

Why no interior illustrations on display here? um...er...I don't have the book.

cover of Klimt (Glénat France, 2017), pencils and inks by Marc-Renier, colors by Mathieu Barthélémy

Today in Comics History, July 14: Happy birthday, Donald Meek!

Born on this day in 1878: Hollywood actor Donald Meek (You Can't Take It with You, Stagecoach, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, My Little Chickadee, State Fair, The Thin Man Goes Home and lots more)! And he was a cartoonist, apparently! Sadly, I can't find any of his artwork, but here's him by someone else — fantastic caricaturist Bud Thompson!

'You want me to draw a caricature of Harry T. Donaghy? But he'll kill me!

'You want me to draw a caricature of Harry T. Donaghy? But he'll kill me!

from "Star Flashes" in Heroic Comics #17 (Eastern Color, March 1943); text, pencils, inks, and letters by Bud Thompson
Say, was Donald meek?

The budget for cosmetic powder certainly went up every movie he was in.

The budget for cosmetic powder certainly went up every movie he was in.

from the trailer of A Woman's Face (MGM, 1941), screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart and Elliot Paul, directed by George Cukor
He most certainly was not!

Curiously, he was wrestled to the ground by Judy Garland.

Curiously, he was wrestled to the ground by Judy Garland.

from "Star Flashes" in Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics #1 (Eastern Color, August 1940); text, pencils, inks, and letters by Bud Thompson
Happy birthday, Mister Meek! Why, I'd like to shake your hand...OW NOT SO HARD

Today in Comics History, July 14: Happy birthday, William Hanna!

Born on this day in 1911: animator, director, producer, and artist William Hanna, who, with partner Joseph Barbera (truth in disclosure alert: similar post) founded one of the most productive animation studios of the 20th century: Hanna-Barbera!

'Meanwhile at the Hall of Justice, the Super Friends break the news to Bill and Joe that they are NOT inducted into the Justice League.'

'Meanwhile at the Hall of Justice, the Super Friends break the news to Bill and Joe that they are NOT inducted into the Justice League.'

from Fifty Who Made DC Great one-shot (DC, 1985)

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Today in Comics History, July 14, 2004: It's always Spider-Man Day, it's never Spider-Girl Day

Lorem ipsum? Now JJJ, that's just plain lazy.

from The Amazing Spider-Man: Who Am I? #1 one-shot (Marvel, July 2014), script by Joshua Hale Fialkov, storyboards by J.L. Mast and Geoffrey Beaulieu, pencils and inks by Juan Bobillo, colors by Andres Mossa, letters by Chris Eliopoulos
See you for this panel again here on September 18!

Today in Comics History, July 14, 1900: Firefighters prioritize saving gambling and whiskey

High spirits at the party were later dampened when all the dumb-as-hammers pioneers burned to death.

"Roaring Towns of the Old West: Prescott, ARizona" from Bat Masterson #4 (Dell, August 1960), script by Gaylord Du Bois, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jerry Robinson

Today in Comics History, July 14: Batman seems really eager to move on from having missed something

'Batman, is it than you're not wearing any pants?'

from Legends of the Dark Knight (2021 series) #5 (DC, November 2021), script by Brandon Thomas, pencils and inks by Giannis Milonoggiannis, colors by Jordie Bellaire, letters by Deron Bennett

Today in Comics History, July 14: Happy birthday, Mike Esposito!

Born on this day in 1927: comic book penciller and inker Mike Esposito, who also worked under a dizzying assortment of pen names like Mickey Demeo, Mickey Dee, Michael Dee (you may be seeing a pattern here), and Joe Gaudioso (wha?!?). Mike worked (often with penciller Ross Andru) on books like The Amazing Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Captain America, Our Army at War, Marvel Team-Up, Spidey Super Stories, Star Spangled War Stories, Iron Man, many Archie books, Metal Men, The Avengers, Sub-Mariner and lots more!

And there's all here to play the new MARVELWOOD SQUARES!'

And there's all here to play the new MARVELWOOD SQUARES!'

from Mighty Marvel Calendar 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 (Marvel 1975-1979)
We weren't just celebrating his birthday only in the 1970s, either!

Oh boy, a cake full of...spider. Yum.

from Marvel Age #55 and 91 (Marvel, October 1987 and and August 1990); text by Mike Carlin (#55) and Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter (#91); pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Paul Becton (#5) and Renee Witterstaetter (#91)
But who is Mike Esposito?

And this is the thanks he gets!

from Showcase #62 (DC/National, May 1966)
That's not too helpful, is it? So click this here button with my ugly puss on to read more!

Today in Comics History, July 14, 1982, 2:30 PM: "No. Not plan D. Plan 4. 'Plan D' implies I only have 26."

Grind is beginning to regret his hairdresser giving him the 'Doc Savage.'

from Batman Annual (1961 series) #8 (DC, October 1982), script by Mike W. Barr, pencils and inks by Trevor von Eeden, colors by Lynn Varley, letters by John Costanza
What? Could this be...the end? The worst is yet to come!

Tune in tomorrow right here, same Bat-Time, next Bat-Today in Comics History!

Today in Comics History, July 14, 1789: Now that's how you do a revolution

'You are reading GUILLOTINE COMICS AND STORIES. On the next page, 'The Henri Languille Story.'

from "Scoops...Pictures to Remember!" in Real Fact Comics #11 (DC, November 1947), pencils and inks by George Roussos (?)