Today in Comics History, May 5, Cinco de Mayo: Happy Batto de Mayo!

Here's possibly the greatest English-language Cinco de Mayo comic book story – perhaps one of the very few? It's a time for celebration...



from "Cinco De Madness" in Batman: Li'l Gotham #5 (DC, May 2013); co-script, pencils, art, and colors by Dustin Nguyen, co-script by Derek Fridolfs; letters by Saida Temofonte
...for ♥ romance ♥...



...for puns...


...and for tacos!



Happy Cinco de Mayo, everybody!

Today in Comics History, Chinese New Year: These days, she says, "I feel my life / Just like a river running through" / The year of the bat

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published January 31, 2014.

Happy Chinese New Year! Now begins the Year of the Tiger, as heard in that popular music song by Survivor. I'm sure I'll still be writing "Year of the Bull" on my checks for a couple more months. Yes, I loved the Year of the Bull in 2021 and I'm looking forward to when it comes around again in 2033 (I'll be 7), but please enjoy helping Batman solve the mystery of "The Crimes of Jade!" Aw, Miz Jezebel, you said you were gonna go straight, shame on you.



from "The Crimes of Jade" in Detective Comics (1937 series) #139 (DC, September 1948), cover by Win Mortimer, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris

Today in Comics History, November 4: Batman and Katana diplomatically refrain from mentioning Alfred's enormous chin

from Beware the Batman #1 (DC, December 2013), script by Ivan Cohen, pencils and inks by Luciano Vecchio, colors by Franco Riesco, letters by Wes Abbott