Bully and His Pals on St. Patrick's Day: The Wearin' of the Grin

A very happy St. Patrick's Day to all of you from all of us!


We held a dress reheasral yesterday but Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛ kept facin' the wrong way.

Today in Comics History, March 17, St. Patrick's Day: From the comic strip printed below this one, Popeye gazes up longingly

Nancy (United Feature Syndicate, March 17, 1966), by Ernie Bushmiller
A special tip 'of the three rocks to Johnny Callicutt for bringing this strip to my attention. Johnny runs the absolutely essential and unofficial Nancy Comics by Ernie Bushmiller feeds on Twitter and Bluesky! Thanks, Johnny!

Today in Comics History, March 17, St. Patrick's Day: Sadly, the Mitchells never had a child. Dennis exists only in Mr. Wilson's tortured mind

from "Marching Along" in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #151 [Dennis the Menace Yearbook] (Hallden/Fawcett, April 1976), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, March 17, St. Patrick's Day: Traditional Irish cops celebrate the holiday by accepting graft from Elvis

from Realworlds: Superman one-shot (DC, August 2000), script by Steve Vance, pencils by José Luis García-López, inks by Joe Rubinstein, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Bob Lappan

Today in Comics History, March 17: Batman bowls billboard, brilliantly blocks baddie

from "The Challenge of the Calendar Man" in Detective Comics #239 (DC/National, September 1958), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris

Today in Lucky St. Patrick's Day Comics History, March 17: The budget's not in the green

from "A Very Harley Holiday" in DC Rebirth Holiday Special #1 one-shot (DC, February 2017), script by Paul Dini, pencils and inks by Elsa Charretier, colors by Hi-Fi, letters by Josh Reed

Today in Lucky St. Patrick's Day Comics History, March 17: The boys of the GCPD choir were singing Galway Bay

from Batman: Dark Victory #6 (DC, April 2000), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, color separations by Heroic Age, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, March 17: Wow, A. C. are B!

from "Lady Cop" in Gang Busters #9 (DC, April 1949), script by Phil Evans, pencils and inks by Dan Barry

Today in Lucky St. Patrick's Comics Day History, March 17: That was actually industrial waste, Commissioner Gordon

from Batman: The Long Halloween #6 (DC, May 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, March 17: Alanis Morissette, The Dark Knight

from "The Challenge of the Calendar Man!" in Detective Comics #259 (DC, September 1958), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris

Today in Lucky St. Patrick's Day Comics History, March 17: Vicious slur on the Dutch weaponized

from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots one-shot (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin, colors by Jesus Aburtov, letters by Ken Bruzenak

Today in Comics History, March 17, 1969: Howard Chaykin was an early adopter of what we're all doin' now

from "On March 17, 1969..." in witzend (1968 series) #10 (Wonderful, 1976); script, pencils, and inks by Howard Chaykin

Today in Lucky St. Patrick's Day Comics History, March 17: Leprechaun waits on stoop to enact Irish Kitchen Mob vengeance

from Batman: The Long Halloween #6 (May 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, March 17, 1967: Soldier puzzled by small talking man on his mail

from The 'Nam #15 (Marvel, February 1988), script by Doug Murray, breakdowns by Wayne Vansant, finishes by Geof Isherwood, colors by Phil Felix, letters by Agustin Mas

Bully Eats Food Drinks Beer on St. Patricks Day: I've been told this is the whole point of St. Patrick's Day

Don't worry! I can certainly hold my alcohol.


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oH bEer YOu ArE mY bEsTeST PaL eVerrrr

Fun with Comics, St. Patrick's Day Edition: Lest we forget that Wolverine was famous to leprechauns

from The [Uncanny] X-Men (1963 series) #103 (Marvel, February 1977), script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Dave Cockrum, inks by Sam Grainger, colors by Janice Cohen, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, March 17, 1978: Time Machine Arriving Too Late to Send a Birthday Card

from World's Finest Comics #251 (DC, June 1978), script by Bob Haney, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Vince Colletta, colors by Jerry Serpe, letters by Ben Oda
(It was on March 15!)