Today in Comics History, February 1: Happy birthday, Ron Frenz!

Born on this day: Ron Frenz! prolific comics artist (The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Spider-Girl, Superman, Ka-Zar the Savage, Star Wars, The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones, and much more)! He's also the co-creator of Spider-Girl, The New Warriors, Fantastic Five, Thunderstrike, Night Thrasher, Puma, Silver Sable, Strange Visitor, A-Next and others! Whew! Slow down an' give the rest of us a chance, Ron!


from Marvel Age #98 and 110 (Marvel, March 1991 and March 1992), text by Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter (#98) and Mike Lackey (#110), pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Renee Witterstaetter

Today in Comics History, October 7: Happy birthday, Nick Lowe!

Born on this day: Nick Lowe!


"Cruel to be Kind" by Nick Lowe (Stiff, 1979), written by Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm; music video filmed at Lowe's actual wedding!
No, no! Not that Nick Lowe. (He was born on March 24.) I'm talkin' about Marvel Editor Nick Lowe, vice president of content and executive editor at Marvel Comics. He's edited a whole shebang of Marvel Comics (Ultimate Spider-Man, The Ultimates, Ultimate Iron Man, Nextwave, Neil Gaiman's The Eternals, X-Men, Runaways and many more)!


from Ultimate Spider-Man #67 (Marvel/Ultimate Marvel, December 2004), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by J. D. Smith, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Today in Comics History, July 13, 2011: If none of my friends has liked this online article on Spider-Man, can I truly consider them my friends?

from Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011 series) #2 (November 2011), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by Sara Pichelli, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Cory Petit

Face It Tiger February, Day 23: This never happened to the other fellow

from Spider-Man (2016 series) #2 (Marvel, May 2016), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by Sara Pichelli, inking assist by Gaetano Carlucci, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Cory Petit

Face It Tiger February, Day 11: This is the reaction you'd actually get if you said that line in the real world

from The Unbelievable Gwenpool #8 (Marvel, January 2017), script by Christopher Hastings, art by Irene Strychalski, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, letters by Clayton Cowles

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 51: Electric Boogaloo

Panels from Spider-Men II #4 (January 2018), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils by Sara Pichelli, inks by Sara Pichelli and Elisabetta D'Amico, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Cory Petit

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 26: With ultimate power there must come ultimate responsibility

from Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011 series) #4 (Marvel/Ultimate, January 2012), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by Sara Pichelli, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Cory Petit

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 247: Appearance of black Spider-Man confounds press, confuses panel reading order

Panels from Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #3 (September 2014), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by David Marquez, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Cory Petit