Today in Comics History, June 21, 2003: Then again, he's never seen Supertrain

from Miracleman (1985 series) #24 (Eclipse, June 1993), script by Neil Gaiman, pencils and inks by Mark Buckingham, colors by Matt Brooker as D'Israeli, letters by Wayne Truman
Poor Young Miracleman! History has changed so dramatically they probably never even invented cable.

Now let's look at that same scene, completely redrawn in the Mighty Marvel Manner!


from Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham: The Silver Age (2022 series) #2 (Marvel, January 2023), script by Neil Gaiman, new pencils and inks by Mark Buckingham, new colors by Jordie Bellaire, new letters by Todd Klein
Yeah, I don't get the point of doing it that way, either.

Today in Comics History, June 19: Happy Birthday, Mick Anglo!

Born on this day in 1916: comic book writer, artist, letterer and editor Mick Anglo (nee the appropriate Michael Anglo), creator of Marvelman (or, as Eclipse Comics and Marvel itself would latrer call him, Miracleman), founer of Gower Art Studios and Anglo Features, joke ghost writer for British comedian Tommy Cooper — a true renaissance man who made "Kimota!" the household word it is today in the Moran home.


from Marvel Comics cover-dated February 2012
Happy birthday, Mick!

Today in Comics History, August 6: Happy birthday, Andy Warhol!

Born on this date in 1928: pop artist, film director, and cultural touchstone Andy Warhol, whose last name sounds like a 1990s Image supervillain but isn't. But he did appear in comic books!


from Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics (Ten Speed, July 2020), script and art by Tom Scioli

Today in Comics History, July 8, 1982: Road to "Through the Night with Miracleman"

from "Blue Murder" in Miracleman #2 (Eclipse, October 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Today in Comics History, October 1, 1993: Andy Warhol guest-stars on The Love Boat*

from Miracleman #19 (Eclipse, November 1990), cover art by Dave McKean, script by Neil Gaiman, pencils by Mark Buckingham, inks and colors by Sam Parsons, letters by Wayne Truman
*He really did!:


from The Love Boat: "Picture from the Past" (season 9, episode 3) (Aaron Spelling Productions, October 12, 1985); guest starring Milton Berle, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Andy Griffith, and Andy Warhol as himself

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1993: Really, no joke I could make here would be better than the panel itself

from Miracleman #19 (Eclipse, November 1990), cover art by Dave McKean, script by Neil Gaiman, pencils by Mark Buckingham, inks and colors by Sam Parsons, letters by Wayne Truman

Today in Comics History, August 24, 1993: Andy Warhol plots his escape from The Village

from Miracleman #19 (Eclipse, November 1990), cover art by Dave McKean, script by Neil Gaiman, pencils by Mark Buckingham, inks and colors by Sam Parsons, letters by Wayne Truman

Today in Comics History, August 3, 1987: "Going down, Mr. Gaiman?"

from Miracleman #17 (Eclipse, June 1990), script by Neil Gaiman, pencils and inks by Mark Buckingham, painted colors by Sam Parsons, letters by Wayne Truman


"Love in an Elevator" by Aerosmith (Geffen, August 1989), written by Joe Perry and Steven Tyler

Today in Comics History, July 16, 1993: Andy Warhol stars in Birdemic

from "Notes from the Underground" in Miracleman #19 (Eclipse, November 1990), script by Neil Gaiman, pencils by Mark Buckingham, inks and colors by Sam Parsons, letters by Wayne Truman

Today in Comics History, June 10, 1993: Andy Warhol regrets he didn't take the elevator

from "Notes from the Underground" in Miracleman #19 (Eclipse, November 1990), script by Neil Gaiman, pencils by Mark Buckingham, inks and colors by Sam Parsons, letters by Wayne Truman

Today in Comics History, May 1, 1993: Andy Warhol #11 begins his first minute of fame

This post was edited on May 1, 2022 to replace Marvel reprint with image and credits of the original Eclipse verson.


from Miracleman (1985 series) #19 (Eclipse, November 1990); script by Neil Gaiman; pencils and inks by Mark Buckingham, inks and colors by Sam Parsons, letters by Wayne Truman

Today in Comics History, October 12, 1963: Fin Fang Foom is forcibly ejected by bouncers from Appleby's

from "October Incident: 1966" in All-New Miracleman Annual #1 (Marvel, February 2015), script by Grant Morrison, pencils and inks by Joe Quesada, colors by Richard Isanove, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Today in Comics History, March 15, 1948: World's largest Cootie toy is invented

from "I Heard Woodrow Wilson's Guns..." in Miracleman (1985 series) #5 (Eclipse, January 1986), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Today in Comics History, February 4, 1982: Mike Moran fulfills the promise Ralph Kramden made to his wife all those years ago

from "The Yesterday Gambit" in Warrior #4 (Quality Communications, Summer 1982); script by Alan Moore; pencils and inks by Steve Dillon, Paul Neary, and Alan Davis

Today in Comics History, October 12, 1963: First appearance in comics: The Maalox Moment

from "Secret Identity" in (top) Warrior #7 (Quality Communications, November 1982), script by Alan Moore; pencils, inks, and letters by Garry Leach;
(bottom) Miracleman #2 (Eclipse, October 1985), colors by Ron Courtney

Today in Comics History, October 12, 1963: Johnny Bates driven murderously insane by Airfix plastic spaceship model

from "When Johnny Comes Marching Home..." in Warrior #3 (Quality Communications, July 1982); script by Alan Moore; pencils, inks, and letters by Garry Leach
And now, in colour!:
from "When Johnny Comes Marching Home..." in Miracleman (1985 series) #1 (Eclipse, August 1985), credits as above plus colors by Ron Courtney

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 10, 1982, 5:00 AM, Coda: Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog punch in for their day's work

from "The Saturday Morning Pictures" in Miracleman (restored series) #4 (Marvel, May 2014); script by Alan Moore "The Original Writer"; pencils and inks by Alan Davis; art restoration by Garry Leach, Michael Kelleher, and "Kellustration", colors by Steve Oliff, letters by Joe Caramagna

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982: British remake of "Smokey and the Bandit" is not commercially successful

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 4:10 AM: Really huge lightsaber ignited

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:56 AM: The One Ronnie television show is a ratings failure

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George