Love wins.

I'm going to postpone the final day of this year's "There Is No Hope in Crime Alley" until tomorrow, folks, which may seem like bat-sacrilege, but I think there's something much more important to commemorate today. Altho' it's of course not the end of the discussion — there will be battles both social and political to come, I'm sure — it's a triumph and a celebration for today. We all should be dancing in the streets, because we all win when love does. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.




Panels from Astonishing X-Men (2004 series) #51 (August 2012); script by Marjorie Liu, pencils by Mike Perkins; inks by Mike Perkins and Andrew Hennessy; colors by Andy Troy, Jim Charalampidis, and Rachelle Rosenberg; letters by Joe Caramagna, Corey Petit, and Clayton Cowles

Today in Comics History, June 20, 2012: The only happy marriage left in the Marvel Universe

house ad for Astonishing X-Men (2004 series) #51 (Marvel, August 2012), pencils and inks by Dustin Weaver, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg

Today in Comics History, January 21: Northstar comes out; newspapers are so shocked they forget about basic design and typography

from Alpha Flight (1983 series) #106 (Marvel, March 1992), script by Scott Lobdell, pencils by Mark Pacella, inks by Dan Panosian, colors by Bob Sharen