Today in Comics History, November 16: Happy birthday, Darwyn Cooke!

Born on this day in 1962: multiple award-winning (13 Eisners, 8 Harveys, 5 Joe Shuster Awards) comics scripter and artist Darwyn Cooke, who defined so much of great comics during the 2000s: DC: The New Frontier, Catwoman, Catwoman: Selina's Big Score, Wolverine/Doop, The Spirit, The Twilight Children, Batman: Ego, Richard Stark's Parker, Solo #5, Spider-Man's Tangled Web #21 and more, plus so many great covers for DC and other publishers.

He passed away in 2016 at the age of 63. Wow, that's way too soon.


from Solo #5 (DC, August 2005)

Today in Comics History, November 16: Happy birthday, John Lewandowski!

Born on this day: Marvel writer (What If...?, Avengers, Thor, Darkhawk, Rocko's Modern Life, etc.) and editor (Avengers West Coast, What If...?, Silver Surfer, Warlock and the Infinity Watch, more) during the 1990s, John Lewandowski!


from Marvel Age #59, 94, and 107 (Marvel, February 1988, November 1990, and December 1991), text by Mike Carlin (#59), Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter (#95), and Mike Lackey (#107); pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Paul Becton (#59) and Renee Witterstaetter (#95 and 107)
Happy birthday, John!

Today in Comics History, November 16, 1853: Ship's log continued by Master Bates

from "Ghost Ship!" in Crypt of Terror (1950 series) #19 (EC, August 1950); script, pencils, and inks by Al Feldstein, letters by Jim Wroten

Today in Comics History, November 16, 1943: J. Jonah Jameson demands: "Grandpa Parker! Get me photos of Thunderbolts!"

from Thunderbolts (1997 series) #165 (Marvel, January 2012), script by Jeff Parker, pencils by Kev Walker, inks by Terry Pallot, colors by Chris Sotomayor, letters by Joe Caramagna

Today in Comics History, November 16, 1990: George Bush acts just about the way we would expect George Bush to act

from Kirby: Genesis: Silver Star #1 (Dynamite, November 2011), co-plot by Alex Ross, co-plot and script by Jai Nitz, pencils by Johnny Desjardins, colors by Vinicius Andrade, letters by Simon Bowland

Today in Comics History, November 16: Sorry, Taylor, the real Album of the Year just dropped

from Jessica Jones (2016 series) #17 (April 2018), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by Michael Gaydos, colors by Matt Hollingsworth, letters by Clayton Cowles
(Click picture to Avengers-Tower-loomin'-over-us-size)
Did you pick up your copy? Scott Summers did! C'mon, you don't wanna be less cool than Cyclops, do ya?




Never forget to credit the album art artist! In this case: the uncanny Sienkiewicz!


cover of Dazzler #29 (Marvel, November 1983), painting by Bill Sienkiewicz, photograph by Eliot R. Brown

Today in Comics History, November 14, 1954: This will happen in two days, but the date in the panel is today...ah heck, forget about it

from "Across All Barriers" in Forbidden Worlds #51 (ACG, February 1957, script by Richard Hughes (?), pencils by Dick Beck, inks by Pete Costanza
Also today two days from now, in the retitled reprint: Mark Twain changes color of hair, suit, background!


from "Dream of Death!" in Adventures into the Unknown #132 (ACG, April 1962), script by Richard Hughes (?), pencils by Dick Beck, inks by Pete Costanza

Today in Comics History, November 16, 1982: The Debut of the Sinister Six Two

from What If...? (1989 series) #64 (Marvel, August 1994), script by Simon Furman, pencils and inks by Geoff Senior, colors by Sarra Mossoff, letters by Richard Starkings