Today in Comics History, October 29, 1929: The Burp Heard Round the World

from "I Shrink, Therefore I'm Small" in Simpsons Comics #8 (Bongo, January 1985), script by Gary Glasberg, pencils by Luis Escobar, inks by Tim Bavington, colors by Nathan Kane, color separartions by Electric Crayon, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, October 29, 1936: Polly's initial plan of just not telling Helen and hoping she doesn't notice is quickly discarded

from "Conquest of Darkness" in Real Heroes #13 (Parents' Magazine Press, March 1946), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, October 29: Happy birthday, James Boswell!

Born on this day in 1740: James Boswell, writer, diarist, Scottish laird and biographer of his friend Samuel Johnson.



"Script Sleuths" from Batman (1940 series) #66 (DC, August 1951), text by Barbara Fairbanks, art by Raymond Perry
Happy birthday, Boz!



from "Excerpts from Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763" in Weirdo #3 (Last Gasp, Fall 1981), by Robert Crumb

Today in Comics History, October 29, 1987: Early newsprint experiments in second color printing go poorly

from "Introducing the Dove Corps" in Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular one-shot (August 2020), script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by José Luis García-López, inks by Joe Prado, colors by Marcelo Maiolo, letters by Clem Robins

Today in Comics History, October 29: Happy birthday, Batton Lash!

BoTD in 1953: comics writer and artist Batton Lash, creator of Wolff and Byrd (Supernatural Law), with work in Paradox's Big Book series and Archie comics, including writing the classic Archie Meets the Punisher!


from Marvel Age #138 (Marvel, July 1994)
Happy birthday, Batton!


from "A Con to Remember" in Archie #538 (Archie, September 2003), script by George Gladir, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Bob Smith, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Bill Yoshida

Today in Comics History, October 29, 1853: Pirate captain forgot to write his final word: 'Arghhhhhhhhhh!'

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, October 29: Happy birthday, Tom King (but not the one you're thinking of)!

Born on this day: comics' Tom King! No, no, not that one: the other guy, the Bongo artist for Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics, seen here (in red) with editor Bill Morrison (in yellow)!


from "Backstage at Bongo" in Bongo Comics [Free-for-All] Free Comic Book Day 2006 (Bongo, May 2006), creators uncredited and unknown
Happy birthday, Tom King!

Today in Comics History, October 29, 1987: Simon bends over backwards to work blue

from Survivors' Club #3 (DC/Vertigo, February 2016), script by Lauren Beukes and Dale Halvorsen, pencils and inks by Ryan Kelly, colors by Eva de la Cruz, letters by Clem Robins

Today in Comics History, October 29: Oh come on, comics, they're sixteen

from Human Torch (2003 series) #1 (Marvel/Tsunami, June 2003), script by Karl Kesel, pencils by Skottie Young, inks by Joe Seung and Pierre-Andre Dery, colors by Studio F, letters by Cory Petit

Today in Comics History, October 29: 1957's kids have not yet invented the concept of simply "lying" to their parents

from "The Trick Is to Treat All the World's Children!" PSA in DC Comics cover-dated December 1957

Today in Comics History, Octover 29, 1986: Biggest news story of the year, and they buried it on the sports page

This is an updated version of a post originally (post-)dated October 29, 1986.

We warned you on October 9!


from Strange Adventures #117 (DC, June 1960), script by John Broome, pencils and inks by Murphy Anderson