Today in Comics History, March 31: Happy birthday, Pablo Marcos!

Born on this day: Pablo Marcos, comic book artist and commercial illustrator! He's drawn Star Trek: The Next Generation, James Bond, The Avengers, Dracula Lives, Marvel Two-in-One, Detective Comics, The Defenders and more, but he's especially known for his gorgeous black-and-white artwork on the Marvel magazine line like Zombie and The Savage Sword of Conan!


"Zombie Feature Page" from [Tales of the] Zombie (1973 series) #4 (Marvel/Cadence, March 1974)
Happy birthday, Pablo!



from The Savage Sword of Conan (1974 series) #21 (top) and 23 (bottom) (Marvel/Magazine Management Co., August 1977 and October 1977)

Today in Comics History, November 8: Happy birthday, Tony DeZuniga!

Born on this day in 1932: comics artist, penciller and inker Tony DeZuniga, co-creator of Jonah Hex and Black Orchid! He's also worked on Weird Western Tales, Weird War Tales, Weird War Tales (notice a theme there?), Archie's Red Circle books, Jonah Hex, Sinister House of Secret Love, Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love/Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion, All-Star Western, The Witching Hour and more, plus inking dozens and dozens of DCs and Marvels!

"[Conan with His Chroniclers]" from Savage Sword of Conan (1974 series) #200 (Marvel, August 1992), pencils and inks by Dave Simons
(Click picture to Cimmerian-size)
Happy birthday, Tony!

Today in Comics History, July 27: Happy birthday, Ernie Chan!

A very happy birthday to artist Ernie Chan (sometimes credited as Ernie Chua), born on this day in 1940! Ernie has drawn a large number of comics including Conan the Barbarian, Savage Sword of Conan, Batman, Detective Comics, Claw the Unconquered (his co-creation with David Michelinie), House of Mystery, House of Secrets, The Unexpected, Weird War Tales, and many more!


from Mighty Marvel Calendar 1979 and 1980 (Marvel, 1978-1979)

Today in Comics History, June 16: Happy birthday, Frank Thorne!

Born today in 1930: Comics and fantasy artist Frank Thorne (Red Sonja, Danger Rangerette, Ghita of Alizarr, Ribit and more!).


from Mighty Marvel calendar 1977, 1978 and 1979

Today in Comics History, January 14: Happy birthday, Rudy Nebres!

Born on this day in 1937: comics inker Rudy Nebres, who's done a huge amount of absolutely gorgeous work for most of the major companies in his career: Marvel, DC, Archie, Charlton, Valiant, Warren, Continuity, Pacific, CrossGen, and more!


L: from Marvel Age #49 (Marvel, April 1987), text by Mike Carlin, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Paul Becton
R: from Marvel Age #86 (Marvel, March 1990), text by Chris Eliopoulos and Barry Dutter, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Gregory Wright
Happy birthday, Rudy!


from "Red Sonja at the Mall" in Savage Sword of Conan (1974 b/w magazine series) #23 (October 1977), photograph by Bob Pinaha