Today in Comics History, September 16, 1957: I heartily endorse any holiday on which Sergio gets to march and I get to eat Mexican food

from "Heroes" in Solo #11 [Sergio Aragonés ] (DC, August 2006); script, pencils, and inks by Sergio Aragonés; letters by Stan Sakai

Today in Comics History, September 16: Happy birthday, B. B. King!

Born on this day in 1925: B. B. King, the late, (very) great American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His timeless and sublime songs include (and this is only the tip of the iceberg) "Three O'Clock Blues," "You Upset Me Baby," "You Know I Love You," "Woke Up This Morning," "Please Love Me," "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer," "How Blue Can You Get," "Every Day I Have the Blues," "Sweet Sixteen," "The Thrill Is Gone" and many more.


"B.B. King" from American Splendor: Our Movie Year (Random House, 2004); script by Harvey Pekar; pencils, inks, and letters by Gary Dumm; originally published in Gambit Weekly (a New Orleans alt-paper) in 2001)
Happy birthday, Mr. King!


B.B. King on Late Night with David Letterman (NBC/Worldwide Pants, February 28, 1985); "Caledonia" written by Fleecie Moore

Today in Comics History, September 16, 1948: Section 36 is impressed

from Larry Doby, Baseball Hero one-shot (Fawcett, 1950), script by Charles Dexter

Today in Comics History, September 16: Happy birthday, Andy Russell!

Born on this day in 1919: singer and entertainer Andy Russell (née Andrés Rábago), "the Original Latino Crossover Artist." His popularity in the day rivalled Sinatra and Como as a heartthrob vocalist on popular bestsellingf songs like "Bésame Mucho," "Amor," "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" and many more. He even got his own (short) comic book story:



"Andy Russell" from Juke Box Comics #3 (Eastern Color, July 1948), creators unidentified and unknown
There's even an ad on the back cover of the same comic book. Gee, whaddaya think convinced Capitol Records that this was a good place to run their record album advertisements, I wonder, hmmm?


Capitol Records advertisement from Juke Box Comics #3



"Bésame Mucho" by Andy Russell with Al Sack and His orchestra (Capitol, 1944); written by Consuelo Velázquez, English lyrics by Sunny Skylar
Happy birthday, Andy!

Today in Comics History, September 16: "B"-Team undergoes usual hardships

from Young Justice (2011 series) #18 (DC, September 2012), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty

Today in Comics History, September 16, 1944: That'll put a wrench in their plans

from "The Red-Headed Monster" in Crime Must Pay the Penalty #33/1 (Ace, February 1948). pencils and inks by Al Camy

Today in Comics History, September 16: Happy birthday, Lauren Bacall!

Born on this day in 1924: film and stage actor Lauren Bacall, Queen of my Heart (Golden Age Division). To Have and Have Not, Key Largo, The Big Sleep, How to Marry a Millionaire...I've taped 'em all off TCM!


from Girl in Dior graphic novel (April 2015); script, pencils and ink by Annie Goetzinger; translation by Joe Johnson; letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, September 16, 2015: The riveting world of in-school education

from Yellow Cab (IDW, May 2022), by Christophe Chabouté, based on the novel by Benoît Cohen

Today in Comics History, September 16, 1963: Yeah, yeah, yeah

Today in 1963: The single "She Loves You" by The Beatles is released in America!


from "He Knows If You've Been Bad or Good..." in Quantum Leap #3 (Innovation, March 1992), script by John Holland, pencils and inks by Andy Price, colors by Scott Rockwell assisted by Chris Ballard, letters by Vickie Williams
Sing along! You know the words!


"She Loves You" by The Beatles (Parlophone/Swan 1963), written by John Lenon and Paul McCartney

Today in Comics History, September 16: Happy birthday, Mike Mignola!

Born on this day: comics writer/artist Mike Mignola (Rocket Raccoon, World of Krypton, Gotham by Gaslight, and the creator of Hellboy and his supporting cast)! Here he is (in glasses) with Bill Wray!


from "The Creation of Hellboy, Jr." in Hellboy, Jr. Halloween Special one-shot (Dark Horse, October 1997), script by Bill Wray and Mike Mignola, pencils and inks by Mike Mignola, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by John Costanza
Happy birthday, Mike! Draw more comics!


Mignola in "What Do Comic Book Icons Think of The Goon's First Issue?" in The Goon (2003 series) #1 (Dark Horse, June 2003); script, pencils, inks, colors and letters by Eric Powell, additional colors by Robin Powell and Barry Gregory

Today in Comics History, September 16, 1993: The poop is about to hit the fan

from (left) "V for Vendetta: Book One, Chapter Ten: Venom" in Warrior #11 (Quality Communications, July 1983), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by David Lloyd, letters by Jenny O'Connor;
(right) V for Vendetta #3 (DC, November 1988); colors by David Lloyd, Siobhan Dodds, and Steve Whitaker

Today in Comics History, September 16, 1964: Daily Globe, unable to gain first copyright on "Spider-Man, Threat or Menace?," goes after mutants instead

from [Uncanny] X-Men (1963 series) #14 (Marvel, November 1965), script by Stan Lee, layouts by Jack Kirby, pencils by Werner Roth, inks by Vince Colletta, letters by Artie Simek
How do we know the date? Because Alex Ross thoughtfully pencilled painted it in! (Based on Kurt Busiek's actual birthday today, I bet!)



from Marvels #2 (February 1994), script by Kurt Busiek, painted art by Alex Ross, letters by Richard Starkings and John Gaushell

Today in Comics History, September 16: Happy birthday, Keith Williams!

Born on this day: comics inker Keith Williams (Nova, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Unlimited, Web of Spider-Man, Superman, She-Hulk, Uber, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Phantom comic strip, and more!)


from Marvel Age #33, 93 and 105 (Marvel, December 1985, October 1990 and October 1991); text by Jim Salicrup (#33), Chris Eliopoulis & Barry Dutter (#93) and Mike Lackey (#105); pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Adam Philips (#33), Marie Javins (#93), and Renee Witterstaetter (#105)
Happy birthday, Keith!


from Marvel Age #112 (Marvel, May 1992)

Today in Comics History, September 16, 1348: The Vision evolves into Wikipedia

from Avengers (1963 series) #209 (Marvel, July 1981), script by J.M. DeMatteis, pencils by Alan Kupperberg, inks by Dan Green, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Janice Chiang

Today in Comics History, September 16: Happy birthday, Brenda Mings!

Born on this day: typesetter for Marvel in the eighties, Brenda Mings!


from Marvel Age #33 and 57 (Marvel, December 1985 and December 1987); text by Jim Salicrup (#33) and Mike Carlin (#57); pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Adam Philips (#33) and Paul Becton (#57)
Without her, you could never have read The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe!


from Marvel Age #46 (Marvel, January 1987)
Happy birthday, Brenda!


from Marvel/New Universe comics cover-dated 8/87

Today in Comics History, September 16, 1776: The cartoon menace was...no more

from "The Story of the War of Independence" in Picture Stories from American History #2 (EC, 1946), script by M. C. Gaines and W. W. D. Sones, pencils and inks by Allen Simon

Today in Comics History, September 16, 2013: At last, Spider-Man and Richard Nixon have something in common

from The Amazing Spider-Man: Who Am I? #1 one-shot (Marvel, July 2014), script by Joshua Hale Fialkov, storyboards by J.L. Mast and Geoffrey Beaulieu, pencils and inks by Juan Bobillo, colors by Andres Mossa, letters by Chris Eliopoulos
See you for this panel again here on July 14!

Today in Comics History, September 16, 1829: First Wegman's coupon is clipped

Today in 1829: the first issue of the Onondaga Standard, a newspaper serving Syracuse and Central New York, is published.


Why is this important in comics? Well, it's important at least to me: I grew up in Syracuse, and after several mergers, the Standard became the Syracuse Post-Standard in 1899. I grew up reading this paper, and more important, the funnies page, where I got my first education in comics!



So why is this important? Because I believe this is the only time my hometown newspaper has appeared in comic books!:


from Fantastic Four (1961 series) #31 (Marvel, October 1964), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone, color by Stan Goldberg, letters by Sam Rosen
Happy birthday, Syracuse Post-Standard! Here's hoping you keep on telling us about the MONY Building for another 130 years!

Today in Comics History, September 16, 2035: Apparently you can freefall at 88 miles per hour

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #9 (IDW, June 2016), story by John Barber and Bob Gale, script by John Barber, pencils by Marcello Ferreira and Athila Fabbio, inks by Marcello Ferreira, Athila Fabbio, and Toni Doya, colors by Diego Rodriguez and Jose Luis Rio, letters by Shawn Lee
(Dale Swanson kindly did the math for me here.)

Also, this:


from Back to the Future (IDW 2015 series) #10 (July 2016), story by John Barber and Bob Gale, script by John Barber, pencils by Marcello Ferreira and Athila Fabbio, inks by Marcello Ferreira, Athila Fabbio, and Toni Doya, colors by Jose Luis Rio and Diego Rodriguez, letters by Shawn Lee
Keep in mind these events are printed in two consecutive but different comic books. Three or four more issues and we'll get the whole story about September 16, 2035!!