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Saturday, September 09, 2023

Today in Comics History, September 9, 1931: See, the ironic part is that he always hoped he'd be buried in chocolate pudding

Hey, remember yesterday when I promised you that the story of Tully Mason had just one more final macabre twist? Well, this ain't it. This is just a post about his milk carton "missing' alert.

If you haven't seen him, have you seen his hat? 'Coz it's really cool.

If you haven't seen him, have you seen his hat? 'Coz it's really cool.

from "The Incarnadine Bridge!" in Ghosts (1971 series) #97 (DC, February 1981), script by Mimai Kin, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Rodin Rodriguez
No, for the conclusion of this creepy comic, tune in again on October 16! Whoa, that's a long way aways. I can hardly wait!

This post was suggested by faithful reader and frequent commenter Blam, who's provided a lot of date references in comics that I'll spotlight throughout 2023 in this series. Thanks, Blam!

Friday, September 09, 2022

Today in Comics History, September 9, 1900: Colonel Theodore Cruz Sr. flees Texas for Arctic Circle

Funny, it didn't blow those papers away.

from "The Isle of the Dead" in Real Fact Comics #14 (DC, May 1948), script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernie Breslauer; pencils and inks by Howard Sherman (?)

Today in Comics History, September 9: Happy birthday, Neil Hamilton!

Born on this day in 1899, so he knows ALL about the Y1.9K virus: actor Neil Hamilton, star from stage to silents to movies to television, plus advertisement modeling and even a little song and dance!

'Very nice, Neil. But now please erase the blackboard so the other students can use it.'

'Very nice, Neil. But now please erase the blackboard so the other students can use it.'

from "Screen Scoops" in Movie Comics (1939 series) #2 (DC/Picture Publications, May 1939); text, pencils and inks by Walter Galli

Today in Comics History, September 9, 1851: Uh uh, you ain't stickin' that key up me, human

from Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys one-shot (IDW, July 2011), script by Joe Hill, pencils and inks by Gabriel Rodriguez, colors by Jay Fotos

Today in Comics History, September 9, 1850: Somehow I always wind up sitting next to this guy

Is it still called mansplaning if you're talking to a man?

from "Mental Marvel" in Real Fact Comics #5 (DC, November 1946); script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernie Breslauer; pencils and inks by Nat Edson

Today in Comics History, September 9: Happy birthday, Serban Cristescu!

Born on this day: Bongo Comics colorist and letterer Serban Cristescu!

I've heard of crawling inside a bottle, but this is ridiculous.

from Bongo Comics cover-dated March 2003
Happy birthday, Serban!

Today in Comics History, September 9: We now return to Josephine Baker, P.I., still in progress

Not a bad cat impression, but it should be more like 'psspspspsps.'

She finally just got the punchline to today's 'Perals Before Swine.'

the computer from Red Dwarf was on register that day?

from Miss Don't Touch Me (NBM, October 2014), script and colors by Hubert, translation by Joe Johnson, pencils and inks by Kerascoët, letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, September 9: Happy birthday, Frank Robbins!

Born on this day in 1917: comics writer/artist and fine art painter Frank Robbins (creator of the Johnny Hazard strip, Batman, Detective Comics, Weird War Tales, House of Mystery, Superboy, The Invaders, The Human Fly, and more)! And he co-created Man-Bat, the Ten-Eyed Man, Union Jack, Spitfire, and Baron Blood!

'For your birthday this year, Frank, we're getting you a new photo.' 'Yay!'