from "Light Brigade!" in Frontline Combat (1951 series) #4 (EC, January 1952), script and vellum layouts by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, letters by Ben Oda
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Showing posts with label war is noisy. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Today in Comics History, October 25, 1854: Maybe if they'd only gone a quarter a league onward they might have saved some lives
You read it as poetry in high school, now read it in comic book form which you'll remember a lot longer: the story of the Charge of the Light Brigade!
from "Light Brigade!" in Frontline Combat (1951 series) #4 (EC, January 1952), script and vellum layouts by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, letters by Ben Oda
from "Light Brigade!" in Frontline Combat (1951 series) #4 (EC, January 1952), script and vellum layouts by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, letters by Ben Oda
Sunday, August 07, 2022
Today in Comics History, August 7, 1942: War Is Noisy
from "Captain Yellabird" in Marine War Heroes #7 (Charlton, March 1965), script by Joe Gill (?), pencils and inks by Don Perlin
Saturday, August 06, 2022
Today in Comics History, August 6: Happy birthday, Alfred, Lord Tennyson!
Born on this day in 1809: English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson! (You may know him better as Batman's butler.) Now, Tennyson has never starred in a comic book stories (aside from Bette Kane periodically saying "Tennyson anyone?"), but he's been adapted into comics more than once!
from New Adventure Comics #12 (DC/Nicholson Publishing Co., January 1937), illustrated by Henry Kiefer
(Click picture to half-a-league-size)
(Click picture to half-a-league-size)
Sunday, July 03, 2022
Today in Comics History, July 3, 1863: Make War No More
Today in 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg ended. Don't fall for any media portrayals of it as a "glorious" battle — it was brutal.
from "Gettysburg!" in Frontline Combat (1951 series) #2 (EC, September 1951), script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda
from Star-Spangled War Stories #176 (DC, December 1973)
from "Gettysburg!" in Frontline Combat (1951 series) #2 (EC, September 1951), script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda
from Star-Spangled War Stories #176 (DC, December 1973)
Friday, June 24, 2022
Today in Comics History, June 24, 1950: Then...Korea!
from "A Baby!" in Frontline Combat #10 (EC, January 1953), script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Today in Comics History, April 12, 1861: Every day I wake up, then I start to break up
Aw geez, what's waking us up now?
from "First Shot!" in Frontline Combat #9 (EC, November 1952), script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Will Elder, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda
Oh, it's that durn Civil War! Cheese and crackers, pipe down, you guys!
from "First Shot!" in Frontline Combat #9 (EC, November 1952), script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Will Elder, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda
Oh, it's that durn Civil War! Cheese and crackers, pipe down, you guys!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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