Jenn of a Kind: Magic Kingdom

Continuing our list of the ten two pals o' mine who are having birthdays today, please put your little stuffed hooves together and give big birthday applause to Official Member of Bully's West Coast Mafia JustJenn! Jenn is a triple threat (she's equally good with ninja swords, automatic weapons, and a halberd) in that she has three, count 'em, three amazing oasises of fun and delight on the Intermajignet:

• JustJenn rants & raves, her totally excellent design/entertainment/mom/food blog. Need a place to get great food in LA? A cool idea for packing a lunch? Some totally excellent crafts about Star Wars? Or the proverbial much more? It's all here!
• JustJenn recipes spotlights Jenn's cooking and baking talents (including her cool-as-ice cupcake that was featured on the cover of Food Network Magazine!) Lots of great recipes in here for meals, desserts, treats and the best Star Wars confections ever! I honestly believe that Jenn will have a major cookbook or lifestyle deal within the next couple years because her creations are absolutely beautiful and such great fun.
• JustJenn designs is a store where you can buy her...well, designs, including greeting and note cards, recipe cards, comics, buttons, beautifully designed custom stationery (she did John 'n' Randi's wedding invite!) and the world's most incredible notecards that you absolutely cannot live without for another second in your life!

She's also the creator of the most amazing cupcakes of all time:



BULLY THE LITTLE STUFFED CUPCAKES!

Jenn is also the world's biggest fan of Disneyland. So, take it away, Ten Disneyland Covers!























Happy Birthday, Jenn!

Ten of a Kind: Unseen Movie Adaptations

Today is a great birthday day (say that three times fast!) because two of my favorite people and best pals were born today! Hooray! (throwing confetti, blowing horn, eating cake) And I'm gonna drag them down the path of public birthday humiliation by doing a post on each of them! (Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!) First up, my good pal DB, who runs and writes much of the totally film blog Unseen Films (which both me and John have written for as well)! Believe you me, he's a guy who really knows his movies. ('Specially if they have ninjas in them) But...does he know his movie adaptations? Here's a special Ten of a Kind just for DB (and, well, everybody else who reads my blog, too!) of Movies You Probably Maybe Didn't Know Had Comic Book Adaptations!























Happy Birthday, DB, pal o' mine!

Today in Comics History: Madonna begins to learn British slang

Panel from "The Death of a Romantic" in Heartthrobs #3 (March 1999), script by Peter Milligan, pencils and inks by Eduardo Risso, colors by Grant Goleash, letters by Clem Robins

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 240

Page from "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" in Batman #686 (April 2009), script by Neil Gaiman, pencils by Andy Kubert, inks by Scott Williams, colors by Alex Sinclair, letters by Jared K. Fletcher

What's this? Bruce's beloved butler betraying the boss? Costumed criminals covertly conning the Caped Crusader? Tune in tomorrow for the shocking, senses-shattering next page...same bat-blog, same baternet!

Ten of a Kind: No Ordinary Joe

Pick just ten Joe Kubert comic book covers (out of the 1,300+ Kubert covers listed on the Grand Comics Database)? It's not impossible to pick just ten of my favorite Kubert covers, but it certainly was challenging! (I could have picked ten Sgt. Rock covers all by themselves!) Here, after much deliberation, retrospection, and admiration, are ten of my favorite covers by master artist Joe Kubert, who passed away earlier this month. We miss ya, Joe.





















Oh, what the heck. Here's one more. And here's to you, Joe Kubert!



(More Ten of a Kind here.)

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 239

Panels from "Explosive End of the Dynamite Duo!" in Batman Family #13 (September 1977), script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Don Newton, inks by Bob Wiacek, colors by Jerry Serpe

Same Story, Different Cover: A Star is Osborn

Left: Spectacular Spider-Man v.1 #2 (November 1968), painting by John Romita, Sr.
Right: Amazing Spider-Man Annual #9 (1973), pencils and inks by John Romita, Sr.

(Click picture to pumpkin-bomb-size)

The man who took a small step

Panels from Fantastic Four #98 (May 1970), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Artie Simek

So long, Neil Armstrong. You'll be missed.
1930-2012

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 238

Panel from "Recipe for Revenge!" in Batman #26 (December 1944-January 1945), script by Jack Schiff, pencils and inks by Jerry Robinson, letters by George Roussos

Sorry, still no post tonight...

...so here's a gratuitous pin-up of Starfire!


Pin-up page from Ambush Bug #4 (September 1985), plot, co-script, and pencils by Keith Giffen; co-script by Robert Loren Fleming; inks by Bob Oksner; colors by Tony Tollin; letters by John Costanza

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 237

Panel from Batman #34 (April-May 1946), pencils and inks by Jerry Robinson, letters by George Roussos

Today in Comics History, August 24: Susan is slightly late for the funeral

from "The Death of a Romantic" in Heartthrobs #3 (DC/Vertigo, March 1999), script by Peter Milligan, pencils and inks by Eduardo Risso, colors by Grant Goleash, letters by Clem Robins

Sorry, no post tonight...

...so here's a gratuitous pin-up of Sky Solo!


Pin-up page from 1963 #2 [No One Escapes...the Fury] (May 1993), pencils and inks by Melinda Gebbie

Today in Comics History, August 23: Internet stalking is invented

from "The Death of a Romantic" in Heartthrobs #3 (DC/Vertigo, March 1999), script by Peter Milligan, pencils and inks by Eduardo Risso, colors by Grant Goleash, letters by Clem Robins

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 236

Panel from Batman #68 (December 1951-January 1952), script by Bill Finger, Batman and Robin pencils by Bob Kane, additional pencils by Lew Schwartz inks by Charles Paris, letters by Ira Schnapp

Sorry, no post tonight...

...so here's a gratuitous pin-up of Dazzler!


Pin-up page from Dazzler #2 (April 1981)

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 235

Panel from Batman #110 (September 1957), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Stan Kaye, letters by Pat Gordon

Sorry, no post tonight...

...so here's a gratuitous pin-up of Wonder Girl!


Pin-up page from Teen Titans v.1 #22 (July-August 1969), script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Nick Cardy, letters by Gaspar Saladino

You're welcome.