Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!

Thursday, July 01, 2021

Wild About the Calendar: July: Jugular Jezebel

'He said he hadn't had a bite to eat in days...so I fed him! ... What do you think I am, some kind of monster?!?'

from "Wild's 1954 Calendar: July" in Wild #5 (Marvel/Atlas, August 1954); script, pencils, and inks by Howie Post

The 2010 2021 Marvel Calendar for July: Just Justice

It is July, my friends, so time to break out the July Calendars from Comic Books You Can Actually Use™.

Except this one. This one is useless.

'Trust me and I'll explain why that old guy's head is watching us from upstairs.'

'Trust me and I'll explain why that old guy's head is watching us from upstairs.'

from "The Riddle of the Gold Stagecoach!" in Western Comics #71 (DC, September 1958), script by Gardner Fox, pencils and inks by Howard Sherman

Friday, June 25, 2021

A Grand Day Out: Bully's Long Island Adventure

We had A Grand Day Out renting a Zipcar and going out to Long Island to do the quintessential Long Island thing: shopping at big box stores! I yam exhaustipated!

Sun's out, bull's out!

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Bully Eats Is Food: Box o' Beef

Established 17,643? Sirloin from the FUTURE!

What's in the box? What's in the box?

Whew! Thanks! It was getting hard to breathe in there.

It's me! I'm what's for dinner!

Please do not eat me.

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Today In Comics History, June 20, 1978: Back to the Future, Carrying a Space Alien

'Hey, this guy totally looks like Green Arrow from the back!'

from DC Comics Presents #2 (DC, September 1978), script by Martin Pasko, pencils by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, inks by Dan Adkins, colors by Jerry Serpe, letters by Clem Robins

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Today in Comics History, June 17, 1976: Daily Telegraph switches to "all-headline" format

'Enough about Rita Ryan! Tell me more about the Bicentennial!'

from "The Storm" in Teen Confessions #93 (Charlton, February 1976), script by Joe Gill (?), pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Vince Alascia

Today in Comics History, June 17: Happy birthday, Violet Gray! Maybe.

Hey, June 17 is Violet's birthday! Happy birthday, Violet Gray!

He licked it before he went inside.

from Peanuts (United Feature Syndicate, June 17, 1962), by Charles M. Schulz
Or...is it on January 28?!? What kinda con game are you playing here, Violet?

'Besides, A Shoebox Full of Toenail Cuttings Doesn't Really Count as a Birthday Present, Charlie Brown.' (That was the title of the least-loved Peanuts animated special.)

'Besides, A Shoebox Full of Toenail Cuttings Doesn't Really Count as a Birthday Present, Charlie Brown.' (That was the title of the least-loved Peanuts animated special.)

from Peanuts (United Feature Syndicate, January 29, 1955), by Charles M. Schulz
(Be back here on January 28 to see these same strips in the opposite direction, I guess!)

Wednesday, June 09, 2021

Fun with Comics: Fig. 1: Always Do This

Even if you're in a real green dress. That's not cruel!

from "Underground Girl" in Famous Stars #3 (Ziff-Davis, 1950), creators uncredited and unknown

Sunday, June 06, 2021

Bully Eats Food: Meet the seven-year-old interested in eating nachos

Not pictured: all the cheese I grated directly into my mouth.

Today in Comics History, June 6, 3333: Strawberry jam spilled

And in the next panel, somebody's got a beehive hairdo.

from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld

Friday, June 04, 2021

Today in Comics History, June 4, 3333: Premiere of Manos 2: Torgo in the City

Somewhere down there, GlenFrey-Bot3333 is singing 'You Belong to the City.'

from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld

Tuesday, June 01, 2021

The Adventures of Bully: Someday we'll find it, the rainbow front doormat

Happy Pride Month to all my pals!

Please wipe your feet on this mat, but do NOT wipe your feet on LGBTQIA folks!

The 2010 2021 Marvel Calendar for June: Jumpin' Judo Jive

Iron Fist is kickin' his way into June with this handy-to-use (even for 6/2021) Marvel 2010 Calendar! Don't give yourself a hernia, Danny!

"June" from Marvel Calendar 2010 (Marvel, 2009), art by Marko Djurdjevic
(Click picture to K'un-Lun-size)
I got one of those free after a random trip to the comic shop that year. You can't ever go wrong with Marko Djurdjevic art. I wish I'd kept mine now!

Wild About the Calendar: June: Jabberin' Jackal

from "Wild's 1954 Calendar: June" in Wild #5 (Marvel/Atlas, August 1954); script, pencils, and inks by Howie Post

The Marvel Age Calendar for June 1993 2021: Monster Chiller June Theater

from Marvel Age #126 (Marvel, June 1993), art by Darren Auck and Chris Ivy
And this calendar is good for all this month! Unlike me, who is sometimes naughty.