Saturday, January 14, 2023

Today in Comics History, January 14, 1911: Famous Polar explorer frees Willy

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"Pioneers of Science: Roald Amundsen, Discoverer of the South Pole" and from Classics Illustrated #76 (Gilberton, October 1950...

Today in Comics History, January 14, 1971: Hitchcock ordered to assassinate Tudor naval warship

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from Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense (NBM, March 2022), script by by Noël Simsolo, translation by Monatan Kane, art by Dominique ...
Friday, January 13, 2023

Today in Comics History, January 13, 2020: Puerto Rican earthquake survivors indifferent to robot handing out paper towels

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from "Legados" in Marvel's Voices: Community #1 one-shot (Marvel, November 2022), script by Amparo Ortiz, pencils and ink...
Thursday, January 12, 2023

Today in Comics History, January 12, 1943: Soldiers go to war armed with little sound effects

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from "General Jacques LeClerc" in Real Life Comics #26 (Pines, November 1945), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, January 12, 1993: Passersby Were Amazed by the Unusually Large Amounts of Blood

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cover of The Punisher War Zone (1992 series) #13 (Marvel, March 1993), pencils by Mike McKone, inks by Mark McKenna and Mick M Gray ...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Today in Comics History, January 11: Happy birthday, Sam Kieth!

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Born on this day: comics artist and writer Sam Kieth (remember: I before E after Sam K)! Sam's the creator of The Maxx and Zero Girl ...

Today in Comics History, January 11, 1951: Goofball history is made as first man becomes hopped up on them

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from Providence #11 (Avatar, March 2017), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Jacen Burrows, colors by Juan Manuel Rodriguez, lett...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Today in Comics History, January 10, 1897: Christina's World...sucks.

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from The Dreaming (1996 series) #41 (DC/Vertigo, October 1999), script by Caitlín Kiernan, pencils and inks by Al Davison, colors and co...

Today in Comics History, January 10, 1945: MacArthur sends his heartfelt tanks

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from General Douglas MacArthur one-shot (Fox, 1951), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, January 10, 1776: First book signing at Messrs. Chas. M. Barnes and Gilb. Noble, Booksellers, gets out of hand

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from "The Story of the War of Independence" in Picture Stories from American History #2 (EC, 1946), script by M. C. Gaines and...
Monday, January 09, 2023

Today in Comics History, January 9: Hideous tropical shirt results in man's death, even in black-and-white

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cover of Extra! (1955 series) #1 (EC, March 1955), pencils and inks by Johnny Craig
Sunday, January 08, 2023

Bisy backson

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See ya soon, folks!

Today in Comics History, January 8, 1952: Cell phones not yet invented, so dining together is awkward

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from Fantastic Four (2023 series) #1/694 (Marvel, January 2023), script by Ryan North, pencils and inks by Iban Coello, colors by Jesus ...
Friday, January 06, 2023

Today in Comics History, January 6, 1935: Frankie settles the age-old question of whether it's called a carport or a carhole

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from "Frankie the Pug" in Gangsters Can't Win v.1 #4 (D.S. Publishing, August 1948), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, January 6, 1854: Look, Henry, just admit you're lost

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from "Ghost Ship!" in Crypt of Terror (1950 series) #19 (EC, August 1950); script, pencils, and inks by Al Feldstein, letters ...

Today in Comics History, January 6, 1988: Happy birthday, Dave Speakman!

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Hope you survive the...oh, it's a Carnage story. Never mind. from Carnage (2022 series) #1 (Marvel, May 2022), script by Ram V...

Today in Comics History, January 6, 1956: Happy birthday, Tina Lacey!

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Hope you survive the...oh. from "A Very Private Hell!" in Tales of Ghost Castle #3 (DC, September 1975), script by Robert ...

Today in Comics History, January 6: Lenny continues to teach us the true meaning of Christmas

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from Simpsons Comics #79 (Bongo, February 2003), script by Ian Boothby, pencils by John Costanza, inks by Howard Shum, colors by Art Vil...

Today in Comics History, January 6, 2021: Assholes gonna asshole

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from New America #1 (Comixology, August 2022), script by Cury Pires, pencils and inks by Luca Casalanguida, colors by Mark Dale, letters...
Thursday, January 05, 2023

Today in Comics History, January 5, 1945: Happy birthday, Mary Shaw! Hope you survive the...oh.

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from "Out of This World" in The Phantom Stranger (1969 series) #4 (DC/National, November 1969), script by Robert Kanigher, pen...