Dennis has the right idea on how to deal with a wedding in This Menacing Year: bring along a comic book! "June 1968" from D...

I'm afraid to let you know that as the year goes on, it just keeps on getting even more menacing. By the beginning of November 2024 I wi...

It's late and I don't have a lot of Walpurgis Night jokes left so, so goodnight, folks. from Silver: Of Treasures and Thie...

Hey, just what does Walpurgis Eve have against guys named Carl? Granted, unlike our first one , this one's spelled with a K (thus ...

BAFFLING MYSTERIES! It's pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. Mysteries...that are baffling! That is, strange, unsolvable, ...

It's the last night of the month...haunted by fiendish witches, hellish demons and scary supernatural beasts! No, no, sit down, Oct...

from (top) Warrior #11 (Quality Communications, May 1983), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by David Lloyd, letters by Jenny O...

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published April 30, 2022. Born on this day in 1867: Burton C. Mossman , leg...

Born on this day in 1927: comic book artist (primarily inker but frequently penciller) Sal Trapani ( Fightin' Marines, Unusual Tales, R...

from "The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Sandman" in Secret Origins (1986 series) #7 (DC, October 1986), co-plot and script b...

Born on this day in 1896: blues and gospel singer Reverend Gary Davis (also know as Blind Gary Davis), whose fingerpicking style influenced...

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published April 30, 2023. Today in Comics History : it's Hitler...

Born on this day: actor Kate Mulgrew , who starred in Ryan's Hope, Orange Is the New Black, Mrs. Columbo aka Kate Columbo aka Kate the...

Celebrating a birthday today: actor Eve Plumb of Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, The Big Valley, The Virginian, Lassie, I'm Gonna ...

Born on this day in 1899, making him one of the original geniuses on the twentieth century: jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Elli...

from Zero #17 (Image, June 2015), script by Ales Kot, pencils and inks by Robert Sammelin, colors by Jordie Bellaire, letters by Clayton...

from "Living Water" in Laugh Comics (1946 series) #258 (Archie, September 1972); pencils, inks, letters (and script?) by (who ...

Born on this day: Jay Leno , talk show host, comedian, car and motorcycle collector, big chin wearer, and Tonight Show taker-backer. Happy ...

Born on this day: actress/model/singer/dancer and all-around bombshell Ann-Margret ( State Fair, Bye Bye Birdie, Viva Las Vegas, Kitten wit...

from "Question-Air" in Key Comics #4 (Consolidated Magazines, May 1946), creators uncredited and unknown