Tuesday, October 01, 2024

The October 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year

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Yes, it's time for the Ineffectual October Calendar by Howard Chaykin, this time starring Sarah Palin and John Oates! from Spider...
Sunday, September 01, 2024

The September 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year

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Whatddaya mean, you haven't picked up that phone call yet ? It's September , dude! Check the handy tiny calendar! And ya know what? ...
Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Bully Eats Food: At last, a beer for the discerning stuffed bull

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Today in Comics History, August 6, 1951: Newspaper hits porch so hard it's seeing stars

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from "Newspaper items" in Big Town #11 (DC/National, November 1951), by Mort Drucker
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Sunday, August 04, 2024

Today in Comics History, August 4, 1952: Plan Eight from Outer Space is unsuccessful

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from "The 1950 Hamilton A.F.B. California Case" in Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 series) #26 (EC, December 1954), script by Al F...
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Today in Comics History, August 4, 1914: Great Britain vows with all its might to protect those delicious waffles

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from Tolkien: Lighting Up the Darkness (Ablaze, February 2024), script by Willy Duraffourg, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, colors by Flavia...
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Friday, August 02, 2024

Today in Comics History, August 2: Happy birthday, Peter O'Toole!

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Born on this day in 1932: acclaimed British actor Peter O'Toole (insert joke from Diamonds Are Forever by Sean Connery), who you'v...
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Thursday, August 01, 2024

Today in Comics History, August 1: Happy birthday, Claudius!

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Ave Claudius! And happy birthday to ya too, because today's your birthday (born August 1, 10 BC), Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Ger...
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Fun with Comics: How Bertie Wooster would have handled Nazis

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from the Junior Rangers story in Headline Comics v.1 #7 (Prize, Spring 1944), art by Henry Kiefer (?)
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The August 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year

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Come on , man! Time to answer your landline to participate in a Republican-backed phone poll that will be presented as representing 100% of ...
Friday, July 26, 2024

Today in Comics History, July 26: Earth is embarrassed to go to the prom after it gets a big pimple

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from Children of the Vault #1 (Marvel, October 2023), script by Deniz Camp, art by Luca Maresca, colors by Carlos Lopez, letters by Cory...

Today in Comics History, July 26: Happy birthday, Helen Mirren!

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Happy birthday today to actor Dame Helen Mirren ( The Queen, The Long Good Friday, Excalibur, Calendar Girls, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife...

Today in Comics History, July 26: Happy birthday, Sandra Bullock!

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Born on this day: actor Sandra Bullock , who has a pretty cool last name as far as I'm concerned. You may remember her from such films a...

Today in Comics History, July 26, 1918: J.R.R. Tolkien eagerly awaits for his order of bologna to arrive

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from Tolkien: Lighting Up the Darkness (Ablaze, February 2024), script by Willy Duraffourg, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, colors by Flavia...
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Monday, July 01, 2024

The July 1968 2024 Calendar for This Menacing Year

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Here's your ready-to-use July Calendar ! from Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots #1 (one-shot) (Marvel, December 2020); script, pencils...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley 2024: Hand over those three rocks, lady

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Long-time readers of this blog will know that pretty much everytime June 26 rolls around, I commemorate the death of Thomas and Martha ...

Today in Comics History, June 26, 1903: Massive debt undertaken to decorate aft end of ship

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from "Most Dangerous Passage" in True Comics #65 (Parents' Magazine Press, October 1947), creators uncredited and unknown ...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Today in Comics History, June 25: Hoberman has been poked; had his dog shot; is bugged

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from "The Sins of the Father..." in Action Comics Weekly #606 (DC, June 28, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by...
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Today in Comics History, June 25, 8:07 AM Pacific/10:07 AM Central: A tiny gnome is kicking Rafael's shins

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from "The Sins of the Father..." in Action Comics Weekly #606 (DC, June 28, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by...
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Today in Comics History, June 25, 7:30 AM Pacific/9:30 Central: Mysterious package makes second appearance in comics within two weeks

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from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils...
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