365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 318

Panels from New X-Men #117 (October 2001), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Ethan van Sciver, inks by Prentiss Rollins, colors by HiFi Design, letters by Saida Temofonte

Sunday Morning Silents: The Haunted House (1921)

The Haunted House (1921), written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline

Same Story, Different Cover: We Must, We Must, We Must Increase Our Crust

L: Fantastic Four #107 (February 1971), art by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott
R: Marvel Selects: Fantastic Four #1 (January 2000), reprinting FF #107, art by Alan Davis
(Click picture to XXXXL-Hanes-Men's-Briefs-size)

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 317

Panel from Avengers Two #2 (June 2000), script by Roger Stern, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Greg Adams, colors by Tom Smith, letters by Sharpefont

Saturday Morning Cartoon: O.K. Go "Last Leaf" (2010)

O.K. Go "Last Leaf" (2010), directed by O.K. Go, Nadeem Mazen and Ali Mohammad
"All 215 loaves of bread used in the making of this video were past their sell-by date and rescued from the clutches of certain disposal."

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 316

The Beast of Earth-763 (and the Black Panther of Earth-1119) in panels from Exiles v.4 #6 (November 2009), script by Jeff Parker, pencils and inks by Salvador Espin, colors by Anthony Washington, letters by Simon Bowland

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 315

Panel from Avengers #156 (February 1977), plot by Gerry Conway, script by Jim Shooter, breakdowns by Sal Buscema, finishes by Pablo Marcos, colors by Don Warfield, letters by Joe Rosen

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 314

Panels from Astonishing X-Men #6 (December 2004), script by Joss Whedon, pencils and inks by John Cassaday, colors by Laura Martin, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 313

Panels from [Uncanny] X-Men #2 (August 2008), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Paul Reinman, letters by Sam Rosen

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 312

Panels from X-Men: First Class v.2 #13 (August 2008), script by Jeff Parker, pencils and inks by Roger Cruz, colors by Val Staples, letters by Nate Piekos

Ten of a Kind: Shine like the top of the Chrysler Building

Of course, there's always this classic and ultra-realistic rendition of the Chrysler Building:



And you gotta love the CB's cameo in this film:



(More Ten of a Kind here.)

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 311

Sketchbook page from Exiles v.4 #1 (March 2004), art by Salva Espin

Same Story, Different Cover: Oh, how the ghost of you clings!

L: [Uncanny] X-Men #114 (October 1978), art by John Byrne and Terry Austin
R: Classic X-Men #20 (April 1988), reprinting X-Men #114, art by Art Adams and Terry Austin
(Click picture to guilt-size)

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 310

Panel from Marvel Two-in-One #51 (May 1979), script by Peter B. Gillis, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Bob McLeod, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Tom Orzechowski

Saturday Morning Cartoon: Gorillaz "On Melancholy Hill" (2010)

Gorillaz "On Melancholy Hill" (2010), directed by Jamie Hewlett

Daredevil Drives a Car!

What, you thought I was joking? It's Daredevil driving a car, baby!



Panels from Daredevil #8 (June 1965), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, letters by Sam Rosen
Tune in next time on "Superheroes Doing Things You Wouldn't Normally Expect Them to Do" when Captain America enjoys a pleasant vacation in France!

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 309

Panel from Avengers/JLA #4 (March 2004), script by Kurt Busiek, pencils and inks by George Pérez, colors by Tom Smith, letters by Comicraft

Professor X Rides a Motorcycle!

"Just what it says on the tin": Professor X Rides a Motorcycle!


Panel from Uncanny X-Men #389 (January 2001), script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Salvador Larroca, inks by Art Thibert, colors by Hi-Fi Colour Design, letters by Richard Starkings and Saida Temofonte

This concludes Professor X Rides a Motorcycle! Tomorrow night: Daredevil Drives a Car!

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 308

Panel from [Uncanny] X-Men #66 (March 1970), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Sam Grainger, letters by Artie Simek

Expectations...and Disappointments

When you see a caption like this...



...you sort of expect to see an image like this...



...except maybe in 3D.



So it can't help but be anticlimactic when you see this:


Full-page panel from Super-Team Family #14 (December 1977-January 1978), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Arvell Jones, inks by Romeo Tanghal, colors by Jerry Serpe, letters by Ben Oda

Yes, folks, Gorilla Grodd: crushing the hopeful dreams of children and little stuffed bulls since 1959.