Saturday, April 11, 2015

My drawing of the Spice Girls is not that much different than the official version


365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 101: Every girl's crazy for a sharp-dressed Jedi


Panels from Star Wars (1977 Marvel series) #104 (March 1986), script by Jo Duffy, pencils by Cynthia Martin, inks uncredited, colors by Glynis Oliver, letters by Tom Orzechowski

Friday, April 10, 2015

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 100: Ewok I.T.: What's the worst that could happen?


Panels from "Problem Solvers" in Star Wars Tales #20 (June 2004); script, pencils, inks, colors, and letters by Chris Eliopolous

Thursday, April 09, 2015

Today in Comics History, April 9, 1913: Hitler finally gets his big break


from "The Milton Berle Story" in Uncle Milty #1 (Cross, December 1950), pencils and inks by Cal Massey

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 99: Worst game of Space-Marco Polo, ever


Panels from Star Wars: Vader's Quest #1 (February 1999)' script by Darko Macan; pencils, inks, and letters by Dave Gibbons; colors by Angus McKie

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 98: Insert your own Commander Riker joke here


Panel from Star Wars (Dark Horse 2013 series) #11 (November 2013), script by Brian Wood, pencils and inks by Carlos D'Anda, colors by Gabe Eltaeb, letters by Michael Heisler

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 97: The Old Shell Game, in Space



Panels from "Routine" in Star Wars Tales #2 (December 1999), script by Tony Isabella, pencils by John Nadeau, inks by Jordi Ensign, colors by Dave Nestelle, letters by Vickie Williams

Monday, April 06, 2015

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 96: In the next movie I want a lightsaber shaped like a boomerang


Panels from Star Wars: Heir to the Empire #2 (November 1995), script by Mike Baron, pencils by Olivier Vatine, inks by Fred Blanchard, colors by Isabelle Rabarot, letters by Ellie de Ville

Sunday, April 05, 2015

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 95 and Today in Comics History, Easter: GIANT GREEN STAR WARS EASTER BUNNY

Jaxxon
from Star Wars (1977 series) #8 (Marvel, February 1978), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Howard Chaykin, inks and colors by Tom Palmer, letters by John Costanza

Bully Bunny and His Pals: Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from me, Shelly T. Otter, my kid sister Marshall, and musical hog pal Pigcordion!


(We couldn't find the duck costume this year so Marshall put on her rain slicker instead.)



Saturday, April 04, 2015

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 94: Been so long, I can't remember when I've been to Kanan


Variant cover of Star Wars: Kanan, The Last Padawan #1 (June 2015), art by Skottie Young

Friday, April 03, 2015

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 93: Tank pulls a Sharon Valerii



Panels from Star Wars: Rebellion #4 (July 2006), script by Rob Williams, pencils and inks by Brandon Badeaux, colors by Wil Glass, letters by Michael Heisler

(Context for that post title):


from Battlestar Galactica: "Kobol's Last Gleaming" (January 24, 2005), written by Ronald D. Moore, directed by Michael Rymer


Thursday, April 02, 2015

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 92: When a TIE fighter comes along / You must punch it


Panels from Star Wars (Marvel 1977 series) #38 (August 1980), co-plot and script by Archie Goodwin; co-plot, pencils, and colors by Michael Golden; inks by Terry Austin; letters by Joe Rosen

Today in Comics History, April 2, 2011: The New York Times forgets that columns exist


from Translucid #3 (Boom!, June 2014), script by Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Echert, pencils and inks by Daniel Bayliss, colors by Adam Metcalfe, letters by Ed Dukeshire

Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Stuff Bully Got Wants: Captain America: The Patriot of Punch!


HE WILL PUNCH YOU!

Today in Comics History, April 1, 2001: The Joker's elegant handwriting charms his captors


text page from Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 one-shot (DC, December 2001), script by Scott Beatty

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 91: That actually explains quite a bit


"Nobody's Perfect" from Star Wars Tales #20 (June 2004); script, pencils, inks, colors and letters by Peter Bagge

The 1987 2015 Marvel Age Calendar for Awesome April!

April 1987 calendar from the back cover of Marvel Age #52 (July 1987),
script by Mike Carlin, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Paul Becton

(Click picture to Abundant-April-Size!)

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Comics News for March 31, 2015

Yogi Bear invokes non-nudity clause; Dr. Druid has no time for soft drinks; Flash Fact bores even nerds.
Top: from "Savage Animal Fury!" in Cartoon Network Presents #4 (November 1997), script by Michael Kupperman,
pencils and inks by Bill Alger, colors by Dave Tanguay, letters by Phil Felix
Middle: from "Rosie and Red Russia!" in Incredible Hulk (1968 series) #210 (April 1977), script by Len Wein,
breakdowns by Sal Buscema, finishes by Ernie Chan, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by John Costanza
Bottom: from "Amazing Ratios" in Strange Adventures #60 (September 1955), script by Julius Schwartz, artist uncredited


Today in Comics History, March 31, 1970: Ken finally gets Barbie that Dream House she's always wanted


from Star Trek (2011 series) #33 (IDW, May 2014); script by Mike Johnson; pencils by Joe Corroney; inks by Joe Corroney, Victor Moya, and Rob Doan; colors by John Rauch,; letters by Neil Uyetake