Saturday, October 29, 2016

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 303: It's a rich man's game no matter what they call it / And you spend your life puttin' money in his wallet


Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #158 (July 1976), script by Len Wein, breakdowns by Ross Andru, figure finishes by Mike Esposito, background finishes by Dave Hunt, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by John Constanza

Friday, October 28, 2016

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 302: Now the DA chasin' a plea, they hatin' I'm free / The case is mistaken identity


Panels from Spider-Man: Chapter One #6 (April 1999); script, pencils, inks, and letters by John Byrne; colors by Christie Scheele

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Today in Comics History, October 27, 1987: You'd better get out of Pittsburgh while you can, folks


house ad in "Bullpen Bulletins" from Marvel/New Universe comics dated January 1988

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 301: Duh duh DUH!



Panels from Marvel Knights Spider-Man #4 (September 2004), script by Mark Millar, pencils by Terry Dodson, inks by Rachel Dodson, colors by Ian Hannin, color separations by Avalon, letters by Cory Petit

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Today in Comics History, October 26, 1985: Observing real teens in action, Jubilee vows: "Father, I shall become a mall rat."


from "Scottie Dog" in Gotham Academy #14 DC, (March 2016); script by Hope Larson; pencils, inks, and colors by Kris Mukai; letters by Steve Wands

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 300: Shut Yo Face



Panels from Marvel Team-Up #27 (November 1974), script by Len Wein, pencils by Jim Mooney, inks by Frank Giacoia and David Hunt, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by John Costanza

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Today in Comics History, October 25, 1855: Frontier Ben and May Parker welcome Frontier Peter Parker


from Back to the Future (2015 series) #5 (IDW, February 2016), story by John Barber and Bob Gale, script by John Barber and Erik Burnham, pencils and inks by Marcelo Ferreira, colors by Diego Rodriguez, letters by Shawn Lee

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 299: The Secret Origin of Jonah's Mustache


Panel from Dark Reign: The Sinister Spider-Man #3 (October 2009); script by Brian Reed, pencils by Rob DiSalvo; inks by Jaime Mendoza, Jon Sibal, and/or Rob DiSalvo; colors by Andres Mossa and Antonio Fabela; letters by Jared K. Fletcher

Today in Comics History, October 25, 1962: The Three Halloween Ghosts manage to do it all in one night. Also, one week early.


from Back to the Future (2015 series) #2 (IDW, November 2015), story by Bob Gale and John Barber, script by John Barber, pencils and inks by Marcelo Ferreira, colors by Diego Rodriguez, letters by Shawn Lee

Monday, October 24, 2016

Today in Comics History, October 24, 1962: Major change to timeline causes that one guy to carry more blueprints and papers

Also: Doc Brown rebuilds his house in a day. He is a genius!


Several pages later, after some time travel tomfoolery:


from Back to the Future (2015 series) #2 (IDW, November 2015), story by Bob Gale and John Barber, script by John Barber, pencils and inks by Marcelo Ferreira, colors by Diego Rodriguez, letters by Shawn Lee

Fun with Comics: Jughead has his priorities straight


Archie comic strip (Creators Syndicate, October 24, 2016), by Henry Scarpelli and Craig Boldman

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 298: JJJ did not care for Luke Cage's Netflix series


Panels from Hero for Hire #12 (August 1973), script by Steve Englehart, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Billy Graham, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by Charlotte Jetter

Wow, that's one highly-starched green necktie.

Today in Comics History, October 24, 1929: Test flight for the Hindenburg crashes on Wall Street, causes Depression


from The Black Monday Murders #1 (Image, August 2016), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Tomm Coker, colors by Michael Garland, letters by Rus Wooten

Sunday, October 23, 2016

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 297: The Many Moods of J. Jonah Jameson


Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #19 (December 1964), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Steve Ditko, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Sam Rosen

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Today in Comics History Future, October 22, 3022: Even in the 31st century, no one wants to buy Vision's baseball card collection


from All-New All-Different Avengers #13 (Marvel, October 2016), script by Mark Waid, pencils and inks by Adam Kubert, colors by Sonia Oback, letters by Cory Petit

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 296: I've always been a mercenary, but I never leave my post when the cash runs out

Hiring an secret strike force of elite mercenaries? If you're J. Jonah Jameson, it's what you do.


Panels from Fantastic Four (1961 series) #372 (January 1993), co-plot and script by Tom DeFalco, co-plot and pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Danny Bulanadi, colors by Gina Going, letters by Jack Morelli

What you don't do if you're J. Jonah Jameson? Pay your mercenary bill.


Panels from Fantastic Four #377 (June 1993), co-plot and script by Tom DeFalco, co-plot and pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Danny Bulanadi, colors by Gina Going, letters by Rick Parker and Jack Morelli

Friday, October 21, 2016

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 295: But his boss didn't like him so he shot Pete into space


Panels from Amazing Spider-Man #652 (March 2011), script by Dan Slott, pencils and inks by Stefano Caselli, colors by Edgar Delgado, letters by Joe Caramagna


Thursday, October 20, 2016

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 294: I'm Mad about Spider-Man, you're Mad about him doing what a spider can...


Panels from "Spider-Sham" in MAD Magazine #418 (June 2009), script by Dick Debartolo, art by Tom Richmond

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 293: His hair was perfect

Contrary to (Peter Parker's) popular belief, J. Jonah Jameson does have a reflection in a mirror! (He just has to be killed with a silver bullet.)


Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #163 (December 1976), script by Len Wein, breakdowns by Ross Andru, figure finishes by Mike Esposito, background finishes by Dave Hunt, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Joe Rosen

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Notes from the Tin Dispatch Box of John H. Watson, MD


Panels from Sherlock Holmes: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution #1 (August 2015), based on the novel by Nicholas Meyer, script by David Tipton and Scott Tipton, pencils and inks by Ron Joseph, colors by Jordi Escuin, letters by Deron Bennett;
and from Angel Love #1 (August 1986); script and pencils by Barbara Slate, inks by John William Lopez, colors by Bob LeRose, letters by Bill Yoshida