Bully and His Pals: Happy birthday, Marshall!

Today is my kid sister Marshall's 4th birthday! She got lots of presents, including that Billie Eilish she wanted.

Wild About the Calendar: August: American Asthma

from "Wild's 1954 Calendar: August" in Wild #5 (Marvel/Atlas, August 1954); script, pencils, and inks by Howie Post

The Harvey Comics Promotional Calendar for 1971 2021: August Action Advertising

Just when you thought August was unbearable already...here come the Harvey Comics Freaks of Nature! Summer time is Harvey Time, so make sure you spend all this month reading Baby Huey comic books!


Harvey Comics Promotional Calendar for August 1971
It's a 1971 Harvey marketing calendar you can use for this month in 2021! Or, y'know, not. I'm not your supervisor.

(See also. And also, too!)

The 2010 2021 Marvel Calendar for August: Awesome Abs and Arms

Please join us during National Thor Does the M part of "YMCA" Month with this August 2010 Marvel calendar that also works for 2021!

Who says this isn't the Mighty Bully Age of Economy Calendars?!?


"August" from Marvel Calendar 2010 (Marvel, 2009)

The Marvel Age Calendar for August 1993 2021: When Hitler saw this calendar page, he peed his pants

Get out your red, white, blue and pink (a lot of pink) crayons for the 1993 Marvel Age calendar you can use this month in 2021! Who says this isn't the Bountiful Bully Age of Boosting Brayola? I mean, Crayola.

from Marvel Age #127 (Marvel, September 1993), pencils by Darren Auck, inks by Malcolm Jones III
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Hey, this calendar is blatant Spitfire erasure!


from The Invaders (1975 series) #12 (Marvel, January 1977), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Frank Robbins, inks by Frank Springer, colors by Phil Rachelson

Today in Comics History, July 28, 1945: Just when we were thinking this was tragic but quaint

from "Scoops...Pictures to Remember" in Real Fact Comics #5 (DC, November 1946), pencils and inks by George Roussos

Bully Eats Food: Randi can I please have the last doughnut

I have come to understand that if "you touch it, you eat it."

Today in Comics History, Sunday the 25th: Rowena mysteriously disappears and is never seen again

from Kathy #4 (Marvel/Atlas, April 1960), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Stan Goldberg

Today in Comics History, July 12, 2017: They lost on Final Jeopardy

Remember on February 3, where the Vision Twins were accused of schoolroom shenanigans, and it looked a little bit like this:


cover of The Vision (2016 series) #4 (Marvel, April 2016), art by Mike Del Mundo
And then suddenly, on March 16, it looked a little like this (note the date difference):


cover of The Vision (2016 series) #4, second printing (Marvel, May 2016), art by Mike Del Mundo
Well, here it is, July 12 a year later, and whatdaya know, now it looks a little like this:


from The Vision #2 Director's Cut (Marvel, September 2017), art by Mike Del Mundo
Geez! Make up your mind, comics! When will you stop accusing the Viztwins, anyway? And why are they still in school in July? They're not bad students! Let them go out and play their little robot games. Like...um...Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, I guess.

Wild About the Calendar: July: Jugular Jezebel

from "Wild's 1954 Calendar: July" in Wild #5 (Marvel/Atlas, August 1954); script, pencils, and inks by Howie Post

The 2010 2021 Marvel Calendar for July: Just Justice

It is July, my friends, so time to break out the July Calendars from Comic Books You Can Actually Use™.

Except this one. This one is useless.


from "The Riddle of the Gold Stagecoach!" in Western Comics #71 (DC, September 1958), script by Gardner Fox, pencils and inks by Howard Sherman

A Grand Day Out: Bully's Long Island Adventure

We had A Grand Day Out renting a Zipcar and going out to Long Island to do the quintessential Long Island thing: shopping at big box stores! I yam exhaustipated!

Bully Eats Is Food: Box o' Beef

What's in the box? What's in the box?


It's me! I'm what's for dinner!

Please do not eat me.

Today In Comics History, June 20, 1978: Back to the Future, Carrying a Space Alien

from DC Comics Presents #2 (DC, September 1978), script by Martin Pasko, pencils by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, inks by Dan Adkins, colors by Jerry Serpe, letters by Clem Robins

Today in Comics History, June 17, 1976: Daily Telegraph switches to "all-headline" format

from "The Storm" in Teen Confessions #93 (Charlton, February 1976), script by Joe Gill (?), pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Vince Alascia

Today in Comics History, June 17: Happy birthday, Violet Gray! Maybe.

Hey, June 17 is Violet's birthday! Happy birthday, Violet Gray!


from Peanuts (United Feature Syndicate, June 17, 1962), by Charles M. Schulz
Or...is it on January 28?!? What kinda con game are you playing here, Violet?


from Peanuts (United Feature Syndicate, January 29, 1955), by Charles M. Schulz
(Be back here on January 28 to see these same strips in the opposite direction, I guess!)

Fun with Comics: Fig. 1: Always Do This

from "Underground Girl" in Famous Stars #3 (Ziff-Davis, 1950), creators uncredited and unknown

Bully Eats Food: Meet the seven-year-old interested in eating nachos

Today in Comics History, June 6, 3333: Strawberry jam spilled

from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld

Today in Comics History, June 4, 3333: Premiere of Manos 2: Torgo in the City

from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld