Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛: Shadow of the Bat-Cat

Silhouetted against the window, my cat Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛ loves you.

Today in Comics History, Thursday the 23rd: Victoria's Secret model confounds Captain America and SHIELD*

from Spectacular Spider-Man (2003 series) #19 (Marvel, November 2004), script by Paul Jenkins, pencils by Paco Medina, inks by Juan Vlasco, colors by Studio F, letters by Cory Petit
*Supermodel Has Indecent Exposure Lingerie Down

What's Bully Watching?: Cow!

Today in Comics History, March 22: Happy birthday, Playback!

Born today in 1955: Miriam Morse aka Playback, the psychic sister of Inspector Morse, who helped him solve many murder mysteries who works for the government hunting down the alien paranormal vigilante code-named Justice. Please note that her hobbies include "philately, videotapes (What? Does she collect 'em? Watch 'em? Belong to the Columbia House Hit VHS a Month Club? Does she manage a Blockbuster Video?), and letting the air out of the tires on cars that are illegally parked in handicapped spaces." Whoa, that last one. You go, girl!


from Justice #22 (Marvel/New Universe, August 1988), creators uncredited and unknown
Happy birthday, Playback, and if you see her in a parking lot letting the air out of tires on cars that are illegal parked in handicap spaces...no you didn't.

Today in Comics History, March 17, St. Patrick's Day: From the comic strip printed below this one, Popeye gazes up longingly

Nancy (United Feature Syndicate, March 17, 1966), by Ernie Bushmiller
A special tip 'of the three rocks to Johnny Callicutt for bringing this strip to my attention. Johnny runs the absolutely essential and unofficial Nancy Comics by Ernie Bushmiller feeds on Twitter and Bluesky! Thanks, Johnny!

Today in Comics History, March 21, First Day of Spring: And this is why Aunt Fritzi is a hardcore anti-global warning conspiracist

from Nancy (United Feature Syndicate, March 21, 1947), by Ernie Bushmiller
A special tip 'of the three rocks to Johnny Callicutt for bringing this strip to my attention. Johnny runs the absolutely essential and unofficial Nancy Comics by Ernie Bushmiller feeds on Twitter and Bluesky! Thanks, Johnny!

Today in Comics History, March 21, First Day of Spring: Earmuffs forcibly removed from Fairy Godfather under edict of fashion

Barnaby (Field Enterprises Syndicate, April 14, 1944), by Crockett Johnson

Today in Comics History, March 20, 1955: Comic book penciller only draws the top part of the panel, saving half of the wall painting time

from Fantastic Four (2023 series) #1/694 (Marvel, January 2023), script by Ryan North, pencils and inks by Iban Coello, colors by Jesus Aburtov, letters by Joe Caramagna

Today in Comics History, March 18, 1990: Sluggo art-appreciates Vermeer's The Concert

Nancy (United Feature Syndicate, March 17, 1970), by Ernie Bushmiller
I cannot tell a lie: joke provided by internet pal Cole Moore Odell! Thanks Cole!

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Today in Comics History, March 17, St. Patrick's Day: Sadly, the Mitchells never had a child. Dennis exists only in Mr. Wilson's tortured mind

from "Marching Along" in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #151 [Dennis the Menace Yearbook] (Hallden/Fawcett, April 1976), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, March 17, St. Patrick's Day: Traditional Irish cops celebrate the holiday by accepting graft from Elvis

from Realworlds: Superman one-shot (DC, August 2000), script by Steve Vance, pencils by José Luis García-López, inks by Joe Rubinstein, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Bob Lappan

Today in Comics History, March 17: Batman bowls billboard, brilliantly blocks baddie

from "The Challenge of the Calendar Man" in Detective Comics #239 (DC/National, September 1958), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris

Today in Comics History, March 16: Only show on Hell TV seems to be Storage Wars

from "Demons" in Action Comics Weekly #639 (DC, February 21, 1989), script by Alan Grant, pencils by Mark Pacella, inks by Bill Wray, colors by Tatjana Wood, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, March 15, 1949: "Hooray! I'm dead! I don't have to file my taxes!"

from "Visitor" in The Spirit Section (Register and Tribune Syndicate, March 13, 1949), script by Will Eisner and Jules Feiffer, pencils and inks by Will Eisner, letters by Abe Kanegson

Today in Comics History, March 15: Happy birthday, Skybreaker!

Born on this day in 1953, everybody's favorite* comic book baddie that sounds like a James Bond film: Skybreaker!


from Psi-Force #26 (Marvel/New Universe, December 1988), pencils by Graham Nolan
*Except for Thunderball.

Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛: Well goodnight and sweet dreams on a blanket with your picture on it

Fun with Comics: Disney licensing executive: "We don't own a comic book company, by any chance?"

cover of Disney Villains: Maleficent #1 (Dynamite, May 2023), pencils and inks by Rebeca Puebla
Other Disney licensing executive: "Not that I know of."

Today in Comics History, March 19: White ink on red newsprint is not the newspaper breakthrough they'd hoped

cover of Extra! (1955 series) #2 (EC, May 1955), pencils and inks by Johnny Cdraig

Today in Comics History, March 12, 1918: Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more / The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score

from "red Knight!" in Two-Fisted Tales (1950 series) #29 (EC, September 1952), script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils and inks by John Severin, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda

Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛: The crossed paws get me every time