Friday, October 27, 2023

National Lampoon Jan. 1982, "Bewitched": Remembering Bernie Wrightson's Birthday

 Today would be the 75th birthday of artist Bernie Wrightson (born Oct. 27, 1948). From National Lampoon Jan. 1982, "Bewitched" (a parody of the famous TV series); story by Ted Mann, art by Bernie Wrightson.






Monday, October 23, 2023

Age of Bronze #1: Happy Birthday, Eric Shanower!

 Happy birthday to writer/artist Eric Shanower (born Oct. 23, 1963)! From Age of Bronze #1; story and art by Eric Shanower.






Saturday, October 21, 2023

Hot Stuf #2, "The Champion's Match": Happy Birthday, Bob Keenan!

 Happy birthday to writer Bob Keenan (born Oct. 21, 1957)! From Hot Stuf #2, "The Champion's Match"; story by Bob Keenan, art by Bob Kline.






Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Destroyer Duck #5, "The Starling": Remembering Jerry Siegel's Birthday

 Today would be the 109th birthday of the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel (born Oct. 17, 1914). From Destroyer Duck #5, "The Starling"; story by Jerry Siegel, art by Val Mayerik.




Monday, October 16, 2023

Image! #8, "Worldtr33": Happy Birthday, Fernando Blanco!

 Happy birthday to artist Fernando Blanco (born Oct. 16, 1971)! From Image! 30th Anniversary Anthology #8, "Worldtr33"; story by James Tynion IV, art by Fernando Blanco.




Assorted Figure Studies: Happy Birthday, Mark Badger!

 Happy birthday to artist Mark Badger (born Oct. 16, 1958)! An assortment of figure-study drawings by Mark Badger:









Monday, October 9, 2023

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #29: Happy Birthday, Matt Wagner!

 Happy birthday to writer/artist Matt Wagner (born Oct. 9, 1961)! From Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #29; story and art by Matt Wagner.




Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Help #3, "They're Out There": Remembering Harvey Kurtzman's Birthday

 Today would be the 99th birthday of writer/artist/editor Harvey Kurtzman (born Oct. 3, 1924). From Kurtzman's humor magazine Help #3, "They're Out There"; story and art by Harvey Kurtzman.




Monday, October 2, 2023

Hot Stuf #8, "Winter of '94": Happy Birthday, Jan Strnad!

 Happy birthday to writer Jan Strnad (born Oct. 2, 1950)! From Hot Stuf #8, "Winter of '94"; story by Jan Strnad, art by Rich Larson & Tim Boxell.




Sunday, October 1, 2023

Hot Stuf #1, "Bug": Remembering Richard Corben's Birthday

 Today would be the 83rd birthday of writer/artist Richard Corben (born Oct. 1, 1940). From Hot Stuf #1, "Bug"; story and art by Richard Corben.










And Corben's back-cover color illustration of the story: