Alien Encounters #5, "Night of the Monkey": Richard Corben

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Alien Encounters #5, "Night of the Monkey." Story by Simon Revelstroke, art by Richard Corben.

Alien Encounters #9, "The Conquered": John Bolton

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Alien Encounters #9, "The Conquered." Story by Bruce Jones, art by John Bolton.

Alien Encounters #13, "The Ideal Solution": Doug Medved

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Alien Encounters #13, "The Ideal Solution." Story by Ruby, art by Doug Medved.

Alien Encounters #1, "Pretending": Happy Birthday, Mike Gustovich!

Happy birthday to artist Mike Gustovich (born Nov. 15, 1953)! Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Alien Encounters #1, "Pretending." Story by Eric Dinehart, art by Mike Gustovich.

Alien Encounters #7, "Picture Me and You": Chuck Austen

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Alien Encounters #7, "Picture Me and You." Story by Bruce Jones, art by Chuck Austen (then known as Chuck Beckum).

Alien Encounters #3, "M.O.T.H.E.R. Knows Best": Happy Birthday, Larry Elmore!

Happy birthday to artist Larry Elmore (born August 5, 1948)! Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Alien Encounters #3, "M.O.T.H.E.R. Knows Best"; story by Buzz Dixon, art by Larry Elmore.

Alien Encounters #5, "Another Man's Shoes": Chuck Austen

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Alien Encounters #5, "Another Man's Shoes." Story by Tim Burgard, art by Chuck Austen (then known as Chuck Beckum).

Alien Encounters #4, "Wish Upon a Jewel": Remembering Gardner Fox's Birthday

Today would be the 108th birthday of prolific writer Gardner Fox (born May 20, 1911). Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Alien Encounters #4, "Wish Upon a Jewel." Story by Gardner Fox (his final comics story, to the best of my knowledge), art by Larry Elmore.

Alien Encounters #1, "UFO Indoors": Happy Birthday, Howard Cruse!

Happy birthday to cartoonist Howard Cruse (born May 2, 1944)! From Alien Encounters #1 (the Fantaco one-shot, not the later Eclipse Comics series), "UFO Indoors"; story and art by Howard Cruse.

Alien Encounters #1 (plus bonus pin-up): Happy Birthday, Steve Bissette!

Happy birthday to writer/artist Steve Bissette (born March 14, 1955)! Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Alien Encounters #1 (the Fantaco one-shot magazine, not the later Eclipse Comics series), "Earth Invasion." Story by Larry Shell, art by Steve Bissette.

A cropped detail of the relevant panel, in case you missed the bare breast among all the carnage and the wild layout...

And as a birthday bonus, a 2009 sketch of Swamp Thing and Abby by Bissette, as posted on the Comic Art Fans website...