Savage Sword of Conan #49, "When Madness Wears the Crown": Remembering John Buscema's Birthday

 Today would be the 95th birthday of artist John Buscema (born Dec. 11, 1927). From Savage Sword of Conan #49, "When Madness Wears the Crown"; based on the novel "Conan the Liberator" by L. Sprague DeCamp & Lin Carter, adaptation by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema & Tony DeZuniga.

Tales of the Zombie #1, "The Altar of the Damned": Remembering Steve Gerber's Birthday

 Today would be the 75th birthday of writer Steve Gerber (born Sep. 20, 1947). From Tales of the Zombie #1, "The Altar of the Damned"; story by Roy Thomas & Steve Gerber, art by John Buscema & Tom Palmer (with some art retouches by John Romita Sr.).

Savage Tales #1, "Ka-Zar: The Night of the Looter": Remembering Stan Lee's Birthday

 Today would be the 99th birthday of legendary writer Stan Lee (born Dec. 28, 1922). From the only example I've found so far of nudity in a Stan Lee-written story: From Marvel's 1971 black-and-white magazine Savage Tales #1, "Ka-Zar: The Night of the Looter"; story by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema.

Figure Drawing: Remembering John Buscema's Birthday

 Today would be the 94th birthday of artist John Buscema (born Dec. 11, 1927). Presenting a figure study by John Buscema, recently posted on his estate's official Twitter account.

Savage Sword of Conan #42: Remembering John Buscema's Birthday

 Today would be the 93rd birthday of artist John Buscema (born Dec. 11, 1927). From Savage Sword of Conan #42; script by Roy Thomas (adapting a Conan novel by Lin Carter & L. Sprague DeCamp), art by John Buscema & Tony DeZuniga.

Savage Sword of Conan #41: Happy Birthday, Roy Thomas!

 Happy birthday to writer/editor Roy Thomas (born Nov. 22, 1940)! From Savage Sword of Conan #41; script by Roy Thomas (adapting the Conan novel by Lin Carter & L. Sprague DeCamp), art by John Buscema & Tony DeZuniga.

Savage Sword of Conan #81: Remembering Michael Fleisher's Birthday

Today would be the 78th birthday of writer Michael Fleisher (born Nov. 1, 1942). From The Savage Sword of Conan #81, "The Palace of Pleasure"; story by Michael Fleisher, art by John Buscema & Ernie Chua (a.k.a. Ernie Chan).

Savage Sword of Conan #63, "Moat of Blood": John Buscema

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Savage Sword of Conan #63, "Moat of Blood"; story by Michael Fleisher, pencils by John Buscema, inks split throughout the issue by Ernie Chan/Chua, Tom Palmer, and Bob McLeod. (I don't know which of the three inked this particular page, so I'll add tags for all three of them.)

Savage Sword of Conan #57: Remembering John Buscema's Birthday

Today would be the 92nd birthday of legendary artist John Buscema (born Dec. 11, 1927). Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From The Savage Sword of Conan #57; script by Roy Thomas (adapting the novel by Andrew J. Offutt), art by John Buscema & Tony DeZuniga.

Savage Sword of Conan #56: Happy Birthday, Roy Thomas!

Happy birthday to writer Roy Thomas (born Nov. 22, 1940)! Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From The Savage Sword of Conan #56, "The Sword of Skelos." Script by Roy Thomas (adapting the novel by Andrew J. Offutt), art by John Buscema & Tony DeZuniga.

Savage Sword of Conan #40: John Buscema

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Savage Sword of Conan #40; script by Roy Thomas (adapting a Conan novel by L. Sprague DeCamp and Lin Carter), art by John Buscema & Tony DeZuniga.

Dracula Lives #3: John Buscema

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Marvel's black & white magazine Dracula Lives #3; story by Marv Wolfman, art by John Buscema & Syd Shores.