Xxxenophile #5, "Elf Help": Happy Birthday, Steve Bissette!

 Happy birthday to writer/artist Steve Bissette (born March 14, 1955)! From Xxxenophile #5, "Elf Help"; story and pencils by Phil Foglio, inks by Steve Bissette.

1941: Happy Birthday, Rick Veitch!

Happy birthday to writer/artist Rick Veitch (born May 7, 1951)! Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From the graphic novel 1941 (adapted from the Steven Spielberg movie); adaptation and art by Rick Veitch & Steve Bissette (with the two artists going back and forth on art duties).

Swamp Thing and Abby Sketch: Happy Birthday, Steve Bissette!

Happy birthday to writer/artist Steve Bissette (born March 14, 1955)! Here's a 2015 sketch by Bissette of Swamp Thing and Abby, as originally posted on the Comic Art Fans website.

Dr. Wirtham's Comix & Stories #2, "Grave Concern": Steve Bissette

From Dr. Wirtham's Comix & Stories #2, "Grave Concern"; story and art by Steve Bissette.

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...

Assorted Sketches: Happy Birthday, John Totleben!

Happy birthday to artist John Totleben (born Feb. 16, 1958)! An assortment of commissioned drawings by Totleben that I found posted on the Comic Art Fans website:

Including this collaboration with his frequent "Swamp Thing" artistic partner Steve Bissette...Bissette drew Swamp Thing, while Totleben drew Abby.