This is actually from a couple months ago on February , but I forgot to give it a proper number until now, so it goes in here Gee, that’s convenient. As seen in The Sun newspaper So that’s the sole decent thing worth reading in The Sun. I was initially annoyed that there were no...

   IMLSO, it’s her finest album and certainly my favorite. This new edition has a second disc with her MTV Unplugged presentation of the songs on the album, too Also: What’s Bully Reading : â : k.d. Lang’s Ingenue, by Joanna McNamey Stein. Randi got John a whole bunch of...

   Probably the final Byrne project that I liked, altho’ a lot of his little peccadillos are very obvious here. He forces in retcons of characters that haven’t yet appeared in the X Men’s history Storm, Phoenix , and splits up the cast of characters in issue whom we don’t see them back all...

   These are beautiful and brilliant and Cole should be mentioned in the same breath as Eisner. Alas. Perhaps some tragic forewarning:

   from Bob Burden’s Original Mysterymen Presents Dark Horse, August , script by Bob Burden, pencils by Steve Sadowski, inks by Christian Alamy, letters by Steven Haynie

   from Eddie Stanky Baseball Hero one shot Fawcett, , script by Charles Dexter

   Stamp Tips in from Tip Top Comics v. United Feature, June , writer uncredited and unknown Later, Norway was pressed flat and turned into a stamp by Colonel Gumm.

   Jim Al, folks. from Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist Fantagraphics, September , by Bill Griffith Jim Al. And that’s all I gots to say about that.

   from Commodore John Barry in Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact v. George A. Pflaum, June, , script by John Randolph , pencils and inks by Reed Crandall

   Not only were these the best dozen or so issues of a superhero comic in the s, I’d call them the best dozen or so issues of a superhero comic from Marvel. Also, for some reason, I am now dressed as a black sheep. I have read these stories previously in floppy comic format.

   Born on this day in : Gil Kane, prolific and influential comics artist on Strange Adventures, Green Lantern, All Star Western, Mystery in Space, Conan the Barbarian, Rex the Wonder Dog, The Amazing Spider Man, Daredevil, The Atom, Marvel Team Up, Big Town, Detecrive Comics, Iron Man and so many...

   from Too Tough To Live in Thrilling Comics Pines, October , creators uncredited and unknown

   from A Very Special Spirit in Ghosts series DC, February , Script script by Mimai Kin, opencils and inks by Michael Netzer, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Albert DeGuzman This post was suggested by faithful reader and frequent commenter Blam, who’s provided a lot of date...

   Yes, this was published in ...but the Fifth of April was a Wednesday in . Thsi must take place today from Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur series Marvel, June , script by Jordan Ifueko, pencils by Alba Glez, inks José Marz n Jr. credited Colors KJ Diaz credited Letters...

   Born on this day in : Editor in Chief of Archie Comics Victor Gorelick from top Editor’s Notebook in Archie series Archie, August ; middle and bottom Marvel Age and Marvel, April and July While not as known by the...

   from Zero Image, July , script by Ales Kot, pencils and inks by Tula Lotay, colors by Jordie Bellaire, letters by Clayton Cowles

   Born on this day: Renee Witterstaetter, Marvel editor, writer, and colorist Her work includes: being head editor of Marvel Age Okay, that makes her cool in my book from Marvel Age and Marvel, May and May , text by Barry Dutter and Chris Eliopolous and Mike Lackey ...

   from Eurohit ’ in The Punisher Annual series Marvel, October ; script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning; pencils by Doug Braithwaite; inks by Al Williamson, Fred Fredericks, and Art Nichols; colors by Christie Scheele; letters by Ken Lopez

   Born on this day: Arthur Adams Creator of Monkeyman O’Brien and co creator of Longshot, Mojo, Spiral anf Jonni Future, Art has done gorgeous pencils for hundreds of comics, including drawing himself into The X Men tall guy with red hair from I Want My X Men in Uncanny X Men Annual...

   The Boxing Hall of Fame from Fight Comics Fiction House, February , text by Jim Topps

   Born on this date in : artist, writer, editor and publisher Joe Orlando, whose extensive work at EC, DC, MAD, and Atlas have cemented his status as a grand master of comics art. from Weird Fantasy series EC, March , written by Al Feldstein As one of EC...

   Born on this day: Bob Rozakis, DC Comics writer Action Comics, The New Adventures of Superboy, Detective Comics, World’s Finest comics, The Batman Family, ’Mazing Man, Freedom Fighters and lots more , editor, and The Answer Man ; DC’s Executive Director of Production, co creator of Mister E,...

   from Quantum Leap Innovation, September , script by George Broderick, art by Mark Jones, colors by Scott Rockwell, letters by Vickie Williams

   Milton Caniff’s salute to MAD magazine’s tenth anniversary: from MAD October , by Milton Caniff

   from Riders of the Plains: The Pony Express in Real Life Comics Pines, November , creators uncredited and unknown