Saturday, November 05, 2016

Today in Comics History, November 5, 1605: The Doctor knows a Guy




from "Gunpowder, Time Lord, and Plot" in Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor: Year Two #3 (December 2015), script and art by Marc Ellerby

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 310: Can You Feel the Love Tonight?


Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #61 (June 1968), script by Stan Lee, layouts by John Romita, Sr., pencils by Don Heck, inks by Mike Esposito, letters by Sam Rosen

Friday, November 04, 2016

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 309: Maybe you'd sell more copies if the Daily Bugle actually had a masthead...just sayin'


Panels from Venom: Dark Origin #2 (November 2008), script by Zeb Wells, pencils by Angel Medina, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Matt Milla, letters by Joe Caramagna

Thursday, November 03, 2016

Today in Comics History, November 3, 1976: Fox News broadcasts its first report


from Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority #3 (WildStorm, October 2000), script by Mark Millar, pencils by John McCrea, inks by James Hodgkins, colors by Ian Hannin, letters by Bill O'Neil

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 308: And now, your horrible dystopian future

Make sure you vote this coming Tuesday...


Panels from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964 series) #39 (July 2012), script by Brian Reed, pencils by Lee Garbett, inks by John Lucas, colors by Antonio Fabela, letters by Joe Caramagna

...because you never know who you're gonna wind up with for President if you don't vote.


Hey, actually, that doesn't seem too bad.

Wednesday, November 02, 2016

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 307: Don't forget to consider the Veep choice in the upcoming election


Panels from What If? (1977 series) #26 (April 1981), script by Mike W. Barr, breakdowns by Herb Trimpe, finishes by Mike Esposito, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Michael Higgins

Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Today in Comics History, November 1, 1976: Pre-Election press conference actually clarifies issues for once


from Howard the Duck (1976 series) #8 (Marvel, January 1977), script by Steve Gerber, with plot assists by David Anthony Kraft and Don McGregor, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Steve Leialoha, colors by Janice Cohen

Today in Comics History, November 1: After Luke Cage is put in a coma by the election news, Danny Rand reads him the sports page in a revival attempt


from Secret War #1 (Marvel, April 2004), script by Brian Michael Bendis, painted art by Gabriele Dell'Otto, letters by Cory Petit

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 306: The day everybody got a specific color assigned to their word balloons


Panels from Marvel Fanfare #47 (Mid-November 1989); script by Bill Mantlo; pencils, inks, and colors by Michael Golden, letters by Jim Novak

Today in Comics History, November 1: Sabrina learns the hard way about the fate of her giant invisible rabbit


from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #4 (Archie, September 2015); script by Roberto Aguirre-Sacaso; pencils, inks, and colors by Robert Hack; lettering by Jack Morelli

The MAD 1960 2016 calendar for Noxious November!


"The MAD 1960 Calendar: November" from MAD #52 (January 1960), script by Larry Siegel, art by Don Martin

Monday, October 31, 2016

Today in Comics History, October 31: The reclusive Lumière finally grants an interview


from Afterlife with Archie #10 (Archie, August 2016); script by Robert Aguirre-Sacasa… pencils, inks, and colors by Francisco Francavilla, letters by Jack Morelli

Today in Comics History, October 31: Aunt May hands out the Werther's Originals


from Spidey Super Stories #4 (Marvel, January 1975), script by Jean Thomas, pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Mike Esposito, letters by Artie Simek

Today in Comics History, October 31: Norman Osborn dresses up for Halloween as some Velcro


from Spider-Man (1991 series) #75 (Marvel, December 1996), script by Howard Mackie, pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Kevin Tinsley, letters by Richard Starkings; Liz Agraphiotis

Today in Comics History, October 31: Homer is still not yet ready to go camping


from "The Winter of Our Discount Tent" in The Simpsons Winter Wingding #10 (Bongo, November 2015), script by Ian Boothby, pencils by Phil Ortiz, inks by Mike DeCarlo, colors by Alan Hellard, letters by Karen Bates

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 305/Today in Comics History, October 31: For Halloween, Jonah went as That Guy in the Green Suit


from "The Halloween Party!" in Spidey Super Stories #56 (Marvel, January 1982), script by Steven Grant, pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Mike Esposito, colors by George Roussos, letters by Raymond Holloway

Today in Comics History, October 31, 2016: Inspector Theo catches up on his Dan Brown novel


from The Black Monday Murders #1 (Image, August 2016), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Tomm Coker, colors by Michael Garland, letters by Rus Wooten

(Not) Today in Comics History, October 31: Spider-Man is beside himself, and the entire reading audience groans


from Spider-Man: 101 Ways to End the Clone Saga one-shot (Marvel, January 1997), script by Mark Bernardo, pencils by Ben Herrera, inks by Mike Christian, colors by Kevin Tinsley, letters by Janice Chiang

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Today in Comics History, October 30: PETA threatens Oscorp boycott if Norman doesn't release his pet...thing



from Spider-Man: The Osborn Journal one-shot (Marvel, February 1997); script by Glenn Greenberg; pencils by Kyle Hotz; inks by Kyle Hotz, Jason Moore, and Al Milgrom; colors by Mark Bernardo; letters by Richard Starkings

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 304: JJJ gets ready for Halloween by remembering his son is a werewolf


from Creatures on the Loose #35 (Marvel, May 1975), script by David Anthony Kraft, pencils by George Pèrez, inks by Frank McLaughlin, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by Dave Hunt