Happy 88th birthday to Superman (and Lois Lane, too) on the occasion of Action Comics #1's first publication in 1938. Thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster for creating a true American hero and to all the great writers and artists who followed.
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Berry's World, by Jim Berry: March 16, 1969.
A Jules Feiffer cartoon on Nixon from April 28, 1974. Why does this seem so familiar?
My favorite variant covers of the week: Catwoman #84 (Frank Cho), Black Panther 60th Anniversary Special #1 (Steve Rude), and Nightwing #135 (Dave Johnson).
Love and the Single Supergirl.
Two of this week's covers for issue #10 by Sophie Campbell and Joe Quinones.
This week, in ACTION COMICS #1095, Mark Waid finally fixes a long absent omission from Superboy mythology with a 21st Century reconsideration of how Clark Kent's best friend Pete Ross deals with suddenly having a big big secret. It's note perfect. Art by Patricio Delpeche, Ryan Sook & Chris Sprouse
Mike Rosenthal
"Boy and Moon," by Edward Hopper (circa 1906-1907).
Shhh, it's National Squirrel Appreciation Day!
Art by Erica Henderson.
From the recent (and wonderful) hardback showcase of Rea Irvin's THE SMYTHES: April 16, 1933.
January 14, 1951: Famed Captain Marvel artist C.C. Beck also had an advertising studio that produced a few Sunday comics ads like this one meant to publicize Unicorn Press' New Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia. The grand prize was a whopping $102,500.
WONDER WOMAN: THE SILVER AGE OMNIBUS, VOL. 3, for which I wrote the foreword. I'm not sure of the exact on-sale date but it will be sometime in January.
Pogo, by Neal Sternecky: January 1, 1992.
The Family Circus, by Bil Keane: December 18, 1966.
King Features' 1949 promotional Christmas Carol book "Sing With King" included this piece by BUZ SAWYER's Roy Crane featuring Buz (far right), Buz's wife Christy and Buz's pal Roscoe Sweeney.
This wonderful original by Scott Koblish arrived today! A few months back, Scott reached out to see if I had a list of every established Green Lantern in DC's history. He needed reference for his upcoming GREEN LANTERN #600 variant cover. I came up with--gulp!--eleven pages of names!
Hagar the Horrible, by Dik Browne: December 18, 1973.
Charles Addams, for The New Yorker: December 21, 1946.
December 17, 1950: excerpt from Little Annie Rooney, by Brandon Walsh and Darrell McClure.
Little Dot #29 (1957). Art by Warren Kremer.
Frank Miller for the Des Moines Register: December 14, 1958.
December 20, 1964: Lolly, by Pete Hansen.
Joseph Leyendecker for the Saturday Evening Post (Dec. 26, 1936).
Christmas 1988: Neither snow nor rain nor Skrulls nor Doctor Doom would keep Willie Lumpkin from his appointed rounds. Art by John Byrne from Marvel Comics Presents #18.
The Family Circus, by Bil Keane: December 11, 1968.
December 10, 1950: A full-page ad in the Sunday comics section.
When Schulz recycled this line from his November 18, 1961 strip for 1965's "A Charlie Brown Christmas," he transferred the key dialogue in panel two from Linus to Sally.
A year after "A Charlie Brown Christmas" first aired, Charles Schulz recalled Linus’ show-stopping scene in the December 18, 1966 Sunday strip. Scan via Fantagraphics’ The Complete Peanuts.
