Monday, January 23, 2012
Noted
• IDW has announced a digital-only 12-issue Transformers series. The first chapter of Transformers: Autocracy was uploaded to IDW’s app Jan. 18 with future eight-page chapters scheduled to ship every two weeks. (Brent Frankenhoff)
Yesterday’s Panel Quiz Answer
Red Ryan’s first lines in comics were, “Great Scott! What’s coming out of the giant fossil egg?” He said it on the cover of Showcase #6 (Feb 57).
Today’s Panel Quiz
Whose first lines in comics were, “Fool! You’ll never survive the attack of – XX, The Star
Slayer!”? (Of course, XX is the name of the character we’re looking for.)
Born Today
Don Wright (1934), cartoonist
Tom Condon (1949), comics writer
Klaus Janson (1952), comics inker
Cara Sherman-Tereno (1952)¸comics artist
Franz Henkel (1960), comics writer
Birthdays 2 Weeks from Now
Richard Buckler (1949), comics artist
Today’s Flashbacks
60 yrs Jan 23, 1952 Artist-writer-instructor Klaus Janson is born. Fans probably know him best for his work with Frank Miller on Daredevil and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
60 yrs Jan 23, 1952 Artist Cara Sherman-Tereno is born. She works on such titles as Wonder Woman and Arion and First Comics’ Evangeline.
25 yrs Jan 23, 1987 DC writer, historian, and assistant editor Edward Nelson Bridwell dies of lung cancer at the age of 55. He creates such characters as The Inferior Five, Angel and the Ape, and The Secret Six.
Every Wed. and Sat. California: City Of Industry. Comic Book & Collectible Show.
Jan 28 Indiana: South Bend. ComicCon.
Jan 28-29 Louisiana: New Orleans. New Orleans Comic Con.
Jan 29 Florida: Lake Worth. 18th Annual South Florida Toy Soldier Show.
Jan 29 New York: Syracuse. Collectorsfest-Sports Memorabilia & Toy Show.
Question of the Week
What comics-related question would you like to pose to your fellow fans?
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