Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Welcome to Today’s Comics Guide! This is the 30th installment in Comics Buyer’s Guide’s ongoing home for daily comics notes, news, and views. Please join us, and feel free to comment in the “Leave a Reply” box at the bottom of the page to provide your own notes, news, and views!
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• If you’re our Facebook friend or following us on Twitter, you already know that our parent company, F+W Media, is donating 50% of profits from any sales in its online stores today to Japanese Relief. Our e-stores carry books, magazines, webinars, educational courses, and more. (Brent Frankenhoff)
Yesterday’s Panel Quiz Answer
The first words Air Force mechanic Captain Adam (soon to be Captain Atom) said in comics were, “Dropped the screwdriver!” in Space Adventures #33 (Mar 60).
Today’s Panel Quiz
Whose first words in comics were “Aha, my little beauties! I’m glad to see you obeyed Maya when I commanded her to order you here!”?
Born Today
Tex Blaisdell (1920), comics artist and editor
Birthdays 2 Weeks from Now
Dennis Janke (1950), comics inker
Topper Helmers (1955), comics artist
Bill Staton (1959), comics artist
Today’s Flashbacks
20 years ago: The Pacific Northwest edition of TV Guide carries a full-page ad from DC and Diamond promoting comics shops (1991).
What’s on your shopping list?
What are you anticipating?
Question of the Week
What is the most ridiculous super-power used by a comic-book character?
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TONY’S BLOGGY THING 3/30/11: Superman Secret Identity, Brightest Day, Doomwar: http://www.comicscommunity.com/boards/tony/?read=237915
Tony