Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Noted
• Are you a digital comics creator? Did you submit an entry to Digital Book World’s Publishing Innovation Awards? The deadline is this coming Monday, the 14th! (Brent Frankenhoff)
Yesterday’s Panel Quiz Answer
Basil “Clayface” Karlo’s first lines in comics were, “Did someone speak my name? Hello, Bentley!” He said them in Detective Comics #40 (Jun 40).
Today’s Panel Quiz
Whose first line in comics was “Come on, Michelle – we’ll cut through the arcade.”?
Born Today
Bill Mantlo, comics writer
Phil Normand (1945), comics artist
Ken Landgraf (1950), comics artist
Mort Todd (1961), comics writer and artist
Jack Herman (1961), comics writer
Patrick Hayes (1967), comics reviewer
Birthdays 2 Weeks from Now
Carl Gafford (1953), comics editor
Wayne R. Smith (1959), comics publisher and artist
Chip Beck (1945), cartoonist
Today’s Flashbacks
90 yrs Nov 9, 1921 Artist (and co-creator) of The Heart of Juliet Jones and Kelly Green Stanley Drake is born. He also draws Blondie.
60 yrs Nov 9, 1951 Writer Bill Mantlo is born. He creates Cloak and Dagger for Marvel and writes Micronauts and Rom.
Comics in Your Future
Shipping This Week: What’s on your shopping list?
Shipping Next Week: What are you anticipating?
Every Wednesday and Saturday. California: City of Industry. Comic Book & Collectible Show.
Nov 11-13 Texas: Austin. Comic Con.
Nov 12 North Carolina: Morganton. Morganton Con.
Nov 12 Ohio: Kirtland. Diecast & Collectible Toy show.
Nov 12 Wisconsin: Green Bay. Comic Book Convention
Nov 12-13 Maine: Portland.CoastCity Comicon.
Nov 12-13 Michigan: Taylor. Long White Box Con.
Nov 12-13 Oklahoma: Oklahoma City.Oklahoma Comic Book & Comic Creator Show 2011.
Do you have a show coming up? Let us know! You can e-mail the information to showscalendar@krause.com or mail it to Show Calendars, Comics Buyer’s Guide, 700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54945. If you have a creator appearance scheduled, let us know by e-mail tobrent.frankenhoff@fwmedia.com.
Question of the Week
What’s your favorite feature of Today’s Comics Guide?
The best answer received to this week’s question (in our opinion) will receive a CBGcoffee mug with Maggie Thompson’s mug on it that we just found in the archives while researching our 40th anniversary. So, c’mon, tell us your thoughts, make us smile, and you could hold a piece of CBG history in your hand! Send us your answer in the “Leave a Reply” area below.
The Magazine
Bill Keane, creator of The Family Circus, has passed. His work always entertained me. He’ll be missed. Here’s a link:
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/11/09/bil-keane-1922-2011/
Tony