A Comic a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
@comicaday.bsky.social
Every day I post a comic from my collection and talk about it. Covers courtesy of the Grand Comics Database: comics.org.
Note this is not medical advice!
Note this is not medical advice!
Gangsters in New York (1969/1970) - Dino Attanasio & Martin Lodewijk for Pep. Cover by Attanasio.
Today is Attanasio turned 100.
To celebrate, let's look at his classic Chicago gangster series created for the Dutch Pep weekly comics magazine.
Today is Attanasio turned 100.
To celebrate, let's look at his classic Chicago gangster series created for the Dutch Pep weekly comics magazine.
May 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Gangsters in New York (1969/1970) - Dino Attanasio & Martin Lodewijk for Pep. Cover by Attanasio.
Today is Attanasio turned 100.
To celebrate, let's look at his classic Chicago gangster series created for the Dutch Pep weekly comics magazine.
Today is Attanasio turned 100.
To celebrate, let's look at his classic Chicago gangster series created for the Dutch Pep weekly comics magazine.
The Adventures of Dōlo Rômy in the Underground City of Women (Dōlo Blue, 1989)
Cover by Karen Platt.
Looking for an old pal, a homeless lesbian finds an underground city of sapphic women, promptly seduces their queen, in the process foiling a military coup. All in a day's work for Dōlo Rômy.
Cover by Karen Platt.
Looking for an old pal, a homeless lesbian finds an underground city of sapphic women, promptly seduces their queen, in the process foiling a military coup. All in a day's work for Dōlo Rômy.
January 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Adventures of Dōlo Rômy in the Underground City of Women (Dōlo Blue, 1989)
Cover by Karen Platt.
Looking for an old pal, a homeless lesbian finds an underground city of sapphic women, promptly seduces their queen, in the process foiling a military coup. All in a day's work for Dōlo Rômy.
Cover by Karen Platt.
Looking for an old pal, a homeless lesbian finds an underground city of sapphic women, promptly seduces their queen, in the process foiling a military coup. All in a day's work for Dōlo Rômy.
Zot! 01 (Eclipse, 1984)
Cover by Scott McCloud
Welcome, one and all, to the far-flung future of – – 1965!
Cover by Scott McCloud
Welcome, one and all, to the far-flung future of – – 1965!
January 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Zot! 01 (Eclipse, 1984)
Cover by Scott McCloud
Welcome, one and all, to the far-flung future of – – 1965!
Cover by Scott McCloud
Welcome, one and all, to the far-flung future of – – 1965!
Area 88 #12 (Eclipse/Viz, 1987)
Cover by Shintani Kaoru
One of the very first manga series to be regularly published in the US, from the time when they were still published like any other comic.
Cover by Shintani Kaoru
One of the very first manga series to be regularly published in the US, from the time when they were still published like any other comic.
January 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Area 88 #12 (Eclipse/Viz, 1987)
Cover by Shintani Kaoru
One of the very first manga series to be regularly published in the US, from the time when they were still published like any other comic.
Cover by Shintani Kaoru
One of the very first manga series to be regularly published in the US, from the time when they were still published like any other comic.
Leather & Lace 01 (Aircel, 1989)
Cover and everything by Barry Blair.
When you are that proud of the plot of your porn comic, you think everybody should read it, so you bring out a general audience version.
Cover and everything by Barry Blair.
When you are that proud of the plot of your porn comic, you think everybody should read it, so you bring out a general audience version.
January 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Leather & Lace 01 (Aircel, 1989)
Cover and everything by Barry Blair.
When you are that proud of the plot of your porn comic, you think everybody should read it, so you bring out a general audience version.
Cover and everything by Barry Blair.
When you are that proud of the plot of your porn comic, you think everybody should read it, so you bring out a general audience version.
Protectors 05 (Malibu, 1993)
Cover by Thomas Derenick & Mike S. Miller
THIS BOOK HAS A HOLE IN IT! i-IT'S NOT MINT! DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, IT'S NOT MINT.
I give you the dumbest ever cover gimmick, courtesy of the good folk at Malibu:
Cover by Thomas Derenick & Mike S. Miller
THIS BOOK HAS A HOLE IN IT! i-IT'S NOT MINT! DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, IT'S NOT MINT.
I give you the dumbest ever cover gimmick, courtesy of the good folk at Malibu:
January 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Protectors 05 (Malibu, 1993)
Cover by Thomas Derenick & Mike S. Miller
THIS BOOK HAS A HOLE IN IT! i-IT'S NOT MINT! DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, IT'S NOT MINT.
I give you the dumbest ever cover gimmick, courtesy of the good folk at Malibu:
Cover by Thomas Derenick & Mike S. Miller
THIS BOOK HAS A HOLE IN IT! i-IT'S NOT MINT! DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, IT'S NOT MINT.
I give you the dumbest ever cover gimmick, courtesy of the good folk at Malibu:
Wat Vooraf Ging (Oogachtend, 2024)
Cover and everything by Hanco Kolk
Dutch cartoonist Hanco Kolk goes into What Came Before the creation of various famous characters, from Romeo & Juliet to Batman, Mickey Mouse to Cinderella.
Cover and everything by Hanco Kolk
Dutch cartoonist Hanco Kolk goes into What Came Before the creation of various famous characters, from Romeo & Juliet to Batman, Mickey Mouse to Cinderella.
January 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wat Vooraf Ging (Oogachtend, 2024)
Cover and everything by Hanco Kolk
Dutch cartoonist Hanco Kolk goes into What Came Before the creation of various famous characters, from Romeo & Juliet to Batman, Mickey Mouse to Cinderella.
Cover and everything by Hanco Kolk
Dutch cartoonist Hanco Kolk goes into What Came Before the creation of various famous characters, from Romeo & Juliet to Batman, Mickey Mouse to Cinderella.
Animal Man 09 (Zinco, 1990, Spanish reprint)
Cover by Brian Bolland.
It was reading this comic while walking along the sidewalk that made me walk into a lamp post face first, on a school trip to Barcelona, to the amusement of my class mates.
Cover by Brian Bolland.
It was reading this comic while walking along the sidewalk that made me walk into a lamp post face first, on a school trip to Barcelona, to the amusement of my class mates.
December 3, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Animal Man 09 (Zinco, 1990, Spanish reprint)
Cover by Brian Bolland.
It was reading this comic while walking along the sidewalk that made me walk into a lamp post face first, on a school trip to Barcelona, to the amusement of my class mates.
Cover by Brian Bolland.
It was reading this comic while walking along the sidewalk that made me walk into a lamp post face first, on a school trip to Barcelona, to the amusement of my class mates.
Grendel: Warchild 01 (Dark Horse, 1992)
Cover by Simon Bisley.
This is a 1992 science fiction series so the Simon Bisley cover is de rigeur even if the inside art is as different as it gets.
Cover by Simon Bisley.
This is a 1992 science fiction series so the Simon Bisley cover is de rigeur even if the inside art is as different as it gets.
November 18, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Grendel: Warchild 01 (Dark Horse, 1992)
Cover by Simon Bisley.
This is a 1992 science fiction series so the Simon Bisley cover is de rigeur even if the inside art is as different as it gets.
Cover by Simon Bisley.
This is a 1992 science fiction series so the Simon Bisley cover is de rigeur even if the inside art is as different as it gets.
St. Swithin's Day (Oni Press 1998)
Cover by Paul Grist
Of all of Grant Morrison's stories, not even The New Adventures of Hitler got them in as much problems as this. Parliamentary questions were asked.
All because it's a comic about killing Margaret Thatcher...
Cover by Paul Grist
Of all of Grant Morrison's stories, not even The New Adventures of Hitler got them in as much problems as this. Parliamentary questions were asked.
All because it's a comic about killing Margaret Thatcher...
November 13, 2024 at 7:56 PM
St. Swithin's Day (Oni Press 1998)
Cover by Paul Grist
Of all of Grant Morrison's stories, not even The New Adventures of Hitler got them in as much problems as this. Parliamentary questions were asked.
All because it's a comic about killing Margaret Thatcher...
Cover by Paul Grist
Of all of Grant Morrison's stories, not even The New Adventures of Hitler got them in as much problems as this. Parliamentary questions were asked.
All because it's a comic about killing Margaret Thatcher...
Star*Reach 07 (Star*Reach, 1977)
Cover by BWS.
Star*Reach 07 is not important because of its gorgeous Barry Smith wraparound cover. Nor even because it has an early Dave Sim story. But because it contains the very first MANGA published in English.
Cover by BWS.
Star*Reach 07 is not important because of its gorgeous Barry Smith wraparound cover. Nor even because it has an early Dave Sim story. But because it contains the very first MANGA published in English.
November 12, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Star*Reach 07 (Star*Reach, 1977)
Cover by BWS.
Star*Reach 07 is not important because of its gorgeous Barry Smith wraparound cover. Nor even because it has an early Dave Sim story. But because it contains the very first MANGA published in English.
Cover by BWS.
Star*Reach 07 is not important because of its gorgeous Barry Smith wraparound cover. Nor even because it has an early Dave Sim story. But because it contains the very first MANGA published in English.
The New Adventures of Superboy 46 (DC, 1983)
Cover by Gil Kane.
Even if the comic inside is utter crap, you always get something worthwhile with a Gil Kan cover-up.
Cover by Gil Kane.
Even if the comic inside is utter crap, you always get something worthwhile with a Gil Kan cover-up.
November 9, 2024 at 10:38 PM
The New Adventures of Superboy 46 (DC, 1983)
Cover by Gil Kane.
Even if the comic inside is utter crap, you always get something worthwhile with a Gil Kan cover-up.
Cover by Gil Kane.
Even if the comic inside is utter crap, you always get something worthwhile with a Gil Kan cover-up.
Tales from the Aniverse 02 (Massive Comics Group, 1991)
Cover by Sue van Camp.
From the days before all furries had migrated to Deviantart and you still had to buy this sort of comic in your local comic shop.
Cover by Sue van Camp.
From the days before all furries had migrated to Deviantart and you still had to buy this sort of comic in your local comic shop.
November 8, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Tales from the Aniverse 02 (Massive Comics Group, 1991)
Cover by Sue van Camp.
From the days before all furries had migrated to Deviantart and you still had to buy this sort of comic in your local comic shop.
Cover by Sue van Camp.
From the days before all furries had migrated to Deviantart and you still had to buy this sort of comic in your local comic shop.
Captain Americ 371 (Marvel, 1990)
Cover by Ron Lim
All Diamondback wants is a nice evening on the town with Captain America. Standing in her way is an army of the worst villains the Marvel Universe has to offer. Can she prevent Cap from going after them for one night?
Cover by Ron Lim
All Diamondback wants is a nice evening on the town with Captain America. Standing in her way is an army of the worst villains the Marvel Universe has to offer. Can she prevent Cap from going after them for one night?
November 7, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Captain Americ 371 (Marvel, 1990)
Cover by Ron Lim
All Diamondback wants is a nice evening on the town with Captain America. Standing in her way is an army of the worst villains the Marvel Universe has to offer. Can she prevent Cap from going after them for one night?
Cover by Ron Lim
All Diamondback wants is a nice evening on the town with Captain America. Standing in her way is an army of the worst villains the Marvel Universe has to offer. Can she prevent Cap from going after them for one night?
Pink (Vertical, 2013)
Cover by Kyoko Okazaki
A story about the everyday life and adventures, the "love" and "capitalism" of a girl who was born, raised and "normally" wrecked in a boring town called Tokyo
Cover by Kyoko Okazaki
A story about the everyday life and adventures, the "love" and "capitalism" of a girl who was born, raised and "normally" wrecked in a boring town called Tokyo
November 6, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Pink (Vertical, 2013)
Cover by Kyoko Okazaki
A story about the everyday life and adventures, the "love" and "capitalism" of a girl who was born, raised and "normally" wrecked in a boring town called Tokyo
Cover by Kyoko Okazaki
A story about the everyday life and adventures, the "love" and "capitalism" of a girl who was born, raised and "normally" wrecked in a boring town called Tokyo
De Bannelingen van de Aarde (Oberon, 1980)
Cover by Alfonso Font
If I had a dime for every 1979 sf comic featuring an artificial planet wandering the galaxy I'd have two dimes, which isn't much but it's strange it happened twice.
Cover by Alfonso Font
If I had a dime for every 1979 sf comic featuring an artificial planet wandering the galaxy I'd have two dimes, which isn't much but it's strange it happened twice.
November 4, 2024 at 8:18 PM
De Bannelingen van de Aarde (Oberon, 1980)
Cover by Alfonso Font
If I had a dime for every 1979 sf comic featuring an artificial planet wandering the galaxy I'd have two dimes, which isn't much but it's strange it happened twice.
Cover by Alfonso Font
If I had a dime for every 1979 sf comic featuring an artificial planet wandering the galaxy I'd have two dimes, which isn't much but it's strange it happened twice.
Gigantik 01 (Koralle, 1979)
Cover by José Maria Cardona
If you want to boldly go where no one has gone before, seeking out new worlds and new civilisations, why use a poxy space ship when you can take an entire planet, asks Gigantik?
Cover by José Maria Cardona
If you want to boldly go where no one has gone before, seeking out new worlds and new civilisations, why use a poxy space ship when you can take an entire planet, asks Gigantik?
November 3, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Gigantik 01 (Koralle, 1979)
Cover by José Maria Cardona
If you want to boldly go where no one has gone before, seeking out new worlds and new civilisations, why use a poxy space ship when you can take an entire planet, asks Gigantik?
Cover by José Maria Cardona
If you want to boldly go where no one has gone before, seeking out new worlds and new civilisations, why use a poxy space ship when you can take an entire planet, asks Gigantik?
Lost in 1999 - Nick Abadzis for Caption '99
Here’s a comic for which I have the original art but I don’t think I have the issue in which it appeared. Also, it took me twentyfive years to actually hang this on my walls.
Here’s a comic for which I have the original art but I don’t think I have the issue in which it appeared. Also, it took me twentyfive years to actually hang this on my walls.
November 2, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Lost in 1999 - Nick Abadzis for Caption '99
Here’s a comic for which I have the original art but I don’t think I have the issue in which it appeared. Also, it took me twentyfive years to actually hang this on my walls.
Here’s a comic for which I have the original art but I don’t think I have the issue in which it appeared. Also, it took me twentyfive years to actually hang this on my walls.
Captain America: War & Remembrance (Marvel 1990)
You may not like it, but this is what peak Bronze Age storytelling looks like, courtesy of Roger Stern and John Byrne.
You may not like it, but this is what peak Bronze Age storytelling looks like, courtesy of Roger Stern and John Byrne.
November 1, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Captain America: War & Remembrance (Marvel 1990)
You may not like it, but this is what peak Bronze Age storytelling looks like, courtesy of Roger Stern and John Byrne.
You may not like it, but this is what peak Bronze Age storytelling looks like, courtesy of Roger Stern and John Byrne.
For the fiftieth post in this little project it's the first managa, a simple story that's dear to my heart:
cloggie.org/wissewords2/...
cloggie.org/wissewords2/...
October 31, 2024 at 6:05 PM
For the fiftieth post in this little project it's the first managa, a simple story that's dear to my heart:
cloggie.org/wissewords2/...
cloggie.org/wissewords2/...
The Bride Was a Boy (Seven seas, 2018)
Cover by Chii
he happy, lovey dovey autobiographic story of how Chii, the mangaka, found out she was trans, transitioned and got married
Cover by Chii
he happy, lovey dovey autobiographic story of how Chii, the mangaka, found out she was trans, transitioned and got married
October 31, 2024 at 6:01 PM
The Bride Was a Boy (Seven seas, 2018)
Cover by Chii
he happy, lovey dovey autobiographic story of how Chii, the mangaka, found out she was trans, transitioned and got married
Cover by Chii
he happy, lovey dovey autobiographic story of how Chii, the mangaka, found out she was trans, transitioned and got married
Asterix en de Britten (Dargaud/Oberon 1966)
Cover by Albert Uderzo
A day late and a dollar short, let's celebrate Asterix 65th anniversary by looking at when he went to visit his British cousins, what what?
Cover by Albert Uderzo
A day late and a dollar short, let's celebrate Asterix 65th anniversary by looking at when he went to visit his British cousins, what what?
October 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Asterix en de Britten (Dargaud/Oberon 1966)
Cover by Albert Uderzo
A day late and a dollar short, let's celebrate Asterix 65th anniversary by looking at when he went to visit his British cousins, what what?
Cover by Albert Uderzo
A day late and a dollar short, let's celebrate Asterix 65th anniversary by looking at when he went to visit his British cousins, what what?
Deathwish 01 -- (Milestone 1994)
Cover by J. H. Williams III/Jimmy Palmiotti
The first comic both starring a trans woman and written by a trans woman. But you may know Maddie Blaustein better for voicing Meowth in Pokemon.
Cover by J. H. Williams III/Jimmy Palmiotti
The first comic both starring a trans woman and written by a trans woman. But you may know Maddie Blaustein better for voicing Meowth in Pokemon.
October 29, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Deathwish 01 -- (Milestone 1994)
Cover by J. H. Williams III/Jimmy Palmiotti
The first comic both starring a trans woman and written by a trans woman. But you may know Maddie Blaustein better for voicing Meowth in Pokemon.
Cover by J. H. Williams III/Jimmy Palmiotti
The first comic both starring a trans woman and written by a trans woman. But you may know Maddie Blaustein better for voicing Meowth in Pokemon.
Batman Classics 118 (Classics, 1980)
Cover artist is unknown.
This was the way I first got to read the classic Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers Batman stories from Detective Comics and it was the best way I could’ve, as these Rogers’ artwrok never looked as good as it did in black and white here.
Cover artist is unknown.
This was the way I first got to read the classic Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers Batman stories from Detective Comics and it was the best way I could’ve, as these Rogers’ artwrok never looked as good as it did in black and white here.
October 28, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Batman Classics 118 (Classics, 1980)
Cover artist is unknown.
This was the way I first got to read the classic Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers Batman stories from Detective Comics and it was the best way I could’ve, as these Rogers’ artwrok never looked as good as it did in black and white here.
Cover artist is unknown.
This was the way I first got to read the classic Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers Batman stories from Detective Comics and it was the best way I could’ve, as these Rogers’ artwrok never looked as good as it did in black and white here.
Flare Adventures 01 (Heroic, 1992)
Cover by Tim Burchard
The cover showing off Flare’s best assets shows exactly what awaits inside.
If you like Wonder Womanbut hated how conservatively she dresses, Flare is the genetically engineered raised by Nazis in the Brazilian jungle superheroine for you.
Cover by Tim Burchard
The cover showing off Flare’s best assets shows exactly what awaits inside.
If you like Wonder Womanbut hated how conservatively she dresses, Flare is the genetically engineered raised by Nazis in the Brazilian jungle superheroine for you.
October 27, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Flare Adventures 01 (Heroic, 1992)
Cover by Tim Burchard
The cover showing off Flare’s best assets shows exactly what awaits inside.
If you like Wonder Womanbut hated how conservatively she dresses, Flare is the genetically engineered raised by Nazis in the Brazilian jungle superheroine for you.
Cover by Tim Burchard
The cover showing off Flare’s best assets shows exactly what awaits inside.
If you like Wonder Womanbut hated how conservatively she dresses, Flare is the genetically engineered raised by Nazis in the Brazilian jungle superheroine for you.