#comichistory — Public Fediverse posts

Angela: This Day In Comics – The 1993 Spawn #9 Debut https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/03/angela-spawn-9-debut-history/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Angela #Spawn #ComicBooks #ImageComics #ComicHistory

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Resurrection Man: This Day In Comics – Mitchell Shelley’s 1997 Debut https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/03/resurrection-man-this-day-in-comics-debut/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ResurrectionMan #DCComics #MitchellShelley #ComicBooks #ComicHistory

Laurel Kent: This Day In Comics – The Tragic Mystery of Superboy #217 https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/03/laurel-kent-this-day-in-comics-debut/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ComicBooks #LaurelKent #Superboy #DCComics #ComicHistory

Laurel Kent: This Day In Comics – The Tragic Mystery of Superboy #217 https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/03/laurel-kent-this-day-in-comics-debut/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ComicBooks #LaurelKent #Superboy #DCComics #ComicHistory

The Death of Gwen Stacy: This Day In Comics – Amazing Spider-Man #121 https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/03/the-death-of-gwen-stacy-1973-history/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #GwenStacy #SpiderMan #ComicBooks #MarvelComics #ComicHistory

Awesome Android: This Day In Comics – Fantastic Four #15 Debut https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/03/awesome-android-fantastic-four-15-history/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ComicBooks #FantasticFour #MarvelComics #AwesomeAndroid #ComicHistory

The Green Team: This Day In Comics – Boy Millionaires Debut https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/02/the-green-team-boy-millionaires-history/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ComicBooks #GreenTeam #BoyMillionaires #DCComics #ComicHistory

The Monster Society of Evil: This Day in Comics – Captain Marvel #22 https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/02/monster-society-of-evil-debut-history/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ComicBooks #CaptainMarvel #MonsterSocietyOfEvil #VillainTeamUp #ComicHistory

Fantastic Four #363: This Day In Comics – The Debut of Occulus https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/02/fantastic-four-363-occulus-debut/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #FantasticFour #MarvelComics #ComicBooks #Occulus #ComicHistory

Detective Comics #1: This Day In Comics – The Genesis of DC https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/02/detective-comics-1-anniversary-history/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DetectiveComics #ComicBooks #DCComics #ComicHistory #Superheroes

One last "Calvin and Hobbes"-related memory:

In 2014, Bill Watterson emerged from hibernation to ghost-draw one week of "Pearls Before Swine" strips.

I was pretty certain I had figured out the gimmick on the first day … but I couldn’t convince the St. Louis Post-Dispatch features department to report on it.

So I did it myself:
https://www.joshrenaud.com/family/archives/2014/06/the-cartooning-beat.html

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #newspapers #localnews #news #stlouispostdispatch #pearlsbeforeswine

One last "Calvin and Hobbes"-related memory:

In 2014, Bill Watterson emerged from hibernation to ghost-draw one week of "Pearls Before Swine" strips.

I was pretty certain I had figured out the gimmick on the first day … but I couldn’t convince the St. Louis Post-Dispatch features department to report on it.

So I did it myself:
https://www.joshrenaud.com/family/archives/2014/06/the-cartooning-beat.html

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #newspapers #localnews #news #stlouispostdispatch #pearlsbeforeswine

One last "Calvin and Hobbes"-related memory:

In 2014, Bill Watterson emerged from hibernation to ghost-draw one week of "Pearls Before Swine" strips.

I was pretty certain I had figured out the gimmick on the first day … but I couldn’t convince the St. Louis Post-Dispatch features department to report on it.

So I did it myself:
https://www.joshrenaud.com/family/archives/2014/06/the-cartooning-beat.html

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #newspapers #localnews #news #stlouispostdispatch #pearlsbeforeswine

One last "Calvin and Hobbes"-related memory:

In 2014, Bill Watterson emerged from hibernation to ghost-draw one week of "Pearls Before Swine" strips.

I was pretty certain I had figured out the gimmick on the first day … but I couldn’t convince the St. Louis Post-Dispatch features department to report on it.

So I did it myself:
https://www.joshrenaud.com/family/archives/2014/06/the-cartooning-beat.html

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #newspapers #localnews #news #stlouispostdispatch #pearlsbeforeswine

One last "Calvin and Hobbes"-related memory:

In 2014, Bill Watterson emerged from hibernation to ghost-draw one week of "Pearls Before Swine" strips.

I was pretty certain I had figured out the gimmick on the first day … but I couldn’t convince the St. Louis Post-Dispatch features department to report on it.

So I did it myself:
https://www.joshrenaud.com/family/archives/2014/06/the-cartooning-beat.html

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #newspapers #localnews #news #stlouispostdispatch #pearlsbeforeswine

I wasn't an ANSI artist in the 1990s, but more recently I've been creating animations in the Atari ST's obscure "IGS" format.

I'm most proud of an original "Calvin and Hobbes" animation I released last year that shows what might have happened if Calvin had owned _two_ cardboard boxes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS_riObN32o&t=347s

(4/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #igs #instantgraphicsandsound #atarist #atari #textmode

I wasn't an ANSI artist in the 1990s, but more recently I've been creating animations in the Atari ST's obscure "IGS" format.

I'm most proud of an original "Calvin and Hobbes" animation I released last year that shows what might have happened if Calvin had owned _two_ cardboard boxes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS_riObN32o&t=347s

(4/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #igs #instantgraphicsandsound #atarist #atari #textmode

I wasn't an ANSI artist in the 1990s, but more recently I've been creating animations in the Atari ST's obscure "IGS" format.

I'm most proud of an original "Calvin and Hobbes" animation I released last year that shows what might have happened if Calvin had owned _two_ cardboard boxes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS_riObN32o&t=347s

(4/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #igs #instantgraphicsandsound #atarist #atari #textmode

I wasn't an ANSI artist in the 1990s, but more recently I've been creating animations in the Atari ST's obscure "IGS" format.

I'm most proud of an original "Calvin and Hobbes" animation I released last year that shows what might have happened if Calvin had owned _two_ cardboard boxes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS_riObN32o&t=347s

(4/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #igs #instantgraphicsandsound #atarist #atari #textmode

I wasn't an ANSI artist in the 1990s, but more recently I've been creating animations in the Atari ST's obscure "IGS" format.

I'm most proud of an original "Calvin and Hobbes" animation I released last year that shows what might have happened if Calvin had owned _two_ cardboard boxes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS_riObN32o&t=347s

(4/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #igs #instantgraphicsandsound #atarist #atari #textmode

ANSI artist Eerie is the subject of my latest in-depth #retrocomputing profile:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/12/31/ansi-art-and-webcomics-part-3-eerie-and-inspector-dangerfuck/

Eerie drew some amazing Calvin portraits at the end of 1994 — even though he had grown up influenced more by the tradition of French and Belgian bandes dessinées.

(3/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #ansiart #ansi #bbs #textmode

ANSI artist Eerie is the subject of my latest in-depth #retrocomputing profile:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/12/31/ansi-art-and-webcomics-part-3-eerie-and-inspector-dangerfuck/

Eerie drew some amazing Calvin portraits at the end of 1994 — even though he had grown up influenced more by the tradition of French and Belgian bandes dessinées.

(3/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #ansiart #ansi #bbs #textmode

ANSI artist Eerie is the subject of my latest in-depth #retrocomputing profile:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/12/31/ansi-art-and-webcomics-part-3-eerie-and-inspector-dangerfuck/

Eerie drew some amazing Calvin portraits at the end of 1994 — even though he had grown up influenced more by the tradition of French and Belgian bandes dessinées.

(3/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #ansiart #ansi #bbs #textmode

ANSI artist Eerie is the subject of my latest in-depth #retrocomputing profile:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/12/31/ansi-art-and-webcomics-part-3-eerie-and-inspector-dangerfuck/

Eerie drew some amazing Calvin portraits at the end of 1994 — even though he had grown up influenced more by the tradition of French and Belgian bandes dessinées.

(3/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #ansiart #ansi #bbs #textmode

ANSI artist Eerie is the subject of my latest in-depth #retrocomputing profile:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/12/31/ansi-art-and-webcomics-part-3-eerie-and-inspector-dangerfuck/

Eerie drew some amazing Calvin portraits at the end of 1994 — even though he had grown up influenced more by the tradition of French and Belgian bandes dessinées.

(3/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #ansiart #ansi #bbs #textmode

"Calvin and Hobbes" was a major influence and subject for ANSI artists of the 1990s.

https://16colo.rs/tags/content/calvin

The characters were so funny, so well-drawn, so iconic. And the timing: the strip's 1985-95 run coincided almost exactly with the rise and fall of BBSing.

Calvin's irreverence was just icing for us teens.

(2/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #ansiart #ansi #bbs #textmode

"Calvin and Hobbes" was a major influence and subject for ANSI artists of the 1990s.

https://16colo.rs/tags/content/calvin

The characters were so funny, so well-drawn, so iconic. And the timing: the strip's 1985-95 run coincided almost exactly with the rise and fall of BBSing.

Calvin's irreverence was just icing for us teens.

(2/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #ansiart #ansi #bbs #textmode

"Calvin and Hobbes" was a major influence and subject for ANSI artists of the 1990s.

https://16colo.rs/tags/content/calvin

The characters were so funny, so well-drawn, so iconic. And the timing: the strip's 1985-95 run coincided almost exactly with the rise and fall of BBSing.

Calvin's irreverence was just icing for us teens.

(2/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #ansiart #ansi #bbs #textmode

"Calvin and Hobbes" was a major influence and subject for ANSI artists of the 1990s.

https://16colo.rs/tags/content/calvin

The characters were so funny, so well-drawn, so iconic. And the timing: the strip's 1985-95 run coincided almost exactly with the rise and fall of BBSing.

Calvin's irreverence was just icing for us teens.

(2/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #ansiart #ansi #bbs #textmode

"Calvin and Hobbes" was a major influence and subject for ANSI artists of the 1990s.

https://16colo.rs/tags/content/calvin

The characters were so funny, so well-drawn, so iconic. And the timing: the strip's 1985-95 run coincided almost exactly with the rise and fall of BBSing.

Calvin's irreverence was just icing for us teens.

(2/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory #ansiart #ansi #bbs #textmode

"It's a magical world ..."

🐯 👦 ❄️ 🛷

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the final "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip by Bill Watterson.

It would be hard to overstate how much this strip meant to teenagers like me growing up during its 1985-95 run.

I'm proud that my own kids can quote it today — and at length!

(1/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory

"It's a magical world ..."

🐯 👦 ❄️ 🛷

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the final "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip by Bill Watterson.

It would be hard to overstate how much this strip meant to teenagers like me growing up during its 1985-95 run.

I'm proud that my own kids can quote it today — and at length!

(1/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory

"It's a magical world ..."

🐯 👦 ❄️ 🛷

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the final "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip by Bill Watterson.

It would be hard to overstate how much this strip meant to teenagers like me growing up during its 1985-95 run.

I'm proud that my own kids can quote it today — and at length!

(1/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory

"It's a magical world ..."

🐯 👦 ❄️ 🛷

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the final "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip by Bill Watterson.

It would be hard to overstate how much this strip meant to teenagers like me growing up during its 1985-95 run.

I'm proud that my own kids can quote it today — and at length!

(1/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory

"It's a magical world ..."

🐯 👦 ❄️ 🛷

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the final "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip by Bill Watterson.

It would be hard to overstate how much this strip meant to teenagers like me growing up during its 1985-95 run.

I'm proud that my own kids can quote it today — and at length!

(1/5)

#calvinandhobbes #comics #webcomics #1990s #history #comichistory

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster

Superman's Canadian Roots

Superman, the iconic superhero, has Canadian origins! Co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and based Metropolis partly on Toronto and the Daily Planet newspaper on the Toronto Daily Star where he worked as a paperboy. These Canadian connections influenced many visual elements of the Superman comics when they first appeared in 1938. 🦸‍♂️

🇨🇦 #Canada #Superman #ComicHistory

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joe-shuster