Nobody seems to know how it started, when it started, why it started, who started it,
or what the reason for the September 25 date is – but today is National Comic Book Day.
Prickly City informs us of the holiday.
© Scott Stantis; DC Comics
Sally Forth also has a superhero theme.
© King Features Syndicate; DC Comics
(Cartoonist Jim Keefe disputes my comic book cover as inspiration.)
Rose is Rose went with a different genre.
© UFS Inc; EC Comics
Barney & Clyde noted when hysteria and self-censorship came to comic books.
© Weingartens & Clark w/ LaBadie; Wertham Estate
Zippy, naturally, goes underground.
Griffy even manages to draw a few comix book covers/titles into the strip.
© Bill Griffith; Rory Hayes; Robert Crumb; Robert Crumb
The Flying McCoys offers thoughts on popularity.
© Glenn and Gary McCoy; Dc and Marvel Comics
Which offers me the opportunity to close with a Kinks song.
to the Grand Comic Database for comic book covers.
© Archie Comics