Last year on this date, it was our honor to wish a happy 95th birthday to the great comic book artist, Creig Flessel, whose work began appearing in comic books about the time original material began appearing in comic books. The cover at the above left was by him and it ran on Detective Comics #3, which was cover-dated May of 1937. The one on the right is from two years later.
Mr. Flessel is a fine, talented gentleman and an important figure in the history of this particular art form…so it was an even greater pleasure to wish him a happy 96th birthday here today, and I expect to tell him in person at this year's Wondercon in San Francisco. Rumor has it he'll be putting in an appearance. If he isn't there, it's okay. I can just wish him a happy 97th next year.