Oh, glorious day! A little Herriman from Don Marquis’ the lives and times of archy and mehitabel in celebration.

I was reminded of this lovely painting of Bueno Excellente after reading Nagy’s comment in yesterday’s post.

My cats provide a size comparison to give you a proper perspective for this monster.

Glancing over the new comic releases for this week, I see that Ambush Bug is getting the Showcase treatment, with all the major appearances from his heyday collected in one black-and-white, phone book-sized chunk. I was curious as to exactly which issues were included, and which ones I’m missing, when I realized that I own every one. I even have a few items that probably weren’t worth collecting like the roleplaying game supplement and Ambush Bug’s cameo in Crisis on Infinite Earths, despite his protestations that he never appeared in that event. I still haven’t found the pinball game, though.

This is a real surprise to me considering that I’m notorious among my friends for almost never collecting a complete run of anything, especially without realizing it.

Image from issue 2 of the first Ambush Bug mini-series by Keith Giffen and Bob Oksner. Note the penciled grid, the result of using this image for a school art project.

“Better to read Archie comic books to study adolescent psychology than to think that you really know someone on Twitter. Jughead said that.”

- Christopher Walken

Artists unknown. From The Monthly Montreal Comix Jam – 2003 Vol. 5.

Another Monday, another Herriman, from Don Marquis’ the lives and times of archy and mehitabel.

Lieutenant Jiveman sketch by Seth.