Billy Graham—the late African-American comics artist, not the famous evengelist—became known for his unique style on Marvel’s LUKE CAGE strip in the early 1970’s but that style was already on display a few year’s earlier in this self-penned story from a 1970 issue of Warren’s EERIE.

http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2010/02/black-and-white-wednesday-billy-grahams.html

Joe Bloke showcases a handful of lovely fashion pages originally done as filler for DC romance comics of the seventies and featuring work by Ric Estrada, Tony DeZuniga and the great Jay Scott Pike (DOLPHIN).

http://grantbridgestreet.blogspot.com/2010/02/mad-mad-modes-for-moderns.html

Rip Jagger continues his “All Things Charlton Comics” approach to blogging with a look at some intriguing Brazilian comic book covers featuring Sam Glanzman’s long-running version of Hercules.

http://ripjaggerdojo.blogspot.com/2010/02/hercules-gets-brazilian.html

Finally today, John Glenn Taylor shares a devastating CRAZY Magazine satire of everyone’s favorite l’il blue guys, the Smurfs, written by that magazines mainstay writer Stu Schwartzburg and drawn by the great Marie Severin in a very different style for her.

http://johnglenntaylor.blogspot.com/2010/02/something-smurphy-this-way-comes.html