real people making cameo appearances in comic books

Interesting documented use of the etymologically mysterious term “copasetic” (sic).

Nice disguise on that album cover, jeffrey tambor

Douglas Wolk, late of this parish, spots some faces drawn by Mark Gruenwald: https://allofthemarvels.tumblr.com/post/174249987928/dan-rather-ed-koch-and-barbara-walters-all-appear

https://i1.wp.com/downthetubes.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Beano-Cover-061113.jpg

the proud 'still only £2!' is bending my brain a bit there

Yeah I'm sure the Beano costs 10p.

that's the price it is and will forever be in my mind for sure

Also big up to that artist for being confident enough to feel he could draw Richard Hammond without ever having seen him or heard him described.

Unrelated but related:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f6/85/19/f68519cc95e886a36b3e538c37542d5b.jpg

kind of related but Rick Moranis "starred" in this cartoon that I thought I totally dreamed up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGhZegXEj3U

Wait, what

https://babblingsaboutdccomics3.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/sup_62.png

http://thefifthbranch.com/images/oldies/superman/wellessaves.jpg

This would make sense if it was published back in the thirties when most people would've only known Welles by his voice, but this was nine years after Citizen Kane! There would've been no shortage of reference pictures of him, surely.

Maybe it was supposed to be Clark Gable but they couldn't get permission to use his likeness, so they just shrugged and went, "Uhh, Orson Welles, maybe?"

What did Welles look like IRL six months before that issue came out?

Here's Welles in '49:

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/f4/3d/4e/f43d4e52fa60398e7d6c350edad81236.jpg

The comic was supposed to be promoting his current movie as well, you'd think they would've tried to make it look even a little bit like him?

Funt.

https://crossover.bureau42.com/action345.jpg

could you write a story about this cover and ... win £20?

https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/2161025.jpg

http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/entries/scans3/MTU74_SpideySNL2.JPG
http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/entries/scans3/MTU74_SNL.JPG

spidey goes to SNL for a very special Marvel Team-Up. more at supermegamonkey.

I'm sure the cover of that is a dead link upthread btw

An unnamed Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon in Amazing Spider-Man 99.

http://berkeleyplacecomics.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/img_3632.jpg

Country Joe & the Fish in Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD 15.

https://people.well.com/user/cjfish/fury1.jpg

my man Hannity

AM I
GLAD
I SAW
YOU

Give it up for Spidey, he uses his first nationally-broadcast television appearance as a platform for prison reform. Good dude.

wow @ country joe and the fish

Meta - Roy Thomas and his first wife Jeanie make an appearance in Avengers (written by R Thomas):

https://i2.wp.com/berkeleyplaceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/roy-thomas-and-jeanie-thomas.jpg?resize=292%2C250

I admit, there are lots of examples of 'real' comics creators appearing in comic books

For real, just read a '70s Daredevil at the weekend featuring Stan & Joan.

Country Joe was a holy grail appearance I'd been meaning to post here for forever but couldn't track down because I misremembered the band in question as the Lovin' Spoonful.

Just took this... I see it was already posted above, but don’t wanna waste an imgur upload:

https://i.imgur.com/RgNaZkj_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

Disney synergy:

https://i.imgur.com/mEfPxxT_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

Who the fuck is that punchable-faced dude?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel

Ah, the Trump enabler.

no, that's a different Jimmy, who recently fired his (hired-six-months-earlier) head writer over disagreement re: what constitutes Trump enabling.

In a separate post, Drysdale noted that the extensive amount of jokes made at the expensive of President Donald Trump was a sticking point for her, not because of an underlying support for the president but how she sees comedy aimed at him potentially helping his image to the world at large. She wrote: “I believe that comedy is a powerful tool. I believe that it can handle anything, no matter how unfunny. I don’t believe that making fun of this man, doing impressions of him, or making him silly, is a good use of that power. It only adds to his.”

“I am making the decision for myself to never work on, write, or be involved with, another Trump sketch ever again. I have landed in several jobs and situations over the last few years, not just The Tonight Show, where the project of making fun of Trump, or doing material about Trump, has led to divided creative teams, anxiety, tears and pain. I can’t decide the outcome of this election, but I can make the choice for myself, to vote him out of my creative life.”

Kimmel pivoted from being bro-tinged middle-America-friendly snark to being comparatively radicalised against Republicans on health care (and personally lying to his face about letting newborns die) grounds during the last administration.

"made at the expensive President Donald Trump"

betting the writer's fingers were still thinking of "extensive" four words earlier

http://cache.coverbrowser.com/image/from-beyond-the-unknown/17-1.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/7zBtZNY.jpg

Scanning back through the thread and spotting Jackie Kennedy reminded me of this wtf reveal from Action #309, where it turns out JFK stood in for Clark Kent to protect Superman's secret identity. Which with spectacularly unfortunate timing, hit the newsstands a week after Kennedy went to Dallas.

https://i.imgur.com/dO9cY9X.jpg

Well, at least Supes didn't have to worry for long about JFK accidentally revealing his secret identity.

That’s why the ballistics are so confusing - first shooter missed, Supes caught the bullet in his mouth, and spat it back through JFK’s dome to keep him quiet.

Of related interest

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Ladies and gents, here come Glennan, Saul, Benji and Hal...the TWISTS!

https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/batman222-01.jpg
https://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/batman222-11.jpg
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I'm not sure why the Paul stand-in looks like more like Jason King dressed in Dr Strange's wardrobe though.

THE CLUE IS ON THEIR ALBUM COVER!

"new arrangements and stuff" lol

It's funny how late this was to capitalise on Sgt Pepper era Beatles as well, 1970?? I guess in the DC universe every fashion trend is about three or four years behind the real world, so at this point hip and trendy youngsters are still wearing beads and kaftans and confusing oldsters with beatnik lingo.

Captain Britain commits regicide

https://i.imgur.com/2PYbY9f.png

https://i.imgur.com/Zr8cjve.png

disappointing cop-out in this Superman comic (from Jan 1969, so they could have gone with LBJ or Nixon)

https://i.imgur.com/HYKcd2m.png

Lol at that Ed. note

bonus Queen vs Captain Britain content

https://i.imgur.com/mSm0BMx.png

Richard Nixon as the head of the Secret Empire:

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/d2-DVITeUySU-XoBxlhLSpVQEJQ=/0x0:630x624/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:630x624):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8496509/SE02.jpg

PLOT by BOB BUDIANSKY * SCRIPT by JIM LAWRENCE * PENCILS AND INKS by SOMEONE WHO SAW A PHOTO OF THE QUEEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND HAS SINCE FORGOTTEN WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE

iirc the Captain Britain artwork is by Ron Wilson and Pablo Marcos, neither of whom were Brits.