HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF THE GREATEST WONDER WOMAN STORYTELLERS OF OUR GENERATION, PHIL JIMENEZ!

PHIL JIMENEZ...

You have WORKED, so incredibly, relentlessly hard to get to this moment--to impact and raise the expectations of what we expect to find in a comic book, how it can transform our LIVES ..and how we see each other--and we're so proud of you, Phil.

You have told us you were one of those 80s kid artists, worshipping the masterful pencils of the late, great George Perez, ..emulating his style in your work. "You can't look at a Phil Jimenez, without thinking of George Perez", we say! When you hear fans say or write things, like that, it's got to be a little awkward, because we LOVED that generous man and what he shared with all of us, ..but, I think they are coming from a pure place.

A place of sincere appreciation for you both.

You truly are one of the greatest X-Men, Wonder Woman and Titans storytellers and illustrators, generally speaking, of our generation. You have been an inspiration to aspiring Latino and LGBTQA comic book creators, alike, ..and now, you're (we're) fifty-two. The NEW fifty-two? [Hopefully.]

From me and the two guys, who read my blog...Happy Birthday, Phil.

Edgar Miraculous (Mel) Dyer, without his fine, coyote-hatin' Goldiweiller, Kirby (now moved on to that big, coyote-hatin' hate group in the Sky) continues a somewhat bleaker, dogless existence in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, DC. He has been an active member of the Latino Culture Council of the Capitol Area (El Consejo de Cultura Latina – La Zona del Capitolio) and the Kiwanis Club of Capitol Hill.