Myths and Legends - Ukraine : 2022

2022-Nov-22  Kochubey Mykola Savvych is the author of the sketch, Honored Artist of Ukraine

Svarog is the father of the Ukrainian pantheon. A celestial smith who forged the World and populated the Earth with people and animals. He gave people their first plough and taught them how to work. Thanks to Svarog they learned to sow grain, grind it and bake bread. He taught them how to use fire and forge iron. He acts as the main god of the creative power of nature, who gives wisdom to people and allows them to master crafts.

Lada is the great mother of all things and wife of Svarog. Goddess of love and marriage, world harmony. Patroness of childbirth, women and their affairs. Symbol of fertility and harvest. The goddess symbolizes love as the basis of life on earth. Lada has two children: Lelya - goddess of love, and Polel - god of the light of day. Lada is celebrated after the snow melts and with the arrival of spring.

Romics XVIII International Comic Festival : 2015 Italy

XVIII Romics - 2015 Oct

Romics is an international semiannual comic book, animation, and gaming convention in Rome, Italy. The event takes place over four days, usually during April for the spring edition, and October for the autumn one. Until the twelfth edition in 2012, it was held annually, most often in October. The event is held, for both its editions, in the Rome trade fair district. The first Romics was held 2001-Nov

Diabolik is one of the most popular series in the history of Italian comic. Diabolik was created by sisters Angela and Luciana Giussan in 1962

Puy-Puy - Armenia : 2023

2023-May-17 Armenia - Children's Philately, Armenian Cartoons - Puy Puy a singing mouse gets stuck in a coconut, and tries to get out of it. 1971

Myths and Legends - Azerbijan : 2022

2022-June-16

In Turkic mythology, Tepegoz or Tepegöz is a legendary creature who has only one eye on his forehead – a kind of cyclops. He is an ogre that appears in the Book of Dede Korkut, a famous epic story of the Oghuz Turks.

Div or dev are monstrous creatures within Middle Eastern lore. Most of their depictions derive from Persian mythology, integrated to Islam and spread to surrounding cultures including Armenia, Turkic countries and Albania. They exist alongside with jinn and shayatin within South- and Central Asia demon-beliefs. 

Dennis the Menace - Grenada : 2005

 

Doug & Bob McKenzie - Canada

Beauty, eh!

If only this was real. Take off you Hosers

If I knew who created this I would definitely give them credit.

Antonio Mingote - Spain : 2012

Ángel Antonio Mingote Barrachina, 1st Marquess of Daroca (1919 – 2012), also simply known as Mingote, was a Spanish cartoonist, writer and journalist. He drew a daily cartoon in ABC since 1953 until his death in 2012.

Spider-Woman : 2007 Marvel Comics

 

2007-Jul-26 San Diego CA

Spider-Woman – Art by Carmine Infantino and Tony DeZuniga. After her genetic code was combined with that of a rare breed of spider, Jessica Drew was duped into serving evil as an assassin. Later as Spider-Woman, she became a costumed heroine. She is one of the Avengers, Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Marvel Spotlight #32 February 1977 – Art by Gil Kane and Klaus Janson. In her debut appearance, Jessica Drew is a brainwashed agent of the villainous organization HYDRA, sent to assassinate crime-fighter Nick Fury. With help from Nick's organization, SHIELD, Jessica starts a new life as the super hero Spider-Woman and helps defeat HYDRA

Commemorative postmark:

2007-08-02 NY – MOCCA : 2007-10-18 Stockton CA

GeGeGe no Kitaro : 20009 Japan

 

2009-Feb-23

Animation Hero and Heroine Series IX: 

“GeGeGe no Kitaro” a manga by Mizuki Shigeru, marked its 40th anniversary from the first anime series last year (2008).GeGeGe no Kitarō is a Japanese manga series created in 1960 by Shigeru Mizuki. It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as yōkai, a class of spirit-monster which all of the main characters belong to. This story was an early 20th-century Japanese folk tale performed on kamishibai. It has been adapted for the screen several times, as anime, live action, and video games. 

Francisco Ibáñez : 2024 Spain

2024-Jul-10 Barcelona Spain

Excuse me, officer... Could you tell me where stop number seventeen is, please?

Yes, go straight ahead and turn at the second corner....

Imperial Guard... Where has he gone?

Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (1936 – 2023) was a Spanish comic book artist and writer. Ibáñez was one of the most prolific and well-known authors in Spain, with popular comics such as Mort & Phil, Rompetechos, 13, Rue del Percebe, El botones Sacarino, Pepe Gotera y Otilio, and Chicha, Tato y Clodoveo.

Ibáñez's style is characterized by presenting a continuous succession of gags from the beginning to the end of the story, in such a way that in one vignette the gag to be produced in the next is prepared

Diabolik - Comic Fest : 2013 Piacenza

2023-Jan-25 Kover Kollection - Piacenza 

Rocky Horror Show - New Zealand : 2025

2025-May-07 New Zealand

New Zealand Post (NZ Post) issued a vibrant set of four stamps celebrating British-New Zealander Richard O’Brien’s cult classic, The Rocky Horror Show. This issue coincides with the 50th anniversary of the 1975 film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which has captivated audiences worldwide with its unique blend of science fiction, horror, and musical theatre. Designed by Chris Jones of Graphetti. 

The stamps showcase iconic imagery from the musical, including the infamous red lips (in holographic foil on the souvenir sheet), the phrase “Let’s Do the Time Warp Again,” and characters like Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Rocky.

Bédéciné International Festival of Comics : 2008 Illzach France

2008-Nov-15:16 Ric Hochet & Chick Bill

Bédéciné International Festival of Comics (BD - Bandes dessinées) Illzach Cultural Centre, is the must-attend event for comic book fans. More than meetings with many authors, numerous activities are also organized: exhibitions, drawing workshops, animations, stories, shows.

Illzach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.