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When Worlds Collide
In every good comic book story, there’s a moment when worlds collide, stars line up, and the evil doctor’s death ray machine threatens to blow everyone to hell and back. This is just such a story. Fleisher studios In 1934 my grandfather, Major Malcolm...
Cuba Si! Happy 126th to the Major
Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was born on this day, January 7, 126 years ago. It’s fitting that tomorrow I’m leaving for Miami en route to Cuba retracing some of the steps of my grandparents on their fabled trip to Cuba in 1937. Cuba is one of the...
Comic Strips, the Pulps, Comic Books, and Harry Donenfeld by Francis DiMenno
Editor's note: This is a guest post by Francis DiMenno. Francis DiMenno is a Librarian, Archivist, and long-time comic book aficionado; his Master's thesis on EC Comics can be found here. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/theses/2060/ Thank you Francis! The origin...
SDCC 2013: Super Women and Men
Truth be told I was more than a little worried about taking on Wonder Woman. By that I mean writing about her with any semblance of knowledge, not to mention writing about Trina Robbins, Ramona Fradon and Mary Fleener, three amazing women comics...
Oh Superman
Everyone in the know and not so much has blogged and posted and ranted and raved about Man of Steel. Within the comics’ community and serious fans, it has reached the level of the battle between General Zod and Superman in the last part of the film. I had...
Superman Sunday with Larry Tye
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s Superman! Truth, justice and the American way and George Reeves flying across the black and white screen of an early 50’s television set is indelibly printed on my brain. Like so many other children of that era, I pinned the...
