Maggie Thompson

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 023: ‘Tis the Season November kicks off one of those chunks of time we call a season, as we lump together the celebrations…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 022: Comics Careers A recent University of Wisconsin workshop focused on the business of comics, and I was able to attend, as host…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 021: Timing A century is one of those chunks of time that resonates. Something that is 100 years old is considered an antique;…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 020: Do It! In its July 28 report, The Guardian called it “the storied panel” and described it as “an institution of established mentors and…

MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 019: Comics Obsessives, Rejoice! We are lucky ducks. In Olden Times When I first tried to find out more about the world of comics, it was…

MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 018: Spread the Word! How did you find out about comics? Did your parents subscribe to a newspaper, where you followed the funnies every day? (Sundays…

MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 017: Organizing Memories I’m in the midst of one of those gigantic, never-ending projects that are among the duties and joys of life. Which is to…

MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 016: From National Disgrace to National Treasure May 8, 1940, Sterling North (eventually to write the children’s Newbery Honor Book Rascal) wrote in the Chicago Daily News that “color…

MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 015: Girls Allowed Even seven decades ago, comic books were a storytelling art form like other storytelling art forms. Comic books encouraged the girls in their…

MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 014: Exploring the Comics World The comic books that I read as I was growing up were drawn and written in the United States. But my…

MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 013: New Year: Past and Future Ah, January! Named for Janus, the two-faced Roman god of transition who looks simultaneously to the past and future ……

MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 012: It’s a Gift! “Here we sit in this dumpy little house, waiting for Christmas to come!” My family’s holiday celebrations didn’t feature the gloom that…