Maggie Thompson

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 071: Gag Cartoons When Don and I began our Comic Art fanzine in 1960, we named it that because we were fans of all sorts…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 070: 4 A friend asked me recently what comics I’d recommend for her 4-year-old nephew. Thinking about the sort of comics I’d loved…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 069: Age At Comic-Con in 1992, Todd McFarlane received an Inkpot Award. He was 31 at the time (and had been experimenting with…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 068: Covers In Maggie’s World #29 in 2015, I griped about “an increasing emphasis on covers over contents” among collectors. It’s time to revisit that 2015…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 067: Words Polonius: “What do you read, my lord?” Hamlet: “Words, words, words.” That was in Act 2, Scene 2; Shakespeare wrote those…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 066: Classics Did you ever read Stephen Becker’s Comic Art in America? It was a sample-packed volume that introduced readers in 1959 to the…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 065: Obsession Compulsion Could it be argued that obsessive collecting has its basis in research? I’ve read issues #103, #104, #107, and #110.…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 064: It Begins A Social Media Challenge Facebook friend Steven Carroll passed on to me one of those tasks, sent to him by…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 063: Plans Here’s a Thing About Life … The Internet says that comic-strip writer Allen Saunders (1899-1986) wrote in 1957, “Life is what…