Tag: Maggie Thompson
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Maggie’s World 076: Providing Support
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 076: Providing Support The topic doesn’t include Robin; let’s consider Alfred. Robin is a sidekick. At some point, sidekicks can be a focus—but this time, it’s the turn of Alfred and similar individuals. He’s one of the background characters who provide familiar variety in a series cast. The…
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Maggie’s World 075: Dressing Up
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 075: Dressing Up In October, variety stores fill with a wide assortment of fantastic get-ups, both for kids and for adults. But throughout the year, comics events feature a vast array of costumes on display, worn by both kids and adults. That year-round pop culture feature is relatively…
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Maggie’s World 074: School Days
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 074: School Days Back In The Day, September meant summer was over, and it was time to turn from vacation to books. Including comic books. Because we could continue to read just for fun, even as we opened textbooks devoted to math, science, and history. Then In the…
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Maggie’s World 073: Nearly Half a Century
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 073: Nearly Half a Century The 2019 celebration of the 50th Comic-Con in San Diego led to consideration of where we were half a century ago. Comics fans were in contact primarily via the Postal Service and comic-book letters columns. But, yes, there were already a few regular…
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Maggie’s World 072: Treats
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 072: Treats An anecdote: In October 2018, I was told about a situation that hadn’t occurred to me until then. A couple of campuses for special-needs kids in New York were preparing for their annual Halloween events, and parents were in an early-October meeting about those kids. Many…
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Maggie’s World 071: Gag Cartoons
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 of comics—including magazine cartoons, daily newspaper panels, stand-alone comic-book-cover gags, and similar varieties. The gag cartoon is in a category by itself: standing alone to…