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    Maggie’s World 046: Retreads

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    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 046: Retreads Travel back with me now … back … back … back … 55 years … Autumn 1961 School had started. Among the attention-getting new series released then was one cover-dated November. How did some of us react? Well, when Don and I prepared the second issue…

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    Maggie’s World 045: Capes

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    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 045: Capes I recently received this communication: “I have a question. I think it’s probably pretty broad but didn’t know if you had a concise answer. My friend and I were going back and forth in mock pro/anti stance of the cape making a superhero. I felt it…

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    Maggie’s World 044: It’s Collectible! Why?

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    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 044: It’s Collectible! Why? Collecting for me began when I first bought comics in the 1940s. The challenge then was clear: If you didn’t buy it now, the issue could be gone by the next time you visited the newsstand. If you didn’t hang onto it, you couldn’t…

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    Maggie’s World 043: Comic-Con Memos

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    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 043: Comic-Con Memos Wow. Another year, another Comic-Con was coming, and I had a clever idea. What if I carried a mini notebook with me and jotted down information as the con progressed? That way, when I arrived home, it’d be simple to craft a follow-up packed with…

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    Maggie’s World 042: Comic-Con College Or … Campus You Want, Campus You Got

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    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 042: Comic-Con College Or … Campus You Want, Campus You Got The Comic-Con 2016 Toucan Tip of the Day #8 is titled “The Comic-Con Campus,” because Comic-Con is so big, it is engulfing San Diego to the point at which there are six different spots downtown that are officially…

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    Maggie’s World 041: QLRM GSV XOFY!

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    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 041: QLRM GSV XOFY! In today’s comics world, there seems to be an ever-expanding population of websites, user groups, Facebook fan pages, and apps as part of the wider network of “social media.” Today’s wider network leads me to consider the comics clubs of days gone by. There…