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 of November, December, and January as “The Holiday Season.” Which led me to think about the way comics intersect with time and the moments we […]

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 James Danky introduced and interviewed Milton Griepp and Denis Kitchen. They began by noting their beginnings in the field: Milton as a dealer at comics […]

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; Wikipedia notes that an antique is “an object that represents a previous era or time period in human society.” And 1914, I recently noticed, was […]

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 frank discussion about characters and culture.” Begun in 1998, “The Black Panel” at Comic-Con International: San Diego struck an even more resonant note than usual […]

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 the 1950s. Libraries might include one or all three of that time’s primary references. In chronological order, they were: That’s not to say that there […]

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 in color!) Was there a comics rack where you shopped? Did your friends go to a comics shop that you eventually located? In the 1940s, […]