MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 011: It’s a Plot! Last month, I went on at length about influences on and from comics in general. Now, let’s be more specific. Years ago, in the course of some book sale or other, I ended up with a book called Photoplay Plot Encyclopedia by Frederick Palmer. My copy is the 1922 […]

MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 008: Savoring the Aftermath Golly, that con was amazing! And I’m exhausted. I think I’ll take a nap. It’s confession time. That nap (and the many that followed it) seemed necessary, but I admit that such self-indulgence has short-circuited many an intended must-do. Whether I’ve driven back from an event an […]

DEAR DIARY, DAY FIVE! Maggie Thompson’s Comic-Con Diary: The Final Day I hope you’ve noticed how articulate and reportorial these entries have been. That’s about to change. With Comic-Con technically over, we happy attendees are, yes, trying to note events so as not to forget them in the overwhelming overload of con-going. But we’re also […]

DEAR DIARY, DAY FOUR! Maggie Thompson’s Comic-Con 2013 Diary, Day Four! I’m going to have to ponder my Diary schedule. Last night (what with the Eisners and reporting and fun and all), I ended up with three hours of actual sleep. You’d think the two breakfasts that followed would have evened things out, but not […]

DEAR DIARY, DAY THREE! Maggie Thompson’s Comic-Con Diary, Day Three! The day began for me with a fascinating “Spotlight” panel on Tony Isabella. I’ve known Tony since he was in high school, but the anecdotes that host Mark Evanier elicited included many I hadn’t known. (Which goes to show one reason Mark runs what may […]

DEAR DIARY, DAY TWO! Maggie Thompson’s Comic-Con 2013 Diary, Day Two! My convention day (first full day! woot!) began with a concerted effort to fight off a sore throat no doubt brought on by my inadvertent lack of obsessive hand sanitizing during my travel. I do not blame the con. This is “travel crud.” So, […]