MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 055: It’s Pronounced ZEEN Maggie’s World for September mentioned that comics “Stuff” includes fanzines. It might be a good time to provide more information on those amateur self-publishing projects. Their form of social media isn’t often discussed these days. (They’re so much out of casual conversation that I’ve heard people […]

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 054: Dealing with Stuff I Opened My 2017 Comic-Con Panel with This: A friend recently reported on a visit from that friend’s acquaintance. The person had entered the home, looked at the rooms filled with precious collectibles, and exclaimed, “Wow! It’s a five-dumpster house!” When people spend decades […]

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON! Maggie’s World 053: Serendipity You Know the Story, Right? Horace Walpole said that the story “The Three Princes of Serendip” involved its characters’ “always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of.” He coined the term “serendipity” to summarize such occasions. And “serendipity” […]

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 052: Abstracted Harvey Pekar pointed out that in comics, there’s no limit to how good the words can be or how good the pictures can be. But what if the pictures are … well … short of masterpiece status? Years ago, I discussed with Joe Orlando the challenges […]

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 050: Free A free comic book? Free? Who thought up that idea? A look at the “Promotional Comics” section of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide will demonstrate that many, many free comics have been released over the years—even over the decades. Most are long forgotten—and, by the way, are really hard […]

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 049: Influences When my late husband, Don, and I were working at Krause Publications, we received many requests to be put in touch with professionals—many of whom were reluctant to share contact information. So we decided to kill the proverbial two birds with one stone and prepared a […]