MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 048: No, But I Read the Comic Conversation years ago: “Have you read the novel?” “No, but I saw the movie.” For some of us, though, it was: “No, but I read the comic book.” I actually read Gilberton’s Classics Illustrated line because I wanted to know more about the […]

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 047: Food for Thought Maybe you’ve decided that 2017 is the year you take control of what you’re eating. Nourishment has been a plot element in comic art ever since (or, perhaps, long before) Tad Dorgan popularized the term “hot dog.” Realizing going in that this can only […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]