Tag: Maggie Thompson
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Maggie’s World 010: Under the Influence
MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 010: Under the Influence “It is all mulch.” What better way is there to describe everything that has ever had an influence on us: our family, our friends, our society, our education, our employment, our entertainments? All our influences have helped us to grow into what we are. And among the many most…
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Maggie’s World 009: Research, Obsession, and Obsessive Research
MAGGIE’S WORLD Maggie’s World 009: Research, Obsession, and Obsessive Research Hey, good question! Let me check it out! This is how it begins for me. Thanks to the Internet and stacks (and stacks) of reference books, a casual request by a buddy (or a suggested panel topic) seems simple enough. A fast 15 minutes will…
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Maggie’s World 008: Savoring the Aftermath
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…
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Maggie Thompson’s Comic-Con Diary: The Final Day
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…
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Maggie Thompson’s Comic-Con 2013 Diary, Day Four!
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…
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Maggie Thompson’s Comic-Con Diary, Day Three!
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…