Tag: Maggie Thompson

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 082: Who Was That Masked Man? Mask and Cape: That was the title of a fanzine founded by Margaret Gemignani in the early 1960s—and the combo of mask and cape for costumed characters was often a focus in those early days of comics fandom. Comics historian pioneer Jerry…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 079: Beginnings In a 2015 Heritage auction, I bought an Anglican prayer book for $56. The description was that it had “modern leather binding” and “all edges gilt.” I haven’t been able to learn much about it beyond that. The title page: The Book of Common Prayer and Administration…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 078: 60 Years Ago In the most recent installment of this column, I waxed nostalgic about “the Olden Days of Comic Books.” But 1960 received only a couple of paragraphs in that look back, noting such points as, “Those who had grown up with earlier fare were now old enough…

MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 077: 2020 Vision Remember Maggie’s World 073? It concerned the fact that 2019 was the year in which the 50th Comic-Con International: San Diego took place. But it also contained a pledge to return to the topic of innovation and evolution in the Olden Days of Comic Books. A recent look…