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Maggie’s World 095: Ads and Comics
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 095: Ads and Comics Comics ads have been around for a while. “Hey Skinny! . . . Yer ribs are showing!” “How a…
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Maggie’s World 094: When Kids Own Comics
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 094: When Kids Own Comics There I was in Barnes & Noble in August 2021, checking out what comics-adjacent publications might be lurking…
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Maggie’s World 093: Credit
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 093: Credit I was 13. Mom used to buy Woman’s Day magazine (7 cents! cheaper than a comic book!) at the grocery store, and at…
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Maggie’s World 092: Damage
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 092: Damage A look at comic-book price guides provides vivid evidence of the importance to collectors of the preservation of four-color treasures. I…
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MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 091: Remembering the Forgotten
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 091 Remembering the Forgotten Maybe you’ve had one of those moments: I was in a used bookstore and discovered a number of “clearance”…
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Maggie’s World 090: 1961
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 090: 1961 In this 90th “Maggie’s World,” it seems appropriate to look at milestones. And hey! April 2021 is a pop culture anniversary…
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Maggie’s World 089: Looking for Laughs
MAGGIES WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 089: Looking for Laughs One of our favorite forms of entertainment has been called “comics” for a long time, emerging from the 1700s…
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Maggie’s World 088: Who Knew
MAGGIES WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 088: Who Knew Reading through Walt Kelly’s “Albert and Pogo” stories for Dell’s Animal Comics recently, I stumbled over one in #19 (February 1946) in…
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Maggie’s World 087: A Robot Century
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 087: A Robot Century When the play R.U.R. by Karl Čapek had its premiere on January 25, 1921, Rossum’s Universal Robots introduced the word “robot”…
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Maggie’s World 086: Maggie Anecdotage
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 086: Maggie Anecdotage Now and then, I’ve been known to launch into a “that reminds me” anecdote—and people have occasionally responded with a…
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Maggie’s World 085: Vacuous Villainy
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 085: Vacuous Villainy The 37th Maggie’s World focused on evildoers and their motivations and challenges. The motivations were summarized as: Hunger. Control. Insanity. Vengeance. Occupation. Plot…
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Maggie’s World 084: Manners
MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 084: Manners As folks mull good behavior—and possible lack thereof—in today’s society, it’s interesting to consider the history of comics “manners.” Those who…