Man’s Best Sidekick
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25 October 2009
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Musings about some of my favorite fantasy literature for young readers, comics old and new, the peculiar publishing industry, the future of books, kids today, and the writing process.
About the Author
J. L. BELL is a writer and reader of fantasy literature for children. His favorite authors include L. Frank Baum, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper. He is an Assistant Regional Advisor in the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, and was the editor of Oziana, creative magazine of the International Wizard of Oz Club, from 2004 to 2010.
Living in Massachusetts, Bell also writes about the American Revolution at Boston 1775.
The Centennial Edition of L. Frank Baum’s fantasy novel John Dough and the Cherub, with illustrations by John R. Neill and a new introduction by J. L. Bell, is on sale now through Hungry Tiger Press.
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- An Honor Just to Be Nominated
- Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
- No Ultimate Evil in Oz
- How Economics Shapes a Web Comic (Literally)
- A Staggering Work of Heartbreaking Genius
- Man’s Best Sidekick
- Mary Sues of the 19th Century
- Marks of Irony and Sarcasm
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- The Symbolic Weight of a Dead Robin
- Five Observations on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Comic
- Please Hang Up and Dial Again
- “Mr. Small’s first work for adults.”
- “Oz could do that easily enough.”
- “Why is that great Lion with you?”
- Counting Down the Days for Cybils Nominations
- Reason for Robin, #9
- Superhero Comics as a “Novel of Ideas”
- American Comics and the Fantastic
- Not Directly about the Dust Bowl?
- Lacking Moral Lessons
- Wizard of Oz Back on Bestseller List
- At Last It Can Be Told
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5 comments:
Whereas dogs the nation over are probably thanking heavens... THEY wanted to be Bathound, not the sidepup!
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I’m Ace, and you’re Robin!
Awww.
For those poor souls unfamiliar with where that quote comes from, check here
http://the-blackcat.deviantart.com/art/I-m-Batman-114509181
A never ending source of smiles.
I’m pretty sure the quote also comes from thousands of older sibling-younger sibling conversations over the years.
Oh, I can attest to that as both an older and a younger brother, but that one is such a delightful example of the trope I felt it was worth highlighting! :)
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