04 April 2022

The Opening of the Emerald City

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My last posting explored the location of the original gateway into the Emerald City, the one Dorothy and her friends use in L. Frank Baum’s ...
02 April 2022

Seeking the Original Gateway into the Emerald City

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For fictive purposes, I’ve been trying to figure out the location of the original gate to the Emerald City and when more gates were added. ...
15 January 2022

Stupendo, Secret Girl, and Boston Powers, #5

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The Boston Comics Roundtable just published Boston Powers , #5, its latest superhero comic book for young readers. For now it’s available at...
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12 January 2022

We’re #2!

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Fawcett’s original Captain Marvel debuted in Whiz Comics , #2. There was no issue #1. The Human Torch’s kid sidekick, Toro, debuted in Hum...
06 January 2022

“Every statement is an overstatement”

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This passage appeared in a an essay by Adam Gopnik that appeared in The New Yorker in 2008. I’ve found it to offer one of the most useful ...
05 January 2022

“You don’t expect a benefit”

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From Ian Benke’s Authority Magazine interview with James Kennedy, author most recently of Dare to Know : There is no benefit to reading sc...
03 January 2022

The “Shipoopi” Problem

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Over the holidays, Godson informed me that Godson’s Brother had never seen The Music Man , the stage and screen musical by Meredith Willson...
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22 October 2020

The “Thomas Nast” Art Team, Part 3

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Yesterday’s Boston Globe praised the approach of the Massachusetts Historical Society’s “Thomas Nast: A Life in Cartoons” online exhibit:...
17 October 2020

The “Thomas Nast” Art Team, Part 2

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With the next set of pictures for “Thomas Nast: A Life in Cartoons,” we got into the political part of his career. And the three cartoonist...
15 October 2020

The “Thomas Nast” Art Team, Part 1

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Here’s commentary on the “Thomas Nast: A Life in Pictures” web exhibit and how the pictures came together. The exhibit starts with a portr...