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The Comics in the Golden Age Podcast. And sometimes the Platinum Age. Exploring comics books & comic strips of all genres & their creators from 1930s to the 1950s, & other comics history! (And my real name is Mike.)

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Covers by C.C. Beck & Kurt Schaffenberger. #WesternComicsMonth

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The Spirit from July 10, 1949. Art by Will Eisner & letters by Abe Kanegson.

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The whole experience is very easy and the people who work there are great. I plan to go back a lot.

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Most but a few were surprises because Doug had told the woman helping us some of the kinds of stuff I liked as well. So she grabbed a few things based on that.

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We got to see lots of goodies today, including this Captain America piece by Joe Simon, and original art by Frank King & Milton Caniff.

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Hey, kids! Grown men geeking out over comic book art. The folks at the Library of Congress could not have been nicer. In addition to the Spidey story from AF 15, @comicsinthega.bsky.social and I saw several other pieces. Finished with a complete Sal Buscema Cap/Falc book from the Bronze Age!

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“In 1946 amid persistent racial divisions, popular radio series Adventures of Superman launched Operation Intolerance, a sequence of new episodes promoting equality, rejecting racial discrimination and exposing the KKK’s bigotry. We find lasting impacts…” dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

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Bill Watterson very kindly offered me insight into how he colored Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strips that will appear in my upcoming book, How Comics Were Made. That and other news in the latest book update! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...

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It's just a social media thing that started on Twitter.

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Artist Joe Shuster, born on July 10, 1914. Co-creator of Superman, as well as Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Doctor Occult, Slam Bradley, & more!

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This will be my third trip to the Billy Ireland to see an exhibit and I've loved each one, and especially loved reserving the reading room to look at old art. But OMG I hate driving through the mountains to get there because I have a big fear of heights.

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Not to rub it in or anything but this beautiful thing arrived

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I'm sad they never finished the full run. But at least they completed the Sunday strips.

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You make it sound so easy in hindsight

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Superman never made any money saving the world from Solomon Grundy

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Today in random stuff from my collection, collections of the #Superman daily newspaper strips.

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No, but it's fine, I already know.

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I haven't read it yet because I still need three more earlier volumes

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I generally don’t pay too close attention until there is a big delay in dates like this

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A film noir Blu-ray. It’s a surprise film.

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My daughters go to a secondary school (7th-12th) & the biggest in the state, so despite my severe antisocial tendencies, I've found myself becoming vaguely familiar with a surprisingly large amount of people. Personal encounters & Facebook help me weed out a lot, but Nextdoor is a good backup.

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My only reason for keeping it is just so I can find out if one of my immediate neighbors or someone I otherwise know reveals themselves as one of those nutjobs.

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A few years ago, someone posted a photo of a black person walking on the sidewalk and basically asked "does anyone know this very suspicious person walking down the street?? Should I call the police?" So yeah, I shouldn't be surprised.

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I live in a very safe county with a very low crime rate but my neighborhood is filled with people using Nextdoor who seem convinced we are living through Mad Max and there is some huge, deadly crime spree going on. It's insane.

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The Norm lookalike was played by Telly's real life brother.

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Today is the birthday of artist Murphy Anderson (July 9, 1926-Oct. 22, 2015). Most remembered for his work at DC Comics, both as a penciller & inker, particularly for his collaboration with Curt Swan, and for being the artist on the Buck Rogers comic strip from 1947 to 1949.

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Today is the birthday of cartoonist & illustrator Basil Wolverton (July 9, 1909-Dec. 31, 1978).

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All Winners #19 & 21, featuring the only two Golden Age appearances of the All Winners Squad. 1st cover by Al Avison & 2nd by Syd Shores.

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Pogo by Walt Kelly from July 8, 1956.

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I’m not positive but I’d guess 8? Plus a few 45s.

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Most of them aren’t hard to find or that expensive. I’ve found lots just browsing antique stores.

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I was quoting a line from The 40 Year Old Virgin.

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Is that the Six Million Dollar Man’s boss??

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Another beauty. And one that makes a lot more sense to market to kids.

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Many of these were done by his studio. Sometimes he would do the covers, sometimes just layouts, and sometimes other artists would just try to match his style. I'm not sure how much of a hand he had in this one. www.comics.org/issue/903913/

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