Advertising in comics from the end of ’69.
Do they still sell song books? Back in that era lots of us practiced plucking guitar to popular tunes — though not me, I was musically useless. I’ve never heard …
Author: frasersherman
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them
(Another repost from my own blog) The title is a quote from Malvolio in Twelfth Night, a role I got to play in a local production many years ago (and …
The horror — the horror!
When the superhero genre bit the dust at the end of the 1940s — as y’all know, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman were the only heroes to keep their books …
Contrary to The Who, the kids are not alright
At the end of the 1960s, youth seemed to be running wild in a way it never had before. The 20th century had already transformed America’s idea of youth by …
The prime directive blues
(Another old post from my own blog). Star Trek‘s Prime Directive is a nice moral statement but a pain in the butt for writers to deal with. As every Trek …
From artist to auteur: Mike Sekowsky
I’ve often wondered what prompted Mike Sekowsky, after decades as a DC artist, to become a writer as well. In 1968 he and Denny O’Neil co-created the adventurer formerly known …
I’ve seen the future and it doesn’t work: dystopias
(A reprint from my own blog) “Dystopia” is the polar opposite of utopia, a society where instead of perfection, everything has gone wrong. Or more precisely gone wrong in …