The Silver Age in 1966: more than just Marvel and DC
As I’ve mentioned previously, DC in 1965 looked very different from when the era started in 1956. Marvel isn’t the same company either. Western comics are fading away, though they’d …
Drive back the dark in 2023!
The sun cycle is tilting as it always does and light is increasing again. In 2023, let’s keep driving darkness back in all the ways that we can. While I …
The sensational DC promotions of 1966!
One of the fun things about rereading Silver Age comic books rather than reprints is the ads. DC and Marvel would both try their level best to convince you that …
Review time! with ‘Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands’
Hey, it’s Kate Beaton! Everyone likes Kate Beaton, right?
A question for the ages, or at least for the week after Christmas
To wit, how do I spend all the Christmas gift certificates I got? More precisely, do I spend them on stuff I was planning to get anyway, or wait on …