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Tag Archives: New Fun
The Major’s Salon
In my epic journey (well, after about 12 years or so, I get to call it that) searching for clues to Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson’s extraordinary life and work I’ve come across some incredibly talented people with accompanying rapier wits. I have … Continue reading
Let’s all eat cake
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was born January 7, 1890 marking this year, 2011 as the 121st anniversary of his birth. He often listed his place of birth as Greeneville, Tennessee, the county seat of Greene County in East Tennessee. More than likely … Continue reading
Comic Con 2010 in San Diego
The Setting I’m glad to know that Comic Con is staying in San Diego. Although I’m new to the Comic Con scenario, I have come to love going out to San Diego. There’s just something about California—the sunshine, the palm … Continue reading
Posted in ComicCon
Tagged "the Major", Alabama, Alex Simmons, AlterEgo, Blackjack, Bradley Ricca, Comic Con, David Armstrong, DC Comics, Eisner Awards, graphic novels, Howard Cruse, Institute for Comic Studies, Kids Comic Con, Lawrence Klein, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Mike Catron, Mobile, Nancy Drew, New Fun, Peter Coogan, Siegel and Shuster, Stuck Rubber Baby
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New Fun Magazine–The Birth of an Industry by Jon Berk
Of the short-lived titles of the 1930s and 1940s, none is as rare nor as important to the history of comic books as New Fun, subtitled “The Big Comic Magazine.” Although New Fun was to continue as More Fun Comics … Continue reading
R.I.P. Creig Flessel (1912-2008)
The Wheeler-Nicholson family are very saddened to learn of the recent death of Creig Flessel, the legendary comic book artist who was one of the Major’s early hires back at New Fun Comics in the mid-’30s, and may have been … Continue reading
Posted in Golden Age Comics, Golden Age Comics Artists
Tagged Comic Con 2008, Creig Flessel, Eisner Awards, New Fun
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