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Tag Archives: pulp fiction
The House is Haunted.
It’s Halloween and time for shivers of excitement. Ghouls, ghosts, goblins, witches and their black cats, bats flying and skeletons dancing in graveyards–Trick or Treat? Comic books are filled with superheroes fighting monsters and dark forces and pulp fiction has … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlas Comics, DC Comics, Grim Ghost, Jason Goodman, John Locke, Marvel Comics, Michael Uslan, pulp fiction, Tony Isabella
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How I Spent My Summer–Part 3: Pulpfest 2011
Dark clouds filled the sky. As I drove on the winding mountain road I had a bad feeling that I should have followed my instincts about traveling this way. Rain began to fall and huge trucks roared past spraying the … Continue reading
How I Spent My Summer–Part 1: Who are Your People?
In comic books it’s always good to start with the origin story so let’s begin at the beginning of Major Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson’s life in Greeneville, Tennessee and his schooling at Manlius Military Academy in upstate New York. Most of … 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
Saint Nick’s Naughty and Nice List–a 4-part serial
Although there were a few family members who had grand visions that DC was going to canonize the Major in the recent documentary on the 75 years of DC, Secret Origin, yours truly was not among them. I’m just relieved … Continue reading
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Tagged "the Major", Adventure House, Alex Simmons, AlterEgo, Archie Comics, Bold Venture Press, Bruce Canwell, Chip Kidd, Craig Yoe, Danny Fingeroth, David Saunders, DC Comics, Dean Mullaney, Denis Kitchen, Eisner Awards, Gerard Jones, graphic novels, Howard Cruse, Jerry Robinson, Jim Salicrup, Jim Steranko, John Gunnison, Library of American Comics, Mac Carter, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Manlius MIlitary Academy, Max Allan Collins, Michael Uslan, Nancy Drew, Pete Marston, pulp fiction, Robert Beerbohm, Ron Goulart, Roy Thomas, Sean Welch, Siegel and Shuster, Stuck Rubber Baby, Tom DeHaven
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My real life pulp adventure
Breathlessly I jumped in the roadster knowing that time was running out if I was going to make it to the rendezvous that would change my life. Sailing past the mean streets of the City with its hustlers and dreamers … Continue reading
The “real” pulps
After all the Comic Con excitement it’s time for some pulp excitement. I’m heading down to New Jersey on Saturday so that I can attend Pulp AdventureCon sponsored by Bold Venture Press. This event has been ongoing for several years … Continue reading
“The Major” lands a cameo in the DC Documentary
Earlier this year DC/WB announced their intention of producing a documentary on the 75th Anniversary of DC Comics. The good news is that DC/WB decided to give Major Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson a small cameo and it’s at the very beginning … Continue reading
Family Business
My three Wheeler-Nicholson aunts were all attractive women with intelligence and good taste and a manner of living each in their own unique way that our grandmother, Elsa referred to as panache. The second sibling of the five, Aunt Marianne, … Continue reading
