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Tag Archives: Siegel and Shuster
Funny Business
Almost everyone is in agreement that the Major was not a good businessman. I’m not necessarily buying that. Especially after laboring through the legal documents (600 legal pages) concerning the takeover of MWN’s publishing business by Donenfeld and Liebowitz. Thanks … Continue reading
Posted in Family History
Tagged "the Major", DC Comics, Donenfeld, Liebowitz, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Siegel and Shuster
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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
Posted in Reviews
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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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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“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
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
The Major, no cartoon character, he.
Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, our pater familias, known as “the Major” was the founder of DC Comics, created the first comic books with original scripts and original art and discovered Siegel and Shuster of Superman fame among just a few events … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoon villain
Tagged Comic Con 2008, DC Comics, Eisner Awards, Siegel and Shuster
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