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Tag Archives: “the Major”
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 2: Comic Con
In the spring everyone starts to ask–”Are you going to Comic Con?” Even if you don’t go, you have to talk about it because it’s so important to the industry. A lot of people have a love/hate relationship with San Diego … 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
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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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
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
Kids Comic Con to Africa
I have spoken about Alex Simmons many times in this blog. Alex is a wonderful comic book writer for Archie Comics and his own comic book BlackJack featuring an African-American hero. And that’s not all. He and Eugene Adams, a … Continue reading
