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The Comics in the Golden Age Podcast. And sometimes the Platinum Age. Exploring comics books & comic strips of all genres & their creators (especially their creators) from the 1930s to the 1950s, & other comics history!
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Cover by L.B. Cole.

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Cover by Harvey Eisenberg.

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Today is the birthday of artist Earl Norem (April 17, 1923-June 19, 2015), most known to comic fans for his amazing painted covers.

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The Spirit from April 17, 1949. Art by Will Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti, with letters by Abe Kanegson.

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Watching the first episode of the new season of Doctor Who before crashing for the night. (I have avoided any spoilers or news or reaction to this, so please don't spoil anything, and if you feel the need to unload a negative review before I have even watched it, please don't.)

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*Dr. Manhattan voice* “I’m tired of Earth. These people. I’m tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.”

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Currently watching.

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Cover by Carl Barks.

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Cover by Jack Burnley.

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When I first saw this post this morning, I immediately looked up where Wally Wood was born. Minnesota, of course.

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Thomas Nast first used Shakespeare’s Hamlet to skewer the corrupt New York senator William Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) in the April 16, 1870, issue of Harper's Weekly. (Nast would go on to use Hamlet to lampoon Tweed 14 times.)

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Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse: A review by William Schwartz, which is now available to enjoy on PBS www.tcj.com/art-spiegelm...

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Today is the birthday Charlie Chaplin, born on April 16, 1889. At one point there was a newspaper comic strip based on him, Charlie Chaplin’s Comic Capers, which ran from 1915 to 1917. One of the cartoonists who worked on it was E.C. Segar, the creator of Popeye.

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Gasoline Alley by Frank King from April 16, 1922.

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Thirtieth book finished in 2025. This was delightful.

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Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from April 15, 1906.

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While there's no word on an American collection yet, the Gaelic translation of my FLASH GORDON strips, translated by @garymoloney.bsky.social, will be collected in print! Heck of a thing

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Cover by Carl Barks.

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Today is the birthday of artist Jerry Grandenetti (April 15, 1926-Feb. 19, 2010). Most remembered for his work on Will Eisner's the Spirit and DC's war titles, and for cocreating Prez.

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When the stack of books you own that you still need to read is ridiculously large, but you're thinking of rereading all of Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo series.

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Flash Comics #7, 9, 11 DC, 1940 Covers by Sheldon Moldoff featuring Hawkman. #hawkman #flashcomics #sheldonmoldoff #gardnerfox #carterhall #shierasanders #gorillas #dc #1940s

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The Spirit from April 14, 1946. Art by Jack Spranger, Will Eisner, and Bob Palmer. Letters by Martin DeMuth.

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