Beautiful Balloons

Just Saying … (Beautiful Balloons, CBG #1664, April 2010)

CBG Senior Editor Maggie Thompson looks at various types of lettering in her Beautiful Balloons column in CBG #1664 (April 2010). You can download a color PDF of the column here. Related Posts:No Related Posts

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Super-power to the people! (Beautiful Ballons, CBG #1663, March 2010)

With the annual CBG Fan Award nominations in full swing, CBG Senior Editor Maggie Thompson devoted most of her Beautiful Balloons column in CBG #1663 to the history of those awards, in which fans nominate and vote for their favorite … See More

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They’re Just Comic Books (Beautiful Balloons, CBG #1662, Feb 2010)

Click here to download a color PDF of CBG Senior Editor Maggie Thompson’s column covering the history of graphic novels from CBG #1662 (Feb 2010). Related Posts:No Related Posts

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAGGIE!

Happy birthday, Maggie, and thanks for your decades of friendship. Here’s wishing you a terrific day and many many more great years to come. Tony Related Posts:No Related Posts

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Comics cons bring memories (CBG #1661, January 2010)

Click here to download a color PDF of Maggie Thompson’s column from Comics Buyer’s Guide #1661. ____________________________________________________ More Resources For Comics Collectors ? Great Books, CDs, Price Guides & More ? Check out our FREE Online Classified Ads ? Sign … See More

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Beautiful Balloons (Dec 09): Marvel-Disney Timelines

Following on the announcement of Disney’s proposed acquisition of Marvel (which you can read about here), CBG Senior Editor Maggie Thompson shares a detailed timeline of events throughout the history of both Marvel and Disney in her Beautiful Balloons column … See More

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Beautiful Balloons (Nov 09): Going back to the nursery

What happened to comics after the introduction of The Comics Code in 1954? Maggie Thompson takes a look in her column in CBG #1659, which you can download here. Related Posts:No Related Posts

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Beautiful Balloons (Oct 09): Consider the summer of ’54

CBG Senior Editor Maggie Thompson recalls the heady days of mid-1954 and what was on the nation’s comics racks just before the imposition of The Comics Code in her column for CBG #1658, which you can download here. Related Posts:No … See More

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Beautiful Balloons (Sep 09): Cozy Comics & Noir (Graphic) Novels

CBG Senior Editor Maggie Thompson looks at the definitions of noir and cozy in her column from CBG #1657, which you can download here. Related Posts:No Related Posts

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Beautiful Balloons (Aug 09): What did you get on FCBD?

As has been her practice the past few years, CBG Senior Editor Maggie Thompson gathered all the Free Comic Book Day offerings in the early May event and gives them quick capsule reviews here. Related Posts:No Related Posts

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