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A videogame with Christmas lights

A potential new home holiday decoration. See More

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A Slinky competitor

As I was scanning and indexing a large group of comics from the late 1940s and early 1950s, I came across a copy of Ha Ha Comics #49 (Jan 48). Aside from its holiday-themed cover, it was a pretty unremarkable … See More

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Memories — of price guides then and now (Beautiful Balloons, CBG #1672, Dec. 2010)

Maggie Thompson“So,” Jeff Vaughn asked me this year at the Comic-Con panel devoted to Bob Overstreet’s Comic Book Price Guide, “when you got that first Overstreet Guide, what was your reaction?”
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Was 1960 Comic-Book Time? (Beautiful Balloons, CBG #1671, Nov 2010)

Maggie ThompsonSticking with its 1960s theme, the following version of Maggie’s Beautiful Balloons column is presented in living color by CBG… See More

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What I’ve been reading: Star Trek 365

Abrams sent me an advance copy of their book, Star Trek: The Original Series 365, which I’ll be reviewing in an upcoming issue of CBG. Today, I received a link to the YouTube “trailer” for the book and thought I’d … See More

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Harlan Ellison’s first typewriter is for sale

Courtesy of Tony Isabella on Facebook, I just learned that Harlan Ellison’s first typewriter is for sale. You can read about its history by clicking on the link. Related Posts:Today’s Comics Guide: March 2, 2012Today’s Comics Guide: February 10, 2012Spider-Man’s … See More

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Joe Sinnott to have hip surgery

Mark Evanier reports on his blog that longtime comics inker Joe Sinnott is having a hip replaced later this week. See More

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Link: If cartoon characters aged in real time …

Over at the Fraggmented blog, there’s a discussion about how old various cartoon characters would be if they aged in real time. Very interesting. Related Posts:No Related Posts

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Think you know Magnus, Robot Fighter? Here’s what Magnus used to do (Beautiful Balloons, CBG #1670, October 2010

With Dark Horse’s first issue of Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (written by Jim Shooter and drawn by Dennis Calero) now in circulation, the second Gold Key super-hero Dark Horse will bring back is Magnus, Robot Fighter. Here’s a look at Gold Key’s original Magnus, Robot Fighter series from CBG #1670. See More

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