It’s a magic carpet ride Every door will open wide To happy people like you! ~Sesame Street Theme Song; When Sesame Street first aired, its effect on society was fundamentally changing. Never before had there been a TV show explicitly … Continue reading →

Exhibit IV: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986); DC Comics, Inc.:   “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will … Continue reading →

Exhibit III: Fantastic Four #51 (Jun. 1966); Marvel Comics Group:   In our ongoing search for pieces of comic book literature that will still be considered worth reading—that is, “classic”—centuries from now, one might ask oneself where would Comicdom’s premier … Continue reading →

EXHIBIT 1: The Tomb of Dracula; Marvel Comics (Apr. 1972-Aug. 1979): According to Editor Eric, Shakespeare’s “works were indeed created for the popular entertainment of his day with little thought to their immortality. Shakespeare did not take any steps to … Continue reading →

AN EXAMINATION OF THE RETURN TO POPULARITY OF MONSTERS DURING THE BRONZE AGE OF COMICS (1970-1976): The tumultuous decade of the 1960s began with the Peace Corps, the World Wildlife Fund, and Leave it to Beaver. It ended in assassination, … Continue reading →