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Vampirella

The sexy vampire heroine Vampirella, created by Forrest J. Ackerman, has been homaged in hundreds of sites. Vampirella Comics is the best I saw until now. The excellent site was created by an obsessive Vampirella’s fan and his wife, that … Continue reading

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Peanuts Nostalgia

I used to read Peanuts in the newspaper and watch the cartoon at the Sundays. It was nice, but I missed something: Peanuts isn’t for kids. To really understand it you need of more knowledge that you just get with … Continue reading

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America in Caricature 1765 – 1865

Political Cartoons of the Lilly Library: America in Caricature 1765 – 1865. The caricatures depict times of turbulence in American history and range in date from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812 and to the presidential elections of … Continue reading

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Koren Shadmi

The works of Koren Shadmi have something strangely beautiful, something disturbing. The artist, born in Israel published, his first graphic novel when he was 17, and it was followed by a book collecting his comics from youth magazines. He moved … Continue reading

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Nostalgia do Terror

It’s hard to find on-line good sites with vintage Brazilian images on-line (postcards, album covers, comics, pictures, maps, books). I don’t know why this happen, it’s probably a cultural -of the fault of it – problem. That’s why sites as … Continue reading

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Cartoon America

James Arthur Wood, Jr., began collecting original cartoon art as a childhood hobby. And many years later we have the pleasure to see 102 selected drawing of his collection in the exhibition Cartoon America. A tiny part of his cartoon … Continue reading

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Comics in Deutschland

Comics in Deutschland talks about the beginning of the mass marketing of comics in Germany that were characterized by naivety in the middle of the fifties, according to the Google translator. There are examples of American comics with German covers … Continue reading

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Periodic Tables

I never had any good chemistry teachers when I was in school. When I was in junior high even the book wasn’t attractive: a big book with a grey cover, with few illustrations and no colours, even the periodic table … Continue reading

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The Top Ten Lamest Superheroes of All Time

That’s what I call a mean title for an article: The Top Ten Lamest Superheroes of All Time, according to Confessions of a Pop Culture Addicted. The list has many superheroes that I never heard about it, like Red Bee, … Continue reading

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Lovecraft – The Graphic Novel

Lovecraft is the last graphic novel that I’ve read, and I liked it a lot. Released by Vertigo, it’s a mix of Howard Phillips Lovecraft biography, his stories, the myths created by him and the work of imagination of Hans … Continue reading

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