Tag: History

“Percy Jackson could be Homer.”

Recommended Listening: On this week’s episode of CBC’s The Sunday Edition, Michael Enright interviewed literary historian, Adam Nicholoson. His new book, The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters, argues that the Illiad is, well, the best thing ever, and that Homer continues to be of enormous cultural importance. Obvs, Adam! This segment is worth a listen…

Banner: Hitler vs Johnny Canuck

Johnny Canuck Back In Print! Rachel Richey On the Hows and Whys of Reprinting 1940s Comic Books

Later this month, Canadian comics historian Rachel Richey will launch a Kickstarter campaign to reprint the adventures of Canadian wartime superhero, Johnny Canuck. Johnny was an adventurer-hero, a young soldier who was determined to take the fight to Hitler himself. All twenty-eight issues of Johnny Canuck will be reprinted in one volume with CGA Comics and…

Retro Review: Marvels

I’ve always loved Alex Ross. If ever I’m rich there’s a few things I’ll do: buy cool flats in London, Paris, New York, and Toronto, donate large sums of money to worthwhile causes and churches, attempt to visit fifty-two countries in a year, and buy a tonne of Alex Ross artwork. The privilege of seeing a…

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