The Golden Age, or Siglo de Oro, of Spanish literature extended from the early 16th century to the late 17th century. Among the period’s most notable works is Cervantes’s Don Quixote. The Siglo de Oro is considered the high point in Spain’s literary h
These reflect the Golden Age interest in architecture and landscape. The settings are the main interest of the otherwise minor "Private Jungle", with its Florida backwoods buildings, garden and roads. The Jalacki mansion is more "sophisticated", being set in Miami among the elite. "Private ...
Hence my interest in Golden Age SF and the comic 2000AD (which I’ll touch upon later..), and Action. This book – Action: The Story of a Violent Comic – reveals much that I was blissfully unaware of as a tender 7 year old. In New Zealand we were half a world away from the ...
75 Years of Marvel Comics. From the Golden Age… by Roy Thomas and Josh Baker (2014) Aftertwo big bookson DC Comics, Taschen presents a heavy, heavy book on the other major name in comic publishing: Marvel Comics. Both publishers together dominate the US comic book market, approx...
“A lot of comic books arise from science fiction ideas from people who read science fiction,” the Seattle-area author noted, going back to the creators of Superman. “(Jerry) Siegel and (Joe) Shuster were big science fiction fans in New York. When they did Superman, they were thinking...
Moriarty are also said to be real life non-fictional parts of the history of Earth-2. (The stories of the Doyle-verse, including theAdventures of Sherlock Holmes, were also a real life part of the history of the primary DCU Earth of the Modern Age as well.)...
Jessie Willcox Smith was an American artist best remembered for her illustrations, often featuring children, for numerous popular magazines, advertising campaigns, and children’s books. At age 16 Smith entered the School of Design for Women in Philadelp
When he looks at his entry in the ledgers of hell, he learns that: 1) his soul number is “1,350”; 2) his real name is “Heaven-Born Stone Monkey” (Tianchan shihou, 天產石猴); and 3) he was fated to have a “good end” at the ripe old age of 342. This refers to a ...
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