![]() ![]() There was nothing open and, after working all night, the comics gang was starving. NYC became paralyzed, midtown a ghost town. A massive blizzard hit late Friday night. The place had no kitchen, so they'd send out for sandwiches, until. ![]() "In The Great Comic Book Heroes, Feiffer tells of a group of writers and artists who camped in an unfurnished Manhattan space to crank out a 68-page comic over a weekend in 1941. He did a deep dive on his Twitter feed about that weekend and even figured out exactly what comic book it was they were all working on and where to find it online. Snow plays a part, and, since it's snowing like crazy today (18" of wet snow expected.), this comes to mind. Written by none other than Jules Feiffer, it was, for me and many others, our first exposure to these 1930s, 40s and 50s comic book stories and their creators. The Great Comic Book Heroes is one of the first books to approach the golden age of comic books with an affectionate and scholarly eye. ![]()
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