The National Museum of American History adds 'Action Comics No. 1' and 'Captain America Comics No. 1' to its vast pop culture ...
Julia Dixon Evans: In 1769, Father Junípero Serra founded the first Spanish mission in California — just a couple of miles from our KPBS studio. Back then, California was home to an estimated 300,000 ...
New York-based cocktail historian David Wondrich had most recently finished editing an 860-plus-page compendium of knowledge about cocktail history when the opportunity arose to share cocktail history ...
A new book and exhibition reveal the Hudson Valley’s little-known role in American comics—from Disney comics printed in Poughkeepsie to today’s regional creators.
EAST LANSING, MI — Before visiting Michigan State University’s massive comic book collection, I asked librarian Jason Larsen to set aside what he considers the five rarest or quirkiest items. Not the ...
A detail from Johnny Craig's infamous cover to "Crime SuspenStories" No. 22 from EC Comics. Credit: Comic Book cover For avid followers of comic book history, 1954 was the most epochal, unsettling, ...