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Thursday, August 11, 2022

Another Lost Treasure of OKC -- I Remember Lute's!

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I discovered Lute's Bookstore in downtown OKC around 1980.  I enjoyed browsing all the tons of stuff.  I was impressed with the thick ar...
Monday, August 08, 2022

I'm a Marxist, Number 4

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I cadged this profile of Groucho, my idol, from the February 1973 Reader's Digest . Who was your  idol in high school?  Think about it ...
Thursday, August 04, 2022

Okay, It Got Here. Now What?

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I was one of the many folks thrilled by the news that movie wunderkind Steven Spielberg was backing a new gosh-wow TCV show. Yup, 38 years ...
Monday, August 01, 2022

Framed! I Was Framed, I Tell Ya!

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That's what Superman would say about these supposed works of art. This article is from Amazing Heroes #140, dated May 1, 1988. Huh!  A...
Monday, July 25, 2022

The Secret Origin of Red Kryptonite!

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... At least, according to this "Ask Mr Silver Age" column in the January 5, 2001 Comics Buyer's Guide ! PS you can read the R...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

Strange TV Cameos!

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Since this article was published in the June 1984 Video Review , there must have been plenty more "weird" or strange ones. See you...
Monday, July 18, 2022

Are You in the Hobbit?

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In college I came across this article from the September 1966 issue of Esquire , about the writings of a certain writer of our acquaintance...
Thursday, July 14, 2022

Secret Identity -- Who Ain't Got One?

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This article is from the June 1, 1986 Amazing Heroes . After you've finished yukking it up, you can read a REALLY TRULY good article I s...
Monday, July 11, 2022

Alternative Histories

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These were devised at short notice for SoonerCon 30 in June 2022.  Feel free to weave your own stories or catastrophes based on these things...
Thursday, July 07, 2022

WATCHPANELS, Part 9

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  WATCHPANELS One compulsive reader’s observations ... after gazing into Watchmen for the umpteenth time   PART THE NINTH A ll right,...
Monday, July 04, 2022

Right On, America!

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This celebration of collaborative American achievement appeared in the April 27, 1981 TIME  magazine. May your Independence Day be the stuff...
Thursday, June 30, 2022

Too Far!

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This (made-up, I promise!) Star Trek story is illoed by Ric Meyers. It's from the March-April issue of National Lampoon . And with this...
Monday, June 27, 2022

The Trekkies Have Won!

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This June 18, 1977 article in the Tulsa Tribune thrilled the fans! This may or may not have been allied to Paramount's attempt to start...
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Mark Alfred
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
I was born at a very early age, in a hospital to be near my mother. After appearing in productions of both GODSPELL and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR in the 1970s, I found a wonderful wife and wrote many love songs to her, but not as many love songs as I write to God my Savior and Redeemer. We have three kids (one of each) -- wait for it -- blonde, brunette, and redhead.
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