by Dale Dalenberg | Nov 17, 2019 | Antique Book Reports, Comics
See also www.dalenbergfilmlibrary.com for The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, directed by Edwin S. Porter (of The Great Train Robbery fame), the 1906 entry in The Dalenberg Library’s “100 Films, 100 Years.” Winsor McCay’s comic strip “Dreams of...
by Alex Dalenberg | Jan 6, 2014 | Books, Comics, History, Television
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.January 5, 2014 An important centennial sneaked by un-noticed this October 28: the 100th anniversary of the publication of the first Krazy Kat comic strip by George Herriman. The character of Krazy Kat had first appeared in Herriman’s...
by Alex Dalenberg | Jul 3, 2013 | Comics, Vintage
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.July 2, 2013The new film Man of Steel (Warner Bros., 2013) gives us a re-imagined Superman who is entirely welcome in the already crowded universe of fine interpretations of this most super of all super-heroes. Henry Cavill as Clark...
by Alex Dalenberg | May 20, 2013 | Books, Comics, Uncategorized
By Dale D. Dalenberg, M.D.May 19, 2013What did one read on the stagecoach or the train in the 1890s? Chances are it was a cheap, hastily written “novel,” the latest in a series of so-called dime or half-dime libraries. These lurid tales ranged from mysteries to...
by Alex Dalenberg | Feb 21, 2013 | Comics, Vintage
By Alex DalenbergFebruary 20, 201And now for something completely different. At the risk of alienating our nascent fan base of one or two readers who may or may not care about sports (I haven’t dug deep into the analytics yet), I just want to take a moment...
by Alex Dalenberg | Feb 13, 2013 | Comics, News
By Alex DalenbergFebruary 13, 2013Once upon a time, our fair nation — or at least its politicians — decided to investigate an insidious threat to America’s youth: sex and violence in pop culture.Actually, make that, any time in America, ever, but in this...
