Not by the Direct Method.

Quotes and thoughts I lack the time or energy to pursue more fully and turn into proper blog posts.

Title taken from Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians:

"It is not by the direct method of a scrupulous narration that the explorer of the past can hope to depict that singular epoch. If he is wise, he will adopt a subtler strategy. He will attack his subject in unexpected places; he will fall upon the flank, or the rear; he will shoot a sudden, revealing searchlight into obscure recesses, hitherto undivined. He will row out over that great ocean of material, and lower down into it, here and there, a little bucket, which will bring up to the light of day some characteristic specimen, from those far depths, to be examined with a careful curiosity."

4 April 2012
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The Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes: my Kickstarter →

Please forward to folks who might be interested. Thanks!

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Jess Nevins is the man...KNOWS Golden Age Pulp, so if he’s doing Golden Age superheroes,...
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Please forward to folks who might be interested. Thanks!
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being funded but excellent resource for historical pulp fans..
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