Ian McDowell
@ianmcdowell.bsky.social
Words. Pictures. Novels: Mordred's Curse & Merlin's Gift. Short stories in Asimov's, anthologies ("Geraldine" in Love in Vein). Journalism for YES! Weekly, Yo Greensboro
I want to thanks @LordRetail.bsky.social for putting me in touch with #MarkWade , whom I think was right to call #MurphyAnderson the first comic book fan turned comic book pro.
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I want to thanks @LordRetail.bsky.social for putting me in touch with #MarkWade , whom I think was right to call #MurphyAnderson the first comic book fan turned comic book pro.
It was an honor to write this article.
Very cool news coming out of Greensboro NC aka Comic Book City USA! @comicsbeat.bsky.social @graphicpolicy.com @bleedingcool.com
Triad city commemorates comics legend Murphy Anderson
Recently, at a meeting of the Greensboro City Council, Mayor-elect Marikay Abuzuaiter announced a resolution honoring the life of comic book artist Murphy Anderson, who grew up in Greensboro in
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November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It was an honor to write this article.
Great quotes from @PatrickZircher.bsky.social & #MarkWaid for my cover story. Did you know that Murphy Anderson wanted the #SilverAge #BlackCanary to be Black, but Julie Schwartz said no?
#DCcomics #Greensboro
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#DCcomics #Greensboro
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Triad city commemorates comics legend Murphy Anderson
Recently, at a meeting of the Greensboro City Council, Mayor-elect Marikay Abuzuaiter announced a resolution honoring the life of comic book artist Murphy Anderson, who grew up in Greensboro in
www.yesweekly.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Great quotes from @PatrickZircher.bsky.social & #MarkWaid for my cover story. Did you know that Murphy Anderson wanted the #SilverAge #BlackCanary to be Black, but Julie Schwartz said no?
#DCcomics #Greensboro
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#DCcomics #Greensboro
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Reposted by Ian McDowell
The operation in the Triangle comes amid “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” in which over 100 people have so far been detained in Charlotte, another Democrat-run city targeted by the Trump administration as part of the president’s efforts to ramp up deportations.
“They’re Just Kind Of Grabbing People”: Fear Grips Durham As Federal Agents Arrive
Federal agents detained at least three people as volunteers mobilized to track the agents through Durham.
indyweek.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The operation in the Triangle comes amid “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” in which over 100 people have so far been detained in Charlotte, another Democrat-run city targeted by the Trump administration as part of the president’s efforts to ramp up deportations.
Current & former housing commissioners allege being threatened with removal by #Greensboro city attorneys & council-members for suggesting commission should be penalizing slumlords rather than poor homeowners for code violations.
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Housing commissioners allege retaliation
Multiple past and present members of the Greensboro Minimum Housing Standards Commission (MHSC) say the city has ignored concerns about slumlords and inflated rents. Some allege being removed for expr...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Current & former housing commissioners allege being threatened with removal by #Greensboro city attorneys & council-members for suggesting commission should be penalizing slumlords rather than poor homeowners for code violations.
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#MurphyAnderson lived in #Greensboro 1950-60, taking over #BluebirdTaxi when his dad died & driving a cab while working on #StrangeAdventures & #MysteryInSpace. He once picked up Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra & Whitey Ford. He also drew this logo.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#MurphyAnderson lived in #Greensboro 1950-60, taking over #BluebirdTaxi when his dad died & driving a cab while working on #StrangeAdventures & #MysteryInSpace. He once picked up Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra & Whitey Ford. He also drew this logo.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
#MurphyAnderson lived in #Greensboro 1950-60, taking over #BluebirdTaxi when his dad died & driving a cab while working on #StrangeAdventures & #MysteryInSpace. He once picked up Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra & Whitey Ford. He also drew this logo.
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Here’s the design. City required approval from all rights holders. Nixed Buck Rogers due to rights dispute. Plaque will be in Cultural Center.
#MurphyAnderson
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#MurphyAnderson
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November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Here’s the design. City required approval from all rights holders. Nixed Buck Rogers due to rights dispute. Plaque will be in Cultural Center.
#MurphyAnderson
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#MurphyAnderson
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#Comics peeps, #CityofGreensboro Mayor Elect Marikay Abuzuaiter has created a resolution honoring #MurphyAnderson, who grew up here.
Comment with covers or panels by Murphy you love. #DComics
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Comment with covers or panels by Murphy you love. #DComics
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November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#Comics peeps, #CityofGreensboro Mayor Elect Marikay Abuzuaiter has created a resolution honoring #MurphyAnderson, who grew up here.
Comment with covers or panels by Murphy you love. #DComics
@patrickzircher.bsky.social @jessnevins.bsky.social
Comment with covers or panels by Murphy you love. #DComics
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If you need an alternate choice, this 1964 British cheapie is terrifying.
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#TCMparty
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#TCMparty
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
If you need an alternate choice, this 1964 British cheapie is terrifying.
youtu.be/Pm5IJ7MG8NY?...
#TCMparty
youtu.be/Pm5IJ7MG8NY?...
#TCMparty
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social & I saved #CurseOfTheDemon to watch instead of Mario’s inexplicable choice.
#TCMparty
#TCMparty
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social & I saved #CurseOfTheDemon to watch instead of Mario’s inexplicable choice.
#TCMparty
#TCMparty
“Grew them, as nature does, from seed.”
16th-century scientist/alchemist Paracelsus claimed to have created homunculi from human sperm fed with human blood in a horse's womb.
#BrideOfFrankenstein #TCMparty
16th-century scientist/alchemist Paracelsus claimed to have created homunculi from human sperm fed with human blood in a horse's womb.
#BrideOfFrankenstein #TCMparty
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“Grew them, as nature does, from seed.”
16th-century scientist/alchemist Paracelsus claimed to have created homunculi from human sperm fed with human blood in a horse's womb.
#BrideOfFrankenstein #TCMparty
16th-century scientist/alchemist Paracelsus claimed to have created homunculi from human sperm fed with human blood in a horse's womb.
#BrideOfFrankenstein #TCMparty
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The “flashback” of Karloff’s hands strangling somebody was shot for #BrideOfFrankenstein. His sleeves & arms are burned. 15 minutes were cut from the film, including 8 murders. #TCMparty
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The “flashback” of Karloff’s hands strangling somebody was shot for #BrideOfFrankenstein. His sleeves & arms are burned. 15 minutes were cut from the film, including 8 murders. #TCMparty
#TCMparty
#TheMummy not only portrays gods of ancient Egypt as real, but implicitly shoes that science and Christianity are useless against them. Only by calling on the religion of her former self can Helen destroy Imhotep.
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#TheMummy not only portrays gods of ancient Egypt as real, but implicitly shoes that science and Christianity are useless against them. Only by calling on the religion of her former self can Helen destroy Imhotep.
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#TCMparty
#TheMummy not only portrays gods of ancient Egypt as real, but implicitly shoes that science and Christianity are useless against them. Only by calling on the religion of her former self can Helen destroy Imhotep.
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social
#TheMummy not only portrays gods of ancient Egypt as real, but implicitly shoes that science and Christianity are useless against them. Only by calling on the religion of her former self can Helen destroy Imhotep.
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social
#TheMummy is an unofficial remake of #Dracula, adding reincarnated lover subplot that Matheson & Coppola would later give to Drac. But I prefer it due to its stylishness & agency of its heroine. Zita Johann destroys Imhotep w. aid of Isis, while Van Helsing analog is helpless.
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Jack Pierce‘s briefly seen full mummy makeup on Boris is so terrific that it’s easy to overlook just how effectively Pierce also turned him into the undead sorcerer Ardath Bey.
#TheaMummy #TCMparty
#TheaMummy #TCMparty
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Jack Pierce‘s briefly seen full mummy makeup on Boris is so terrific that it’s easy to overlook just how effectively Pierce also turned him into the undead sorcerer Ardath Bey.
#TheaMummy #TCMparty
#TheaMummy #TCMparty
I wish this wasn’t out of print & so expensive. Earnshaw persuasively debunks the claim that the Demon was added by the producer. Like many genre directors, Tourneur fibbed when interviewed by his fans at Cahiers du Cinema.
#TCMparty. #CurseOfTheDemon
#TCMparty. #CurseOfTheDemon
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I wish this wasn’t out of print & so expensive. Earnshaw persuasively debunks the claim that the Demon was added by the producer. Like many genre directors, Tourneur fibbed when interviewed by his fans at Cahiers du Cinema.
#TCMparty. #CurseOfTheDemon
#TCMparty. #CurseOfTheDemon
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
(Reposting because I forgot #TCMparty hashtag)
Friday night 8 pm. A great film, but for Halloween? And is it a selection that will benefit from Mario Cantone’s schtick?
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Friday night 8 pm. A great film, but for Halloween? And is it a selection that will benefit from Mario Cantone’s schtick?
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social @SlipKid24.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
(Reposting because I forgot #TCMparty hashtag)
Friday night 8 pm. A great film, but for Halloween? And is it a selection that will benefit from Mario Cantone’s schtick?
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social @SlipKid24.bsky.social
Friday night 8 pm. A great film, but for Halloween? And is it a selection that will benefit from Mario Cantone’s schtick?
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social @SlipKid24.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#GreensboroNC city council at-large candidate Irving Allen w. NCA&T students. In 2019, Irving was removed from city committee for speaking truth about police homicide of #MarcusSmith. My book 𝗜 𝗔𝗶𝗻’𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 describes what happened.
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#GreensboroNC city council at-large candidate Irving Allen w. NCA&T students. In 2019, Irving was removed from city committee for speaking truth about police homicide of #MarcusSmith. My book 𝗜 𝗔𝗶𝗻’𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 describes what happened.
As attorney Helen Parsonage observed, “nobody channels Gestapo chic by accident.”
Chicago Sun-Times coverage:
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Chicago Sun-Times coverage:
chicago.suntimes.com/live/10/28/2...
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
As attorney Helen Parsonage observed, “nobody channels Gestapo chic by accident.”
Chicago Sun-Times coverage:
chicago.suntimes.com/live/10/28/2...
Chicago Sun-Times coverage:
chicago.suntimes.com/live/10/28/2...
Friday night 8. A great film, but for Halloween? And is it a selection that will benefit from Mario Cantone’s schtick?
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social @SlipKid24.bsky.social
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social @SlipKid24.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Friday night 8. A great film, but for Halloween? And is it a selection that will benefit from Mario Cantone’s schtick?
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social @SlipKid24.bsky.social
@SuperAmanda.bsky.social @SlipKid24.bsky.social