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Posted by: Mike Queen
For college football fans, the end of year means bowl games! To get you into full football mode, let’s take a look at how the very first bowl game, the “Granddaddy of Them All,” got off the ground. The 1902 Tournament of Roses football game, known today as the Rose Bowl, was the first post-season …
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, Sports
Posted by: Mike Queen
Does that title above look a little off to you? It should. H.G. Wells’ science fiction classic War of the Worlds has been adapted many times since the novel’s original released in 1898. Fighters from Mars, however, is one of the earliest versions serialized in a newspaper or magazine and is most definitely not a …
Posted in: Comic Books, Newspapers
Posted by: Mike Queen
Halloween is almost here! For a real fright on all hallows’ night, let’s delve into horror comics. I’ve always wondered what titles might make Batman’s Halloween reading list, so I decided to take a stab at it by combing through the depths of the Library of Congress’ vast comic book collection and came up with …
Posted in: Comic Books, Halloween, Holidays
Posted by: Mike Queen
Before you stream Ms. Marvel, here’s a sneak peek at the comic book series that inspired the new series. Ms. Marvel is just one of many diverse comic books available in the Library of Congress’ collection of 12,000 plus titles and over 160,000 original print issues. They span genres from Black to Latinx to LGBTQ+ …
Posted in: Comic Books, Women's History
Posted by: Mike Queen
Only recently have the exploits of Negro Leagues players been officially recognized by Major League Baseball (MLB). These players along with their statistics, records, and teams are now considered Major League. A wrong has finally been righted, so let’s get to know some of these greats and have some fun at the same time with a trivia quiz!
Posted in: African American History, Baseball, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, Sports, Trivia
Posted by: Mike Queen
Behind the Byline is a new blog series that will profile significant newspaper journalists in American history. Though most remembered for his short stories that provided the inspiration for the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, Damon Runyon considered himself first and foremost a newspaper man. Born Alfred Damon Runyan on October 3, 1880, in Manhattan, …
Posted in: Baseball, Behind the Bylines, Digitized Newspapers, Journalism, Newspapers, Sports