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Miss Mizzou Exhibit: May 2015
A Miss Mizzou exhibit titled “Miss Mizzou in Columbia” is now up on the MU campus inside Ellis Library. You will find the exhibit on the first floor colonnade in two standing display cases. The exhibit...
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“The Street You’ve been Reading About”
On August 20, 1958, the “Columbia Missourian” newspaper published a photo of a sign that was put up anonymously that morning on Third Street in response to Columbia’s road naming controversy getting...
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Miss Mizzou Paper Doll
“Miss Mizzou” paper doll by Arn Saba & Barbara Rausch. In the Miss Mizzou book I mention that a paper doll was created in 1958 that was never put into production. Unfortunately this doll has been...
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Miss Mizzou Book Talk June 15th
I’m doing a Miss Mizzou book talk at the Columbia Public Library, June 15th, at 7:00 p.m. The Mizzou Store will be on hand to sell books that I can sign after the talk. Hope to see some of you there!...
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Researching the Miss Mizzou Book
IMAGE: The microfilm reader at Columbia Public Library. As I write in the afterward to the Miss Mizzou book, I first came upon Miss Mizzou in 2007. I’m pretty sure that it was this Milton Caniff/Alex...
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DBRL Next Author Interview
The Daniel Boone Regional Library has a blog called DBRL Next that featured an interview with me earlier this week. (Thanks to Katie for asking all the interesting questions!) Please keep in mind that...
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Bek Nelson Gordon 1927-2015
1954 Bek Stiner photo at the Air Force Base in Nellis, Nevada. Photo from the collection of J.B. Winter. Some sad news to share: I recently got word that the original Miss Mizzou model, Bek Stiner, has...
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The Lost Miss Mizzou Highway Sign
This is a proposed Miss Mizzou highway sign printed in the Columbia Missourian on April 19, 1958. Used with permission of the Columbia Missourian. As I talk about in the Miss Mizzou book, there were...
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Marilyn Monroe & Comics
IMAGE: Marilyn Monroe as she’s drawn on the cover of the comic book biography put out by Bluewater Productions in 2013 as part of their TRIBUTE line of comics. Used with permission. Marilyn Monroe was...
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Miss Mizzou at the Copacabana
Willie Colón performing opening night at the new Copacabana in Times Square, NYC, July 13, 2011. Photo by L. Frank Cabrera on wikimedia commons. Some rights reserved. The Copacabana night club in New...
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Vox Magazine Story
Miss Mizzou was on the cover for Vox Magazine last week. Max Havey interviewed me for a story about different aspects of the Columbia, Missouri comic scene. It’s a cool article with a broad overview of...
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Miss Mizzou & Columbus, Ohio
IMAGE: Miss Mizzou talks about being a waitress in her debut in the Steve Canyon comic strip, September 5th, 1952. Copyright 2015 the Milton Caniff Estate. Milton Caniff had many influences in creating...
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Marilyn Monroe & Trench Coats
IMAGE: Marilyn Monroe greets the troops during her Korea USO tour, 1954. From USMC Archives on flickr. Some rights reserved. (Monroe is actually wearing army fatigues in this cropped photo.) One might...
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Miss Mizzou, Bild Lilli, & Barbie
IMAGE: Bild tabloid Kiosk in Germany, 2008. Photo via R/DV/RS on flickr. Some rights reserved. In the Miss Mizzou book I mention that in the summer of 1958 there were two Miss Mizzou dolls that went to...
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Miss Mizzou & the Korean War
IMAGE: Steve Canyon daily comic strip, October 16, 1950– Copyright 2015 the Milton Caniff Estate. Steve Canyon tells Reed Kimberly that he’s rejoined the military because of the Korean conflict. “Steve...
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Miss Mizzou Story in MIZZOU Magazine
Miss Mizzou is the cover story in the fall 2015 issue of MIZZOU Magazine, the quarterly magazine of the Mizzou Alumni Association. Kelsey Allen interviewed me for the story and did a wonderful write-up...
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Frank Mott, Miss Mizzou, & Mort Walker
IMAGE: An inscribed personal photo of Milton Caniff sent to Dean Frank Mott made it to the front page of the Columbia Missourian on October 10th, 1952. Used with permission of the Columbia Missourian....
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Miss Mizzou Blog Highlights: Year One
IMAGE: Press clippings from the past year featuring Miss Mizzou. This blog started a year ago with the release of my book “Miss Mizzou: A Life Beyond Comics” and I’ve been blogging about the character...
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Marilyn Monroe & Comics
IMAGE: Marilyn Monroe as she’s drawn on the cover of the comic book biography put out by Bluewater Productions in 2013 as part of their TRIBUTE line of comics. Used with permission. Marilyn Monroe was...
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Miss Mizzou at the Copacabana
Willie Colón performing opening night at the new Copacabana in Times Square, NYC, July 13, 2011. Photo by L. Frank Cabrera on wikimedia commons. Some rights reserved. The Copacabana night club in New...
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