Description: Sense of Wonder : My Life in Comic Fandom--The Whole Story, Paperback by Schelly, Bill, ISBN 1623171512, ISBN-13 9781623171513, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "A fascinating story of growing up as a gay fan of comic books in the 1960s, building a fifty-year career as an award-winning writer, and interacting with acclaimed comic book legends, Award-winning writer Bill Schelly relates how comics and fandom savedhis life in this engrossing story that begins in the burgeoning comic fandom movement of the 1960s and follows the twists and turns of a career that spanned fifty years. Schelly recounts his struggle to come out at a time when homosexuality was considered a mental illness, how the egalitarian nature of fandom offered a safe haven for those who were different, and how his need for creative expression eventually overcame all obstacles. He describes living through the AIDS epidemic, finding the love of his life, and his unorthodox route to becoming a father. He also details his personal encounters with major talents of 1960s comics, such as Steve Ditko (co-creator of Spider-Man), Jim Shooter (writer for DC and later editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics), and Julius Schwartz (legendary architect of the Silver Age of comics)"--
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Book Title: Sense of Wonder : My Life in Comic Fandom--The Whole Story
Item Length: 8.9in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Bill Schelly
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Lgbt, Popular Culture, Comics & Graphic Novels
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Social Science
Item Weight: 24.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
