July 2010
Comic Genius
Jim Lee, who cut his teeth as a comic-book artist here in St. Louis, is now the co-publisher of DC Comics. And, no, he’s no relation to Stan…
“Take Care, and Don’t Take the Cholera”
In 1849, a vile and mysterious epidemic killed roughly one in every 11 St. Louisans. People blamed everything from sauerkraut to stench. Then they fixed the sewers.