excelsior Archives

Excelsior, a Latin comparative word often translated as "ever upwards" or "even higher", has a long literary history, whether that's the 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a 1948 short story by P G Wodehouse, the poem by Walt Whitman, an 1879-1931 brass band from New Orleans, the motto of the fictional Weldon Institute in[...]

By Olly MacNamee It's that time of year again when Paul Register and his gang of judges release the shortlist for the Stan Lee Excelsior Awards 2016 The graphic novel awards scheme is voted on by school pupils And, for a second year, there is also the inclusion of a separate Junior Awards too. "The books (for[...]

This is a trademark name and image registered by POW! Entertainment, Stan Lee's company, for what appears to be new comic book museum with his name on it.

Not, however, The Stan Lee's Excelsior Award, an award scheme that is voted for by British school pupils with one outright winner, as well as a 2nd and 3rd place, emerging over the coming weeks for each of the different categories: story, art, character, dialogue and cover. I find that, like me as a teenager, comics[...]