Portal:Comics
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Comics is a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically takes the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus among theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; fumetti is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, and tankōbon have become increasingly common, while online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century.
The English term comics is used as a singular noun when it refers to the medium itself (e.g. "Comics is a visual art form."), but becomes plural when referring to works collectively (e.g. "Comics are popular reading material."). (Full article...)
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Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is an annual promotional effort by the North American comic book industry to attract new readers to independent comic book stores. It usually takes place on the first Saturday of May and is often cross-promoted with the release of a superhero film. Over two thousand participating stores give away millions of comic books annually. The event was proposed by Joe Field in the August 2001 issue of Comics & Games Retailer magazine and Free Comic Book Day was launched in 2002, coordinated by the industry's single large distributor, Diamond Comic Distributors. FCBD has become an official Children's Book Week event and has inspired similar events for German- and Dutch-language comics industries. The twenty-first edition of FCBD was held on May 6, 2023.
Anniversaries for November 15
- 1907: first publication of Mutt and Jeff, popular American comic strip created by Bud Fisher
- 1915: birth of Martin Nodell, American comic book artist best known for cocreating Green Lantern
- 1926: birth of François Craenhals, Belgian comics artist and writer best known for Chevalier Ardent and Les 4 As
- 1948: birth of James Kemsley, Australian comics artist best known for Ginger Meggs
- 1949: birth of Giancarlo Berardi, Italian comics author best known for Ken Parker
- 1951: birth of Michael Gallagher, American writer known for his contributions to Marvel, Archie, and Mad
- 1953: birth of Michael Gustovich, American artist, creator of superhero team Justice Machine
- 1961: birth of Heidi MacDonald, American comic book writer and editor, known for running the comics industry news blog The Beat.
- 1967: birth of Ariel Olivetti, Argentine comics artist best known for his work at Marvel Comics
- 1973: birth of Liniers, Argentine cartoonist best known for Macanudo
- 1999: launch of Real Life, American webcomic by Greg Dean
- 2002: debut of Aishiteruze Baby, Japanese manga created by Yoko Maki
- 2002: first appearance of Nana, Japanese shōjo manga by Ai Yazawa
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- ... that the Franco-Belgian comic book Hans had its title changed in Poland due to lingering ill-feeling toward Germany?
- ... that open depictions of sexual acts were a defining trait of early works of josei manga ('women's comics')?
- ... that comic book artist Barry Windsor-Smith wrote, drew, inked, and lettered every page of his graphic novel Monsters by himself?
- ... that the Buddhist themes of David Bowie's 1967 composition "Karma Man" were compared to the Marvel Comics character Doctor Strange?
- ... that until the 1970s, most shōjo manga (Japanese girls' comics) were written by men?
- ... that Hikaru Natsumi contributed to adult comic magazines while still in high school?
- ... that Masako Yashiro was one of the earliest female artists to create Japanese boys' comics?
- ... that cartoonist Trung Le Nguyen's graphic novel The Magic Fish is inspired by his experience as a child of Vietnamese immigrants to the United States?
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Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover-dated March 1941), from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.
More did you know...
- ...that Jeff Hawke, a science fiction comic strip, almost perfectly predicted the date of the first human moon landing more than ten years before?
- ...that Thrud the Barbarian, a comic character parodying Arnold Schwarzenegger's depiction of Conan the Barbarian, (pictured) has the intelligence of a garden snail?
- ...that E. Normus Johnson is a fictional advertising mascot depicted in comic art on Big Johnson T-shirts that use double entendres?
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- Alien vs. Predator (film)
- Anarky
- Animaniacs
- Aquaman (TV pilot)
- Archie vs. Predator
- Ashcan comic
- A Death in the Family (comics)
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Batman: Arkham City
- Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards
- A Contract with God
- The Dark Knight
- Homer Davenport
- Walt Disney
- Dream of the Rarebit Fiend
- Dredd
- Drowning Girl
- Eagle (British comics)
- The Fade Out
- Fun Home
- Gods' Man
- Goodman Beaver
- The Halo Graphic Novel
- Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book
- The Heart of Thomas
- George Herriman
- I Never Liked You
- Killer7
- Osbert Lancaster
- Lat (cartoonist)
- Lazarus (comics)
- Look Mickey
- Louis Riel (comics)
- Madman's Drum
- Mars in fiction
- Maus
- Naruto
- Pilot (Smallville)
- The Playboy
- Revival (comics)
- Roy of the Rovers
- Sinestro Corps War
- Smallville (season 1)
- Sonic X
- Southern Cross (wordless novel)
- Spider-Man (2018 video game)
- Stucky (fandom)
- Tank Girl (film)
- Tintin in Tibet
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- Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
- Watchmen
- Whaam!
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- List of accolades received by the 2002–2007 Spider-Man film series
- List of accolades received by Avengers: Endgame
- List of accolades received by Avengers: Infinity War
- List of accolades received by The Avengers (2012 film)
- List of awards and nominations received by The Flash
- GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book
- List of accolades received by Guardians of the Galaxy (film)
- Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
- List of accolades received by The Lego Movie
- List of accolades received by Deadpool (film)
- List of video games featuring the Hulk
- List of video games featuring the X-Men
- List of Marvel Cinematic Universe film actors (The Infinity Saga)
- List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films
- List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series
- List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series actors (Marvel Television)
- List of The New 52 imprint publications
- List of Smallville episodes
- List of accolades received by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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