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Little Sammy Sneeze comic strip,
published 1904-1906
by Winsor McCay
Comics are 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; Photo comics 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, along with webcomics as well as scientific/medical comics.
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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The X-Men are a fictional superhero team in Marvel Comics' Marvel Universe. The group debuted in 1963 in an eponymous comic book series. Beginning in 1989, the characters appeared in video game adaptations for home consoles, handheld game consoles, arcades, and personal computers. An earlier game was planned for home computers in 1985, but the developer went out of business before its launch. The first games were released on 8-bit home platforms, and the series expanded onto handheld consoles and arcades in the early 1990s. Most X-Men games, especially those released in the 2000s, were released on several platforms. Several companies have developed entries in the franchise, including Paragon Software, Software Creations, Konami, and Capcom. The titles are action games that pit the X-Men against Marvel supervillains, typically taking the form of beat 'em up and fighting games. Each game features different groupings of X-Men heroes and villains, and typically allows players to control multiple characters.
One X-Men character, Wolverine, has starred in several eponymous action games; the first game was the 1990 Wolverine. X-Men characters also frequently appear in Marvel games that focus on several of its comic book franchises, including Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. The franchise holds several Guinness World Records, including most games based on a superhero group, first tag-team fighting game, first superhero first-person shooter, and most simultaneous players on an arcade game.
Anniversaries for May 24
- 1912: birth of Alfred Andriola, American comic strip creator best known for Kerry Drake
- 1919: birth of Sid Couchey, American comics artist known for his work on Richie Rich
- 1919: birth of Irwin Caplan, American illustrator, painter, designer, and cartoonist, best known as the creator of The Saturday Evening Post cartoon series, Famous Last Words
- 1925: birth of Carmine Infantino, American comic book artist, one of the main contributors to the Silver Age of Comic Books
- 1936: birth of Kiko, Egyptian-Belgian comics creator best known for Foufi
- 1957: birth of Walter Moers, German comics author best known for Das kleine Arschloch
- 1959: last appearance of Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, American Sunday comic strip created by Frank Giacoia
- 1962: death of Victor Forsythe, American artist, illustrator of many different comics, including Joe Jinks
- 1966: birth of Evan Skolnick, American writer, editor and producer who worked as assistant editor at Marvel Comics
- 1967: birth of Everette Hartsoe, American writer and producer known for goth comics and creator of Razor
- 1992: debut of X, Japanese manga created by CLAMP
- 1997: first appearance of Tim Traveller, British comic strip created by Vic Neill in The Beano
- 2017: death of Pierre Seron, Belgian comic book artist, longtime Spirou contributor
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- ... that Kamome Shirahama, in addition to writing and illustrating her best-selling Witch Hat Atelier manga series, has created variant covers for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and the Star Wars franchise?
- ... that Hikaru Natsumi contributed to adult comic magazines while still in high school?
- ... that comic book creator Brandon Dayton chose medieval Russia as the setting for his minicomic Green Monk after watching Andrei Tarkovsky's film Andrei Rublev?
- ... that Fabrizio Dori wants his comic book Il dio vagabondo to bring attention to an ancient Greek view of death?
- ... that comic book artist Barry Windsor-Smith wrote, drew, inked, and lettered every page of his graphic novel Monsters by himself?
- ... that the USC Trojans team that won the 2022 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship had been compared to the Marvel Comics' Avengers?
- ... that the comic book Nietzsche, se créer liberté tries to express Friedrich Nietzsche's personality visually?
- ... that a 1944 serial film was the first film appearance of Captain America and the first film appearance of any Marvel Comics character?
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Superhero comics is a form of American comic books. The form rose to prominence in the 1930s and 1940s and has remained the dominant form of comic book in North America since the 1960s. Superhero comics feature stories about superheroes and the universes these characters inhabit.
More did you know...
- ...that Len Lawson created several popular Australian comic book characters, including the "Lone Avenger" and the "Hooded Rider"?
- ...that Harvey Pekar described his collaboration with Heather Roberson on the comic book Macedonia as one of the best working relationships he has ever had?
- ...that an excerpt of Nick Bertozzi's The Salon containing a nude depiction of Picasso caused a comic book store owner to be charged with distributing obscene material to a minor?
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- Alien vs. Predator (film)
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- Aquaman (TV pilot)
- Archie vs. Predator
- Ashcan comic
- A Death in the Family (comics)
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- 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
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- 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)
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- Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
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- List of accolades received by The Avengers (2012 film)
- List of awards and nominations received by The Flash
- List of accolades received by The Batman (film)
- 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 accolades received by WandaVision
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