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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 means of image-making 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 pilot episode of the television series Smallville premiered on The WB on October 16, 2001. It was written by series creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and directed by David Nutter. The episode introduces the characters of Clark Kent, an orphaned alien with superhuman abilities, and his friends and family who live in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas. It follows Clark as he first learns of his alien origins, and attempts to stop a vengeful student from killing Smallville High School students. Using visual elements and dialogue, the episode introduces many themes that were designed to run either the course of the season or the entire series, such as the triangular relationships of the main characters. Filming for the pilot officially began four days after the last actor was cast for the series. When the series premiere aired, it broke several of The WB's viewership records. It was generally well received by critics, and was nominated for several awards, winning two.
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- birth of Terry Kavanagh, American comic book editor and writer, known for his work with Marvel Comics
- birth of Craig Anderson, Marvel Comics Managing Editor in the 1980's and 90's
- 1887: birth of Bruce Bairnsfather, British humorist and cartoonist, best known for the cartoon character Old Bill
- 1909: birth of Basil Wolverton, American comic book artist, best known for his contributions to MAD magazine
- 1916: birth of Mort Leav, American comic book artist best known as cocreator of The Heap
- 1921: birth of Tony DiPreta, American comics artist best known for Joe Palooka and Rex Morgan, M.D.
- 1926: birth of Murphy Anderson, American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of this era
- 1957: birth of Kurt Mausert, American comics colorist, best known for his work on Robotech comics
- 1977: last publication of Sparky, a British comic which ran for 652 issues
- 1980: birth of Kristian Donaldson, American comic book artist known for Supermarket
- 2007: launch announced of Zuda Comics, DC Comics' webcomics imprint
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- ... that the writer of the 2022 comic book miniseries Poison Ivy, starring the eponymous Batman villain, described it as a "love story" that features "plant-based body horror"?
- ... 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 The Steranko History of Comics has been described as the first piece of cultural analysis on American comic books?
- ... that the original release of Jason Shiga's comic Demon included a four-page issue, a sixty-page issue, and an issue in which all the panels were black?
- ... that a graphic novel for teens was among the 10 most challenged books in the United States in 2023?
- ... that Steve Englehart wrote the Captain America comic book storyline "Secret Empire" as an allegory for the Watergate scandal?
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Scott McCloud, whose work Understanding Comics identified the different styles of art used within comics.
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- ...that the fictional goat Koziołek Matołek has been a popular Polish children's literature character since first appearing in 1933?
- ...that Michigan State University Libraries has the largest catalogued collection of comic books in the world, with over 150,000 items?
- ...that as part of the DC Universe reboot, Justice League Dark has been launched featuring some of DC Comics' more bizarre and supernatural characters?
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