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Introduction
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 amongst 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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Louis Riel is a historical biography in comics by Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown, published as a book in 2003 after serialization in 1999–2003. The story deals with Métis rebel leader Louis Riel's antagonistic relationship with the newly established Canadian government. It begins shortly before the 1869 Red River Rebellion, and ends with Riel's 1885 hanging for high treason. The book explores Riel's possible schizophrenia—he believed God had named him Prophet of the New World, destined to lead the Métis people to freedom.
The work is noted for its emotional disengagement, its intentionally flat dialogue, and a minimalist drawing style inspired by that of Harold Gray's comic strip Little Orphan Annie. Unusual for comics of the time, it includes a full scholarly apparatus: a foreword, index, bibliography, and end notes. The lengthy, hand-lettered appendix provides insight into Brown's creative process and biases and highlights where he changed historical facts to create a more engaging story, such as incorporating a conspiracy theory not widely accepted by historians. Brown became interested in the issue of property rights while researching the book, which led to a public change in his politics from anarchism to libertarianism.
Anniversaries for May 31
- 1872: birth of W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist, illustrator and artist, best known for drawings of whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives
- 1915: birth of Allen Bert Christman, American comics artist known for co-creating Sandman (Wesley Dodds) and drawing the Scorchy Smith newspaper strip
- 1917: birth of Cees van de Weert, Dutch comic artist, known for his work at the Marten Toonder Studios
- 1940: birth of Gilbert Shelton, American underground comix artist known for The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
- 1944: birth of Andy Yanchus, American comics colorist known for his work for Marvel Comics
- 1952: birth of David Anthony Kraft, American comic book writer, publisher, and critic
- 1967: birth of Dean Haspiel, American comic book artist, writer, and playwright
- 1974: birth of Adrian Tomine, American comics artist, best known for his comic book series Optic Nerve
- 1982: birth of Ian Flynn, American comics artist best known for working on Sonic the Hedgehog
- 1992: death of Walter Neugebauer, Croatian comic book artist and animator, one of the founders of comics in Croatia
- 2005: death of Eduardo Teixeira Coelho, Portuguese comic book artist best known for Ragnar
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- ... that according to one source, The Embroidered Couch is "most likely China's earliest vernacular pornographic novel"?
- ... that Darktown Comics, a series of racist caricatures, was a perennial bestseller for Currier and Ives and by 1884 represented a third of the company's production?
- ... that Hikaru Natsumi contributed to adult comic magazines while still in high school?
- ... that the first time The Witcher universe was portrayed outside the novels was in the 1993–1995 Polish comic book series of the same name?
- ... that M. Night Shyamalan's Old is based on a Swiss graphic novel that the filmmaker received as a Father's Day gift?
- ... 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 it took Zachary Levi an average of twenty minutes to get into costume as the titular character in Shazam!?
- ... that the 1994 video game Kajko i Kokosz, the first based on the Polish comic book series of the same name, was not playtested, and the initial release had to be recalled and replaced?
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Midtown Comics is a New York City comic book retailer with three shops in Manhattan and an e-commerce website. The largest comic book store in the United States, the company opened its first store in the Times Square area in 1997. Its second was opened on Lexington Avenue in 2004, and is known as the Grand Central store for its proximity to Grand Central Terminal.
More did you know...
- ...that speech balloons (example pictured) are used in comic books and strips to allow the characters words and thoughts to be viewed by the reader?
- ...that A Commitment To Our Roots is the first charity devoted to helping comic book industry veterans in need?
- ...that between 1970 and 1984 the WE Seal of approval program aided in an estimated US$100,000 in restitution being made to collectors of comics and other memorabilia victimized by mail fraud?
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Madman's Drum
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