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| This is the Wikipedia portal for comics. Comics have a long tradition, the aspects of the form becoming formalised alongside the invention of the printing press, and the status of comics as an art form has recently gained fresh focus. The iconic representations of comics require no translation, giving the comic strip and cartoon a universal power of communication. Comics are also artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and in turn, affect them. |
[1] The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin) is a series of comic strip narratives created by Georges Remi under the pseudonym Hergé (a reversal of his initials, R G, as pronounced in French). They first appeared in French in a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle in 1929. Set in a painstakingly researched world closely mirroring our own, The Adventures of Tintin present a number of well realised characters in distinctive settings. The series has continued as a favourite of readers and critics alike for over 70 years.
The hero of the series is the titular character, Tintin, a young reporter and traveller. He is aided in his adventures from the beginning by his faithful dog Snowy (Milou in French). Later, popular additions to the cast included Captain Haddock and other colourful supporting characters.
The success of the series saw the serialised strips collected into a series of albums, spun into a successful magazine and adapted for both film and theatre. The series is one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, with translations published in over 50 languages and more than 200 million copies of the books sold to date.
- July 9: Warner announces its plans for an Elfquest movie.[1]
- June 27: Michael Turner, best known for his work on Witchblade, dies.[2]
- May 21: Mel Casson, author of Redeye, dies.[3]
- May 3 - June 3: "Comic Craze: curated by Sylvie Gilbert - contemporary Canadian Comics" at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Canada.
- May 20 - November 6: "She Draws Comics: 100 Years of America's Women Cartoonists" at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York City, USA.
- September 15 – January 28, 2007: "Masters of American Comics" at the Jewish Museum, New York City and Newark Museum, USA.
- September 15 - January 6, 2007: "Wunderground: Providence, 1995 To The Present" at the RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
- October 27 - 28 Stumptown Comics Fest at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon.
- 1945: birth of Go Nagai, Japanese mangaka best known for Devilman and Mazinger Z
- 1949: birth of Mike Zeck, American comic book artist best known for his work with Marvel Comics
- 1956: death of Alex Raymond, American comic book author and artist, creator of Flash Gordon, Rip Kirby and Secret Agent X-9
- 1968: death of Harold Gray, American comic strip creator best known for Little Orphan Annie
- 1976: first appearance of Motley's Crew, American comic strip by Ben Templeton and Tom Forman
- 1998: debut of Neglected Mario Characters, early American sprite webcomic by Jay Resop
- 2004: launch of Penny and Aggie, American webcomic by T Campbell and Gisèle Lagacé
- 2004: first appearance of Franklin Fibbs, American comic strip by Hollis Brown and Wes Hargis which only lasted for two years
... that Sergio Aragonés is the only cartoonist to have won National Cartoonists Society awards in six different categories?
... that Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters The Smurfs first appeared in the Belgian comic Johan and Peewit in 1958?
... that Stephen Duffy, the first vocalist of Duran Duran, played in the band Tin Tin, named after The Adventures of Tintin?
... that Patrick McDonnell, author of Mutts, is a member of the Board of Directors of The Humane Society of the United States?
... that Astro Boy, the fictional hero of the first real anime, obtained special citizenship from the Japanese city Niiza on April 7, 2003, his birthday in the comic?
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