Portal:Comics
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Introduction
Carl Barks,
Donald Duck comics artist
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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Explorers on the Moon (French: On a marché sur la Lune; literally: We walked on the Moon) is the seventeenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in Belgium's Tintin magazine from October 1952 to December 1953 before being published in a collected volume by Casterman in 1954. Completing a story arc begun in the preceding volume, Destination Moon (1953), the narrative tells of the young reporter Tintin, his dog Snowy, and friends Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and Thomson and Thompson who are aboard humanity's first crewed rocket mission to the Moon.
Developed in part through the suggestions of Hergé's friends Bernard Heuvelmans and Jacques Van Melkebeke, Explorers on the Moon was produced following Hergé's extensive research into the possibility of human space travel – a feat that had yet to be achieved – with the cartoonist seeking for the work to be as realistic as possible. Hergé continued The Adventures of Tintin with The Calculus Affair, while the series itself became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. Critics have held the illustrative detail of the book in high regard, but have expressed divided opinions of the story; some consider it to be among the most mature and emotionally resonant entries in the series, while others fault it for downplaying the humour seen in previous volumes in favour of the scientific focus of the narrative. The story was adapted for the 1957 Belvision animated series Hergé's Adventures of Tintin, the 1989 computer game Tintin on the Moon, the 1991 Ellipse/Nelvana animated series The Adventures of Tintin, and the 1992-3 BBC Radio 5 dramatisation of the Adventures.
Anniversaries for July 5
- 1921: birth of Bill Yates, American cartoonist and comic strip editor for King Features Syndicate
- 1933: birth of Shel Dorf, American comic book enthusiast and the founder of San Diego Comic-Con International
- 1945: birth of François Bourgeon, French comics author and artist best known for Les passagers du vent and the Cyann Saga
- 1958: birth of Bill Watterson, American author and artist of the popular comic strip Calvin and Hobbes
- 1968: birth of Ken Akamatsu, Japanese mangaka best known for Love Hina
- 1976: death of Frank Bellamy, British comics artist best known for his work in Eagle and on Dan Dare
- 1978: death of Paul Cuvelier, Belgian comics artist best known for Corentin
- 2004: debut of Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, American comic strip by Tim Rickard
- 2011: death of Shinji Wada, Japanese manga artist, best known for the creation of the Sukeban Deka franchise
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- ... that otomechikku, a subgenre of Japanese girls' comics focusing on stories about ordinary teenaged protagonists, has been compared to monogatari and the genre of Bildungsroman?
- ... that a 1944 serial film was the first film appearance of Captain America and the first film appearance of any Marvel Comics character?
- ... that until the 1970s, most shōjo manga (Japanese girls' comics) were written by men?
- ... that Piecemeal, who appeared in The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga, was considered one of the strangest characters to appear in a Marvel video game?
- ... 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 circulation numbers for early comic books featuring Captain America remained close to a million copies per month, outstripping news magazines such as Time?
- ... that the USC Trojans team that won the 2022 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship had been compared to the Marvel Comics' Avengers?
- ... that the Franco-Belgian comic book Hans had its title changed in Poland due to lingering ill-feeling toward Germany?
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A panel from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a webcomic by Zach Weiner first published in its current iteration in 2002. This daily comic features no recurring characters or storylines, and has no set format; some strips may be a single panel, while others may go on for ten panels or more. Recurring themes include atheism, God, superheroes, romance, dating, science, research, parenting and the meaning of life.
More did you know...
- ...that the Super Friends had two sets of sidekicks: Wendy & Marvin, and then the Wonder Twins?
- ...that during World War II, the Czech comics illustrator Kája Saudek was imprisoned in a German concentration camp?
- ...that Marvel Studios considered making stand-alone short films—known as Marvel One-Shots—for Loki, Black Panther, and Damage Control?
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Featured articles
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
Tintin in the Congo
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Watchmen
Whaam!
Wordless novel
Featured lists
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
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
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)
Mid-credits and post-credits scenes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
List of The New 52 imprint publications
Outline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
List of Smallville episodes
List of accolades received by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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