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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 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, and comic albums, 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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Lazarus is an American dystopian science fiction comic book series created by writer Greg Rucka and artist Michael Lark. The two began developing the idea in 2012 and partnered with colorist Santi Arcas to finish the art. Image Comics has been publishing the book since the first issue was released on June 23, 2013. Other creators were brought in later to assist with lettering and inking. A six-issue spin-off limited series, Lazarus: X+66, was released monthly in 2017 between issues 26 and 27 of the regular series. Rucka initially said the series could run for up to 150 issues, but later reduced the estimate by half. Lazarus is being collected into paperback and hardcover editions, which sell better than the monthly issues.

In the series, the world has been divided among sixteen rival families, who run their territories in a feudal system. The main character is Forever Carlyle, the military leader of the Carlyle family. The major themes of Lazarus are the meaning of "family" and nature versus nurture. Critics have given it mostly positive reviews and have praised its worldbuilding. It has received particular attention for its political themes.

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Anniversaries for June 24

1928: birth of Yvan Delporte, Belgian comics writer and influential editor-in-chief of Spirou magazine
1928: birth of Jesse Santos, Filipino comic-book artist, co-creator of Dagar the Invincible and Tragg and the Sky Gods
1929: birth of Vic Carrabotta, American comic book artist best known for his work with Atlas Comics
1948: birth of Alan Zelenetz, American film producer and comic-book writer, co-creator of Alien Legion for Epic Comics
1960: birth of Reiko Okano, Japanese mangaka best known for Onmyoji
1961: birth of Peter Milligan, British comic book writer
1963: birth of Mike Wieringo, Italian-American comic book artist best known for work on The Sensational Spider-Man
1963: birth of Denis Rodier, American comic book illustrator; known for his work on "The Death of Superman" story arc.
1965: birth of Kevin VanHook, American comic book writer and artist, visual effects supervisor, and filmmaker, best known creating the character Bloodshot for Valiant Comics. .
1969: death of Frank King, early American comic strip writer and artist, best known as creator of Gasoline Alley
1978: birth of Carlo Pagulayan, Filipino comics artist best known for Elektra
2002: death of Larry Alcala, Filipino comics artist best known for Kalabog en Bosyo

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General images

The following are images from various comics-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Close Hergé collaborator and magazine contributor Bob de Moor (from Bande dessinée)
Image 2A Fallout Cosplayer photographed at a Comic Con in a Fallout Themed area (from Comic book convention)
Image 3Hokusai Manga (early 19th century) (from History of manga)
Image 4Sequential depictions on Trajan's Column in Rome, Italy (from History of comics)
Image 5Image of bathers from the Hokusai manga (from History of manga)
Image 6The French comic Les Pieds Nickelés (1954 book cover): an early 20th-century forerunner of the modern Franco-Belgian comic (from Bande dessinée)
Image 7Japanese wood block illustration from 19th century (from History of manga)
Image 8During panels at comic book conventions, the audience is sometimes invited to line up and ask questions using a dedicated microphone. (from Comic book convention)
Image 9Comic-Con crowd inside the second floor of the convention center in 2011 waiting for the exhibition hall to open (from San Diego Comic-Con)
Image 10Cover of Illustrated Chips in 1896 featuring the first appearance of the long-running comic strip of the tramps Weary Willie and Tired Tim. (from British comics)
Image 11Convention crowd outside of Golden Hall in 1982 (from San Diego Comic-Con)
Image 12Chōjū-giga (12th century), traditionally attributed to a monk-artist Kakuyū (Toba Sōjo) (from History of manga)
Image 13Comic Con crowds in 2011 as seen from a helicopter (from San Diego Comic-Con)
Image 14Phoenix Fan Fusion's 2017 convention in Phoenix, Arizona (from Comic book convention)
Image 15The San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con in 2013 (from San Diego Comic-Con)
Image 16BD artist Mœbius (2008), who achieved international renown through Métal Hurlant (from Bande dessinée)
Image 17A page by Rodolphe Töpffer, whose work is considered influential in shaping the comics form. (from History of comics)
Image 18Cover to 27 December 1884 edition of Ally Sloper's Half Holiday. (from British comics)

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Credit: Winsor McCay

A panel is an individual frame, or single drawing, in the multiple-panel sequence of a comic strip or comic book. A panel consists of a single drawing depicting a frozen moment. Newspaper daily strips typically consist of either four panels (Doonesbury, For Better or For Worse) or three panels (Garfield, Dilbert), all of the same size. The horizontal newspaper strip can also employ only a single panel, as sometimes seen in Wiley Miller's Non Sequitur.

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...that 24-hour comics have become so popular that there's now a holiday for it on April 24?

...that Uri-On, created by Michael Netzer (pictured) in 1987, was the first Israeli superhero to be published in color?

...that T.H.E. Fox, drawn on a C64 KoalaPad and published on CompuServe, Q-Link and GEnie, is among the earliest online comics?

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...'comic' simply means funny, so the word is inadequate. To tack on the word 'adult' has resulted in a style of magazine suitable for only some adults, glossy comics barely containing their airbrushed breasts, leaving little room for genuine content.

— Paul Gravett

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