Comics Comics A 24-hour comic is a 24 page comic book written, drawn, and completed in 24 hours. Scott McCloud originally came up with the challenge for himself and Steve Bissette as a creative exercise. McCloud drew the first 24-hour comic to prove it could be done on August 31, 1990, and Bissette did his on September 5. ...more on Wikipedia about "24-hour comic"
The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius is a comic book series created, written and illustrated by Judd Winick. It follows the comical escapades of the eponymous character, a 10-year-old boy who possesses the most powerful intellect on Earth, along with his impulsive best friend Jeremy and his crush Sarah. Barry puts his genius to work primarily in creating outlandish inventions that are decades or more ahead of their time, such as teleports, jetpacks and wallet-sized nuclear devices. Many of the storylines involve one of Barry's inventions going horribly wrong (usually due to Jeremy's clumsiness) and the two boys' efforts to right the situation before anyone can find out. Barry takes great care to keep his genius a secret and maintains Jeremy as his only confidant. The pair's dialogue is rife with profanity, often complex in its construction, and this foul-mouthed irreverence is reflected to a lesser extent in several of the other characters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius"
Alias Enterprises is a US publishing company. Their main arm is Alias Comics, publisher of comic books. Based in San Diego, California, it was founded in January 2005 by Brett Burner and Mike S. Miller. They publish all-ages material such as Lullaby, The 10th Muse, The Legend of Isis, Sixgun Samurai, including a translation of XIII edited for US all-ages audiences. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alias Enterprises"
Sporting the slogan, "Get Down, America!", the All-Night Party existed in both Marvel Universe and the real world, having nominated Howard the Duck as their 1976 write-in candidate for the office of President of the United States. In the real world, Howard's creator, Steve Gerber invented the party and the campaign, addressed (most likely, invented) questions about the campaign in the letters column of the comic book and, as Mad Genius Associates, sold merchandise publicizing the campaign. ...more on Wikipedia about "All-Night Party"
The Alley Awards were comic awards originally sponsored by Alter-Ego, a magazine edited by Jerry Bails, Roy Thomas, Ronn Foss, and Mike Friedrich. The name is at least partially derived from that of "Alley Oop," the character in whose likeness that statuette is cast. They were given out between 1961 and 1969. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alley Award"
An alter ego (from Latin, "other I") is another self, a second personality or persona within a person. The term is commonly used in literature analysis and comparison to describe characters who are psychologically identical. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alter ego"
An American comic book is a small magazine containing a narrative in the comics form. ...more on Wikipedia about "American comic book"
Andy Schmidt is an editor for Marvel Comics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andy Schmidt"
Art comics (often printed as minicomics) are comics or comic books that play with conventional narratives and or combine aspects of regular comics with artist's book and zine type aesthetics. Art comics may be printed in small editioned runs that employ various printmaking techniques such as silkscreen, photocopying, lino cuts, or stamps. ...more on Wikipedia about "Art comics"
Ash is an American comic created by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti. It is published by Event Comics. It was nominated for the R.A.C. "Squiddy" Award for Limited Series in 1997. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ash (comic)"
Autobiographical comics (often referred to in the comics field as simply autobio) are autobiography in the form of comic books or comic strips. The form first became popular in the underground comics movement and has since become more widespread. It is currently most popular in American and French comics; all artists listed below are from the US unless otherwise specified. ...more on Wikipedia about "Autobiographical comics"
Barnaby Quarterly was a quarterly magazine that published 3 issues, all in 1940, reprinting the Barnaby comic strip by Crockett Johnson. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barnaby Quarterly"
Barry Kitson is an artist best known as a Penciler of major superhero comicbooks published by Marvel and DC. His first professional work was Spider-Man for Marvel UK. He also drew the first 2000AD Judge Dredd comicbook written by Grant Morrison. His first work for DC Comics was a Batgirl special issue. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barry Kitson"
Basement Comics is an independent comic book publisher, which publishes work from such artists as Budd Root, Frank Cho, Devon Massey, Chad Spilker, James Robert Smith, Loston Wallace and Dave Columbo. Their main "claim to fame" is the comic title Cavewoman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Basement comics"
The Batman comic strip began a few years after the creation of the comic book Batman. At first titled "Batman and Robin", a later incarnation was titled just "Batman". It had three major runs in American newspapers and two minor runs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Batman (comic strip)"
Bombastium is a fictional element which is not in the periodic table. Atomic number and atomic symbol are unknown. Bombastium, mentioned the first time by Carl Barks in 1957 ( Uncle Scrooge No. 17), is claimed to be the rarest element in the world. Even though it is very coveted, its usage potential is not entirely known. Though, it does have the characteristic that it tastes differently every time you taste it, and scientists did eventually discover that one atom of bombastium dropped into a barrel of water becomes one barrel of ice cream. Also, to avoid evaporation, bombastium must be kept frozen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bombastium"
Brent Frankenhoff (born February 10, 1966) is an American author and editor of books and magazines about comic books, best known for his work on Comics Buyer's Guide and the Standard Catalog of Comic Books. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brent Frankenhoff"
Cobalt-60 is the title of a popular comic series created by the late Vaughn Bode. Bode's Cobalt-60 takes place in a post-apocalyptic, Mad Max-like world inhabited by mutants, aliens and other fantastic creatures. Its grim, masked hero, Cobalt-60, embarks on a quest to avenge the death of his parents, murdered by the evil Strontium-90. After he succeeds in his quest, he inherits his father's kingdom, but prefers to return to his wild ways. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cobalt-60 (comic)"
:For other lists of people, see Lists of people. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comic and cartoon characters named after people"
A comic book is a magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative. Comic books are often called comics for short. Although the term implies otherwise, the subject matter in comic books is not necessarily humorous, and in fact its dramatic seriousness varies widely. The term "comics" in this context does not refer to comic strips (such as Peanuts or Dilbert). In the last quarter of the 20th century, greater acceptance of the comics form among the general reading populace coincided with a greater usage of the term graphic novel, often meant to differentiate a book of comics with a spine from its stapled, pamphlet form, but the difference between the terms seems fuzzy at best as comics become more widespread in libraries, mainstream bookstores, and other places. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comic book"
A comic book creator is any one of a number of people working to create a comic book or graphic novel. The production of a comic book by one of the major comic book companies in the U.S. can involve a writer, a penciller, an inker, a colorist, and a letterer, typically overseen by an editor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comic book creator"
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a United States non-profit organization created in 1986 to protect the First Amendment rights of comics creators, publishers, and retailers covering legal expenses. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comic Book Legal Defense Fund"
*Teräsmies is the Finnish name for Superman. The name may have originated due to the fact that there is no suitable replacement word for super, but it may have also originated from the character's Swedish name Stålmannen of which the Finnish name is a straight translation. The name means quite literally "The Man of Steel" which is Superman's secondary title. Although some Finns occasionally use the Superman title the Finnish equavalent has proven quite popular. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comic book names in Finnish"
Comics (or, less common, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. Originally used to illustrate caricatures and to entertain through the use of amusing and trivial stories, it has by now evolved into a literary medium with many subgenres. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comics"
Comics anthologies collect works in the medium of comics that are too short for stand-alone publication. Anthologies are important to comics artists who work alone, rather than as part of a production team, because it typically will take a very long time for a single person to produce as full length comic book. Anthologies are also often the first publication outlet for new comics artists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comics anthology"
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