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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] Superman is a fictional character and one of the most famous and popular comic book superheroes of all time. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective Comics Inc. the same year Superman debuted in Action Comics #1 (June 1938), the character has since appeared in radio serials, television programs, films, comic books, newspaper strips and video games, contributing to his long-standing ubiquity.
Superman is born Kal-El on an alien planet — later named Krypton — and is rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father moments before the planet's destruction. The rocket lands on Earth, where he is found by passing motorists who adopt him and give him the name Clark Kent. As Clark reaches maturity, he learns he has superhuman abilities which he resolves to use to help others, fighting anything from petty crime to universal threats. After adopting a Kryptonian fabric costume consisting of a blue shirt with a stylized "S" on the chest, a pair of red briefs over blue pants, a pair of red boots, and a red cape, he becomes Earth's champion, with the media giving him several nicknames including "The Man of Steel", "The Man of Tomorrow" and "The Last Son of Krypton". To keep his identity secret when not fighting evil as Superman, Clark lives among humanity as a "mild-mannered" reporter for the Metropolis newspaper The Daily Star (later changed to the Daily Planet). Clark works alongside reporter Lois Lane, with whom he is romantically involved (and married in the mainstream current comics' continuity).
- 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.
- November 3 - 4 Lille Comics Festival at Lille (Sugar Hall), Nord, France.
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- 1909: birth of Barry Appleby, British comic strip author best known for The Gambols
- 1943: birth of Robert Crumb, American comic artist and author, most prominent member of the underground comics movement
- 1946: birth of Jacques Tardi, French comic artist and author known for his Adèle Blanc-Sec series and work depicting World War I
- 1999: death of Raymond Poïvet, French comics artist best known for Les Pionniers de l'Espérance
- 2002: start of Emma, Japanese seinen manga created by Kaoru Mori
- 2006: death of Bob LeRose, American comic book colorist for DC Comics
... 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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