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Little Sammy Sneeze comic strip,
published 1904-1906
by Winsor McCay

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 image-making means 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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Davenport in 1912

Homer Calvin Davenport (1867 – May 2, 1912) was a political cartoonist and writer from the United States. He is known for drawings that satirized figures of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, most notably Ohio Senator Mark Hanna. Although Davenport had no formal art training, he became one of the highest paid political cartoonists in the world. Davenport also was one of the first major American breeders of Arabian horses and one of the founders of the Arabian Horse Club of America.

A native Oregonian, Davenport developed interests in both art and horses as a young boy. He tried a variety of jobs before gaining employment as a cartoonist, initially working at several newspapers on the West Coast, including The San Francisco Examiner, purchased by William Randolph Hearst. His talent for drawing and interest in Arabian horses dovetailed in 1893 at the Chicago Daily Herald when he studied and drew the Arabian horses exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition. When Hearst acquired the New York Morning Journal in 1895, money was no object in his attempt to establish the Journal as a leading New York newspaper, and Hearst moved Davenport east in 1885 to be part of what is regarded as one of the greatest newspaper staffs ever assembled. Working with columnist Alfred Henry Lewis, Davenport created many cartoons in opposition to the 1896 Republican presidential candidate, former Ohio governor William McKinley, and Hanna, his campaign manager. McKinley was elected and Hanna elevated to the Senate; Davenport continued to draw his sharp cartoons during the 1900 presidential race, though McKinley was again victorious.

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Anniversaries for June 6

1920: birth of Sandro Angiolini, Italian comics author known for Isabella
1922: birth of Maurice Maréchal, Belgian comics artist, best known for the series Prudence Petitpas
1926: birth of Tom K. Ryan, American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Tumbleweeds
1927: birth of Peter Spier, Dutch-American illustrator and writer, creator of Sophie for Spirou
1932: launch of Napoleon and Uncle Elby, American newspaper comic strip created by Clifford McBride
1958: birth of Greg Adams, American comic book artist best known as an inker for Marvel comics
1959: first appearance of The Three Bears, British comic strip by Leo Baxendale which still appears in The Beano
1962: birth of Tom McCraw, American comic book artist, writer, and creator, best known as a colorist for DC Comics
1970: first issue of Cor!!, British comic book which ran until 1974
1977: death of Joe Musial, American cartoonist who drew The Katzenjammer Kids
1977: launch of Howard the Duck as a comic strip, by Steve Gerber and Gene Colan
1992: death of Martin Goodman, American comics publisher best known for Timely Comics
1997: death of Manny Stallman, American comics artist, known for his work during the Golden Age of Comics
2004: death of Kate Worley, American comic book writer known for Omaha the Cat Dancer
2012: death of Jean-René Le Moing, French artist, one of the co-creators of Pilote

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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 2Japanese wood block illustration from 19th century (from History of manga)
Image 3During 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 4Phoenix Fan Fusion's 2017 convention in Phoenix, Arizona (from Comic book convention)
Image 5Convention crowd outside of Golden Hall in 1982 (from San Diego Comic-Con)
Image 6Chōjū-giga (12th century), traditionally attributed to a monk-artist Kakuyū (Toba Sōjo) (from History of manga)
Image 7Cover 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 8Image of bathers from the Hokusai manga (from History of manga)
Image 9Hokusai Manga (early 19th century) (from History of manga)
Image 10Comic Con crowds in 2011 as seen from a helicopter (from San Diego Comic-Con)
Image 11Cover to 27 December 1884 edition of Ally Sloper's Half Holiday. (from British comics)
Image 12Sequential depictions on Trajan's Column in Rome, Italy (from History of comics)
Image 13
Comics artist Mœbius (2008), who achieved international renown through Métal Hurlant
(from Bande dessinée)
Image 14Comic-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 15A page by Rodolphe Töpffer, whose work is considered influential in shaping the comics form. (from History of comics)
Image 16The San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con in 2013 (from San Diego Comic-Con)
Image 17A Fallout Cosplayer photographed at a Comic Con in a Fallout Themed area (from Comic book convention)
Image 18The French comic Les Pieds Nickelés (1954 book cover): an early 20th-century forerunner of the modern Franco-Belgian comic (from Bande dessinée)

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... 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 M. Night Shyamalan's Old is based on a Swiss graphic novel that the filmmaker received as a Father's Day gift?
... that Fabrizio Dori wants his comic book Il dio vagabondo to bring attention to an ancient Greek view of death?
... that although Blizzard's franchise Overwatch is centered around video games, its lore is mainly told through animated shorts, comics, and novels?
... that a teacher of medieval literature and comic books writes the blog Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle?
... that John Romita Sr. has been credited with introducing romance comic themes to Spider-Man comic books?

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Whiz Comics #2 (Feb. 1940), the first appearance of Captain Marvel. Cover art by C. C. Beck.

Credit: Fawcett Comics

Captain Marvel is a fictional comic book superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics. Created in 1939 by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker, the character first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940). With a premise that taps adolescent fantasy, Captain Marvel is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a youth who works as a radio news reporter and was chosen to be a champion of good by the wizard Shazam.

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...that speech balloons (example pictured) are used in comic books and strips to allow the characters words and thoughts to be viewed by the reader?

...that A Commitment To Our Roots is the first charity devoted to helping comic book industry veterans in need?

...that between 1970 and 1984 the WE Seal of approval program aided in an estimated US$100,000 in restitution being made to collectors of comics and other memorabilia victimized by mail fraud?

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...if the form is to say something important, rather than just involve itself in the kinetic thrill of drawn characters chasing each other, then we have to think harder.

— Eddie Campbell

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