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Shocking event for Captain America - CNN.com In the comic series, Rogers was to stand trial for defying a superhero registration law passed after a hero's tragic mistake causes a 9/11-like event. Marvel says the comic story line was intentionally written as an allegory to current real-life issues like the Patriot Act, the War on Terror and the September 11 attacks. Comic book characters have routinely died, only to be resurrected when necessary to storylines. www.cnn.com /2007/SHOWBIZ/books/03/07/captain.america/index.html   (618 words)

Comic book collecting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The comic book came to light the pop culture arena in the 1940s due to the popularity of superhero characters Superman, Batman, and Captain Marvel. Veteran comic book fans pointed out an important fact about the high value of classic comic books that was largely overlooked by the speculators: original comic books of the Golden Age of Comic Books were genuinely rare. Some comic book retailers and theorists deem DC's practices in the press forum and their relationship with the non-specialized consumer to be grossly negligent of the status of the market, and that their marketing campaign, whereas most likely not malicious in intent, spelled doom for the speculator market and comic sales in general. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comic_book_collecting   (1488 words)

Asterix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The key to the success of the series is that it contains comic elements for all ages: young children like the fist-fights and other visual gags, while adults appreciate the cleverness of the allusions and puns that sparkle throughout the texts. The humour encountered in the Asterix comics is typically French, often centring on puns, caricatures, and tongue-in-cheek stereotypes of contemporary European nations and French regions. In the same book, at the end, Asterix asks Cleopatra to call upon his countrymen if she needs anything built, such as a canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea — describing the Suez Canal (which was built by a French company). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asterix   (3614 words)

Comic Book Creator I was searching the Net for some free comic book fonts for a layout I was designing when I came across this rather unique software that enables you to create comic books. Comic Book Creator is simple to install and very intuitive. When you are done with your comic book or page, you can save it and publish it in a variety of formats including PDF and BMP formats. www.cooltoolawards.com /software/multimedia/comicbookcreator.htm   (276 words)

Celebrity News - Comic book icon Captain America killed Marvel Comics, the comic book entertainment company that is responsible for creating a massive list of superheroes, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Iron Man, Daredevil and The Punisher, has killed off one of its most recognizable superheroes in the in an already controversial storyline, known as the "Civil War". Captain America, whose stars and stripes outfit was as recognizable as the shield he toted, surrendered to police, but as he ascended the stairs to the courthouse, a sniper's bullet finds the nearly-indestructible superhero, mortally wounding one of comic book's greatest legends. Marvel Comics has said the storyline was intentionally meant to be an allegory for the 9/11 attacks as well as events that happened in the aftermath, such as the Patriot Act and the War on Terror. www.actressarchives.com /news.php?id=4438   (865 words)

Comic book icon dies in Muskego WAUKESHA - Craig Lopacinski considered it a thrill of a lifetime to meet Martin Nodell, the creator of the comic book superhero Green Lantern, at a comic book convention. Martin Nodell was looking for a new idea for a comic book in 1940 when he was waiting for a New York subway and saw a train operator waving a lantern displaying a green light, said Maggie Thompson, senior editor of Comics Buyer’s Guide. He brought his drawings and story lines to All-American Publications, which later became a part of National Periodical Publications, the company that was to become DC Comics, Thompson said. www.gmtoday.com /news/local_stories/2006/Dec_06/12132006_01.asp   (345 words)

KMC Forums - Jesus Christ....Religious Icon...Comic book Character??....SEX SYMBOL???? I forget what the comic book is called, but it seems like total religious propaganda and BS. In this waste of a comic book Jesus is shown as some sort of super hero, some sort of powerhouse, some sort of "avenger".Not to mention he's depicted as VERY buff and sweaty and pumped up for a guy who's just been crucified. That comic where he tears the Greek Pantheon a new one is hilarious. www.killermovies.com /forums/f80/t406721.html   (1055 words)

Comic-Book Superstore: Les Daniels While comic books trace their origins to the late 19th century, Superman, who debuted in 1938's Action Comics #1, is virtually synonymous with the medium. She was created by Dr. William Moulton Marston, who also invented the lie detector, as an antidote to masculine comic book adventures, drenched in violent testosterone-fueled imagery and portraying women as helpless weaklings who had to rely on the men to untie them from the train tracks in the nick of time. It features lots of covers and extracted scenes from the comic books, from her earliest appearance to her latest 1990s image changes, and plenty of photographs of the plethora of WW merchandise created over the years. www.zianet.com /comic-booksuperstore/collected/daniels-les.html   (1296 words)

eBay - icon dc ..., Games, Comics items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Marvel DC HC Heroclix LE Icons Gar Logan Jonathan Crane LE #201 Scarecrow DC Heroclix Icons Princess Komand'r LE #205 Blackfire DC Heroclix Icons search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=icon+dc+...&newu=1&krd=1   (483 words)

ICON: A Hero's Welcome ICON: A HERO'S WELCOME reprints the award-winning first eight issues of ICON by Dwayne McDuffie and M. Bright, with a new cover by M. Bright and an introduction by Reginald Hudlin, director of "House Party," Boomerang" and "The Great White Hype." Full color on Mando paper. Some of you might sneer at attaching such importance to creating comic books (it shows a certain success for Milestone that you are reading this introduction, anyway), but for people who have suffered with "a dream deferred" for too long, having our collective fantasies delineated and distributed across the country is empowerment indeed. In fact, ICON is such a revolutionary creation that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas called the Milestone offices to tell them how much he enjoyed their work. homepage.mac.com /dmcduffie/site/ICONTPB.html   (725 words)

California State University, Northridge A new exhibition, beginning Monday, Feb. 26, in the C.K. and Teresa Tseng Gallery at Cal State Northridge’s Oviatt Library, will explore the evolution of the comic book—from 1930s comic strips to the 1950s Congressional hearings and self-censorship of the 1960s to the growing popularity of graphic novels at the end of the 20th century. On display will be early comic strips, as well as comic books from Eastern Color Printing Co., Dell Comics, Gold Key Comics, Marvel Comics Group and DC Comics. The publisher of EC Comics, known for horror and crime comics, was called to testify. www.csun.edu /pubrels/press_releases/spring07/comics.html   (434 words)

JewishJournal.com While previous comic book superheroes counterbalance their Jewish creators’ fear of anti-Semitism, Pekar empowers people in a different way. His 1992 comic, "Sheiboneh Beis Hamikdosh" ("That the Temple Will Be Rebuilt"), describes how he tried to like the music, but couldn’t until he was asked to review a cantorial record as a freelance critic in the 1970s. It was while scouring a 1962 garage sale for LPs that he met underground comic book artist Robert Crumb: "His work got me thinking that comics didn’t have to be just about superheros, but about wage slaves like me," Pekar said. www.jewishjournal.com /home/print.php?id=10895   (775 words)

Howstuffworks "Heroes Unmasked: How Secret Are Secret Identities?" Yes, any connoisseur of the comic medium will tell you that Wally West is the civilian identity of the super-speedster known as The Flash, an identity kept hidden from both the general public and his super-powered adversaries. In the world of comic books, as in life, it's tough to keep a bunch of loudmouths quiet. So let's find an empty phone booth and examine which of the five comic book icons are most likely to lose their social camouflage. www.howstuffworks.com /secret-identity.htm/printable   (1100 words)

Comic Book’s Black Quintet Suddenly, in the 1970s, it dawned on major American comic book publishers, that perhaps they should try something new and introduce fl characters within their strips. Comic book fans and history might have forgotten Marvel’s Black Panther, were it not for the real Black Panther movement that came about after the introduction of the African king. Although their very presence in a comic book or a cartoon series is controversial, their presence in a comic book is quite different from, say a Chinese or an Italian hero. www.comicbookbin.com /blackpanther.html   (1222 words)

Comic Book Resources - Comic Book News, Reviews and Commentary - Updated Daily! It's a wonderful example of everything comics can be when the creative team is in perfect synch and all the cylinders fire at the same time. All of that makes the book ten times more interesting than your average heist flick, crime comic, or (most) television drama. Phillips' art is fun on the ZOMBIES books, but it's in CRIMINAL that he becomes the teacher and we all become unwitting students. www.comicbookresources.com /columns/index.cgi?column=pipeline&article=2746   (1924 words)

Comic Book America Syllabus While comic books have traditionally been viewed as a children's genre, one with little or no value to an educated reader, the stories told in them have become increasingly complex and relevant. Because the scholarship pertaining to comic books is sparse and scattered, we will use the Web as a tool to find, collect, and create this material. Most of the comic books, comic book superheroes, and comic book writers and artists that we will be discussing have several Websites devoted to them. www.wam.umd.edu /~djkay/syllabus.html   (1274 words)

Isotope - the comic book lounge Comic artist extraordinare R. Crumb is a underground writer/artist of mythological proportions. Helping kick off the popular headshop comix of the 60's he has gone on to becoming a cultural icon, the subject of a fascinating and award-winning documentary by director Terry Zwigoff, and he continues to entertain the planet with a recently-released new memoir The R. Crumb Handbook. Crumb's repeated rejection of the commodification of his work is legendary (once turning down an offer to do a Rolling Stones album cover because he hated the band), he continues to stand as one of the last remaining role models of the egalitarian '60s hippie ethos that San Francisco is so famous for. www.isotopecomics.com /2005/05/crumb-on-npr.html   (169 words)

Mark Millar’s Chosen Arrives Comics superstar Mark Millar (Ultimate X-Men) and artist Peter Gross (Lucifer) have teamed up to examine both how our society would react to the event the world has been awaiting for nearly 2000 years and how a young man would react to the news that he’s the Chosen one. Known for his unique, revisionist takes on popular comic book icons in The Authority and Marvel’s Ultimate books, Millar is now taking on the most recognizable superhero of them all. Part of the much-anticipated Millarworld line of comics from Millar and Gross (Run, The Unfunnies, and Wanted), Chosen is Dark Horse’s quarter of Millar’s latest effort at conquering the comics world, this time with Jesus at his side. www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /news/106500813035985.htm   (287 words)

Comic Book Day - Making Comic Book Day An Everyday Event The story, however, was rather short.  Part of the book is devoted to the “Sinestro Corps”, which I won’t read. So, I feel cheated by the limited pages in this comic book.  The story is interesting.  I typically don’t like to get bogged down in science fiction background stories, but this one moved quickly.  I’ll be interested to see what happens to Cowgirl after all of this drama. CH Keith Andrews is new to Comic Book collecting and is being drawn deeper into the hobby. comicbookday.com   (480 words)

News > Press Releases > Debut of Marge’s Little Lulu Volume 1 kicks off comic book icon’s 70th anniversary ... Long before the days of pint-sized, chemically powered, supergirl trios, there was one very special little girl who earned generations of fans and helped make the world a better place using only her natural smarts, her big heart, and a healthy dose of sass. Whether she’s outsmarting Tubby and his fellow “Boys Only Club” members in the name of fairness and equality, weaving hilarious tall tales to entertain the irascible tot Alvin, or simply using her keen wit to think her way out of a million impossible situations, Little Lulu remains one of the most lovable comic-book heroines ever. Dark Horse, Dark Horse Comics, and the Dark Horse logo are trademarks of Dark Horse Comics, Inc., registered in various categories and countries. www.darkhorse.com /news/pressrelease.php?id=1026   (429 words)

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Spider-Man creator sues over film Stan Lee - co-creator of the Spider-Man character - is threatening to sue Marvel Enterprises for 10% of the profits from film and television licensing. Lee, a chairman of Marvel Enterprises, claims he is owed the money under the terms of his 1998 employment agreement. But Marvel maintains that the comics' author - who also created The Incredible Hulk and X-Men - is guaranteed only an annual salary of $1m (£630,000). news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/2423063.stm   (258 words)

KnoxNews: Columnists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) PASADENA, Calif. - Comic book icon Stan Lee has found nerd-age enlightenment. Contestants are eliminated, and the last one to stand proudly with his or her chest out and cape flapping in the wind gets a piece of comic-book immortality. Lee will publish a comic book using the character the winner created. www.knoxnews.com /kns/entertainment_columnists/article/0,1406,KNS_360_4871947,00.html   (416 words)

USATODAY.com - Stan Lee rises from dot-com rubble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Almost four years later, Stan Lee, the usually chatty comic-book icon who redefined the genre with angst-filled superheroes such as Spider-Man and X-Men, is still at a loss to explain. Stan Lee is surrounded by comic book characters, including Spider-Man and the Hulk. The case is particularly vexing to fans of Stan "The Man" Lee, the former head of Marvel Comics who helped create Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Avengers and hundreds of other characters in the 1960s and '70s. www.usatoday.com /tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-05-12-stan-lee_x.htm   (1862 words)

Comic Wars Though COMIC WARS is a factual account of the origins and aftermath of a corporate bankruptcy, he's managed to make it as suspenseful and exciting as the superhero thrillers over which most of the battle was fought. In less than a year, the comic book icon would wind up in federal bankruptcy court and embroiled in dozens of lawsuits. A man with scant interest in comic books or national icons, Icahn was driven by one burning goal: defeating and humiliating his rival in the booming hostile takeover business, Ron Perelman. www.randomhouse.com /features/comicwars/pressroom.html   (969 words)

Darktower Comics & Collectibles in Chicago Comic Book Short House is a reinforced "outer shell" in which a heavy-duty short box (sold separately) will slide. We love comics so much we record a podcast all about comics every Friday Night, it's called Around Comics and was created and thought up by one of our favorite customers and good friends, Chris Neseman and his partner in crime Brian Salazar. We are a full service comic store with a large selection of new comics as well as a huge selection of back issues. www.darktowercomics.net /index.htm   (897 words)

ESPN.com: Page 2 : A superhero of comics and sports The comic book artist also co-owns the Edmonton Oilers, hosts his own radio show on MLB.com, and has designs on becoming an MLB owner one day. I think it's a terrific time for comic book movies, with all of the fantastic imagery people are capable of creating today. Those are "comic book" movies, but people don't realize they are because they didn't have guys with bazookas and flashy tights. sports.espn.go.com /espn/page2/story?page=igoe/060809   (2222 words)

Comics Topic on Monsters and Critics: All the latest news, media and review on Comics The latest comic news from likes of Marvel Comics, Dark Horse and Image to the smaller independent publishers like Viper Comics, Silent Devil and IDW Publishing. Rocker Rob Zombie is set to conquer the world of comics with the release of The Haunted World of El Superbeasto - a comic about the strangest crime-fighters you've ever seen coming from Image Comics. It is being reported that Columbia Pictures is bringing to the big screen the crime fighting exploits of the comic book hero, The Green Hornet. www.monstersandcritics.com /topic.php/Comics/17/articles/news   (649 words)

Comic Book News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) March 24, 2003 -- Avatar Press is pleased to announce the release of Alan Moore's Writing for Comics, a 48 page, illustrated, squarebound-format book featuring a lengthy essay by Moore containing his thoughts on comic book writing. Alan Moore's Writing for Comics joins a number of other Moore projects from Avatar Press in recent and upcoming months, including the critically-acclaimed Alan Moore's The Courtyard, Alan Moore's Magic Words, the upcoming Alan Moore's Another Suburban Romance, and Avatar's upcoming remastered release of Alan Moore's A Small Killing. Alan Moore's Writing for Comics is solicited in April 2003 for June release with illustrations by Jacen Burrows and cover by Juan Jose Ryp. www.orcafresh.net /Briefs/032403.html   (1091 words)

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