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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?
- ...that Milt Gross, (pictured) writer of comics that used Yiddish-inflected English, also wrote a 1930 "silent" graphic novel He Done Her Wrong: The Great American Novel and Not a Word in It — No Music, Too?
- ...that the DC comic book Batman: The Last Arkham drew on the influences of psychology and biology books such as "Superstition in the Common Pigeon"?
- ...that the Young Justice episode "Independence Day" introduces a younger version of the DC Universe?
- ...that the Super Friends had two sets of sidekicks: Wendy & Marvin, and then the Wonder Twins?
- ...that during World War II, the Czech comics illustrator Kája Saudek was imprisoned in a German concentration camp?
- ...that Marvel Studios considered making stand-alone short films—known as Marvel One-Shots—for Loki, Black Panther, and Damage Control?
- ...that Irving Phillips's comic strip The Strange World of Mr. Mum is cited as paving the way for later titles like The Far Side and Bizarro?
- ...that Jason Little was nominated for a Harvey Award and an Ignatz Award for his creation of the comic book Jack's Luck Runs Out?
- ...that Czechoslovak communist censors banned publishing of the comic album Muriel a andělé?
- ...that while Al Jaffee (pictured) created the comics character Ziggy Pig, it was Stan Lee who named him?
- ...that after 25 years of aging in real time, John Constantine is getting younger?
- ...that The Punisher can be distinguished from other beat 'em up games by its frequent use of firearms?
- ...that the fictional goat Koziołek Matołek has been a popular Polish children's literature character since first appearing in 1933?
- ...that Michigan State University Libraries has the largest catalogued collection of comic books in the world, with over 150,000 items?
- ...that as part of the DC Universe reboot, Justice League Dark has been launched featuring some of DC Comics' more bizarre and supernatural characters?
- ...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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- ...that New York Journal cartoonist and illustrator Nell Brinkley created the "Brinkley Girl" (pictured), an iconic representation of independent working women popular in the early 20th century?
- ...that Star Trek: Countdown, a comic book prequel to the 2009 film Star Trek, is also a sequel to the 2002 film Star Trek Nemesis?
- ...that Leland Myrick wrote the autobiographical graphic novel Missouri Boy, even though he considers himself "a very private person"?
- ...that Jeff Hawke, a science fiction comic strip, almost perfectly predicted the date of the first human moon landing more than ten years before?
- ...that Thrud the Barbarian, a comic character parodying Arnold Schwarzenegger's depiction of Conan the Barbarian, (pictured) has the intelligence of a garden snail?
- ...that E. Normus Johnson is a fictional advertising mascot depicted in comic art on Big Johnson T-shirts that use double entendres?
- ...that the first issue of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic comic book had pre-orders exceeding 100,000 copies, making it one of the most successful comics of 2012?
- ...that xkcd creator Randall Munroe recently finished a self-updating webcomic strip that spanned 3,099 frames over 123 days?
- ...that A-Force, the upcoming ongoing comic book series to be published by Marvel Comics, will feature Marvel's first all-female team of Avengers?
- ...that Joye Hummel (pictured) wrote 70 of the early Wonder Woman comics but she was not included in official histories?
- ...that the abuses suffered by Ben Affleck and Shia LaBeouf in the webcomic Theater Hopper stemmed from the artist's dislike of the actors?
- ... that Darktown Comics, a series of racist caricatures, was a perennial bestseller for Currier and Ives and by 1884 represented a third of the company's production?
- ...that Len Lawson created several popular Australian comic book characters, including the "Lone Avenger" and the "Hooded Rider"?
- ...that Harvey Pekar described his collaboration with Heather Roberson on the comic book Macedonia as one of the best working relationships he has ever had?
- ...that an excerpt of Nick Bertozzi's The Salon containing a nude depiction of Picasso caused a comic book store owner to be charged with distributing obscene material to a minor?
- ...that What A Guy!, a gag cartoon created in 1987, continued for eight years after writer Bill Hoest's death using a mix of his jokes and new gags written by his widow, Bunny Hoest?
- ...that Morning Funnies was a fruit-flavored breakfast cereal featuring comic strip characters including Dennis the Menace, Hägar the Horrible, and Funky Winkerbean on the box?
- ...that Andy Hartzell created his graphic novel Fox Bunny Funny without a single line of text?
- ...that the film Green Lantern starring Ryan Reynolds has been in development since the 1990s and once included a comedic incarnation with Jack Black set to star?
- ...that Leland Myrick wrote the autobiographical graphic novel Missouri Boy, even though he considers himself "a very private person"?
- ...that Chilean cartoonist and plastic artist Fernando Krahn had to leave his country in order to escape from the 1973 coup d'état?
- ...that the planned Marvel Comics superhero film, X-Men: First Class is intended to take place during the 1960s and will parallel the history of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X?
- ...that T-Mobile myTouch 4G spokesperson Carly Foulkes has been cast in the FX Network television series Powers?
- ...that 24-hour comics have become so popular that there's now a holiday for it on April 24?
- ...that the two-inch-tall people of The Teenie Weenies were a Chicago Tribune comic strip written by William Donahey for over 50 years?
- ...that the manhwa Recast was published not just in Korean, but also in German, French, and American English?
- ...that author Ted McKeever cited Planet of the Apes as inspiration for his futuristic comic book series Meta 4, saying that it changed his life?
- ...that the Marvel Studios film, Captain America: The First Avenger set for release in 2011 has been in development since 1997?
- ...that writer Neil Gaiman invented the fiction that Shakespeare wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream to ensure that humans never forgot Faerie?
- ...that Banya: The Explosive Delivery Man is a Korean action comic that combines the styles of Mad Max, Dune and The Lord of the Rings?
- ...that publication of comics in Hungary largely stopped during World War II due to Nazi pressure?
- ... that the graphic novel Building Stories by Chris Ware was published as a box that contained fourteen printed objects, including cloth-bound books, newspapers, broadsheets, and flip books?
- ... that Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book (1959) was the first book-length work of original comics in the United States?
- ... that Marvel Comics published a parody of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue featuring artwork of superheroes in bathing suits?
- ... that Shueisha, the publisher of Weekly Shōnen Jump, has produced a manga series in collaboration with Marvel Comics?
- ... that Wolfgang J. Fuchs, an early German comics scholar who co-wrote a 1971 standard work on the topic, translated Garfield and Mom's Cancer?
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