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Carl Barks, Donald Duck comics artist
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Donald Duck comics artist

Comics is 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 means of image-making 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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Lat in 2009

Yang Berbahagia Seniman Diraja Dato' Mohammad Nor bin Mohammad Khalid (Jawi: محمد نور بن محمد خالد; born 5 March 1951), more commonly known as Lat, is a Malaysian cartoonist. Winner of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2002, Lat has published more than 20 volumes of cartoons since he was 13 years old. His works mostly illustrate Malaysia's social and political scenes, portraying them in a comedic light without bias. Lat's best known work is The Kampung Boy (1979), which has been published in several countries across the world. In 1994, the Sultan of Perak bestowed him the honorific title of datuk , in recognition of the cartoonist's work in helping to promote social harmony and understanding through his cartoons. Lat also works for the government to improve the city's social security.

Born in a village, Lat spent his youth in the countryside before moving to the city at the age of 11. While in school, he supplemented his family's income by contributing cartoon strips to newspapers and magazines. He was 13 years old when he achieved his first published comic book, Tiga Sekawan (Three Friends Catch a Thief). After failing to attain the grades that were required to continue education beyond high school, Lat became a newspaper reporter. In 1974, he switched careers to be an editorial cartoonist. His works, reflecting his view about Malaysian life and the world, are staple features in national newspapers such as New Straits Times and Berita Minggu . He adapted his life experiences and published them as his autobiographies, The Kampung Boy and Town Boy , telling stories of rural and urban life with comparisons between the two.

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Anniversaries for March 5

1872: birth of Joseph Charlebois, Canadian comics artist and creator of comic strips of Père Ladébauche
1930: birth of Jean Tabary, French comics artist and writer best known for Iznogoud
1931: birth of Fred, French comic book writer and artist best known for Philémon
1970: birth of Nathan Massengill, American comic book artist, most known for his work as a brush inker
1971: birth of Jean-Jacques Dzialowski, French comic book artist
1962: death of Frans Meijer, Dutch painter, illustrator and comic artist, drawing a great number of comics for publisher Helmond
1988: birth of Tom Napolitano, American comic book letterer
2004: end of Look What I Brought Home! , American webcomic by Scott and Amanda Kuehner
2007: death of Yvan Delporte, Belgian comics writer and influential editor-in-chief of Spirou magazine
2012: death of Joaquim Muntañola, Spanish comic artist, who mainly signed with just Muntañola
2017: death of Dave Hunt, American comic book artist and fine art painter, known for inkng for DC, Marvel, and Disney Comics
2017: death of Jay Lynch, American cartoonist, known in the underground comix movement with his Bijou Funnies

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Image 1The San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con in 2013 (from San Diego Comic-Con)

Image 1The San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con in 2013 (from San Diego Comic-Con )
Image 2Hokusai Manga (early 19th century) (from History of manga)

Image 2Hokusai Manga (early 19th century) (from History of manga )
Image 3Cover to 27 December 1884 edition of Ally Sloper's Half Holiday. (from British comics)

Image 3Cover to 27 December 1884 edition of Ally Sloper's Half Holiday . (from British comics )
Image 4Chōjū-giga (12th century), traditionally attributed to a monk-artist Kakuyū (Toba Sōjo) (from History of manga)

Image 4Chōjū-giga (12th century), traditionally attributed to a monk-artist Kakuyū (Toba Sōjo) (from History of manga )
Image 5Comic Con crowds in 2011 as seen from a helicopter (from San Diego Comic-Con)

Image 5Comic Con crowds in 2011 as seen from a helicopter (from San Diego Comic-Con )
Image 6A Fallout Cosplayer photographed at a Comic Con in a Fallout Themed area (from Comic book convention)

Image 6A Fallout Cosplayer photographed at a Comic Con in a Fallout Themed area (from Comic book convention )
Image 7The French comic Les Pieds Nickelés (1954 book cover): an early 20th-century forerunner of the modern Franco-Belgian comic (from Bande dessinée)

Image 7The French comic Les Pieds Nickelés (1954 book cover): an early 20th-century forerunner of the modern Franco-Belgian comic (from Bande dessinée )
Image 8Image of bathers from the Hokusai manga (from History of manga)

Image 8Image of bathers from the Hokusai manga (from History of manga )
Image 9Convention crowd outside of Golden Hall in 1982 (from San Diego Comic-Con)

Image 9Convention crowd outside of Golden Hall in 1982 (from San Diego Comic-Con )
Image 10A page by Rodolphe Töpffer, whose work is considered influential in shaping the comics form. (from History of comics)

Image 10A page by Rodolphe Töpffer, whose work is considered influential in shaping the comics form. (from History of comics )
Image 11BD artist Mœbius (2008), who achieved international renown through Métal Hurlant (from Bande dessinée)

Image 11BD artist Mœbius (2008), who achieved international renown through Métal Hurlant (from Bande dessinée )
Image 12Comic-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 12Comic-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 13Sequential depictions on Trajan's Column in Rome, Italy (from History of comics)

Image 13Sequential depictions on Trajan's Column in Rome, Italy (from History of comics )
Image 14Cover 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 14Cover 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 15Japanese wood block illustration from 19th century (from History of manga)

Image 15Japanese wood block illustration from 19th century (from History of manga )
Image 16During 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 16During 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 17Phoenix Fan Fusion's 2017 convention in Phoenix, Arizona (from Comic book convention)

Image 17Phoenix Fan Fusion's 2017 convention in Phoenix, Arizona (from Comic book convention )
Image 18Close Hergé collaborator and magazine contributor Bob de Moor (from Bande dessinée)

Image 18Close Hergé collaborator and magazine contributor Bob de Moor (from Bande dessinée )

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A Junior comic book cover.

Credit: Fox Feature Syndicate

The Junior comic books were published by Fox Feature Syndicate . This is the cover of the last issue published in July 1948, likely drawn by Al Feldstein.

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...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?

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Stan Lee in 2007

In the early days, I was writing scripts for virtually all the books, and it was very hard to keep all the artists busy; poor little frail me, doing story after story. So I'd be writing a story for Kirby, and Steve Ditko would walk in and say, 'Hey, I need some work now.' And I'd say, 'I can't give it to you now, Steve, I'm finishing Kirby's.' But we couldn't afford to keep Steve waiting, because time is money, so I'd have to say, 'Look Steve, I can't write a script for you now, but here's the plot for the next Spider-Man. Go home and draw anything you want, as long as it's something like this, and I'll put the copy in later.' So I was able to finish Jack's story. Steve in the meantime was drawing another story.....Okay, it started out as a lazy's man's device...but we realized this was absolutely the best way to do a comic.....Don't have the writer say, 'Panel one will be a long shot of Spider-Man walking down the street.' The artist may see it differently; maybe he feels it should be a shot of Spider-Man swinging on his web, or climbing upside-down on the ceiling or something.

— Stan Lee , 1975

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Professional	Academy of Comic Book Arts Association of Canadian Cartoonists Association of Comics Magazine Publishers Australian Cartoonists' Association Comic Art Professional Society National Cartoonists Society Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas
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