Portal:Comics

Introduction

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 means of image-making in comics. Photo comics are 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 and comic albums have become increasingly common, along with webcomics.

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 as a plural when referring to works collectively (e.g. "Comics are popular reading material."). (Full article...)

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In fandom, Stucky (also Steve/Bucky or Bucky/Steve) is the pairing of Steve Rogers (Captain America) and James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes (the Winter Soldier), fictional characters who appear in comic books and related media produced by Marvel Comics. The pairing is a manifestation of shipping, a phenomenon in fandom wherein individuals create fan works that depict a romantic or sexual relationship between two characters whose relationship in the source material is typically neither romantic nor sexual; Stucky is an example of slash, a genre of fan works that focus on same-sex characters. In accordance with shipping naming conventions, Stucky is a portmanteau of "Steve" and "Bucky".

Though Rogers and Bucky have appeared in media dating to the 1940s, Stucky fan works grew substantially in popularity in the 2010s after the characters appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Several individuals associated with Marvel, including Winter Soldier co-creator Ed Brubaker, Bucky's actor Sebastian Stan, and MCU director Joe Russo, have commented positively on Stucky and showed their openness to any interpretations of the relationship between the characters. Critics and commentators have used the popularity of Stucky in fandom to remark on a range of topics, including the lack of LGBT characters in superhero films and the nature of fandom on social media.

Anniversaries for March 22

1914: birth of John Stanley, American cartoonist and comic book writer, best known for writing Little Lulu
1919: birth of Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator and gallery artist, known for work in EC Comics
1929: birth of Mort Drucker, American caricaturist and comics artist best known as a contributor for Mad Magazine
1937: launch of Buck Ryan, UK newspaper adventure comic strip created by Jack Monk and the writer Don Freeman
1959: birth of Lew Stringer, British comics artist best known for Tom Thug and Combat Colin
1959: birth of Steve Dillon, British comic book artist, best known for his work on Hellblazer, Preacher and The Punisher
1960: birth of Matt Webb, American comic book colorist
1975: birth of Lary Stucker, American comic book artist and inker
1977: launch of Thorgal, fantasy adventure Franco-Belgian comics series by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński
1979: birth of Nick Derington, American comic book artist and inker
1979: birth of Valerio Schiti, Italian comic book artist
1980: birth of Marte Gracia, Mexican comic book colorist
1997: last appearance of Garth, British comic strip by Steve Dowling and John Allard in the Daily Mirror which ran since 1943
1978: birth of Rob Tornoe, U.S. editorial cartoonist for Politiker.com, New York Observer and Press of Atlantic City

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

Did you know (auto-generated) -

... that comic book artist Barry Windsor-Smith wrote, drew, inked, and lettered every page of his graphic novel Monsters by himself?
... that John Romita Sr. has been credited with introducing romance comic themes to Spider-Man comic books?
... that the 2003 graphic novel The Life Eaters, presenting an occult-driven, hypothetical Axis victory in World War II, has been discussed in the context of its portrayal of The Holocaust?
... that the author of the comic book Timeless Voyage was the leader of a UFO religion?
... that the 1992 comic book storyline "Man and Wolf", in which Captain America is transformed into a werewolf, has been described as "one of the most bizarre moments of the core Marvel Universe"?
... that Steve Englehart wrote the Captain America comic book storyline "Secret Empire" as an allegory for the Watergate scandal?
... that a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision helped to protect comic books from government regulation and censorship?
... that Maystorm, a character from Ultimate X-Men, was initially created for a variant cover for the comic X-Men?

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Superhero comics is a form of American comic books. The form rose to prominence in the 1930s and 1940s and has remained the dominant form of comic book in North America since the 1960s. Superhero comics feature stories about superheroes and the universes these characters inhabit.

More did you know...

...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?

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