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| This is the Wikipedia portal for comics. Comics have a long tradition, the aspects of the form becoming formalised alongside the invention of the printing press, and the status of comics as an art form has recently gained fresh focus. The iconic representations of comics require no translation, giving the comic strip and cartoon a universal power of communication. Comics are also artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and in turn, affect them. |
[1] The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin) is a series of comic strip narratives created by Georges Remi under the pseudonym Hergé (a reversal of his initials, R G, as pronounced in French). They first appeared in French in a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle in 1929. Set in a painstakingly researched world closely mirroring our own, The Adventures of Tintin present a number of well realised characters in distinctive settings. The series has continued as a favourite of readers and critics alike for over 70 years.
The hero of the series is the titular character, Tintin, a young reporter and traveller. He is aided in his adventures from the beginning by his faithful dog Snowy (Milou in French). Later, popular additions to the cast included Captain Haddock and other colourful supporting characters.
The success of the series saw the serialised strips collected into a series of albums, spun into a successful magazine and adapted for both film and theatre. The series is one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, with translations published in over 50 languages and more than 200 million copies of the books sold to date.
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- April 2: Reuben Award winner Frank Springer dies. [4]
- March 18: The death of Jose Gonzalez is reported. [5]
- 1945: birth of François Bourgeon, French comics author and artist best know for Les passagers du vent and the Cyann Saga
- 1958: birth of Bill Watterson, American author and artist of the popular comic strip Calvin and Hobbes
- 1968: birth of Ken Akamatsu, Japanese mangaka best known for Love Hina
- 1976: death of Frank Bellamy, British comics artist best known for his work in Eagle and on Dan Dare
- 1978: death of Paul Cuvelier, Belgian comics artist best known for Corentin
- 2004: debut of Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, American comic strip by Tim Rickard
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