Portal:Comics.html |
| | | ca | | | de | | | en | | | es | | | fr | | | it | | | nl | | | no | | | pl | | | pt | | | ru | | | ro | | | fi | | | sv | | | tr | | | vo | | |
| |  |
Culture · Geography · Health · History · Mathematics · Natural sciences · Philosophy · Religion · Society · Technology
 |
| 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] Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still sometimes as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. He has since become, along with Superman and Spider-Man, one of the world's most recognized superheroes. Batman was co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, although only Kane receives official credit for the character. Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, billionaire industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. Witnessing the murder of his parents as a child leads him to train himself to the peak of physical and intellectual perfection, don a costume, and fight crime. Unlike most superheroes, he does not possess any superhuman powers or abilities; he makes use of intellect, detective skills, technology, and physical prowess in his war on crime.
- July 9: Warner announces its plans for an Elfquest movie.[1]
- June 27: Michael Turner, best known for his work on Witchblade, dies.[2]
- May 21: Mel Casson, author of Redeye, dies.[3]
- May 3 - June 3: "Comic Craze: curated by Sylvie Gilbert - contemporary Canadian Comics" at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Canada.
- May 20 - November 6: "She Draws Comics: 100 Years of America's Women Cartoonists" at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York City, USA.
- September 15 – January 28, 2007: "Masters of American Comics" at the Jewish Museum, New York City and Newark Museum, USA.
- September 15 - January 6, 2007: "Wunderground: Providence, 1995 To The Present" at the RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
- October 27 - 28 Stumptown Comics Fest at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon.
- 1915: birth of George Roussos, American comic book artist best known as an inker of Fantastic Four
- 1947: death of Max Gaines, American comic book publisher best known for All-American Publications
- 1969: death of Dudley D. Watkins, British cartoonist best known for Oor Wullie
- 1995: death of Hugo Pratt, Italian comics artist and author, famous for Corto Maltese
... that Sergio Aragonés is the only cartoonist to have won National Cartoonists Society awards in six different categories?
... that Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters The Smurfs first appeared in the Belgian comic Johan and Peewit in 1958?
... that Stephen Duffy, the first vocalist of Duran Duran, played in the band Tin Tin, named after The Adventures of Tintin?
... that Patrick McDonnell, author of Mutts, is a member of the Board of Directors of The Humane Society of the United States?
... that Astro Boy, the fictional hero of the first real anime, obtained special citizenship from the Japanese city Niiza on April 7, 2003, his birthday in the comic?
Featured Articles are in bold.
American comic book, British comic, Webcomic
Franco-Belgian comics, Indian comics
Cartoon, Comic strip, Comic book
Superhero, Underground comix, Minicomic, Autobiographical comics
24-hour comic, Alternative Press Expo, Comic book collecting, Comic-Con
Cartoonist, Colorist, Inker, Letterer, Penciller
Eisner Awards, Harvey Awards, Ignatz Awards, Reuben Awards
Krazy Kat, Superman, Spider-Man, Batman
X-Men, Hulk, Roy of the Rovers, Fantastic Four
If you are interested in helping to develop our comics-related articles, please click here. Other tasks you can help Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics with are;
- Cleanup: Pick an article from Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Cleanup listing and address the clean up issues.
- General: Update archives contents list, remove OHOTMU/Who's Who material from character pages, provide fair use rationales for images
- Biographies: Check recent edits to biographies of living comics creators for changes contrary to policy. Click here for recent changes.
- Article requests: Clan Chosen, Fenwick, Khimaera (comics), Mutant Underground Support Engine, Le Vieux Nick et Barbe-Noire, Bruce J. Hawker, Marc Dacier, Canardo, Bogey, Romeo Brown, Iron West, Instant Piano, Hultrasson, Mickey Fondozzi, The Claw, Frankenstein Comics, Mike Benson, Dave Taylor (comics), Sea of Red, Neil Googe, Ernie Pook's Comeek, Ron Wagner, C. B. Cebulski more
- Image requests: Olivier Coipel, Andrea Di Vito, Tank McNamara, Crazy Quilt, more
- Expand: American Century (comics), Arzach, Caspar Milquetoast, Claypool Comics, Comic Book, Comics Britannia, John Ney Reiber, Juan Jose Ryp, Mile High Comics, Natacha, No-Name, Paul Gulacy, Ric Hochet, Richard Piers Rayner, Robert Loren Fleming, Ruins (comics), Ryker's Island, Scrooge's Quest, Sonic Disruptors, The Crusades (comics), Weird Western Tales, Super-Villain Team-Up, Savage Sword of Conan, Tom Peyer, more
- Condense: Green Arrow, Hal Jordan, Magneto (comics), Super-Soldier, Witchblade, Wonder Woman, Captain Britain, Mar-Vell, Tabitha Smith, W.I.T.C.H., Doctor Doom, Storm (Marvel Comics), Captain America, Deadpool
- Update: Invisible Kid, Linear Men, Cable & Deadpool, Civil War: Front Line
- Clean Up: Darkseid, Sons of the Tiger, Iron Fist, Joker (comics), Kingdom Come (comics), Raven (comics), Xavier's Security Enforcers, Spaceknights, more
-
For proposed deletions and mergers, disputes, and recently created articles, edit bullet points
check the WikiProject Comics Notice board.
Please feel free to add or subtract from the list.
- Comics "to better organize information in articles related to Comics."
- Comic strips "to organize data in articles about Comic strips."
- Anime and Manga "to normalize the standards for all anime and manga articles on Wikipedia."
- Webcomics "to improve the quantity and quality of articles on Webcomics."
- European comics to expand articles dedicated to Franco-Belgian comics.
 |
Comics on Wikiquote Quotes |
 |
Comics on Commons Images |
 |
Comics on Wikisource Texts |
 |
Comics on Wikibooks Books |
 |
Comics on Wikinews News |