Comic book

A comic book (sometimes called funnies or funny paper) is a book or magazine and more recently a graphic novel in the artistic medium known as comics. American comic books have become closely associated with the superhero genre, but the subject matter of comics varies widely. Japanese comic books are called manga and Korean comic books are called manhwa.

In the UK, the term comic book is mainly used for American comic books by their readers and collectors. British comic books, and to the non-aficionado, all comic books, would simply be called comics; a comic book would, if anything, be seen as a book collecting comics – such as the Oor Wullie annual.

Many early comic books were simply collections of comic strips that had been printed in newspapers. The commercial success of these collections led to work being created specifically for the comic book form, which fostered conventions specific to comic books, such as the splash page and the two-page spread.

Some famous comic books in alphabetical order

• 2000 AD (British)
• Asterix (French)
• Batman (United States - DC comics)
• The Beano (British)
• Bob & Bobette (Belgian Flemish, originally called Suske en Wiske)
• The Dandy (British)
• Donald Duck (United States- Disney)
• Fokke and Sukke (Dutch) [1] (http://members.lycos.nl/mauricelardenoije/Fokke&Sukke.htm), [2] (http://www.drkwrk.nl/DRKWRK%20map/paginas/foksuk.html)
• Lone Wolf and Cub (Japanese)
• Mickey Mouse (United States-Disney)
• The Phantom
• Richie Rich (United States-Harvey Comics)
• The Amazing Spider-Man (American - Marvel Comics)
• Superman (United States - DC comics)
• Sandman (United States- DC Vertigo Comics, 1988, World Fantasy Award (1st and only time for comics series))
• Turma da Mônica (Brazilian)
• Tintin (Belgian)
• Viz (British)
• Zap Comix (United States-underground comix)

Related articles

Comics - the sequential art form in general

• Comic strip
• Graphic novel
• Web comic
  • Sprite comic
• Storyboard
• Cartoon
  • Political cartoon

Regional categories

• Manga (Japanese comics)
• Manhwa (Korean comics)
• American comic book
  • Tijuana bible (aka 8-pagers)
  • Underground comics
  • Alternative comics
• British comics
• European comic
  • Franco-Belgian comics - Bande Dessinée
  • Italian comics

Comic book awards

• Eisner Awards
• Harvey Awards
• Kirby Awards
• Prix de la critique
• Angoulême International Comics Festival Prizes (aka Alph'arts) and the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême
• Tezuka Awards

Miscellaneous

• Cartoonist
• Comic book collecting
• Comic-Con International

Lists

• List of comic creators
• List of comic books
• List of comic book publishing companies
• List of comic and cartoon character pairs
• List of comic and cartoon characters
• List of comic strips
• List of cartoonists
• List of comic and cartoon characters named after people

External links

• The Grand Comics Database (http://www.comics.org/)
• The Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency (http://www.crimeboss.com/history03-1.html)
• Bronze Age 1970s Comic Book Cover Showcase (http://www.gweeb.com/)
• Don Markstein's Toonopedia (http://www.toonopedia.com/index.htm)
• The Big Comic Book DataBase (http://www.comics-db.com/) an online, searchable database of comic book and creator information.

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