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British comics: Encyclopedia - Comics

Comics (or, less common, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. Originally used to illustrate caricatures and to entertain through the use of amusing and trivial stories, it has by now evolved into a literary medium with many subgenres. The most common forms of printed comics are comic strips (most commonly four panels long) in newspapers and magazines, and longer comic stories in comic books ...

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British comics: Encyclopedia - Viz comic

Viz is a popular British adult spoof comic magazine. The comic's style parodies the strait-laced British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with very adult language, crude toilet humour and either sexual or violent story lines (and often both). It also sends up tabloid style newspapers, with mockeries of letters pages and daft competitions with rubbish prizes. It also often satirises current events and politicians, and pretends to be obsessed with celebrities, including half ...

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British comics: Encyclopedia - British humour

British humour has a reputation for being puzzling to non-British speakers of English. Nonetheless, many UK comedy TV shows which use it as a basis have been internationally popular. British humour - Themes. Some themes which underpin twentieth-century British humour were: Smut and innuendo with sexual and scatological themes, typified by the seaside postcards of Donald McGill, the humour of Benny Hill, the series of Carry On films, and the comi ...

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British comics: Encyclopedia II - Comics - History

When and where comics originated is another matter of debate, largely dependent on its definition. Many authors and sources, Scott McCloud being the most recent, observe precedents in Egyptian hieroglyphics, Japanese emaki, European stained glass windows, pre-Columbian Central American manuscripts, and the Bayeux Tapestry.9, 10 However, Roger Sabin has argued that this view is an attempt to co-opt a history with which to somehow justify comics as an art form.See also:

Comics, Comics - Controversy regarding the terminology, Comics - History, Comics - 15th–18th centuries, Comics - The 19th century, Comics - The 20th century, Comics - Artistic medium, Comics - Art styles, Comics - The language, Comics - Forms within comics, Comics - Cartoon, Comics - Comic strip, Comics - Comic book, Comics - Webcomic, Comics - Instructional comics, Comics - Storyboard, Comics - Minicomic, Comics - The creation of comics, Comics - Comic book creation, Comics - Comic strip creation, Comics - Cartoon creation, Comics - Tools of the trade, Comics - Comics awards, Comics - United States, Comics - United Kingdom, Comics - Canada, Comics - France, Comics - Germany, Comics - Italy, Comics - Spain, Comics - Sweden, Comics - Japan, Comics - Regional categories, Comics - Comics movements, Comics - Miscellaneous, Comics - Lists, Comics - Bibliography, Comics - Notes

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British comics: Encyclopedia II - The Beano - List of Beano comic strips

The Beano - Current strips. Ball Boy The Bash Street Kids Bash Street Kids - Singled Out Bea Billy Whizz Calamity James Colin the Vet Crazy for Daisy Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Derek the Sheep (occasionally) Freddie Fear Son of a Witch Gordon Bennett Gnasher and Gnipper Ivy the Terrible Les Pretend He's Round the Bend/The Little Kid with the BIG Imagination (occasionally)

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    The Beano, The Beano - List of Beano comic strips, The Beano - Current strips, The Beano - Past strips

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    • British comics: Encyclopedia II - Comics - History

    When and where comics originated is another matter of debate, largely dependent on its definition. Many authors and sources, Scott McCloud being the most recent, observe precedents in Egyptian hieroglyphics, Japanese emaki, European stained glass windows, pre-Columbian Central American manuscripts, and the Bayeux Tapestry.9, 10 However, Roger Sabin has argued that this view is an attempt to co-opt a history with which to somehow justify comics as an art form.See also:

    Comics, Comics - Controversy regarding the terminology, Comics - History, Comics - 15th–18th centuries, Comics - The 19th century, Comics - The 20th century, Comics - Artistic medium, Comics - Art styles, Comics - The language, Comics - Forms within comics, Comics - Cartoon, Comics - Comic strip, Comics - Comic book, Comics - Webcomic, Comics - Instructional comics, Comics - Storyboard, Comics - Minicomic, Comics - The creation of comics, Comics - Comic book creation, Comics - Comic strip creation, Comics - Cartoon creation, Comics - Tools of the trade, Comics - Computer generated comics, Comics - Comics awards, Comics - United States, Comics - United Kingdom, Comics - Canada, Comics - France, Comics - Germany, Comics - Italy, Comics - Spain, Comics - Sweden, Comics - Japan, Comics - Regional categories, Comics - Comics movements, Comics - Miscellaneous, Comics - Lists, Comics - Bibliography, Comics - Notes

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    British comics: Encyclopedia II - D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - The Company

    The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business. In 1884, David Couper Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as DC Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in the 'Three Js', the traditional summary of Dundee industry ('jam, jute and journalism'). Thomson was notable for his conservatism, vigorously opposing the introduction of trade unions into his workforce, and de ...

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    D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - The Company, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - Publications, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - Reference, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - External link

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    British comics: Encyclopedia II - Viz comic - Regular Features

    Viz comic - Featured Strips. Recurring or notable one-off strips include: Acker Bilk – (See Jimmy Hill) Aldridge Pryor – a pathological liar whose lies are ludicrous, such as The Nolan Sisters living in his fridge Badly Drawn Man – the singer Badly Drawn Boy is named after a one-off Viz cartoon character, who on the whole was very badly drawn Badly Overdrawn Boy – a variation on Badly Drawn Boy who is seen busking outside his local bank because he's skint B ...

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    Viz comic, Viz comic - History, Viz comic - Regular Features, Viz comic - Featured Strips, Viz comic - Spoof News Stories, Viz comic - Letterbocks, Viz comic - Top Tips, Viz comic - Spoof Adverts and Competitions, Viz comic - Photo Strips, Viz comic - Viz in other media

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    British comics: Encyclopedia II - The Dandy - Image updates

    As from issue 3282 (dated 16 October 2004) in an attempt to boost sales, The Dandy underwent a radical format overhaul. The comic was turned towards a more television-oriented style, now printed on glossy magazine paper instead of newsprint. The price was raised from 70p to £1.20 (99p for the first two weeks), a new comic strip called Office Hours appeared, and two supposedly new ones also started, though were actually revivals from a few years earlier. The first was Dreadlock Holmes, billed as The Dandy's first ethnic character (though thi ...

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    The Dandy, The Dandy - Image updates, The Dandy - Dandy characters

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    British comics: Encyclopedia II - D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - Publications

    DC Thomson publications include: Sunday Post The Courier and Advertiser My Weekly The Scots Magazine The Beano The Dandy Shout See the list of DC Thomson publications for a complete listing. ...

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    D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - The Company, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - Publications, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - Reference, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - External link

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    British comics: Encyclopedia II - Comics - The language

    As noted above, two distinct definitions have been used to define comics as an art form: the combination of both word and image; and the placement of images in sequential order. However, it is worth noting that both definitions are lacking, in that the first excludes any sequence of wordless images; and the second excludes single panel cartoons such as editorial cartoons. The purpose of comics is certainly that of narration, and so that must be an imp ...

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    Comics, Comics - Controversy regarding the terminology, Comics - History, Comics - 15th–18th centuries, Comics - The 19th century, Comics - The 20th century, Comics - Artistic medium, Comics - Art styles, Comics - The language, Comics - Forms within comics, Comics - Cartoon, Comics - Comic strip, Comics - Comic book, Comics - Webcomic, Comics - Instructional comics, Comics - Storyboard, Comics - Minicomic, Comics - The creation of comics, Comics - Comic book creation, Comics - Comic strip creation, Comics - Cartoon creation, Comics - Tools of the trade, Comics - Computer generated comics, Comics - Comics awards, Comics - United States, Comics - United Kingdom, Comics - Canada, Comics - France, Comics - Germany, Comics - Italy, Comics - Spain, Comics - Sweden, Comics - Japan, Comics - Regional categories, Comics - Comics movements, Comics - Miscellaneous, Comics - Lists, Comics - Bibliography, Comics - Notes

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    British comics: Encyclopedia II - Comics - Forms within comics

    Comics as an art form represents many different forms and publication formats, not all of which are physical. Comics - Cartoon. Main article: Cartoon The cartoon, originally an artist's prepartory drawings, is considered by some scholars, notably R.C. Harvey, as a form of comics. Although a singular image, it has been argued that since the cartoon both combines words with image and constructs a narrative, it merits inclusion as a form of comics. Cartoons typically take one of three forms, that of the gag cartoon, t ...

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    Comics, Comics - Controversy regarding the terminology, Comics - History, Comics - 15th–18th centuries, Comics - The 19th century, Comics - The 20th century, Comics - Artistic medium, Comics - Art styles, Comics - The language, Comics - Forms within comics, Comics - Cartoon, Comics - Comic strip, Comics - Comic book, Comics - Webcomic, Comics - Instructional comics, Comics - Storyboard, Comics - Minicomic, Comics - The creation of comics, Comics - Comic book creation, Comics - Comic strip creation, Comics - Cartoon creation, Comics - Tools of the trade, Comics - Computer generated comics, Comics - Comics awards, Comics - United States, Comics - United Kingdom, Comics - Canada, Comics - France, Comics - Germany, Comics - Italy, Comics - Spain, Comics - Sweden, Comics - Japan, Comics - Regional categories, Comics - Comics movements, Comics - Miscellaneous, Comics - Lists, Comics - Bibliography, Comics - Notes

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    British comics: Encyclopedia - 2000 AD comic

    2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction oriented comic. 2000 AD comic - Overview. 2000AD serialises a number of separate stories each "prog" (see glossary, below) and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC, later Fleetway, continued to produce the title until 1999, when it was bought by Rebellion Developments. Due in part to its weekly publication schedule, it is one of only a few comics to surpass 1000 issues. It has been a successful l ...

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    British comics: Encyclopedia - List of topics related to the United Kingdom

    This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom category contains a more comprehensive selection of UK articles. List of topics related to the United Kingdom - Geography and the environment. British Isles Great Britain Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland (not part of the United Kingdom) Isle of Man (Crown Dependency)

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    • British comics: Encyclopedia II - Comics - Art styles

    Whilst almost all comics art is in some sense abbreviated, and also whilst every artist who has produced comics work brings their own individual approach to bear, some broader art styles have been identified. The basic styles have been identified as realistic and cartoony, with a huge middle ground for which R. Fiore has coined the phrase liberal. Fiore has also expressed distaste with the terms realistic and cartoony, preferring the terms literal and freestyle, repectively.See also:

    Comics, Comics - Controversy regarding the terminology, Comics - History, Comics - 15th–18th centuries, Comics - The 19th century, Comics - The 20th century, Comics - Artistic medium, Comics - Art styles, Comics - The language, Comics - Forms within comics, Comics - Cartoon, Comics - Comic strip, Comics - Comic book, Comics - Webcomic, Comics - Instructional comics, Comics - Storyboard, Comics - Minicomic, Comics - The creation of comics, Comics - Comic book creation, Comics - Comic strip creation, Comics - Cartoon creation, Comics - Tools of the trade, Comics - Computer generated comics, Comics - Comics awards, Comics - United States, Comics - United Kingdom, Comics - Canada, Comics - France, Comics - Germany, Comics - Italy, Comics - Spain, Comics - Sweden, Comics - Japan, Comics - Regional categories, Comics - Comics movements, Comics - Miscellaneous, Comics - Lists, Comics - Bibliography, Comics - Notes

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    British comics: Encyclopedia II - Comics - Comics awards

    There are numerous awards given out within the comics industry, some taking their name from noted creators, others from famous characters or publications. Each country has its own indigenous awards. Comics - United States. The Pulitzer Prizes have included an award for Editorial Cartooning since 1999. The first awards designed specifically for cartoonists in the United States were the Reubens, followed in 1946. They were named in honor of Rube Goldberg and are presented annually by the National C ...

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    Comics, Comics - Controversy regarding the terminology, Comics - History, Comics - 15th–18th centuries, Comics - The 19th century, Comics - The 20th century, Comics - Artistic medium, Comics - Art styles, Comics - The language, Comics - Forms within comics, Comics - Cartoon, Comics - Comic strip, Comics - Comic book, Comics - Webcomic, Comics - Instructional comics, Comics - Storyboard, Comics - Minicomic, Comics - The creation of comics, Comics - Comic book creation, Comics - Comic strip creation, Comics - Cartoon creation, Comics - Tools of the trade, Comics - Computer generated comics, Comics - Comics awards, Comics - United States, Comics - United Kingdom, Comics - Canada, Comics - France, Comics - Germany, Comics - Italy, Comics - Spain, Comics - Sweden, Comics - Japan, Comics - Regional categories, Comics - Comics movements, Comics - Miscellaneous, Comics - Lists, Comics - Bibliography, Comics - Notes

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    British comics: Encyclopedia II - Comics - Controversy regarding the terminology

    Note: Although it takes the form of a plural noun, the common usage when referring to comics as a medium is to treat it as singular. Scholars disagree on the definition of comics; some claim its printed format is crucial, some emphasize the interdependence of image and text, and others its sequential nature. The term as reference to the medium has also been disputed. In 1985, Will Eisner published Comics and Sequential Art. However, in this work Eisner chose not to define comics beyond utilising it as a ter ...

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    Comics, Comics - Controversy regarding the terminology, Comics - History, Comics - 15th–18th centuries, Comics - The 19th century, Comics - The 20th century, Comics - Artistic medium, Comics - Art styles, Comics - The language, Comics - Forms within comics, Comics - Cartoon, Comics - Comic strip, Comics - Comic book, Comics - Webcomic, Comics - Instructional comics, Comics - Storyboard, Comics - Minicomic, Comics - The creation of comics, Comics - Comic book creation, Comics - Comic strip creation, Comics - Cartoon creation, Comics - Tools of the trade, Comics - Comics awards, Comics - United States, Comics - United Kingdom, Comics - Canada, Comics - France, Comics - Germany, Comics - Italy, Comics - Spain, Comics - Sweden, Comics - Japan, Comics - Regional categories, Comics - Comics movements, Comics - Miscellaneous, Comics - Lists, Comics - Bibliography, Comics - Notes

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    British comics: Encyclopedia II - Comics - The creation of comics

    The nature of the comics work being created determines the number of people who work upon its creation, with successful comic strips and comic books being produced through a studio system, in which an artist will assemble a team of assistants to help in the creation of the work. However, works from independent companies, self-publishers or those of a more personal nature can be produced by as little as one creator. Comics - Comic book creation. < ...

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    Comics, Comics - Controversy regarding the terminology, Comics - History, Comics - 15th–18th centuries, Comics - The 19th century, Comics - The 20th century, Comics - Artistic medium, Comics - Art styles, Comics - The language, Comics - Forms within comics, Comics - Cartoon, Comics - Comic strip, Comics - Comic book, Comics - Webcomic, Comics - Instructional comics, Comics - Storyboard, Comics - Minicomic, Comics - The creation of comics, Comics - Comic book creation, Comics - Comic strip creation, Comics - Cartoon creation, Comics - Tools of the trade, Comics - Computer generated comics, Comics - Comics awards, Comics - United States, Comics - United Kingdom, Comics - Canada, Comics - France, Comics - Germany, Comics - Italy, Comics - Spain, Comics - Sweden, Comics - Japan, Comics - Regional categories, Comics - Comics movements, Comics - Miscellaneous, Comics - Lists, Comics - Bibliography, Comics - Notes

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    British comics: Encyclopedia - Comic book

    A comic book is a magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative. Comic books are often called comics for short. Although the term implies otherwise, the subject matter in comic books is not necessarily humorous, and in fact its dramatic seriousness varies widely. The term "comics" in this context does not refer to comic strips (such as Peanuts or Dilbert). In the last quarter of the 20th century, greater acceptance of the comics form among the general reading populace coincided with a great ...

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    British comics: Encyclopedia II - D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - Publications

    DC Thomson publications include: Sunday Post The Courier and Advertiser The Evening Telegraph My Weekly The Scots Magazine The Beano The Dandy Shout See the list of DC Thomson publications for a complete listing. ...

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    D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - The Company, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - Publications, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - Reference, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - External link

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