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Comically curious
1 month ago

Comically curious

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: "The children of today will make the India of tomorrow. With moving images entirely taking over the visual language in the form of cartoons and animations, static images that tell a story on print may seem outdated. Celebrated artist and cartoonist Aabid Surti recalls the first time he ever saw a comic book. The trains being slow, Aabid and …

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Using comics and graphic narratives in the classroom
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Using comics and graphic narratives in the classroom

The Hindu  

Comics and graphic narratives offer unique ways to engage students in learning across subjects such as History, Science, and Social Studies. The academic and pedagogical respectability of comic books is a phenomenon that arguably began in the 1990s, before which comic books were considered vulgar and corrupting, referred to as “a 10-cent plague” in the post-World War II U.S., and …

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Playing By The Book Comically
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Playing By The Book Comically

Deccan Chronicle  

Comics cater to a broad audience from wide-eyed youngsters to seasoned comic book enthusiasts. He says, “It also plays as a metaphor for deforestation that you are not meant to enter the forest and deforest it as you like.” Different Themes One of the biggest shifts among young adults’ interest in comic books is the evolution in themes. Debasmita Dasgupta, …

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Doctor Strange Star Benedict Wong Has An Update On Next MCU Project
9 months ago

Doctor Strange Star Benedict Wong Has An Update On Next MCU Project

News 18  

Benedict Wong, the British actor, will be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Benedict Wong, who is presently the MCU’s Sorcerer Supreme, suggested to Comic Book during the red carpet premiere of his new Netflix series, 3 Body Problem, that there’s something big happening with his character Wong. Something’s looming.” The news outlet also reports that Marvel is reportedly working …

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100 years of Bengali comics—100 years of history
10 months ago

100 years of Bengali comics—100 years of history

Live Mint  

When I was young I subscribed to a popular Bengali children’s magazine, Anandamela, in Kolkata. “I think the golden age of Bengali comics came to an end when magazines started to carry translated comics like Tintin and Tarzan,” says Abhijit Gupta, professor of English literature at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and comics collector and researcher, at the opening of a new …

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Are video games the ‘new comic book movies’ for Hollywood? One producer thinks so
1 year ago

Are video games the ‘new comic book movies’ for Hollywood? One producer thinks so

LA Times  

Let’s face it, the entertainment industry’s intellectual property obsession isn’t going anywhere. One of the panelists was Roy Lee, founder of Vertigo Entertainment and a guy who knows his way around I.P., having produced “The Lego Movie” and “It,” but also originals such as last year’s horror hit “Barbarian.” He sees the success of video game-based movies such as “Five …

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Jessica Lange plans to retire, says comic book films have sacrificed art ‘for the sake of profit’
1 year, 2 months ago

Jessica Lange plans to retire, says comic book films have sacrificed art ‘for the sake of profit’

LA Times  

Jessica Lange has no interest in seeing “90%” of the films being made today. It diminishes the artist and the art of filmmaking.” The actor, who’s collected her fair share of Oscars, Emmys and Golden Globes over the course of her four-decade career, said she’s mourning the loss of “wonderful films by really great filmmakers, wonderful stories, great characters.” The …

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Martin Scorsese wants directors to fight comic book movie culture
1 year, 2 months ago

Martin Scorsese wants directors to fight comic book movie culture

The Hindu  

Studios are not interested in supporting individual voices on a big budget, says master director Martin Scorsese, who called on filmmakers to "save cinema" in the age of franchise and comic book entertainment. In 2019, the veteran director sparked a controversy after he branded Marvel and comic book films as "theme park experience" and "not cinema". Asked if theatres only …

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Marvel Studios to release documentary on Stan Lee in 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

Marvel Studios to release documentary on Stan Lee in 2023

Firstpost  

Billed as an ‘original documentary’, the project is simply titled Stan Lee A documentary on comic book legend Stan Lee is set to arrive on Disney+ next year, Marvel Studios has announced. Billed as an ‘original documentary’, the project is simply titled Stan Lee. Marvel Studios shared the update on its official Twitter page along with a teaser montage of …

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Gotham Knights game review: A world without Batman
2 years, 1 month ago

Gotham Knights game review: A world without Batman

Live Mint  

Long live the Bat family. WB Games Montréal’s Gotham Knights has an enticing premise for comic book fans. In fact, non-comic book fans may actually be lost as to why Barbara Gordon suddenly says she doesn’t remember her father’s face, or why Tim Drake seems just a little lost without Batman. It’s absolutely baffling why WB Games Montréal would drop …

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Keanu Reeves announces he will co-author a book during a panel for his BRZRKR comic series
2 years, 5 months ago

Keanu Reeves announces he will co-author a book during a panel for his BRZRKR comic series

Daily Mail  

Keanu Reeves added a healthy dose of star power to the panel for BRZRKR: The Immortal Saga Continues at Comic-Con International in San Diego on Friday. Man of the hour: Keanu Reeves attended the panel for BRZRKR: The Immortal Saga Continues, which was held during Comic-Con International in San Diego on Friday Reeves wore a nearly all-black outfit that included …

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What the heck is happening in ‘Moon Knight’? These comic book origin stories explain
2 years, 8 months ago

What the heck is happening in ‘Moon Knight’? These comic book origin stories explain

LA Times  

This story contains spoilers for “Moon Knight” Episode 1. The first episode of “Moon Knight” is here, so it’s finally time to embrace the chaos. Isaac describes the show’s version of Steven as “a northeast Londoner quite introverted but desperate to connect.” He’s “someone that’s actually quite sincere and very funny, but he doesn’t know he’s being funny,” said Isaac. …

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Hirokazu Kore-eda’s first Netflix project an adaptation of ‘From The Maiko House’ comic book
2 years, 11 months ago

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s first Netflix project an adaptation of ‘From The Maiko House’ comic book

The Hindu  

Noted Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda will adapt popular comic ‘Maiko in Kyoto: From the Maiko House’ into an eight-part Netflix TV series as his first project under his deal with the streaming platform. Scheduled for later this year, “The Makanai: Cooking For The Maiko House” from Story Inc and Bun-Buku Inc is set in the geisha district of Kyoto, as …

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Tender tribute
3 years, 2 months ago

Tender tribute

China Daily  

Zou Jian reveals his observations on the transformation of the country through his comic books. It blends autobiography, horror and fantasy into a vibrantly detailed surreal world, winning acclaim with its unique style in narration and drawing. The comic book Night Bus is Zou's tender tribute to her, in which a young woman in round glasses takes a bus ride …

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Tender tribute
3 years, 2 months ago

Tender tribute

China Daily  

Zou Jian reveals his observations on the transformation of the country through his comic books. It blends autobiography, horror and fantasy into a vibrantly detailed surreal world, winning acclaim with its unique style in narration and drawing. The comic book Night Bus is Zou's tender tribute to her, in which a young woman in round glasses takes a bus ride …

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The lure of Comics
3 years, 4 months ago

The lure of Comics

Times of India  

Santosh Desai is a leading ad professional. The staples of Indrajal comics- Phantom, & Mandrake, the infinitely mesmerising world of Riverdale with its cast of Archie, Veronica, Betty, Jughead and the lot, Commando comics that told us tales of the Second World War with brutal glee, the early versions of the superhero universe then represented by Superman and Batman, the …

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Comic Book That Introduced Superman to the World Sold for Whopping $3.25 Million
3 years, 8 months ago

Comic Book That Introduced Superman to the World Sold for Whopping $3.25 Million

News 18  

One of the few copies of the comic book that introduced Superman to the world has sold for a super-sized, record-setting price. The issue of Action Comics #1 went for $3.25 million in a private sale, ComicConnect.com, an online auction and consignment company, announced Tuesday. The comic, published in 1938, “really is the beginning of the superhero genre,” said ComicConnect.com …

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‘WandaVision’s’ Geraldine is Monica Rambeau. Here’s her comic book backstory
3 years, 10 months ago

‘WandaVision’s’ Geraldine is Monica Rambeau. Here’s her comic book backstory

LA Times  

This story contains spoilers from the first four episodes of “WandaVision.” One thing has been clear about “WandaVision” from the very beginning: Things are not as they seem. The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of Monica was first introduced in the 1990s-set film “Captain Marvel” as the young daughter of Carol Danvers’ best friend, Maria Rambeau. Carol, who was considered family …

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Why we no longer need superheroes
4 years, 3 months ago

Why we no longer need superheroes

BBC  

Why we no longer need superheroes Marvel Subversive comic book adaptation The Boys truly reveals the ugliness of our obsession with men in capes. In The Boys, which is adapted from the mid-2000s comic book series of the same name, the ‘supes’, far from being shining examples of nobility and courage, are mainly power-drunk self-regarding sociopaths. Amazon Comic book adaptation …

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