Because of the stylistic similarities between comic strips and early animated movies, " cartoon " came to refer to animation, and the word " cartoon " is currently used to refer to both animated cartoons and gag cartoons.

Because of this the general public valued it more for its comic relief than anything else, however It did find an audience in the rational dissenters who found it an attractive alternative to explain human motivations without the attached superstitions of religion.

" Because we grew up on comic books and the Tolkien trilogy, one of the things we're interested in is bringing serial fiction to cinema ," Lana has said.

Because of Jacques Chirac's long career in visible government positions, he has often been parodied or caricatured: Young Jacques Chirac is the basis of a young, dashing bureaucrat character in the 1976 Asterix comic strip album Obelix and Co., proposing methods to quell Gallic unrest to elderly, old-style Roman politicians.

Because Marlow's rudeness is comic, the audience is likely not to dislike him for it.

Because of this, comic books in general are one of the few entertainment mediums where the concept of parallel universes are a major and ongoing theme.

Because Usagi Yojimbo is a creator-owned comic and Stan Sakai has complete and sole ownership of the character, Miyamoto Usagi has been able to appear in occasional short stories published by companies other than the one currently publishing his series.

Because of this move, which deprived Anderson of his co-host and comic foil, the station asked Anderson if he could host a B-grade ( and lower ) horror film show on Friday nights instead.

* Issue # 1: Because of its unusual publication history ( see below ) there have been at least three different issues of the comic book that were numbered as the " first " issue.

Because black musicals were originated from several genres of stage entertainment – the ballad opera, the music extravaganza, the comic opera, the minstrel show, and the variety show – there is a plausible argument that previous nineteenth century black companies created such theatrical plays, and A Trip to Coontown was not the first black musical performed.

Because of this, Rat is often critical of the comic strip's style and artwork as well as the other characters in the strip and many other living things.

Because he does not possess any power in reality, Mortus sends Sketch into the world of his own comic, freely drawing in enemies to try and kill him.

Because of his limited English, he collaborated with the American dramatist Robert E. Sherwood as script-writer for his first film, The Ghost Goes West ( 1935 ), a comic fantasy about transatlantic culture clash.

Because the magazine could not receive foreign comic strip material during the war, as the main local artist, he drew most of the comics during that period.

Because of the unfavorable press coverage resulting from the hearings, the comic book industry adopted the Comics Code Authority ( CCA ), a self-regulatory ratings code that is still used by some publishers today in a modified form.

Because of this, Wildstorm cancelled DV8, but allowed the creative team to bring a proper end to the comic, instead of ending the comic and leaving many questions unanswered.

Because of this, J. Edward Oliver decided to draw one final strip, which appeared in issue 118 / 99, dated 7 – 21 July 1999 ( the comic had become a fortnightly publication in 1995 ).

Because it seemed relatively minor and innocent in scope the plan was named Operation Wilfred, after a naïve character in the long running Daily Mirror newspaper comic strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.

Because of the poor quality and low popularity of Robot-Master, the comic was discontinued and Finkleberg was fired.

Because of its few rhymed endings, the effect of ottava rima in English is often comic, and Byron chose it for this reason

Because the comic is available online, and the books are available internationally, the cartoonists have, on occasion, explained some topics to their international readers through their characters.

Because of the weekly approach, the UK comic was able to flesh out characters and ideas more ; in the US comic, the Aerialbots and Stunticons are first shown having just been built and being given life by the Creation Matrix program, whereas the UK comic fleshed it out more and showed the two teams as being created out of new technology created by Shockwave after scanning Buster Witwicky while he had the Matrix downloaded into his brain.

Because of the development of themes in the book of Malachi, most scholars assign it to a position between Haggai and Zechariah, slightly before Nehemiah came to Jerusalem in 445 BCE.

Because this geometrical interpretation of multiplication was limited to three dimensions, there was no direct way of interpreting the product of four or more numbers, and Euclid avoided such products, although they are implied, e. g., in the proof of book IX, proposition 20.

Because the book of Habbakuk consists of five oracles about the Chaldeans ( Babylonians ), and the Chaldean rise to power is dated circa 612 BCE, it is assumed he was active about that time, making him an early contemporary of Jeremiah and Zephaniah.

Because the final chapter of his book is a song, it is sometimes assumed that he was a member of the tribe of Levi, which served as musicians in Solomon's Temple.

Because of the ferries ' popularity, many people book their ferry trip well in advance.

Because of Rey's book, many amateur astronomers have come to accept Rey's star chart interpretation of Ursa Major, dropping the idea of the Big Dipper's " handle " as being the hind end of the bear, with a non-natural " tail " extending rearwards.

Because of the heavy use of the X rating by pornographers, it became associated largely with pornographic films, so that non-pornographic films given an X rating would have fewer theaters willing to book them and fewer venues for advertising.

Because the modern musical tends to be published in two separate but intersecting formats ( i. e., the book and lyrics, with all the words, and the piano-vocal score, with all the musical material, including some spoken cues ), both are needed in order to make a thorough reading of an entire show.

Because of other troubles translators might have retaining the meaning of the book, Hofstadter " painstakingly went through every last sentence of GEB, annotating a copy for translators into any language that might be targeted ".

Because of its number-one position in what became a very long list of pocket editions, Lost Horizon is often mistakenly called the first American paperback book when in fact paperbacks had been around since the mid-1800s.

Because the Lord promised to " blot out the name " of Amalek ( Exodus 17: 14 ), it is customary when the book of Esther is read at the Purim festival, for the audience to make noise whenever " Haman " is mentioned, so that his name is not heard.

Because of the story's popularity, the publisher John Jewett contacted Stowe about turning the serial into a book.

Because of the continuing popularity of both the book and " Tom " shows, audiences were already familiar with the characters and the plot, making it easier for the film to be understood without spoken words.

Because of this book, Razi's thoughts on Prophets and Religion are preserved to the present time.

Because the original book was self-published, no editor or publisher ever vetted its authenticity.

Because of the ancillary benefits of making The New York Times Best Seller list ( speaking engagements, more book deals, and consulting ) the authors felt that buying their own work was an investment that would pay for itself.

Because of a quote in Latin: Natura non facit saltus ( Nature does not make leaps ) the book was proclaimed " antimarxist ", taken out of circulation and later, in 1951, was mostly destroyed.

Because of the impact of this book, " Orwellian " is a common term used to describe mass surveillance technologies.

He was reportedly told by his publicist, " Because they hate the movie, Michael ," according to the book Final Cut, authored by United Artists executive Steven Bach.

Because the reader obtains clues in the same way as the protagonist detective, the book becomes an intellectually challenging puzzle.

Because Arbus's estate approved the exhibition and book, the chronology in the book is " effectively the first authorized biography of the photographer.

The lighthouse, better known as Faro del fin del mundo (" Lighthouse at the end of the world "), is said to have inspired Jules Verne for his book The Lighthouse at the End of the World, published in 1905. Because of the ship wreks it produce.

Because of its small size ( it consists of eight houses ), Tiddleywink has been for many years omitted from the official book of place names, the Collins British Atlas and Gazetteer, and from most maps.