Other examples include The Apprentice ( which judges business skills ), Hell's Kitchen and Top Chef ( for chefs ), Shear Genius ( for hair styling ), Project Runway ( for clothing design ), Top Design ( for interior design ), Stylista ( for fashion editors ), Last Comic Standing ( for comedians ), The Starlet and Scream Queens ( for actresses ), I Know My Kid's a Star ( for child performers ), On the Lot ( for filmmakers ), The Shot ( for photographers ), So You Think You Can Dance ( for dancers ), MuchMusic VJ Search ( for television hosts ), Dream Job ( for sportscasters ), Face Off ( for make-up artists ), and The Tester ( for game testers ).

In 1990 The Comic Strip Presents, a BBC television series, produced a spoof version of Calvi's story under the title Spaghetti Hoops, with Nigel Planer in the lead role.

Comic Book Guy ( born Jeff Albertson ) is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons.

The project, which was to be self-published by Wohl, was announced at the 2007 New York Comic Con, to debut in July of that year, and was projected to " evolve into television and film projects, video games, blogs, interactive Q & A, animation, trading cards, apparel, accessories, school supplies.

In 2011, Lumley appeared in " Uptown Downstairs Abbey ", the Comic Relief parody of the critically acclaimed historical television dramas Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs.

They came to prominence in the early 1980s for performing at the London comedy club The Comic Strip, which also gave its name to the television series and the informal grouping of so-called alternative comedians.

The duo's first mainstream television appearance was in 1982 in the British comedy programme The Comic Strip Presents ..., where they were appeared in approximately 30 episodes each as well as writing material for the series.

The Barker Character, Comic and Cartoon Museum, located in the northern section of Cheshire, holds a large collection of memorabilia, novelties and ephemera such as lunch boxes and Pez dispensers bearing the likenesses of characters from television, cartoons and comics.

Smith's comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, which is the setting of the AMC reality television series, Comic Book Men, is also located there.

A parody of both sports commentators and chat show presenters, among others, the character has appeared in two radio series, three television series and numerous TV and radio specials, including appearances on BBC's Comic Relief, which have followed the rise and fall of his career.

* Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog, a character from the television show Late Night with Conan O ' Brien

Comic book-inspired alter egos can be seen in other forms of popular fiction, including television and movie adaptations of comic books, parodies of this genre, and unrelated fictions such as Star Wars or Angel.

They tried to sell the series ( initially presented as part of a proposed series, The Comic Strips of Television, which also featured an early incarnation of Dudley Do-Right ) to the NBC television network, which assigned Jerry Fairbanks to be " supervising producer ".

ThunderCats is an American / Japanese animated television series that was produced by Rankin / Bass Productions ( the same that created the SilverHawks, TigerSharks, and The Comic Strip ) debuting in 1984, based on the characters created by Tobin " Ted " Wolf.

Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books ( 1956-c. 1970 ), the character has appeared in both comic books and graphic novels, and other DC Comics-related products such as animated and live-action television series, trading cards, toys, and video games.

They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents ... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy.

Perhaps the most memorable popular depiction of the Montenegrin Mountain Hound ( then called Yugoslavian Mountain Hound ) had been as the hand puppet " Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog ", regularly appearing on the NBC television show Late Night with Conan O ' Brien.

Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the Rhino has been featured in other Marvel-endorsed products such as animated television series, arcade and video games, and merchandise such as action figures and trading cards.

His image was enhanced by his relationship with the BBC boxing commentator Harry Carpenter, his appearances on the early Comic Relief programmes in the 1980s and his frequent appearances thereafter on television and on stage ( in pantomime ).

In 1985 and 1986, Sexton and Malone wrote and performed in a series of television specials for the CBC, called The S and M Comic Book, which in turn led to CODCO landing its own series in 1987.

The Comic Strip included Manchester University and Drama School graduates Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, Nigel Planer and French and Saunders and aimed their talents at television.

He can be seen on: the original Julien Temple film The Comic Strip ( 1981 ), performing live on stage ; the film Comfort and Joy playing a psychiatrist in a manner reminiscent of his stand-up style ; The Comic Strip television series ( 1982 on ) in various roles ; The Young Ones in various roles ; The Dangerous Brothers ( 1985 ); and " Torture " ( from Saturday Live ) — he is the one who has gone through the Chinese water torture beforehand.

Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that has aired from 2003 through 2010.

Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character has appeared in four decades of Marvel continuity and appeared in associated Marvel merchandise including animated television series ; trading cards and video games.

The writers had intended to name the character as early as his first episode, but they could not think of a name for him, and they called him " Comic Book Guy ", with the intention of naming the character the next time they used him.

First-time director Conran incorporated many references to classic genre films into his own movie: " The work of those artists and writers from the pulps and Golden Age of Comic Books like Airboy was really the template for us.

*: Category: Writers by medium: Comic book writers, Playwrights, Illustrators, etc.

Three of the regular cast members who regularly appeared in sketches were Teri Garr, Murray Langston ( who later found brief fame as " The Unknown Comic " on The Gong Show ), and Steve Martin ( who also served as one of the show's writers ).

DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson criticized the writers for making an episode based around a supporting character, and argued that Comic Book Guy was not featured enough in the episode.

The line between Old and Middle Comedy is not clearly marked chronologically, Aristophanes and others of the latest writers of the Old Comedy being sometimes regarded as the earliest Middle Comic poets.

The writers had intended to name the character as early as his first episode, but they could not think of a name for him, and they called him " Comic Book Guy ", with the intention of naming the character the next time they used him.

The Comic strip switcheroo ( also known as the Great Comics Switcheroonie or the Great April Fools ' Day Comics Switcheroonie ) was a massive practical joke in which several comic strip writers and artists, without the foreknowledge of their editors, traded strips for a day on April Fool's Day 1997.

In 1991 an anthology style comic featuring different stories by different writers and artists was published called The Godzilla Comic.

For writers of comic strips or webcomics see: Category: Comic strip cartoonists and: Category: Cartoonists ).

The Comic Crusader Storybook was a trade paperback fanzine anthology which included short stories featuring the work of many independent artists and writers.

The Bill Finger Award For Excellence In Comic Book Writing is an American award for comic book writers who were not sufficiently honored for their work in the medium.

In 1975 he founded the Kauka Comic Academy in Munich, where he concentrated on the training and continuing education of young writers and illustrators.

* Evan Esar, Esar's Comic Dictionary, Harvest House, 1943.

* Evan Dorkin interview from the Comic Book Haters ' podcast-Part One

Evan Esar ( 1899 – 1995 ) was an American humorist who wrote Esar's Comic Dictionary 1943, " Humorous English " in 1961, and 20, 000 Quips and Quotes in 1968.

Due to the popularity of the comic, Marvel commissioned a spin-off series, Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book, which kept the talents of Dorkin, DeStefano and Severin.