Comic relief was provided by fellow flyer Hotshot Charlie.

Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.

Comic relief often takes the form of a bumbling, wisecracking sidekick of the hero or villain in a work of fiction.

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This led to other fundraising famine relief projects such as Sport Aid and Comic Relief.

Comic relief was provided as Ermey inflicted DI-style verbal abuse on his viewers or tests the effects of various weapons on watermelons ( the host's " sworn enemy ") and paint cans, as well as occasional appearances of " Mini-Lee ", an action figure styled in Ermey's likeness, often seen berating a luckless G. I.

Comic relief was provided by Roscoe the racetrack tout ( played by Louis Quinn ), and Gerald Lloyd " Kookie " Kookson III ( played by Edd Byrnes ), the rock and roll-loving, wisecracking, hair-combing, hipster and aspiring P. I.

Comic relief is provided by Frost's interactions with the bureaucratically-minded Superintendent Norman Mullett, played by Bruce Alexander.

By 2005 Comic Relief it had raised £ 337 million for famine relief and community development, notably for Africa and in disadvantaged areas of the UK.

Comic relief is provided by Cuddie Headrigg, a peasant who reluctantly joins the rebellion because of his personal loyalty to Morton, as well as his own fanatical mother.

Comic relief is provided by two bumbling thieves.

Comic strips, also known as " cartoon strips " in the United Kingdom, are found daily in newspapers worldwide, and are usually a short series of cartoon illustrations in sequence.

Lolicon manga are usually short stories, published as dōjinshi ( fan works ) or in magazines specializing in the genre such as Lemon People, Manga Burikko and Comic LO ( where " LO " is an abbreviation for " Lolita Only ").

Comic opera denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending.

The more well-known version of Honey Bunny debuted in Bugs Bunny Comic Book # 108 ( November 1966 ) and was a semi-regular fixture in the series of Looney Tunes comic books published by Gold Key throughout the 1960s and 1970s, usually co-starring with Bugs Bunny.

Common plot points include such otaku-centric activities as the buying and creation of dōjinshi, fan-made manga usually of erotic content ; convincing a character to try cosplay ( the dressing up as characters from manga, anime, or video games ); the creation of plamo ( plastic models that must be assembled ); visiting Akihabara, Tokyo's electronics shopping district ; or attending the biannual Comic Festival (" Comifes "), a reference to Comic Market (" Comiket "), Japan's single largest anime-and manga-focused fan convention.

" was a " Jam Comic ", i. e. a collection of comic strips each of which was an unplanned collaborative effort, with one creator drawing the first frame and then passing it on to another to be continued, usually resulting in a comic strip far more strange and unpredicatable than any one artist would be likely to devise.

The series ' staff found it hard to make Comic Book Guy seem likable, since he is usually portrayed as sarcastic and unfriendly.

Because Comic Book Guy is usually sarcastic and unfriendly, the series ' staff found it hard to make the character seem likable.

The Bronze Age of Comic Books is an informal name for a period in the history of mainstream American comic books usually said to run from 1970 to 1985.

In addition, Nickelodeon Magazines Comic Book also featured comics from characters of the network's programming, which usually appeared just before a season premiere or special movie event for the property on the actual series.

Comic books sometimes use reality warping as a means to erase all continuity in a series and start over from the beginning.

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund began as a means to pay for the legal defense of Friendly Frank's comic shop manager Michael Correa, who was arrested in 1986 on charges of distributing obscenity.

The Marvel Comic version listed several capabilities not seen in the TV series such as the Wall-a huge corridor where technicians in huge floating chairs listened with headphones, by way of the Battlestars ' sensors, to everything from distant quasars, pulsars, super nova remnants and so forth, as a means to keep surveillance on possible Cylon activity or the true location of Earth.

Comic publishers schedule releases in four-week cycles, releasing on a particular day of the week ( e. g., every Wednesday ).

It was used for strong emotional effect in Spike Lee's four-hour When the Levees Broke ( 2006 ) and an equally moving dramatic sketch by Billy Crystal on HBO's Comic Relief 2006.

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It has no connection, other than the character's name, to the earlier film Eddie Monsoon: A Life ?, a comedy play written by Saunders ' husband Adrian Edmondson in 1984 for the TV series The Comic Strip Presents ....

A long-running gag on the show was never to reveal the character's name, with other characters referring to him as " Comic Book Guy ".

Hank Azaria has won several Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his work on The Simpsons, winning one in 2001 for voicing Comic Book Guy and various other characters in the episode " Worst Episode Ever ".

The names themselves come from Edmondson's and Mayall's own nicknames for each other ; many of Mayall's characters are referred to by some variation of the name " Richard " and " Eddie " is taken from " Eddie Monsoon ", Edmondson's nickname since University, which is a play on his then stage name, Ade Edmondson ( compare Edina Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous, who is called " Eddie " by her friend Patsy, and is played by Edmondson's Comic Strip fellow and wife Jennifer Saunders ).

ET on weekends ) included Video Comic Book, and the long-running Pinwheel ( now formatted as a daily hour-long series that ran in a 3 – 5 hour block format, and was a precursor to the Nick Jr. block ) along with other shows such as America Goes Bananaz, Nickel Flicks and By the Way.

Comic fantasy may ignore all possible logic in search of humor, particularly if it is parodying other fantasies ' faulty world-building, as in Diana Wynne Jones's Dark Lord of Derkholm, or the illogic of the setting is integral to the comedy, as in L. Sprague de Camp's Solomon's Stone, where the fantasy world is populated by the heroic and glamorous figures that people daydream about being, resulting in a severe shortage of workers in the more mundane, day-to-day industries.

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.

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.

The Generation Game returned another time in 2011 for Comic Relief in 24 hour panel people with Miranda Hart on one team and David Walliams on the other

" Seemingly never an official publishing title ," the Connecticut Historical Society noted, " the Quality Comics Group is a trademarked name ( presumably taking its name from Stamford's nickname of ' the Quality City ') encompassing Comic Favorites Inc., E. M. Arnold Publications, Smash Comics, and any other imprints owned by Arnold ".

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.

Basil appeared on the 1993 Comic Relief song, " Stick It Out " alongside Right Said Fred and other celebrity friends.

Meanwhile, other comics had left the Store with Peter Richardson to form The Comic Strip performing ' Comedy Cabaret ' featuring double acts and sketch comedy, at The Boulevard Theatre, Soho in October 1980.

ICM Partners represents several noted executive producers and other showrunners and has successfully packaged hit shows such as Grey ’ s Anatomy ; Dancing with the Stars ; Modern Family The Big Bang Theory ; Criminal Minds ; Undercover Boss ; Cougar Town ; House ; Breaking Bad ; Mike & Molly ; The Simpsons ; Two and a Half Men ; Sons of Anarchy ; Psych ; The Ellen DeGeneres Show ; America ’ s Next Top Model ; Kitchen Nightmares ; Last Comic Standing ; Don't Forget the Lyrics ; Friends ; Army Wives ; Cheers ; Sex and the City ; Frasier ; and Scrubs.

Nick is a regular character until the 2003 Christmas special, and makes one appearance in 2004's fifth series before making his final My Family appearance in the 2005 Comic Relief short as actor Kris Marshall wanted to do other projects and avoid being type-cast.

" Alvaro's Comic Boards ' review was even harsher, remarking that Ultimates 3 " has somehow managed to entirely miss what made the Ultimates something other than alternative universe Avengers " and adding " this was the worst comic I've read all year ".

Richardson returned to Channel 4 in the new Millenium and two other Comic Strip films have been produced since, Sex Actually in 2005 and 2011's The Hunt for Tony Blair.

Richardson appeared in the 1992 revival of the Carry On franchise, Carry On Columbus, alongside other Comic Strip members Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle and Nigel Planer.

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Over the next number of years, the troupe's members only rarely worked together as CODCO, but often collaborated with each other individually on various projects, including the film The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood and the television series The Root Seller, The Wonderful Grand Band and The S and M Comic Book.

He returned to the pages of " the Galaxy's Greatest Comic " in the early 1980s to create Rogue Trooper with writer Gerry Finley-Day and produce an acclaimed early run on that feature, before handing it over to a succession of other artists.

She is regularly involved with Curtis's other projects, including Comic Relief, the successful British charity and biannual telethon that he helped establish.