Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was created in an American comic book published by Mirage Studios in 1984 in Dover, New Hampshire.

His mask is typically portrayed as orange outside of the Mirage / Image / IDW comic series and his weapons are dual nunchaku, though he has also been portrayed using other weapons, such as a grappling hook, tonfa, and a three section staff ( in some action figures ).

As in the Mirage comics, Michelangelo is an avid fan of comic book superheroes.

This misspelling had stuck until 2001 with Volume 4 of the comic series from Mirage Studios, when the spelling was officially changed to " Michelangelo ".

Based on the revamped character designs in the Back to the Sewer season, this version of Klunk appears to be female, whereas the Klunk from the Mirage comic was confirmed to be male.

** Mirage Studios, an American comic book company

* Mirage Studios, an American comic book company

He also appeared in the Energon promotional comic, where he was unveiled as the Autobots ' secret weapon against a Decepticon attack by Slugslinger, Sharkticon, Mirage and Shockblast.

With this in mind, other publishers ( including Capital City ( whose Nexus comic outsold several Pacific titles ), Comico, Aardvark-Vanaheim, Educomics, Quality, Eagle, Eclipse, First, Vortex, New Media, Fantagraphics, Mirage ) " feared that having Pacific, a rival publisher, as their distributor could result in their being cut off from comic shops.

The forty-page oversized comic had an initial print run of 3000 copies, and was largely funded by a $ 1000 loan from Eastman's uncle Quentin, and published by the duo's Mirage Studios, a name chosen because " there wasn ’ t an actual studio, only kitchen tables and couches with lap boards.

This led to widespread press coverage of both the TMNT property and Mirage Studios itself, creating " a demand for the interestingly-titled comic that caught everyone by surprise.

This led to widespread press coverage of both the TMNT property and Mirage Studios itself, creating " a demand for the interestingly-titled comic that caught everyone by surprise.

Mirage Studios, the creative force behind the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books was based out of a renovated factory space in Florence.

The Second Life of Dr. Mirage is an American comic book series featuring the eponymous main character, co-created by writer / artist Bob Layton, illustrated by Bernard Chang, and published by Valiant Comics.

Going back to his original black and white beginnings in the 6th issue of the 1987 Mirage Studio's comic Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Leatherhead was originally an exotic pet who got flushed down to the sewer, somehow ending up in an Utrom base.

He wasn't a dwarf but he was a bit of a comic figure.

Alexis (, c. 394 BC – c. 288 BC ) was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period.

The public opinion of voters was remarkably influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theatres.

Salieri would also write several bravura aria's for a soprano playing the part of a middle class character that would combine coloratura and concertante woodwind solos, another innovation for a comic opera that was to be widely imitated.

Again a classic of Renaissance literature was the basis of the libretto by Boccherini, in this case a comic mock-epic by Tassoni, in which a war between Modena and Bologna ensues over a stolen bucket.

Gluck feared that the Parisian critics would denounce the opera by a young composer known mostly for comic pieces and so the opera was originally billed in the press as being a new work by Gluck with some assistance from Antonio Salieri, then shortly before the premiere of the opera the Parisian press reported that the work was to be partly by Gluck and partly by Salieri, and finally after popular and critical success were won on stage the opera was acknowledged in a letter to the public by Gluck as being wholly by the young Antonio.

Alfred Gerald Caplin ( September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979 ), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li ' l Abner.

The technique — as invigorating as it was unorthodox — was later adopted by cartoonists like Walt Kelly and Garry Trudeau ," wrote comic strip historian Rick Marschall.

Li ' l Abner was also the subject of the first book-length, scholarly assessment of an American comic strip ever published.

( This fable-like story was collected into an educational comic book called Mammy Yokum and the Great Dogpatch Mystery !, and distributed by the Anti-Defamation League of B ' nai B ' rith later that year.

" The article recounted Capp's days working for an unnamed " benefactor " with a miserly, swinish personality, who Capp claimed was a never-ending source of inspiration when it came time to create a new unregenerate villain for his comic strip.

As is usual with collaborative efforts in comic strips, his name was the only one credited — although, sensitive to his own experience working on Joe Palooka, Capp frequently drew attention to his assistants in interviews and publicity pieces.

There was also a separate line of comic book titles published by the Caplin family-owned Toby Press, including Shmoo Comics featuring Washable Jones.

Cartoonist Mell Lazarus, creator of Miss Peach and Momma, wrote a comic novel in 1963 titled The Boss Is Crazy, Too which was partly inspired by his apprenticeship days working with Capp and his brother Elliot at Toby.

In the Golden Age of the American comic strip, successful cartoonists received a great deal of attention ; their professional and private lives were reported in the press, and their celebrity was often nearly sufficient to rival their creations.

Besides his use of the comic strip to voice his opinions and display his humor, Capp was a popular guest speaker at universities, and on radio and television.

Li ' l Abner was one of 20 classic American comic strips honored with a USPS commemorative postage stamp.

In the comic, minor characters like Earl, Billy Bob, Clark Cobb, and Mistress Cora Anthrax would get repeated appearances ; Earl was quite regular, and Anthrax was in two issues and got to answer a letter's page.

William " Bill " Boyd Watterson II ( born July 5, 1958 ) is an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995.

Later, when Watterson was creating names for the characters in his comic strip, he allegedly decided upon Calvin ( after the Protestant reformer John Calvin ) and Hobbes ( after the social philosopher Thomas Hobbes ) as a " tip of the hat " to the political science department at Kenyon.

On December 21, 1999 a short piece, written by Watterson to mark the forthcoming end of the comic strip Peanuts, was published in the Los Angeles Times.

The idea of the remake caused wrath among fans of the TV series, since Whedon is not involved and the project does not have any connection with the show and will not conform to the continuity maintained with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight and Season Nine comic book titles.

Since the turn of the millennium, notable successes among cult and midnight movies have been Donnie Darko ( 2001 ), the 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer, an absurdist parody of the pre-MTV summer camp genre, and the comic book adaptation Ghost World.

This actually was not his first work in comics, as earlier the same year Barks along with Hannah and fellow storyman Nick George scripted Pluto Saves the Ship, which was among the first original Disney comic book stories published in the United States.

The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Montreal ’ s La Presse, The Gazette, the Florida Times Union, the Indianapolis Star, the Providence Journal, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Brisbane Courier-Mail, the Windsor Star, The Economic Times and San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications, run the comic in their business section rather than in the regular comics section, similar to the way in which Doonesbury is often carried in the editorial section due to its pointed commentary.

The following year The Arte of English Poesie, attributed to George Puttenham, placed Oxford among a " crew " of courtier poets ; he also considered Oxford among the best comic playwrights of the day.

Epicharmus of Kos and Phormis are reported as having been among the first to invent comic fables.

Essentially self-taught, Kirby cited among his influences the comic strip artists Milton Caniff, Hal Foster, and Alex Raymond, as well as such editorial cartoonists as C. H. Sykes, " Ding " Darling, and Rollin Kirby.

Also among the early 32 members were syndicated panel cartoonists Dave Breger ( Mister Breger ), George Clark ( The Neighbors ), Bob Dunn ( Just the Type ) and Jimmy Hatlo ( They'll Do It Every Time ); freelance magazine cartoonists Abner Dean and Mischa Richter, editorial cartoonists Rube Goldberg ( New York Sun ), Burris Jenkins ( New York Journal American ), C. D. Batchelor ( Daily News ) and Richard Q. Yardley ( The Baltimore Sun ); sports cartoonist Lou Hanlon ; illustrator Russell Patterson and comic book artists Joe Shuster and Joe Musial.

As Massimo Introvigne of the Center for Studies on New Religion explains, Preacher was " among the popular comic book series which ... focused interest on the subject.

The following works may be mentioned, among many others: Cajo Mario ; the three Biblical operas, Assalone, La giuditta, and Il sacrificio d ' Abramo ; Il convito di pietra ; and La ballerina amante, a comic opera first performed at Venice with enormous success.

* Chart Throb ( 2006 ) is a comic novel by Ben Elton that parodies The X Factor and The Osbournes, among other reality shows.

His is a solitary voice, and his estrangement, however comic, bears the pathos of the portraits — Watteau's chief among them — that we will encounter in the centuries to come.

The routine, at once comic and romantic, incorporates hopping steps, tap spins with barrages, loping and dragging steps among its many innovative devices.

Outside of an extensive comic book history, the Swamp Thing property has inspired two theatrical films, a live-action television series, and a five-part animated series, among other media.

Supporting segments include Dudley Do-Right ( a parody of old-time melodrama ), Peabody & Sherman ( a dog and his pet boy traveling through time ), and Fractured Fairy Tales ( classic fairy tales retold in comic fashion ), among others.

Antonio Pini-Corsi was the standout Italian buffo baritone in the period between about 1880 and World War I, reveling in comic opera roles by Rossini, Donizetti and Paer, among others.

This section includes various comic scenes relating to mutual stereotyping among different ethnic groups ; the two attempt to pass themselves off as indigenous Mexicans, failing to convince one Mexican truck driver after naming the wrong destination, but later succeeding in convincing a U. S. Border Patrol officer by copiously peppering their responses with the Mexican word for " fuck ", which a neighbor had suggested was how all Mexicans speak.

The stories which Carl Barks wrote for this comic book, among the last comic book stories he scripted, were drawn by Kay Wright, John Carey and Tony Strobl.

The first four of these were among the large cast of La vie est un roman ( Life Is a Bed of Roses ) ( 1983 ), a comic fantasy about utopian dreams in which three stories, from different eras and told in different styles, are interwoven within a shared setting.

The comic poet Menander was among his pupils.

In 1954, Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent coincided with Congressional hearings on ( among other topics ) the negative influence of comic books.

Wichita also has among its people many prominent fictional characters, including the entire setting of the Dennis the Menace comic strip.

Hislop's claims continue to be circulated among some fundamentalist Christians today in the form of Jack Chick tracts, comic books, and related media.