As World War II progressed, however, " comics, perhaps regarded as frivolous, began to disappear ".

" The concept of the Book of Shadows has subsequently appeared in popular culture, for instance being utilised in the American television series Charmed and providing the title of films, musical albums and comics, however in all these cases it was taken out of its original Wiccan context.

Post-Crisis comics, however, show the Kents residing on their farm through Clark's adulthood.

Bishōnen manga are generally shōjo manga ( girls ' comics ) or yaoi ( girls ' comics focused on homosexual relationships between beautiful boys ), however shōnen manga ( boy's comics ) may use casts of bishōnen characters for crossover appeal to female readers.

The characters, however, went on to appear in convention comics and stories beginning in 2008.

The comics, however, show no basis for an interest in either career.

The likeness with Donald Duck is only feather deep, however ; the comics often take place at a bar, Zeke's, where Arne gets drunk while he cynically thinks about and discusses life.

In the late 1970s, however, it experienced a resurgence of interest, largely due to Dutch artists like Joost Swarte and Theo van den Boogaard, who had come up through the Dutch underground comics scene, as well as the French artist Jacques Tardi.

Since this, however, he attended an event in early 2007 and stated he was not working on his " own " comics – he was collaborating on two comics in the style of Everything Can Be Beaten, acting only as author.

During the 1980s, however, this new " cute " writing was adopted by magazines and comics and was put onto packaging and advertising.

Prop comics are sometimes looked down upon by other comedians, and the term is sometimes used derisively ; however, some, such as Tommy Cooper, rose to critical acclaim as their props revolved around a gimmick ( such as Cooper's magic ) and the comedian's character around that gimmick.

In the seventeenth issue of the comics, Paige looks for a witch named Sarah at a Salem house ; however, she meets Cole who won't let her in.

Spiegelman was not comfortable with the term, however, as many book-length comics were being referred to as " graphic novels " whether or not they were novelistic.

Afterward, however, Fraction continued to be contradictory in one more interview, by describing her as not being the real Madelyne Pryor ; although, what he stated has not been confirmed in the comics, as of yet.

Despite its critics, the film did however undeniably broaden the comics ' fanbase from a relatively modest cult following to an international audience.

A caption refers to her as " La Garro " She, however, never appears in any of the team's adventures, or its comics under this name.

Marvel Comics published a short-run comic series to tie in to the show ; however, the comics were a separate continuity.

In the current comics, however, the shield is the Kryptonian symbol for " hope ," and not only is it worn by Jor-El in a similar manner to Brando of the first feature film, but it adorns all manner of Kryptonian flags, clothing, spaceships, and equipment.

Renowned comic artist and advocate of the medium of comics Art Spiegelman notes that records of prosecutions against publishers and artists for making Tijuana bibles do not seem to exist ; the cartoonist added, however, that on occasion authorities seized shipments and people selling Tijuana bibles.

" He did however enjoy UK comics, including newspaper strips such as " Syd Jordan's Jeff Hawke David Wright's Carol Day, " and Valiant which featured " Eric Bradbury's Mytek the Mighty and Jesus Blasco's Steel Claw " Despite such a variety of inspirations, Bolland credits his eventual pursuance of art as a hobby and then vocation to a primary school art teacher, who " evidently said all the right things to me.

Learning to draw comics, however, was " more a self-taught thing ," with Bolland eventually writing a 15, 000 word dissertation in 1973 on Neal Adams-an " artist teachers had never heard of.

Much of this, like comics fandom itself, began as part of standard science fiction conventions, but comics fans have developed their own traditions.

are comics created in Japan, or by Japanese creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.

In France, " la nouvelle manga " has developed as a form of bande dessinée comics drawn in styles influenced by Japanese manga.

Growing up in Venice he developed a particular love for American cartoons and Disney comics, that, at the time, were published in the big format of the Topolino Giornale which was then printing now classic Floyd Gottfredson's stories.

Though the committee's final report did not blame comics for crime, it recommended that the comics industry tone down its content voluntarily ; possibly taking this as a veiled threat of potential censorship, publishers developed the Comics Code Authority to censor their own content.

The early Blueberry comics used a simple line drawing style similar to that of Jijé, and standard Western themes and imagery, but gradually Giraud developed a darker and grittier style inspired by the Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone and the dark realism of Sam Peckinpah.

After moving to Tokyo in 1962 he developed his detailed horror manga style and has since published his comics in every genre from horror fiction to science fiction to humour.

Here he developed his ideas of God, death, and infinity, free of the restrictions of mainstream comics publishers ' self-censorship arm, the Comics Code Authority.

As he developed more and more of Hearst's comics into cartoon series, he came to put semi-independent units in charge of each, leading to the growth of individual styles.

He developed and launched Prisoners of Gravity with Mark Askwith and host / comedian Rick Green-a prize-winning, weekly half-hour, hybrid magazine / documentary / veejay show devoted to science fiction, fantasy, comics, and horror.

The Jack McKinney novels and Robotech comics such as The Malcontent Uprisings limited series developed a Zentraedi language which was different from the language which was developed for Macross DYRL and was not as completely developed as the Macross version.

The long-anticipated wedding was put off to coincide with the characters ' marriage in the comics, which led to many storylines designed to delay and interrupt the wedding on the TV series Another controversy erupted when ABC announced that the wedding would actually take place Valentine's Day weekend, even sending out heart-shaped " wedding invitations " to ABC News staff, only to present viewers with a bogus wedding in which Clark unwittingly married a clone of Lois, developed by a mad scientist whose creations were required to ingest frogs periodically which started a main thrilling climax of a special five-part story with Lois being kidnapped by Lex Luthor who had put the clone in her place and later after a sharp hit on the head had amnesia and needed to regain her memory.

The Superman of the television series developed superpowers beyond his precursors in radio, cartoons, comics, and theatrical serials.

King Features denies that Mary Worth was a continuation of the earlier strip, ignoring published comics from the late thirties and forties titled " Apple Mary: Mary Worth's Family " ( before the subtitle completely replaced " Apple Mary ") and disregarding Saunders ' own detailed account in his interviews ( 1971 ) and autobiography ( 1983-86 ) of how he was given Apple Mary in 1939 and developed it into Mary Worth with stories he thought women would enjoy more.

He broke into American comics in 1993, drawing Ennis's run on DC Comics's The Demon, followed by its spin-off, Hitman, from 1996 to 2001, on which McCrea developed a versatile drawing style equally at home with goofy humour, action, and subtle characterisation.

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The club developed a cult following and was attended by many comics.

The Japanese Beast Wars II toy catalogue claims that he had battled and lost to Galvatron ( the villain of that series ) in the past, while the 2006 BotCon comics claimed he was previously a commander in the Predacon army who had developed many of the Predacons ' tactics.

Based on its focus on Golden Age reprints and stories inspired by that style, AC has developed a reputation for straightforward, fun, and action-packed superhero tales which often avoid the darker themes of many modern comics.

He moved to San Diego California, where he developed an interest in comics.