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The Question: Who Was Your Childhood Hero? [Kids' Comics]
The Question: Who Was Your Childhood Hero? [Kids' Comics]
The Question: Who Was Your Childhood Hero? [Kids' Comics]
This week we're celebrating kids comics, and how comics inspire and influence people from an early age. Comics are often a gateway into fiction as a whole, and for many, the characters we met as kids remain some of our personal heroes to this day, whether they wear a cape or not. The question we put to our contributors this week is: Who was your childhood comics hero?
Everyone's Favorite Fighting Frenchman: A Tribute To Asterix
Everyone's Favorite Fighting Frenchman: A Tribute To Asterix
Everyone's Favorite Fighting Frenchman: A Tribute To Asterix
Today marks the anniversary of one the most beloved European comics characters of all time, the great Asterix The Gaul, who made his first appearance on this day in 1959, created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Asterix --- and his dimwitted but kindhearted companion Obelix --- is undoubtedly one of the most popular comics characters throughout the world, and he's brought joy to people of all ages for the better part of a century.
Weekender: Malik Sajad, Stephanie Hans, Immortal Nadia Greene
Weekender: Malik Sajad, Stephanie Hans, Immortal Nadia Greene
Weekender: Malik Sajad, Stephanie Hans, Immortal Nadia Greene
The weekend is here! Put down your paperwork, throw your stationery out of the window, and do a victory spin in your office chair, because it’s time to catch up on that greatest of all media: comics! What’s been going on this week? There's so much comics that there's no way anybody can keep up with all of it --- so Weekender is here to catch you up on some of the stories you may have missed, and some of the best writing about comics from the past few days.
Saturday Morning Cartoon Fetish Pin-Ups to Leave You Feeling Confused
Saturday Morning Cartoon Fetish Pin-Ups to Leave You Feeling Confused
Saturday Morning Cartoon Fetish Pin-Ups to Leave You Feeling Confused
You don't have to be a widely recognized superstar artist like J. Scott Campbell to turn a classic, beloved character like a Disney princess into a sexed up, pin-up-ready piece of adult entertainment. In fact, artist Ben Newman has done what some may have called impossible and turned even the French comic book Gauls Asterix and Obelix into provocative fetish models...
Stay Gold, Gaully Boy, Stay Gold: Asterix Turns 50 On Thursday
Stay Gold, Gaully Boy, Stay Gold: Asterix Turns 50 On Thursday
Stay Gold, Gaully Boy, Stay Gold: Asterix Turns 50 On Thursday
Even though casual comic readers likely limited their "Asterix" intake to middle school German classes or an approximation thereof, the ancient cartoon warrior created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo in 1959 is a big deal worldwide (especially in his native France) and thus fans around the globe will be pleased to know the magic potion-guzzling Gaui officially turns 50 tomorrow. Time