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Ryan North
Ryan North (born October 20, 1980) is a Canadian writer and computer programmer. He is the creator and author of ''Dinosaur Comics'', and has written for the comic series of ''Adventure Time'' and Marvel Comics' ''The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl''. His works have won multiple Eisner Award, Eisner Awards and Harvey Award, Harvey Awards and made The New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' Bestseller lists. Comics Webcomics North started the webcomic ''Dinosaur Comics'' in 2003, during the last year of his undergraduate degree. ''Dinosaur Comics'' is a fixed-art webcomic which uses the same base art for every strip. North has produced over 3,500 strips. ''Dinosaur Comics'' was named one of the best webcomics of 2004 and 2005 by The Webcomics Examiner. ''Wired (website), Wired'' listed ''Dinosaur Comics'' as one of "Five Webcomics You Can Share With Your Kids" and ''PC Magazine'' included the comic in its "10 Wicked Awesome Webcomics" list. Cracked.com named ''Dinosaur ...
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The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's " newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadcast ...
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ICv2
''ICv2'' is an online trade magazine that covers geek culture for retailers. ''ICv2s main areas of focus are comic books, anime, gaming, and show business products. The site offers news, reviews, analysis, and sales information for retailers and librarians. ''ICv2'' holds an annual trade conference in conjunction with the New York Comic Con; the company also periodically publishes ''ICv2 Retailer Guides'' in hard copy format. The site is produced by GCO, LLC, based in Madison, Wisconsin. Name ''ICv2'' stands for ''Internal Correspondence'' version 2, named after a trade magazine published in the 1980s-1990s by Capital City Distribution. History Capital City Distribution co-founder Milton Griepp published ''Internal Correspondence'', first as a newsletter and then as a magazine, until Capital City was acquired by Diamond Comic Distributors in 1996, retaining rights to the name. He launched ''ICv2'' in January 2001. The ''ICv2 Retailer Guides'' magazines were launched in 2 ...
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Albert Monteys
Albert Monteys i Homar (Barcelona, 15 September 1971) is a Spanish comic writer and illustrator, mostly known for his work in the satirical weekly magazine ''El Jueves'' of which he was the director from 2006 until January 2011. Early life Albert Monteys started reading comics in Catalan bought by his parents such as '' Cavall Fort'' or ''Tretzevents'' until he discovered the ones of Bruguera, especially '' Mort and Phil'' and '' Superlópez''.Monteys, Albert in an interview with Pedro Toro (07/2006). Entrevista a Albert Monteys'', ''Un día de texas''/''Guía del Cómic''. He is also a fan of Asterix.Monteys, Albert in an interview with Santiago García (07/1997). Interview with Albert Monteys», ''U, el hijo de Urich #5'' (Camaleón Ediciones). For two or three years he read many superhero comics and when he was twelve and fifteen, Franco-Belgian, he even bought '' Spirou'' in French. He also published in the school magazine. He studied one year at the comics specialized sc ...
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Slaughterhouse-Five
''Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death'' is a 1969 semi-autobiographic science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It follows the life and experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant during World War II, to the post-war years, with Billy occasionally traveling through time. The text centers on Billy's capture by the German Army and his survival of the Allied firebombing of Dresden as a prisoner of war, an experience which Vonnegut himself lived through as an American serviceman. The work has been called an example of "unmatched moral clarity"Powers, Kevin"The Moral Clarity of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ at 50" The New York Times, March 23, 2019, ''Sunday Book Review'', p. 13. and "one of the most enduring anti-war novels of all time". Plot The story is told in a non-linear order by an unreliable narrator (he begins the novel by telling the reader, "All of this happ ...
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Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works; further collections have been published after his death. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Vonnegut attended Cornell University but withdrew in January 1943 and enlisted in the US Army. As part of his training, he studied mechanical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) and the University of Tennessee. He was then deployed to Europe to fight in World War II and was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was interned in Dresden, where he survived the Allied bombing of the city in a meat locker of the slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned. After the war, he married Jane Marie Cox, with whom he had three children. He adopted his nephews after his siste ...
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Archaia
Archaia Entertainment, LLC, commonly known as Archaia (formerly known as Archaia Studios Press), is an imprint of American comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios. Archaia Entertainment, LLC was originally an American comic book publishing company established by Mark Smylie in 2002. On June 24, 2013, Archaia was acquired by Boom! Studios and became a wholly owned imprint. History Mark Smylie formed the company as a home for his comic book series '' Artesia''. The original Artesia publisher, Sirius Entertainment, published the first 6 issue mini-series ''Artesia'' in 1999 and the second 6 issue mini-series ''Artesia Afield'' in 2000 in full color. In an attempt to keep costs down, Sirius wanted to print the third series ''Artesia Afire'' in black and white. Smylie decided to take the series back from the publisher and open his own publishing outfit to finance the full color publication of the third series. In April 2006 the company announced they would be expanding th ...
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Chip Zdarsky
Steve Murray (born December 21, 1975), known by the pen-name Chip Zdarsky, is a Canadian comic book artist and writer, journalist, illustrator and designer. He has also used the pseudonym Todd Diamonte. He worked for ''National Post'' for over a decade, until 2014, as an illustrator and humorist (as Steve Murray) and wrote and illustrated a column called "Extremely Bad Advice" for the paper as well as ''The Ampersand'', the newspaper's pop culture section's online edition. He uses the Zdarsky pseudonym for comics-related work, using it to create ''Prison Funnies'' and ''Monster Cops'' and as artist and co-creator of ''Sex Criminals'' with writer Matt Fraction. Comics attributed to him include ''Howard the Duck'', '' Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'', ''Daredevil,'' '' Spider-Man: Life Story'' and ''Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow'' for Marvel Comics, ''Batman'' for DC Comics and '' Jughead'' for Archie Comics. Early life Steve Murray was born in Edmonton, Alberta and rais ...
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Jughead (comic Book)
''Jughead'' (also known as ''Archie's Pal Jughead'') is an ongoing comic book series featuring the Archie Comics character of the Jughead Jones, same name. The character first appeared in ''Pep Comics'' #22 (cover dated December 1941). Jughead proved to be popular enough to warrant his own self-titled ongoing comic book series which began publication in January 1949. Publication history Jughead first appeared in ''Pep Comics'' #22 in 1941 (also Archie's first appearance) and later grew into his own title ''Archie's Pal Jughead Comics'' in 1949, which also guest-starred Archie and his friends. Common story themes included Jughead's insatiable appetite for hamburgers, avoiding Ethel Muggs, Big Ethel who has a crush on him and outsmarting his nemesis Reggie Mantle. The official title was shortened to ''Jughead'' with issue #122 in July 1965. In #325, Cheryl Blossom made her second appearance after debuting in ''Betty and Veronica (comic book), Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica'' tha ...
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Erica Henderson
Erica Henderson is an American two-time Eisner Award-winning comics artist and animator, known for her work on ''The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl'' and '' Jughead'', and for her animation work on ''Venture Bros.'' Early life Henderson was born in New York. Her mother works in the fashion industry, and her father is the late horror and detective fiction author C. J. Henderson, who exposed her to comics and adult science fiction from a young age. She was a fan of Archie Comics, and names Dan DeCarlo and Samm Schwartz among her earliest influences for their distinctive styles. She was also a fan of the DC Comics series '' Young Heroes in Love'', which showed her how superheroes could be adapted into different genres and story types. Henderson graduated from Rhode Island School of Design. Career During the break between her junior and sophomore year in college, Henderson worked as an intern for World Leaders Entertainment, where she worked on the third season of the animated televisio ...
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Galaga
is a 1981 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco. In North America, it was released by Midway Manufacturing. It is the sequel to ''Galaxian'' (1979), Namco's first major video game hit in arcades. Controlling a starship, the player is tasked with destroying the Galaga forces in each stage while avoiding enemies and projectiles. Some enemies can capture a player's ship via a tractor beam, which can be rescued to transform the player into a "dual fighter" with additional firepower. Shigeru Yokoyama led development with a small team. Initial planning took about two months to finish. Originally developed for the Namco Galaxian arcade board, it was instead shifted to a new system as suggested by Namco's Research and Development division. Inspiration for the dual fighter mechanic was taken from a film that Yokoyama had seen prior to development, where a ship was captured using a large circular beam. The project became immensely popular around the company, wit ...
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The Adventures Of Dr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ...
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