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Zit (comics)
Zit was an adult British comic that was published by Humour Publications UK, beginning with a free sample issue in January 1991, and with issue 1 in February 1991, The final Issue, Issue 143 was published in May 2002 It was one of many such comics similar to '' Viz'', and was also of lower production quality than its inspiration. As well as comic strips, it also included photo strips, joke articles, celebrity references, and adverts for phone lines and mail order products, many of a pornographic or sexual nature. Chris Donald ''Rude Kids: The Unfeasible Story of Viz''- 2004 - Page 243 "..started up by cynical publishers who looked at our success and came up with the following equation: (CRUDE CARTOONS + SWEARING) = ENORMOUS PROFIT The most annoying of these cynical publishers was Russell Church of Brighton-based Humour Publications. He was the man responsible for our most persistent rival, Zit magazine. I first got wind of his activities in January 1991 when an illustrator who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cot Death
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden unexplained death of a child of less than one year of age. Diagnosis requires that the death remain unexplained even after a thorough autopsy and detailed death scene investigation. SIDS usually occurs during sleep. Typically death occurs between the hours of midnight and 9:00 a.m. There is usually no noise or evidence of struggle. SIDS remains the leading cause of infant mortality in Western countries, contributing to half of all post-neonatal deaths. The exact cause of SIDS is unknown. The requirement of a combination of factors including a specific underlying susceptibility, a specific time in development, and an environmental stressor has been proposed. These environmental stressors may include sleeping on the stomach or side, overheating, and exposure to tobacco smoke. Accidental suffocation from bed sharing (also known as co-sleeping) or soft objects may also play a role. Another risk factor is being born before 39 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct British Comics
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British Comics
A British comic is a periodical published in the United Kingdom that contains comic strips. It is generally referred to as a comic or a comic magazine, and historically as a comic paper. British comics are usually Comics anthology, comics anthologies which are typically aimed at children, and are published weekly, although some are also published on a fortnightly or monthly schedule. The two most popular British comic book, comics, ''The Beano'' and ''The Dandy'', were released by DC Thomson in the 1930s. By 1950 the weekly circulation of both reached two million.Armstrong, Stephen"Was Pixar's Inside Out inspired by The Beano?"''The Telegraph''. 27 July 2015 Explaining the enormous popularity of comics in British popular culture during this period, Anita O’Brien, director curator at London's Cartoon Museum, states: "When comics like ''The Beano'' and ''Dandy'' were invented back in the 1930s – and through really to the 1950s and 60s – these comics were almost the only ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Humour Titles
An adult is a human or other animal that has reached full growth. In human context, the term ''adult'' has meanings associated with social and legal concepts. In contrast to a "minor", a legal adult is a person who has attained the age of majority and is therefore regarded as independent, self-sufficient, and responsible. They may also be regarded as a "major". The typical age of attaining legal adulthood is 18, although definition may vary by legal rights, country, and psychological development. Human adulthood encompasses psychological adult development. Definitions of adulthood are often inconsistent and contradictory; a person may be biologically an adult, and have adult behavior, but still be treated as a child if they are under the legal age of majority. Conversely, one may legally be an adult but possess none of the maturity and responsibility that may define an adult character. In different cultures there are events that relate passing from being a child to becoming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Rackstraw
Robert Rackstraw (born 31 October 1965) is a British voice actor who has worked in various animated films, television shows and video games. Career Rackstraw has an extensive voiceover career over 20 years. He voiced the main villain Pew in ''The Legends of Treasure Island'', Voracious, Attila and Farmer Farmer in ''Foxbusters'', James in the UK and US versions of Thomas and Friends, Buster and George in ''The Koala Brothers'', Professor Professor in ''The Secret Show'', Mr. Messy, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Fussy, Mr. Tickle and Mr. Happy in the UK version of ''The Mr. Men Show'', Dad in ''Dennis and Gnasher'', Kwazii in ''The Octonauts'', Roger and Isambard in ''Lavender Castle'', and Captain Campion in ''Watership Down''. He wrote episodes of ''Avenger Penguins'' and ''Fantomcat''. He made his very first voice acting role as Dave the Policeman in the 1992 stop motion animated series ''Truckers''. He provided additional voices for ''Realms of the Haunting'', '' Dragon Quest VIII: Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Holt (voice Actor)
David Holt is an English voice actor and writer. He has contributed his voice to a wide variety of children's cartoons. Career Voice acting Holt is noted for his role as Vervain in ''Watership Down'' as well as the voices for the male animals in '' Percy the Park Keeper'', Oakie Doke and other voices in ''Oakie Doke'', Cowboy, Policeman, farm animals, and Robin Hood in '' A Town Called Panic'', Dad in ''Angry Kid'' and Pinky in ''The Pinky and Perky Show''. He has also done other voice work in animation, promos, documentaries, films, television, multi-media, computer games, children's toys, exhibition guides, announcements and audio books. He also has voiced commercials for L'Oreal Kids, Guess Who? and Burger King. He had provided the voice to the UK version of Face from Nick Jr from 1995 until September 2005, and Moose A. Moose from 2006 to 2010 for Noggin on TMF/VIVA and 2010 to 2013 for Nick Jr. He played the voice of Jack Frost in the film '' Rainbow Magic: Return to Rains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photon Paint
Photon Paint is a Hold-And-Modify (HAM) based bitmap graphics editor for the Amiga, first released in 1987. Photon Paint was the first bitmap graphics editor to incorporate 3D solid modeling and texture mapping as an integral part of the program. Photon Paint was programmed by Oren Peli, Eyal Ofek, and Amir Zbeda at ''Bazbosoft'', an Israeli software house. It was published by MicroIllusions of the US and distributed all over the world. The program sold some 250,000 units and received a best of breed award from Amiga World magazine. Release history *The original Photon Paint was released in 1987 *Photon Paint v2.0 was released in 1988 *A Macintosh version was also released in 1988 See also *Deluxe Paint, the most popular paint program for the Amiga * Brilliance, a well-regarded rival to Deluxe Paint IV and V *List of raster graphics editors *Comparison of raster graphics editors Raster graphics editors can be compared by many variables, including availability. List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Comics
A motion comic (or animated comic) is a form of animation combining elements of print comic books and animation. Individual panels are expanded into a full shot while sound effects, voice acting, and animation are added to the original artwork. Text boxes, speech bubbles and the onomatopoeia are typically removed to feature more of the original artwork being animated. Motion comics are often released as short serials covering a story arc of a long running series or animating a single release of a graphic novel. Single release issues of a story arc are converted into ten- to twenty-minute-long episodes depending on content. History The concept was fully outlined in the mid-1960s by science fiction author Philip K. Dick in his novel '' The Zap Gun'', an expansion of his novella ''Project Plowshare'', which was written in 1964 and first published as a serial in the November 1965 and January 1966 issues of ''Worlds of Tomorrow'' magazine. In Dick's novel, weapons designers of the futur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allin Kempthorne
Allin Kempthorne (born 1972) is a British actor, magician and entertainer. As a magician he works under three distinct identities as Alan Thorn, Professor Strange (with which he appeared on the television show Britain's Got Talent) and Gizmo. He was originally a tabloid newspaper cartoonist. He directed and starred in the comedy film ''The Vampires of Bloody Island'' and was shortlisted in the 2012 Twitter Shorty Awards. Career Kempthorne started his career as a joke writer and cartoonist for '' The Sun'', '' The Mirror'', and ''News of the World'' newspapers. He later enrolled at a circus school where he learned various physical comedy acts. He became a street performer in London's Covent Garden, and won several performance awards. He was a finalist for the International Street Entertainer of the Year Award and won the Tap Water comedy award. He later enrolled in drama school and started a dual career as an entertainer and as an actor. Kempthorne formed the comedy act The Fabu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Diamond
Anne Margaret Diamond (born 8 September 1954) is a British journalist and broadcaster. She presently hosts the weekend breakfast show on GB News with Stephen Dixon as her co-presenter. She hosted '' Good Morning Britain'' for TV-am and ''Good Morning with Anne and Nick'' for BBC One, both with Nick Owen as her co-presenter. She has also worked previously for ''Loose Women'', BBC London, and is a regular columnist for the ''Daily Mail''. Since 2003, she has made regular appearances on Channel 5's topical discussion show ''The Wright Stuff'' and now its successor, ''Jeremy Vine''.Peoplematter.tv Retrieved 18 June 2010 In 1991, following the death of her third son Sebastian, Diamond successfully campaigned for research into |
Comic
a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glossary of comics terminology#Caption, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartoonist, Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; ''Photo comics, fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, Political cartoon, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, Bande d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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