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A comic book (sometimes called funnies or funny paper) is a book or magazine and more recently a graphic novel in the artistic medium known as comics. American comic books have become closely associated with the superhero genre, but the subject matter of comics varies widely. Japanese comic books are called manga and Korean comic books are called manhwa. In the UK, the term comic book is mainly used for American comic books by their readers and collectors. British comic books, and to the non-aficionado, all comic books, would simply be called comics; a comic book would, if anything, be seen as a book collecting comics – such as the Oor Wullie annual.
Many early comic books were simply collections of comic strips that had been printed in newspapers. The commercial success of these collections led to work being created specifically for the comic book form, which fostered conventions specific to comic books, such as the splash page and the two-page spread .
1 Some famous comic books in alphabetical order
- 2000 AD ( BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly)
- AsterixAsterix (originally Asterix is a fictional character, the hero of a series of comic books created by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo in France. The books have been translated into many languages (even Latin and ancient Greek) and are available in most cou ( FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.)
- BatmanFor other uses see Batman (disambiguation Batman more properly known as The Batman and occasionally as The Bat-Man is a fictional character, a comic book superhero, first appearing in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Most accounts suggest that he was co-crea ( United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in - DC comics)
- The BeanoThe Beano is a British children's comic published by D. Thomson & Co. Ltd which was first issued on 26 July 1938 (dated 30 July). The present editor is Euan Kerr, who has been in the role since 1984. There have been several long-running strips over the ye ( BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly)
- Bob & BobetteBob & Bobette or Spike and Suzy (both in the UK) or Willy and Wanda (in the USA) is an originally Flemish series of comic books called Suske en Wiske designed and written by Willy Vandersteen. It was and is very popular among childeren in the Netherlands ( Belgian Flemish, originally called Suske en Wiske)
- The Dandy ( British)
- Donald Duck ( United States- Disney)
- Fokke and Sukke ( Dutch) [1], [2]
- Lone Wolf and Cub ( Japanese)
- Mickey Mouse ( United States- Disney)
- The Phantom
- Richie Rich ( United States- Harvey Comics )
- The Amazing Spider-Man (American - Marvel Comics)
- Superman ( United States - DC comics)
- Sandman ( United States- DC Vertigo Comics, 1988, World Fantasy Award (1st and only time for comics series))
- Turma da Mônica ( Brazilian)
- Tintin ( Belgian)
- Viz ( British)
- Zap Comix ( United States- underground comix)