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2010 In Comics
Notable events of 2010 in comics. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title. Events January * January 4: Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker's '' Dustin'' makes its debut. * January 12: Dutch cartoonist Jos Collignon wins the ''Inktspotprijs'' for ''Best Political Cartoon'' (edition 2009). * January 26: British TV host Jonathan Ross releases ''Turf'', a comic book scripted by him and drawn by Tommy Lee Edwards. February *February 18: Jim Lee and Dan DiDio announced as the new co-publishers of DC Comics, replacing Paul Levitz. * February 26: In the Netherlands, the Marten Toonderprijs is awarded for the first time. Jan Kruis is the first winner. March * March 1: The first episode of Brett Koth's '' Diamond Lil'' appears in print. April * April 20: Cartoonist Molly Norris creates the ''Everybody Draw Mohammed Day'' cartoon, in response to the controversy over the ''South Park'' episodes '' 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Kelley (cartoonist)
Steve Kelley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is a syndicated editorial cartoonist, comic strip creator, comedian, and writer. He has previously served as staff political cartoonist for The San Diego Union / The San Diego Union-Tribune and The New Orleans Times-Picayune. He began work at the Post-Gazette in November 2018. Kelley is co-creator and writer of the award-winning syndicated comic strip '' Dustin'' which King Features Syndicate distributes to more than 370 newspaper clients and websites. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Kelley graduated from the Collegiate School, and received an undergraduate degree in English from Dartmouth College in 1981, where he drew cartoons for both the '' Daily Dartmouth'' and '' The Dartmouth Review''. Career Kelley began his journalism career in 1981 at the ''San Diego Union Tribune''. After two decades, he moved to the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'' in 2002 following an incident at the ''Union Tribune'' involving a cartoon he had submitted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Qaeda
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Ed Stein (cartoonist)
Edward Alan Stein (born November 22, 1946) is a liberal American cartoonist and former editorial cartoonist for the now-closed ''Rocky Mountain News'' in Denver, Colorado. Stein drew editorial cartoons five days a week, and previously published a local daily comic strip called ''Denver Square''. Stein continues to draw editorial cartoons, which are syndicated by United Media, and have been printed in newspapers across the world in many languages. On September 20, 2010, Stein launched a syndicated national comic strip, entitled ''Freshly Squeezed''. Education Stein was born in a family of Jewish descent. He attended high school in Waco, Texas and college at the University of Denver, graduating with a B.F.A in 1969. Other work Stein worked for many Colorado-based publications including ''Cervi's Journal'' and ''The Rocky Mountain Business Journal'' (since renamed ''Colorado Business Journal''). For a short while, he was co-publisher of the College Press Service, before joining th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It lies in Western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River on the Canada–United States border, Canadian border. With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the List of municipalities in New York, second-most populous city in New York State after New York City, and the List of United States cities by population, 82nd-most populous city in the U.S. Buffalo is the primary city of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 1.1 million in 2020, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 49th-largest metro area in the U.S. Before the 17th century, the region was inhabited by nomadic Paleo-Indians who were succeeded by the Neutral Confederacy, Neutral, Erie people, Erie, and Iroquois nations. In the early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheapjack Shakespeare
Cheapjack Shakespeare is a webcomic and stage play created by Shaun McLaughlin and produced by Gabriel Benson. Though it was initially published as a webcomic, it was adapted from a screenplay and the storyboards for an unproduced film. ''Cheapjack Shakespeare'' was later adapted as a play. Plot ''Cheapjack Shakespeare'' revolves around a college Shakespeare company falling apart as they attempt to stage an outdoor production, with cast members being unfaithful with each other. Stage play In June 2010, it was announced that the comic would be produced as a stage play, ''Cheapjack Shakespeare: The Non-Musical''. This premiered in Buffalo, NY on September 9, 2010, at the Alt Theatre, directed by Drew McCabe. The cast included Kristin Bentley, Arin Lee Dandes and Daniel Morris. This production broke sales records for the Alt Theater. Reception ''Comic Attack'' praised the comic, calling it "heartfelt" and praising the plotting, while noting that the 3D-rendering-style art would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria (magazine)
''Aria'' was a Japanese monthly josei/shōjo manga magazine published by Kodansha. In April 2010 an announcement was made about plans for a new magazine; its first issue was published on July 28 of that same year. The magazine was released in size B5 paper. In 2013, Kodansha temporarily increased ''Aria''s print count by roughly 500% to approximately 80,000 copies because of the demand for the prologue chapter of the ''Attack on Titan'' spin-off '' Attack on Titan: No Regrets'', which was published before the serialization began. On March 27, 2018, it was announced that the magazine would cease its publication on April 28, and most its series would be moved to Kodansha's new app ''Palcy''. Serializations *''Haikyo Shōjo'' by (2010–2012) *'' Demon From Afar'' by Kaori Yuki (2010–2013) *'' Manga Dogs'' by Ema Tōyama (2010–2013) *'' He's My Only Vampire'' by (2010–2014) *'' No. 6'' by Atsuko Asano (original story) and Hinoki Kino (2011–2016) *'' The Prince in His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōjo Manga
is an editorial category of Manga, Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent girls and young adult women. It is, along with Shōnen manga, manga (targeting adolescent boys), Seinen manga, manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and Josei manga, manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated List of manga magazines, manga magazines, which often specialize in a particular readership age range or narrative genre. manga originated from Japanese girls' culture at the turn of the twentieth century, primarily (girls' prose novels) and (Lyricism, lyrical paintings). The earliest manga was published in general magazines aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s and began a period of creative development in the 1950s as it began to formalize as a distinct category of manga. While the category was initially dominated by male manga artists, the emergence and eventual dominance of female arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Evening'', ''Weekly Young Magazine'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Weekly Gendai, Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary, ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1909, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1909 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine, ''Yūben,'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post Writers Group
''The Washington Post'' Writers Group (WPWG), a division of The Washington Post News Service & Syndicate, is a press syndication service distributing opinion columnists, breaking news, podcasts and video journalism, lifestyle content, and graphics and data visualizations. The service is operated by ''The Washington Post''. History ''The Washington Post'' Writers Group formed in 1973. In 2009, the ''Post'' dissolved its relationship with the ''Los Angeles Times'' (see the Los Angeles Times–Washington Post News Service) and joined with Bloomberg News to form The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News, which provided up to 150 national and international stories plus photos and graphics. In 2013 the Writers Group was providing syndicated columns, editorial cartoons, features, and comic strips to newspapers, magazines, and other subscribers globally. The Washington Post Writers Group wound down distributing editorial cartoons and comic strips starting in early 2022; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney & Clyde
''Barney & Clyde'' is a daily newspaper comic strip created by ''Washington Post'' columnist Gene Weingarten, his son Dan Weingarten, and cartoonist David Clark. Originally syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group, it debuted on June 7, 2010. ''Barney & Clyde'' appears in ''The Washington Post'', ''The Miami Herald'', ''The Detroit Free Press'' and many other newspapers. History On Father's Day 2010, Gene Weingarten wrote about how their collaboration began. In 2011, Florida resident Horace LaBadie began suggesting scripts to the creators. In time, he became a frequent contributor to the strip. In 2022, The Washington Post Writers Group announced it was winding down its comic strip business; ''Barney & Clyde'' eventually was picked up for syndication by Counterpoint Media. Characters ''Barney & Clyde'' is about the friendship between a billionaire and a homeless man. Title characters: *J. Barnard (Barney) Pillsbury -- owner and CEO of multinational drug company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Clark (cartoonist)
David Clark is an American illustrator who has produced work for newspapers. He received the National Cartoonist Society The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ... Newspaper Illustration Award for 1996 for his work. He has illustrated several children's books. He is the illustrator and co-creator of the syndicated comic strip '' Barney & Clyde'', which debuted on June 7, 2010. External linksNCS Awards American comic strip cartoonists American comics writers American comics artists American humorists American children's book illustrators Living people Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni Artists from Chicago Reuben Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-illustrator-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Weingarten
Gene Norman Weingarten is an American journalist, and former syndicated humor columnist for ''The Washington Post.'' He is the only two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Weingarten is known for both his serious and humorous work. Through September 2021, Weingarten's column, "Below the Beltway," was published weekly in ''The Washington Post'' magazine and syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group. Weingarten and his son Dan also write '' Barney & Clyde,'' a comic strip with illustrations by David Clark. Early life and education Gene Norman Weingarten was born in New York City. He grew up in the southwest Bronx, the son of an accountant who worked as an Internal Revenue Service agent and a schoolteacher. In 1968, Weingarten graduated from The Bronx High School of Science and attended New York University, where he started as a pre-med student but ended up majoring in psychology. He was editor of the NYU daily student newspaper, ''The He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
