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Star Wars Comic Books
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A comic book -- or comic for short -- is a magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative. Although the term implies otherwise, the subject matter in comic books is not necessarily connected to the creation of the artform as it is now known in the region.
Main article: Underground comics
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a surge of underground comics occurred. These comics were published and distributed independently of the established comics industry, and most titles reflected the youth counterculture and drug culture of the time. Many were notable for their uninhibited, often irreverent style; the frankness of their depictions of nudity, sex, profanity, and politics had not been regarded as conceptually important in ukiyo-e, as the idea behind the picture was of paramount importance. Manga at this time was referred to as the Iron Age) has even more potential starting points, but is generally agreed to be the publication of Alan Moore's Watchmen by DC Comics in 1986.
Comics published after World War II. They are usually printed on low-quality newsprint and range from 200 to more than 850 pages each. Manga magazines also contain one-shot comics and a variety of four-panel yonkoma (equivalent to comic strips). Manga series may continue for many years if they are successful, with stories often collected and reprinted in book-sized volumes called tankōbon, the equivalent of the American trade paperbacks. These volumes use higher-quality paper and are useful to readers who want to be brought up to date with a series, or to readers who find the cost of the weekly or monthly publications to be prohibitive. Deluxe versions are printed, as commemorative or collectable editions. Conversely, old manga titles are also reprinted using lower-quality paper and sold for 100 ¥ (approximately $1 USD) each.
Manga titles are primarily classified by the age and sex of their intended audience. In particular, books and magazines sold to boys (shōnen) and girls (shōjo) have distinctive cover art and are placed on different shelves
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19 Nov 2008 at 6:04pm
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Comic Book Resources, Ca - 14 hours ago
Needing a break, he worked on the concept for feature script ?Changeling? and entered comic books. Straczynski always avoided features until that moment. ... |
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19 Nov 2008 at 2:14am 
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GameIndustry.com, DC - Nov 19, 2008
Don?t get me wrong, I go see the movies, I just don?t watch the cartoons or read the comic books any more. So I am by no means an authority on all things ... |
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18 Nov 2008 at 3:39pm
![]() ?Star Wars? sketch artist
U Weekly, OH - Nov 18, 2008
As he temporarily turned his focus away from comic books in 2007, Snell grew deeply involved in sketch card work. For the uninitiated, sketch cards are ... |
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18 Nov 2008 at 3:34pm
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Huffington Post, NY - Nov 18, 2008
The animated Star Wars shorts on TV were fun in small bites. But Star Wars: The Clone Wars Special Edition ($34.98; Warner Bros.) proved repetitive and dull ... |
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18 Nov 2008 at 8:00am It's been over a year since it was announced that J.J. Abrams, executive producer and co-creator of "Alias," "Lost" and "Fringe," would be taking over the reins for Paramount's reboot of Star Trek . Except for a teaser earlier this year, a bunch of ... Read more...
18 Nov 2008 at 3:55am
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Mania, CA - Nov 18, 2008
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia Stephen J. Sansweet (Del Rey) $125.00 The Star Wars universe, much like our own, is constantly expanding. ... |
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17 Nov 2008 at 1:52pm The new Movie Trailer for JJ Abrams ? Star Trek was attached to Quantum of Solace over the weekend and is now officially online! Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. I was really hoping that this much anticipated new trailer attached to ... Read more...
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