Sitting at the chess table, the professor and the teenager created an almost comic tableau. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard the racket from in here. Sounded like y’all put the hurt on him. The heroes in your comics would be proud.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We discussed Mr. Hynning for years afterward and many of the men imitated the way he spoke to comic effect. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We keep the door closed because my mother doesn’t approve of comics. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that the comics were forbidden added to their appeal. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ruth May put an aluminum saucepan on her head and slid two comic books down the seat of her jeans in case of a whipping. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Notwithstanding the universal admiration for Offenbach’s comic operettas, the opulence of the Parisian experience of opera and its position in society still meant it was a luxury. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In his comic play The Clouds, Aristophanes, writing in 420 bc, lampooned rhetoric as the art of weak reasoning, “which by false arguments triumphs over the strong.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The rest of the time I hung out and read my comic books, or watched TV, or went out back to the pen, where I threw the ball for Jake, their bomb dog. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They’re like those characters in old comic books, the ones with two identities. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” Tee said, looking up from her comic book. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You could have bought comic books,” I said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It felt almost comic to him, burning in his throat. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Max eats a second ham sandwich and rereads a comic book, and sheets of yellow flowers glow in the fields, and Jutta wonders if any of them grow over the bones of her brother. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he went around the store and grabbed anything that looked interesting—which wasn’t hard in a comic book store. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead, Charlie. Go sit down and look at your comic book. We got to get back to work.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden, out of the blue, Noodles decided to break down how, over the last few days, with all the time to himself, he figured out why he loved comics so much. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I was told I could no longer bring comic books into the house. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And which totally sucked because it meant he would read the rest of the comic during school, and have something lame like Rom out on the way home. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She tried to smooth the comic out on her lap, but it was covered in some goop. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Despite his obvious intelligence, he did poorly in school, because most of his attention was focused on computers, comic books, sci-fi and fantasy novels, movies, and above all else, videogames. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She handed him the comic, and he took it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

On a college visit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge the summer before senior year, Sasha met a fellow fan of the intricately plotted web comic Homestuck on a subway platform. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

What I read away from school was comic books, as many as Roughie could afford. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was always arguing that comic books were literature too. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But she made his comics smell like roses. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I try to keep busy by flipping through comic books, but for some reason they don’t feel engaging today. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I guess I was too busy reading comics. But seriously, does he ever come back?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She tells us about comics she likes and bands she’s into. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The painting depicted the god Janus with two faces, one masked like a comic player, the other wearing a tragic look. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The door gunner was reading a comic book. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Awww, man! You don’t know? It’s only like the coolest comic book out there.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When I finally figured it out I shot him; he wheeled about with his face all red storm and theater and shook his fists at me with comic menace. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when we were little, she made sure I had whatever she had—from candy to new comic books to time with Kira. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then he started to fold up the Spawn comic as a replacement. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Rishi looked at her and said, almost defiantly, “I am never going to be a comic artist.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Usually what I do is just hang around and look at my comic books and watch the tube, or go shopping with Gram if she really makes a fuss. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every comic book hero used to be a little kid in school once, so what if kids like us are the superheroes, right? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Of our hometown team,” said Kyle, “but not this one. This is more like one of those superhero teams in the comic books.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A phrase comes to me, a remnant left over from boys, from Saturday afternoons, reading the comics: Pick on somebody your own size. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His sister certainly was, and his friends...They all still enjoyed the comics and building robots, which held their friendships together. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was rather a comic cavalcade that left the village, though the few folk that came out to stare at the ’get-up’ of the travellers did not seem quite sure whether laughing was allowed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I looked around at all the scraps of comic strips littering the bed. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“She makes a lot of money,” he said, “and she should buy her own darn comic book.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

People have got it into their heads, through the cinema and the comic advertisements, that knights in armour generally wore ostrich plumes, nodding like stalks of pampas grass. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flora flipped through the pages of the comic and stopped at the panel that showed the glowing, powerful Incandesto. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

But there was also something comic about her—or was I clutching at straws? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But what arrested my attention were the stacks of comic books on the floor, and the shelves and shelves of books. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A movement at the corner of his eye made Roy glance up from his comic book—and there he was on the sidewalk, running again! Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fuzzy cloud comes and goes, and now he looks forward to the pleasure of the brightly colored pictures in the comic book that he has gone through thirty, forty times. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The thing is, we never saw him as a person, just as an object of comic relief. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I found what seemed a sure thing in the back of a Captain Marvel comic book in Kellam’s store. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up from the comic book and looked right into my eyes. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I picked up a comic book and began to read. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoved the comic between her books like it was something secret, then got off the bus. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Stop reading comic books, Tristan, and go read a real book. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I look down at the comic book in my hand, which I’ve managed to spindle without even realizing it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I guess I assumed. I know he reads all those comics,” I say. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“No one. Just an obscure Indian comic from when I was a kid.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The comic line spoken by Harry Hawk, “You sockdologizing old mantrap,” was followed by an explosion of laughter from the audience. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not supposed to eat any of them. Tell me what you’ve been up to. Gosh, the other girls are boring! They don’t do anything but read love comics and eat chocolates.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t my research into old movies, comics, or videogames that had yielded my first real clue. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He flipped through the sketched pages until he found where he had tucked another folded-up comic book page. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

One could whitewash all he pleased, and put up comic neon signs, but the aged timbers stood strong under their additional burden. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I think about that comic all the time. It was the best thing I’ve ever done.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Blue walls covered with superhero and comic book posters, a solar system slowly revolved from the ceiling, a stuffed boa constrictor stretched across the foot of his bed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Fine—hands down. Now, how many of you read a part of the Tribune other than the comics?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie pulls his legs up and opens the comic book to the first page where the Batman and Robin are swinging up a long rope to the side of a building. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The child pulls out a comic book from a knapsack with Big Bird on the back. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

So Dad made Brian give Ginger the comic book, telling him it was the gentlemanly thing to do. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed several comic strips and headed out-of-doors, away from it all. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry Dobbins and Azar gave him a stack of comic books for hospital reading. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she were like her comic book alter ego, the Flint Avenger, she’d have this up in a nanosecond. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Several long boxes of comic books were stacked against the wall, each carefully labeled. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The reading of comics is done in reverential silence, with now and then a few monosyllables of trade. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remember his wooden swords with the orange blood, his comic book collection. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Park picked up his comics after taekwondo Wednesday night, but he waited until Thursday morning to read them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The guy sounded like he really liked comic books. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Same first name as a president and an obscure comic book character. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

People didn’t tune in en masse to watch comic book artists sketch on TV, did they? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Not the headlines or the front page or the sports page or the comics or the TV listings or the Hollywood gossip. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He sounded like a character from the comics. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

And he’ll just laugh and laugh at the dumb jokes, no matter how many times he’s read the same comic. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dante had all his father’s old Superman comics. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When the sheriff let us by, the girls still wanted their comic books and candy but I wouldn’t take anything from JimmyTrotter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I almost expected it to fill with words like one of those balloons on the comic pages. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene was so comic the people walked into die road to make sure they saw it all. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was ignoring her mother, and she was also reading a comic book entitled The Illuminated Adventures of the Amazing Incandesto! Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I reread my Doctor Who comics and try not to think about Sara. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Ashton and the other guys started flipping through comic books, and me and Holly talked to each other. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I told you, I’m working on a new comic with Jasmine,” I tell her—but like I said, my mom can always tell when I’m lying. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He was known to fire longtime employees for not recognizing an obscure line of movie dialogue he quoted, or if he discovered they weren’t familiar with one of his favorite cartoons, comic books, or videogames. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Exhausted by the day’s work, I sat on the bundle of newspapers, took out a comic book from my knapsack and buried my face in it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sigils, as I recall from some dark comic book series, are symbols of medieval magic from back in the day when so few people were literate that literacy itself was seen as borderline magical. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I think I read it in a comic book.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He just held his comics open wider and turned the pages more slowly. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The radio serials were like an extension of the comics, and Mama liked to listen to them with me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was looking at his comics—he could see her eyes moving. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

This was a comic strip we used to draw together about two astronauts named Gleebo and Tom who lived on Pluto and had a dog named Darth Daisy. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

A packet of cigarette sweets, a tin Phantom pencil box and Paul Bunyan—a Junior Classics Illustrated comic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I grab my headphones, my physics textbook, and some comics. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Stacks of books and tapes and comic books. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He was framed with a white border, like a scene in a comic book. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“What are you shushing him for?” asked Kid Sampson, peeling a tangerine with his front teeth as he perused the dogeared pages of a comic book. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My uncle Paul likes to think of it as a superpower, something from a comic book or a movie. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

To his alarm Frodo became aware that the ridiculous young Took, encouraged by his success with the fat Mayor of Michel Delving, was now actually giving a comic account of Bilbo’s farewell party. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The strange thing about Roman soldiers in the comics, according to Rahel, was the amount of trouble they took over their armor and their helmets, and then, after all that, they left their legs bare. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our only material goods from the outside world of late were comic books, which my sisters cherished like Marco Polo’s spices from China, and powdered eggs and milk, to which we felt indifferent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t feel about these boys the way girls do in true romance comic books. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't seem like he wanted to look at her; he handed her some comic books, then turned away. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I said I’m not going,” I repeated, casually going through the stack of newspapers and removing the comic sections. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And, furthermore, I don't bury my nose in comics all day. Riccio stared at the floor in embarrassment. “ The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the comics there are people with round holes for eyes, others who can hypnotize you instantly, others with secret identities, others who can stretch their faces into any shape at all. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But, in its context, this isn’t delivered for comic or bathetic effect. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He unzips the backpack and flips it over, letting some Black Panther and Hawkeye comics hit the ground. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“And anyway," Riccio declared as he came to the end, “the fat liar does dye his beard after all. So I get three brand-new comics from you, Hornet—you haven't forgotten our bet, have you?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They felt sorry for us so they sent us comic books to take on the airplane with us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol buys Indian comic books to give to his American friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I-r0k turned and walked over to the long boxes of comic books stacked on the other side of the room, as if he’d lost interest in the discussion. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He cut out the comic strips from the morning and evening papers and sent them to his friend each Sunday. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once, a few months ago, I was cleaning the waiting room of her dental office and discovered a small comic book that had fallen behind the chair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard about your lady love, Chief Ozobia’s daughter,” Susan said, lady love in the comic caricature that she assumed was an uneducated accent. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’d read about it in one of his favorite comic books. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had a whole pile of comic books and an old Game Boy in there, too—you know, just stuff—so I could be like the firefighters and the paramedics. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You can close your mouth. Yes, women read comics. We even make them. Jeez.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He put his hands on his hips and gave Kiyo a sternly comic look, squinting at him through one eye the way Papa would when he was asserting his authority. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and Ginger went into the bedroom while Brian stayed in the front room and read his new comic book. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In this light I spread the evening paper out on the polished hardwood floor and rest on my knees and elbows, reading the comics. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t asked Rishi to give up comics from a sense of arrogance or pride or feeling ashamed of his oldest son’s artistic proclivities. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If I ever get one, I’ll buy his comic book first. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then I saw the cover of a comic book and thought, Clifton would have known them better than I. He knew them all the time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Totally. By the way, do you have any samples of your comics? Like, your old work or anything?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Instead he said, “I have no need for comic dwarfs. Unless they have a ship.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was a surreal comic of my life, and I pictured the worst possible Outcome: “Annie. Would it be okay if I sat down with you for a minute?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Together, they were like one of those superhero alliances in the comic books, invincible, an unconquerable confederation of boredom and confusion. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This was the kind of helpful information you could get from the comics if you paid attention. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Rufus sniffs my diaper and, with perfect comic timing, sits on me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He’s heavier than before, his stomach undeniably wide, so that his thin legs appear slightly comic. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were comic strips to show us some examples of how people are misjudged and how our negative thoughts can lead to violence. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Were you interested in other rare comics besides Batman?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said he could see himself in Japanese cartoons in a way he couldn't with American ones, so he started collecting Japanese comics. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The comic books are drawn in great detail and garishly colored, with green and purple and sulfur-yellow prevailing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A bookshelf packed with hardcover books, with an entire shelf of comics in plastic sleeves. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I noticed, from my position, that he had turned to the comic page, which he never read. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Who was I, after all, but some comic Queequeg, holding close to my breast a reliquary containing the white powder of a dead European civilization? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was fascinated by the fact that it seemed like white families, at least in comics, lived simple, easy lives. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I saw By’s head come peeking around the comics. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a boy, he believed he was neither black nor white but rather green like the comic book character the Incredible Hulk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His stepdad is fiddling with the wiring, probably rewiring it to do something that’d make more sense in an Iron Man comic, like he does with most electronics—eccentric millionaire inventor habits die hard. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was up in the bedroom looking at comic books when I heard Byron go into the bathroom and lock the door. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But may I take it Mr Smith is considered something of a comic figure?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hooper lifted the comic higher up in front of his face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The next thing upon which Mrs. Dodson cast her evil eye was comic books. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"I'm beginning to think you shouldn't have started reading comics with a book that completely deconstructs the last fifty years of the genre," he said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

At a table in front of the banner, students with hipster glasses and uncombed hair hung out, talking about whether Ferd Johnson was really the genius behind the 1920s comic strip Moon Mullins. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Because I had comic books, every kid in the neighbourhood wanted to be my friend. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Mama was home, I would take the comics down to the first floor and hide them far underneath the stairs. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when Eleanor got on the bus, there was a stack of comics on her seat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

From there it swooped down to Palmer’s stack of comic books. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was hard to think of the Rusties as actual people, rather than as just an idiotic, dangerous, and sometimes comic force of history. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now the boys were begging me for the raisin and offering me everything, a slug of their milk, a pencil, a comic book. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I hope you were more creative this time ... or are you still stealing from comic books?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was in his room throwing clothes and comic books into his overnight bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He liked the guys who went to his mosque, but they were more interested in playing soccer than in building robots or in the new comics being released. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When Hope speaks, it's always about comic books and superheroes until my mother tells him he has to talk about something else. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The only thing I really knew about him was that he loved comic books. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He looked like one of the characters from an Archie Andrews comic, but he was so scared it wasn’t funny. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was in bed already, he would be reading comics under the blanket with a flashlight. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up the comic books and put them on the bed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The pigeon banana-peeling off the comic book stack in a clownish flop. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now Hope stays mostly quiet unless asked to speak, his head bent inside the superhero comic books my grandfather brings home on Fridays. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I figured throwing in a comic book character was worth a shot. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

That was Rahel being Sydney Carton being Charles Darnay, as he stood on the steps, waiting to be guillotined, in the Classics Illustrated comic’s version of A Tale of Two Cities. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decide, over the break, I’ll make a comic about him. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“He was a buffoon, one of the great comic characters. He was always getting himself into extraordinary situations.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to occupy Eliot she supplied him with the comics section of the newspaper, and crackers spread with peanut butter, and sometimes a Popsicle, or carrot sticks sculpted with her blade. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t need to share his comics; he doesn’t need anyone to be interested in him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If the squirrel were in a comic, she thought, what words would have appeared in the space over his head when he was sucked into the vacuum cleaner? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Arguing over anime and trading ideas for comic books. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Wise guy,” they say, because this is what Americans say in comic books. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she thought about the comics all day, and as soon she got home, she climbed onto her bed and got them out. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She handed him the comics, then tugged nervously at the green ribbon wound round her wrist. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Rishi was good too, but who really took comic book art seriously? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It looked like a comic drawing of a young Indian boy in an embroidered kurta, holding something—a sword?—above his head. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But once a month he discarded a small stack of comic books, sometimes as many as fifteen and at times even twice that number. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In the end, they bought $68,980 in comic books—most of which they had shipped to the hotel. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the bird’s feet touched down, the flimsy cover of the top comic gave way, and the bird—with a startled Oh! Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She sits in front of a mirror with half of her face peeling off, like the villain in a horror comic I once read; this one is called Leprosy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I spied a stack of comic books on his desk, the topmost issue was a series called Patient F, and next to it was a cramped bookshelf. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her misunderstanding would have been comic had we read of it in a romantic fable. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In fact, within the thermonuclear research community, Livermore’s reputation was marred by the almost comic fizzles of the first devices it readied for testing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, no, I didn’t get it from a comic book, but I didn’t come up with it on my own, either,” I confessed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Actually, I’m what a romantic movie is to a profound thinker—a mere diversion, a comic interlude, something that is soon forgotten: not bad, but not particularly good either. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For a time, we were entertained by Will and John's ready store of wit and comic roguery as they engaged each other in kicking games. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Nonchalantly he picked his comic book off the floor and placed it on his lap. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the back of each issue of The Illuminated Adventures of the Amazing Incandesto! there was a series of bonus comics. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

A lot of it sounds like comic books, the kind with ray guns. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m really”—I paused for comic effect—“getting up there.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“That’s a lie, baby,” she said, grinning, and flipping the newspaper back open, fanning through it until she got to the comics. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He said this while he was still focused on a comic book he was reading. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Had he been born twenty years earlier, Jesse would have probably suffered the traditional geeks’ fate in school, then slunk home to read comics and watch some bad TV. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On its first pages were the beginnings of a comic, the pages divided into squares and rectangles. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She said, “Well, why couldn’t The Landry News have more of those other things in it, too, like columns and comics and stuff?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He opened a Black Panther comic, and the Black Panther was big and black and strong on the page. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

All that summer, we swam and read comics and read books and argued about them. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Wondering why white people would bother giving a black person anything, I said to her one afternoon: “Granny, why are your white people giving you all these comics?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue walls covered with superhero and comic book posters, a solar system slowly revolved from the ceiling, a stuffed boa constrictor stretched across the foot of his bed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He never looks back once to see if we’re coming for him or stops for his comics and backpack. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Like the day before, it skidded off the top comic and onto the floor. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We caught eyes as he struggled to get one of his folded-up comics out of his pocket. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I mean, you dress nice, and have tons of comics, and you always have homemade lunches at school. I figured your parents must care if they make those for you.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s been known to happen on occasion. Particularly when I make assumptions about comic book fans,” I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Dressed as he was, he made a comic sight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The movies, the comics, the stories—none of them mentioned this. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

That’s why I was going to send off for that book Leant Karate in Three Weeks that was in the back of my comic books. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asks, “Are you talking about in real life, or comic books?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I say, “Hello. Where are your comics?” so the attendant knows I’m interested and have money. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The names were all characters from the Peanuts comics: Charlie Brown, Sally, and Lucy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I bought a comic book of Wolverine, the second greatest hero of all time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My own “oeuvres” are mostly comic book art. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He was holding a loose page of a comic book. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He cut out Beetle Bailey comics for his collection. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I approach, you watch close, I’m a threat,” I rap, and there’s Malik’s secret footage of the clerk who followed us around the Midtown comic shop a few months ago. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In the drugstore, Dad had let Brian pick out whatever present he wanted, so Brian chose a Sad Sack comic book. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I know that. I didn’t think you read comics, though. I mean, your reading selections are always so literary,” I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I said to her, loud, “Joetta, guess what. I’m thinking about writing my own comic book.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my eyes could shoot out fatal rays like the ones in comic books I would incinerate her on the spot. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I stick to indie stuff, mostly. Lots of comics online.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I looked at the comic and the small piece of line paper covered in blue ink. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He was holding those folded leaves like they were pages from his actual comics. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

What we had to read were Mama’s True Romance magazines and a few Classic comics. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He can if he’s as funny as I am! I get a full five minutes to do a comic monologue at the top of the show.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He'd overslept, then forgotten to grab the stack of comics he set out for her the night before. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She looked like a demon in one of the comic books Celia got from church. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I kinda like drawing my own comics,” he said, his voice lower than before. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I can bring some comic books, as long as you give them back.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

In his comic books, the Mutants had secret powers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He was holding a comic called Watchmen, and it looked so ugly that Eleanor decided not to bother eavesdropping. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Wearing the glasses, I wandered into the comic-book section of the store and randomly pulled a comic off a rack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He’d been sitting on his birthday money for a month, waiting for Fiona to take us on the train into the city, to Newbury Comics, to browse through music, comic books, and assorted thingamajigs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

This comic gave Jessie an excellent idea for something to make for Isa, and when she couldn’t get the sheet music turner to work, she created the water wall instead. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Are you into comics or any kind of art? I don’t recognize your costume.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“If it’s a tragedy,” I tell him, “remind Shakespeare that he’s got a comic side, too. Challenge him to make you laugh.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Start there, and move forward. I sort of modeled these sketches after a creative exercise comic artists like to do. It’s called ‘twenty-five expressions.’ When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Not even in a box like normal comics. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The lanterns swinging from the carriage ceiling cast a bright light over the scene: Harry could read every word of Crabbe’s comic directly below him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, making my own comics was the big thing back then. I had a little studio space set up in my room and everything.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Tell you what. You read that, and I’ll read your comics.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There is absolutely no reason for me to take comic books with me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Grammy saves up comics from the Boston Globe to use as wrapping paper. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was a little embarrassed about the comic thing—maybe he thought I would think he was some kind of geek or something. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

As they got closer, Dimple saw that Kevin’s booth was dedicated to comics and manga. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Teetering back as if on the edge of the swimming pool: comic yodel, windmilling arms. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nor do I want to throw the comics away: that would be letting them loose, they might go out of control. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brian had taken such a powerful dislike to Ginger that I realized she must have done something more than shanghai his comic book. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I take them into Stephen’s room and slide them in among his own old comic books, which are still there, stacked up under his bed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was six images, six panels, like a double triptych or a comic book, arranged in two groups, three on top, three underneath. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting across from her at the dining-room table, flipping through the pages of a comic book. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I brought some comic books to school and read them under my desk. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

JT kept whistling the entire time, flipping through the pages of a comic book. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sketches of his comic book heroes, X-Men, line the walls of his room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Benji slid the comic book out, and the waiter actually screamed. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hunkered down and pretended to read his comic book. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tossed out a couple comic books and a National Geographic. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good Boys is a serious drama, at times relentlessly so, but Bobby’s character is not without comic elements. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But Eleanor didn't have anything else to do, so her eyes wandered over to the ugly comic. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

That stupid Asian kid totally knew she was reading his comics. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It had always been that way; apart from a few friends in the comic book fan community, he’d never really been able to relate. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There’s something titillating about it, upended and comic, like men in evening gowns and high heels. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I still go into my brother’s room and lie around on the floor reading comic books, but I never do this when any no* other girl is there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to have to tell Mom and Dad why,” I pointed out, pulling the comic book out of his hands so he’d have to look up at me while we were talking. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She’s always reading something that looks good, too, like a comic book or graphic novel with the words in another language. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He preferred to read comics and mystery books on the morning ride to Trace Middle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop the comic, then bend quickly to retrieve it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Noodles started folding up those pitiful leaves like he folded up his comic book pages. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I read every issue of every comic book title Halliday had ever collected. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Two boys had been frozen while arguing over a comic book. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Those who accept are assigned a guard who, as he leads the tourist along the iron walkway fronting the death cells, is likely to identify the condemned with what he must consider comic formality. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mikey reads books and the rest of us read comic books. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Noodles would read his comics and draw in his book, and Needles, who at the time was still known as Ricky, would kick freestyle raps about whatever he saw on the street. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The manager had to come over, and they were given a new server who didn’t care about the cash value or telos of a comic book. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad might get us a little present—a comic book or a pair of shoes or a package of underwear— but at least as often, they forgot our birthdays altogether. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He likes to lean back against them while he sits on the floor cross-legged and looks at the pictures in his comic book. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The other boys were nodding as he turned the pages of the comic books. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Also, there was a Chinese laundry on Eighth Avenue that sold used comics for a nickel, and I bought my share, sneaking them into the house rolled into my sock under a pants leg. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Do you have Action Comics number one? It’s basically Superman’s first comic.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve decided to make a comic book, and I’m going to do the writing. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“What are your oldest comics? I want to buy them?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He likes to pretend he lives inside the comic books. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Having never owned a comic book in my life, I tirelessly read them over and over again, the parts I could understand. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I read are comics about Calvin and Hobbes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When he was three, he would listen to the radio on Sundays as the announcer read the comics aloud, and he would follow along on his own until he had taught himself to read. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But he’d pull the comics section out and hand it to me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He mounted some Beetle Bailey comics in his collection book. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“MIT? But I thought you were into comic art.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was looking at her like she’d stepped out of the pages of his comics, a living, breathing soul mate to Aditya, that wild, curly haired girl come to life. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Their room was a pitiful mess of clothes, wet towels, orange peel, torn-up pieces of a comic arranged around a sheet of paper, upended chairs partly covered by blankets and the mattresses at a slew. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got the house keys, I knew that I had found a way to get those comics into the house. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Except for the comics I spent most of the summer on the straight and narrow. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In films and on the vaudeville stage blacks were portrayed as comic dolts, stupid and lazy, unable to speak proper English, much less sing fluently in foreign languages. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Immediately following the performance a small crowd gathered around my father, congratulating him on his delivery and comic timing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It had a few comic books, some lollipops, gum, jars filled with hard candy, and a Pac-Man machine. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“What were the names of the twins who appeared in the Swordquest comic books?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Their easy give-and-take, comic timing, and ability to segue into heart-wrenching moments, like Peeta’s confession of love for me, have made them a huge success with the audience. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

At other times they crowd into my brother’s room, lying on their stomachs on his bed or on the floor, reading his huge piles of comic books. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow she made it all the way from the front of the room to the back, where I sat reading a comic, without my hearing her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

You wouldn't even know that she touched the comics except for the smell. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I'm just this critter hiding out in the basement, drooling in my comic books or whatever. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

There is no way of winning comic books. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moms was making coffee at the stove and Derek was reading a comic. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually he was going to make his own comic book. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But when she got on the bus and handed him yesterday's comics, all Park did was shrug. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Some people try to hate on comics, but they get you inspired, you know, Amari said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A few small comic books are hidden inside the front cover of the Shakespeare. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You should get the comic back from Jasmine and make copies and sell it.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“She doesn’t even know all the words in a Sad Sack comic book,” Brian said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I mostly sat in my room and read comics. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you read those junky comic books?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In profile she resembles a cute Punchinello, her cheeks expressive, painted, and the nose carved for comic effect. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I spend a lot of time reading comic books in my brother’s room when he isn’t there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, because of reading comic books, my English had improved to a level where I could read simple sentences. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did, however, manage to trip over his left knee and knock down a pile of comic books stacked by his desk. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They retreat into Frederick’s bedroom, which is populated with tin soldiers and model airplanes and wooden crates full of comic books. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

With a gobble the pigeon flew off to the comic book stack. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

After the comics and the crossword puzzle, the sports section was Mr. Larson’s favorite part of the newspaper. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor put the comics between her books and stared at the window. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The names were all characters from the Peanuts comics: Charlie Brown, Sally, and Lucy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Leon stretched out his arms and did the comic Cockney voice he reserved for her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was shaking my head in comic despair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed odd to him that this girl had never heard of Earth’s most knee-slapping TV comic. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

So we keep him outside in a box that the comic books came in. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A brilliant name for a comic strip, even though the family in the comic wasn’t much like a circus. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Riccio's mattress was covered with old comic books and his sleeping bag was stuffed with so many stuffed animals that there was hardly any space left for him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Go to bed early and read my stash of comic books, the ones I found in the shed about The Flash and Green Lantern and Batman before he was a movie. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In 1836, a comic play, The Government Inspector, was produced in St. Petersburg. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The kind of kid who talks nonstop, unleashing a stream of comic commentary that’s half hilarious, half annoying. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I shrugged and went back to my comic book. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“How dreadful! I’ve just realised—that table’s down there and were up here. What are we going to do? We’re here and it’s there. It’s an awful tragedy—awful! But oh, it’s terribly comic!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I think, Being a father is like being a stand-up comic in an empty room. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I said emphatically, pulling the new comic book away from him, too. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mama Tataba bent over the table in our mother’s large white apron, which made her look counterfeit and comic, as though acting the role of maid in a play. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shakespeare frequently uses violations of decorum for comic effect, as witness Bottom’s muddled attempts at eloquence, Pistol’s braggadocio, and Polonius’s foolish high-sounding waffle. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him what comic he was reading, but judging by how fast he folded it up, that didn't seem like a good idea. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He pulled another comic book off his shelf and started leafing through it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Would you believe that for me right then it was like one of those comic books where the light bulb goes on over Mandrake the Magician’s head? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, listening to the story like it was one of Noodles's comics. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I been copying some of these comic book guys, Amari said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“He knocked over that stack of comic books!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I was going to make you a comic, but I’m not a very good drawer.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It took twice as long to read Watchmen as it did any other comic, and it took even longer tonight because it was so strange to be sitting together somewhere other than on the bus. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My brothers sat in the car, quietly reading comic books. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know, there's that character who's always reading a comic book about pirates, the story within the story, the pirate story." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Amari had the biggest smile on his face that I’d ever seen, which made the rest of us smile and look through the comics. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say that I knew Noodles the comic book nerd. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I copy the address into the margin of my notes, and then outline it in zigzags like a comic book POW! Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He took this as a positive sign, or a darkly comic one. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He was sitting ten rows from the door, reading an X-Man comic, as the bus turned the familiar corner and began to slow down. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie made a great show of removing his boots which weren’t dirty at all, and then, as an afterthought, took his socks off as well, and tiptoed with comic exaggeration across the wet floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He pulls out a bunch of comics, each in a plastic sleeve with a piece of cardboard behind it, to protect it I guess. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He has a trunk full of comics and cool posters. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They took soda pop and comic books to Pinkie at sheep camp. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the first moment it was annoying, and then it was comic: How silly! she thought. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The play she saw as a gentle incursion into another culture we played as a comic romp with great effect. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The gas station has comic books, so I can pretend I’m looking at each one really close, because I’m a shopper. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The games and amusements that had passed the time for them on board Endurance were forgotten; no one had the heart for charades or poetry recitals or comic songs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

His story would probably make an interesting comic. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a mesh basket by the door and threw in a Spanish Inquisition comic. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once I heard Mama tell a neighbor that I didn’t read comics, but I knew I had close to two hundred tucked safely away under my bed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

A couple of months after Erma died, Uncle Stanley fell asleep in the basement while reading comic books and smoking a cigarette. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed he was holding a crumpled ripped-out page of a comic book, and a little pocket-size notebook that he was scribbling in. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The solemnity that had always lent him, as a small child, a rather comic air, now seemed a sort of youthful dignity. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Park got on the bus, he'd set the comics and Smiths tape on the seat next to him, so they'd just be waiting for her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The comics had ended up in the wrong hands. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

True, the country was now titillated by the president’s tawdry indiscretions, but scandalous as it was, the whole affair felt faintly comic. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t calling you,” he answered, pulling both comic books out of my hands. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sonny, Malik, and I went into a comic shop a few months back, and the clerk followed us around until we left the store. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He kept staring at the comic book, even though he’d already read it all the way through twice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I want to do my comics instead?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Candy, Royal Crown Cola, potato chips, comic books, and magazines. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You go get in line and hold our spot, I’ma look at some comics for a minute. When you get up to the register I’ll come and tell ’em how we gonna pay.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his autobiography, Morrow wrote that she was the “quintessential geek girl,” unabashedly obsessed with Monty Python, comic books, fantasy novels, and videogames. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I accused the National Party of fanning race hatred between Coloureds and Africans in the Cape by distributing an inflammatory comic book that said the ANC’s slogan was “Kill a Coloured, kill a farmer.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were like actors who, knowing the play by heart, were still able to cry afresh over the old tragedies and laugh spontaneously at the comic situations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went to Cinema Park later that day, Laila and Tariq, and had to settle for a Soviet film that was dubbed, to unintentionally comic effect, in Farsi. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Consider me, if you choose, a comic victim of two cultures. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They look like the legs of fat women as they appear in comic books: no knees, no ankles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I still think about that comic we made sometimes,” Sandy says, mouth full and grin big. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They read all the comics and didn’t worry about dripping milk shake on them or bending the covers. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I still read gobs of comics and an increasing number of trashy novels that promised any amount of sex content. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I pick up the comic book I bought a few weeks back. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, why do you make your comics, for instance?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

One, he was a comic book geek, and even though nobody else knew that, I did, and real bad dudes don't read comics, or draw them. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Every Sunday my grandfather used to bring me an avocado pear hidden at the bottom of his briefcase under six soiled shirts and the Sunday comics. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

To Pappa and Ma, he was careful to always say comics were just a fun hobby, inconsequential. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When she came out a few moments later, she had two packages wrapped up in the brightly colored comic section of the newspaper. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Under the sleeves of my sweatshirt, I had two cuffs around my wrists, just like the superheroes sometimes wore in the comics. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he visited, on weekends, and sometimes weekdays after work, he played with us, read the comics aloud, or took us for walks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There were blankets, pillows, books, comics, and even a camp stove. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I bought a few souvenirs to send home, a little parasol for Mom and some Japanese comics for my brother Ken. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles continued to dissect all the stuff he thought was deep about comics, and how when he draws them, he adds tattoos and jewelry and stuff like that to make them more current. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In the mornings Dad handed us the comics out of the paper and flipped over to the obituaries just to make sure everyone we knew was still alive and kicking. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s why he picked manga—because he knew the last thing Mom would ever want to do is look at Japanese comic books. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The comic books pile up under his bed, stacks and stacks of them, but he seldom reads them any more when the other boys aren’t around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie nods and smiles, and pulls the comic book out of his back pocket. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

To this, Ammu always said “Ha! Ha! Ha!” like people in the comics. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shrugged, opening the first comic book again. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He could figure out what people who went into this looking for careers as comic book artists actually did. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was as if he had stepped out of a comic book. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s awesome. Like a comic book story of a guy’s life.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A bit of comic relief, so to speak. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the past decade, science fiction had become popular in radio, comics, and film. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The tests were given by a man who looked, to me, like the Joker in the Batman comics. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She reached under her leg and pulled out a badly crumpled comic book. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In just a few minutes, there was a long list of differences—things like advertisements, a purchase price, color pictures, comics, gossip columns, advice columns, world news. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was slipping down some comic book rabbit hole. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My classmates and I passionately argued about whether our interpretations should be based on the Elizabethan comic and villainous portrayals of Shylock or later versions that treated him with dignity. Letters to the Editor 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

Gender, as in Bausch, is an issue: Men often take comic advantage of women, trying to impose themselves or steal credit. Review: The Inspired Poetry of Gandini Juggling 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

This Week’s Movies: June 29 In today's edition of This Week's Movies, our critics look at three Hollywood movies that are neither sequels nor based on a comic book. ArtsBeat: This Week's Movies: June 29 2012-06-29T16:30:04Z

It was a common language, a shared joke, a way to regroup, some comic relief. Half a Century Later, John Lennon’s ‘Plastic Ono Band’ Still Hits Hard 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

I have seen struggling comics boost their careers by pivoting right — or, more precisely, anti-left. Dave Chappelle Isn’t Canceled. He Just Likes to Talk About It. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

At his request, his father, a graphic designer, would cut out comic strips for him with an Exacto knife. A Bigger Canvas for Jayson Musson Includes Puppets and Picasso 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

Part of the reason Mr. Regan is so admired by fellow comedians is that he’s the rare comic who regularly tours theaters solely on the strength of his stand-up. How Brian Regan, Connoisseur of Clean Jokes, Became a Comics’ Comic 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

That is part of the comic book element that the creators of the show would have left out back when they actually cared about the show as opposed to just doing a "job." ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

One of the great maxims of comic books is that behind every good hero is a really nasty villain. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: The Face of True Evil 2011-03-04T17:45:37Z

SAT Free comic books while supplies last, 10 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

There was the simultaneous concern that what if readers only engage with the comic book because it was so timely? "Corrosive beliefs are at the heart of what America is": James Tynion on conspiracy theories 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z

So begins a wonderful 90 minutes with the maverick Welshman, part wistful singer-songwriter, part bone-dry comic. Gruff Rhys ? review 2011-07-19T18:00:03Z

The walls are lined with comic books, album covers, posters and shelves of movies and music, most on VHS tapes and vinyl. Daniel Johnston, Back on the Road, Hopes This Isn’t the End 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

Bringing back Travolta, a two-time Oscar nominee, would seem to be a canny move by Zadan and Meron, as his mere presence could turn an ordinary moment into one ripe for comic treatment. Oscars 2015: John Travolta to get a shot at 'Adele Dazeem' redemption 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

The evening before, Dallas Opera presented the world premiere of Heggie's "Great Scott," a comic opera able to attract a great American cast led by Joyce DiDonato. With L.A. Opera's 'Moby-Dick,' call it a success 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

One of the things that excites me about comedy is the comic disturbance of the shared object. "Joker": A harsh indictment of neoliberalism and gangster capitalism 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

The format of Paxman's stage show also showed a clip of his interview with comic and actor Russell Brand, with the journalist reaffirming that he did not agree with his stance on voting. Paxman's show wins warm reviews 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

As the comic herself would put it, you are never going to believe who it was. Critic’s Notebook: Tig Notaro Meets Taylor Dayne, Again and Again 2012-06-24T21:27:44Z

“It could confirm the outdated stereotype of comics being sub-literate and for the uneducated.” Comic Book Heroes Drawn From Real Life 2010-07-28T23:00:00Z

Disney comics, which first appeared in print in the United States in the 1930s, have a rich history in Europe. Bringing Disney’s European Adventures to American Readers 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

I’ll need more evidence before I can declare this young man our next great comic wunderkind, but by the end I was beaming like a proud uncle. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: short on drama but lots of fun – first look review 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Blessed with an amazing memory and an ability to communicate, he also staged ballets, including American Ballet Theater’s “Coppélia,” the 19th-century comic classic, which the company will dance in his honor. Leaping to Honor a First-Name Guy 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

As a comic, I failed in the room, but I did the material that I wanted to do. Larry Wilmore on his WHCA dinner speech: ‘I know I lost the room early’ 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

Almost as soon as I was exposed to comic books, I wanted to start hacking them and cutting them open and stitching it all back together again. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

In her capable hands, however, even the most hackneyed occasions are transformed into revealing or comic moments. Review: In Emma Straub’s ‘Modern Lovers,’ Passion and Regret in Brooklyn 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

DiDio is hopeful the books might just help save the struggling comics industry. Before Watchmen: DC Comics defends prequels 2012-05-18T10:46:06Z

Beyond some lightly comic meet-the-parents awkwardness seen in a Thanksgiving Day flashback, the members of the extended Hines clan welcome their new in-law to the family — some politely if uncomfortably, some with relaxed warmth. | 'In the Family': ?In the Family,? From Patrick Wang - Review 2011-11-04T00:09:36Z

It was a comic book, not a history book. Comics: 'Crime Does Not Pay' rewards with hours of fun 2011-10-26T17:14:04Z

The most overtly comic scenes, in the French manner, involve Oscar, the page, a pants role, played here by the bright-voiced coloratura soprano Kathleen Kim, wearing a bit of a goatee. Music Review: ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-09T21:13:05Z

The comic Anthony Jeselnik told me Wright “influenced everything about my comedy.” Steven Wright, Master of the One-Liner, Tries His Hand at a Novel 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

But jokes remain a big part of what comics do, and how they're seen – and they exert an appeal that transcends the art of standup. Dave's Edinburgh fringe one-liner award misses the point of comedy 2012-08-22T12:45:00Z

In his climactic rant near the end of the fire-breathing comic satire "God Bless America," Frank is an obvious mouthpiece for the film's writer and director, Bobcat Goldthwait. 'God Bless America': a killer satire from Bobcat Goldthwait 2012-06-28T20:45:05Z

Getman and Collins, the latter portraying a girl in the workshop waiting for Jason to notice her, provide dexterous comic support. Meet foul-mouthed Tyrone. He’ll put you off the Muppets forever. 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

China's thirst for foreign satire is so great that Stewart is not the only popular U.S. comic. Jon Stewart's humor a hit with millions of envious Chinese 2013-05-20T06:39:58Z

The comic, who died on Monday aged 95, was the first female standup to gain national recognition in the US, in the 1950s and 60s. Phyllis Diller's best one-liners 2012-08-21T13:27:10Z

“LBJ is picking his nose — really deep,” she says during one of the show’s comic moments, raising her voice slightly to be heard over the audience’s laughter. ‘He’s picking his nose’: How volunteers help the blind ‘see’ a theater performance 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

Silverman’s venture had similar intentions: with I Love You, America, the comic brought her brand of urban, Jewish humor to the heartlands to find some common ground between Trump voters and the “coastal elites”. David Letterman's comeback: can his Netflix show take him back to the top? 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Thousands are gathering in San Diego this week for Comic-Con International, America's biggest celebration of all things nerdy – not just comics, but movies, TV shows, novels video games, board games. Ender's Game is making a big push at Comic-Con, but I'm not buying it 2013-07-18T18:53:19Z

In fourth place was Paramount's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," based on the series that began with 1980s comic books. 'No Good Deed' upstages 'Dolphin Tale 2' at box office 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z

It's been decades since Adams was a major player in comics, and other artists are the trendsetters now. Comics: Neal Adams overview illustrates his lasting impact 2011-06-29T17:48:45Z

Mr. Gaiman said, ”It looks like the same kind of thing,” after being shown an image from a Dark Ages Spawn comic book. When Titans Clash: Comic-Book Creator Edition 2010-06-15T15:33:00Z

The crude slapstick of TV's "Benny Hill Show" or the "Carry On" movies is as central to the British comic tradition as the exalted Hogarth. 'Rude Britannia' looks at 300 years of comic art 2010-06-07T14:47:00Z

All of this makes Ensor's work feel terrifically contemporary: the raw humor, the comic book color palette, the off-the-charts levels of disdain for every kind of authority. Object Lesson: When James Ensor turned to skeletons and satire 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

I began hoarding comic books and baseball cards early in my youth and stopped, well, never. Here’s why kids love Beyblades 2012-07-11T13:46:00Z

Jason is so talented and funny, a great comic actor who reminds me a lot of Fozzie Bear. Kermit: how are the Muppets feeling about their movie comeback? 2012-02-09T20:00:05Z

Note: I’ve refrained from getting into specific details from the comic books for spoiler reasons, and because the show does a good job of shaking things up just enough to keep fans off balance. ‘The Walking Dead’: 7 Questions for the Season 7 Premiere 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

“It was the first time I really got positive feedback from other comics,” Mr. Kindler said. Andy Kindler Gives the Funny Business Its Annual Review 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

"Or Live at the Apollo: there's hardly any representation of black comics there." Meet black comedy's trailblazers 2010-04-13T20:35:00Z

This is, in part, a comic novel in the vein of Helgason’s global bestseller “101 Reykjavik.” Review | The hottest new book from Iceland is ‘Woman at 1,000 Degrees’ 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

"Back in the old days, Sid Caesar, for those of you old enough to remember, was called a comic genius for impersonating foreign languages that he couldn't speak," Limbaugh said. Asian-American lawmakers demand Limbaugh apology 2011-01-28T12:06:09Z

He wrote a movie script turning a comic light on his experiences and, eight years after his half-death sentence, has a complete-remission bill of health and the critics' prognosis for a popular movie. Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 50/50: Cancer Lite 2011-09-29T06:10:00Z

On Sunday, Mr. Kimmel spoke in an interview there about how he sees his role as a host, comic and commentator on events of the day. Jimmy Kimmel on Health Care, National Tragedies and Twitter Feuds 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

There will be some poetry readings, but mostly musical performances and occasional comic relief. Allen Ginsberg celebrated by rock stars at the Ace Hotel in L.A. 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

But Stiller has a comic rage that was consistently endearing: plucky, ineffectual with hints of warmth. In Jerry Stiller, the Rage of Jewish Fathers Found a Hilarious Outlet 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

But what I can do is acknowledge that I’m glad when white comics don’t ignore racism, but take it on in a manner that acknowledges their own privilege. Why should’t Colbert joke about race? 2014-04-01T14:05:00Z

Colbert's comic flair surfaced in a recent letter to the Federal Election Commission. Colbert looks for answers on campaign finance 2011-06-30T09:46:04Z

Ephron made witty, sophisticated romantic comedies for the movies, but that genre has noticeably faded from the big screen in an era when the box office favors animated blockbusters, dystopian parables and comic book heroes. ‘Selfie,’ ‘A to Z’ and Others Refresh the Romantic Comedy 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

JD Williams as Robert Earl Hayes and a sassy April Yvette Thompson as his wife provide some indignant comic relief, except that Hayes' story is as heartbreaking as the others, in the end. Review: 'The Exonerated' is compelling, chilling 2012-09-20T01:06:07Z

The fights are a cacophony of comic book-esque jabs and hits, interspersed with Beethoven’s Symphony No 5. My streaming gem: why you should watch Catfight 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

I had a friend whose brother owned 30 comics. A Connoisseur of Saviors in Capes and Tights 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

I suggest making comic strip panels and using stick figures at first, with dialogue bubbles. How to work with an illustrator 2013-02-15T01:00:00Z

Wilson’s “Ms. Marvel” is part of a long-delayed demographic shift in the world of comic books. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z

One thing I realized when I became a comic and I started to get real personal in my life, is I did not want you to feel sorry for me. Ms. Pat on embracing life's darkness and friend Joe Rogan using the n-word: "We all make mistakes" 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z

For 007 fans curious about the man who made only one Bond movie, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” the film provides some comic insight. South by Southwest: 5 Films to Watch For 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

Well for about 18 months, she tells me, she threw herself into writing a sci-fi script based on a popular Argentinian comic book. Lucrecia Martel: 'The Oscars are a joke' 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

Already considered one of the world's leading stand-up comics – he has starred in five HBO specials and sold out shows from Los Angeles to Johannesburg – Rock is revving up for a busy next phase. Yeah, he said it 2010-05-28T23:04:00Z

Every moment is surprising, a series of sight gags sustained over more than an hour in a masterpiece of comic timing. Mark Wallinger: Site; Yoko Ono: To the Light – review 2012-06-23T23:05:31Z

In his book “Bonjour Monsieur Lewis,” Mr. Benayoun wrote, “Since Buster Keaton died, Lewis has been the world’s biggest comic artist.” Why France Understood Jerry Lewis as America Never Did 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

The operations of cause and effect are as airtight as the outcome is absurd, as if the laws of the universe were rigged for comic effect. | 'Le Quattro Volte': Eternal Complexities of the Very Simple Life 2011-03-29T22:23:21Z

In the time when I was reading comics, I was probably reading maybe a little bit of "Spider-Man" and the superhero things. Bruce Willis likes it when he sees "RED" 2010-10-13T22:28:00Z

He's lifted from comic book villains and swiped from Indiana Jones baddies. 'Smash' star Christian Borle plays a loopy pirate 2012-04-18T18:51:05Z

It shows there’s a lot more to Marvel — and comics in general — than superheroes. The most absurd scientific explanations for comic book superpowers 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

And, as with C.K’s drop-in set, sometimes comics perform simply to work out material, rather than to get paid. Louis C.K.’s return to stand-up raises the question: How should comedy clubs reckon with comedians’ pasts? 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

She was inducted with a comic ramble by Midler, who said she was a goner when she first heard Love's voice on a transistor radio. Big rock night for Diamond, Cooper, Waits, others 2011-03-15T16:42:50Z

No need to overthink The Meaning of the play--just go see it for for comic relief from today's troubled, unfunny world. Review: In This ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ Love Is a Zero-Sum Game 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z

Viewers who have already read the comics can now stop feeling so smug, as the final minutes of this episode – with one more week to go – show the story now taking a very different route. Tonight's TV highlights: I'm A Celebrity Get me Out Of Here! 2010-12-03T00:05:00Z

History would diverge in the direction of Marvel and DC, however, and left Shyamalan’s take on the grown-up comic book picture a suggestion of an alternate timeline that never was. Unbreakable at 20: the film that finally took superheroes seriously 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

The ensuing complications and winking misunderstandings are executed with welcome comic precision, but “The Final Girls” isn’t just a gag machine. ‘The Future,’ ‘Cheap Thrills’ and More Offbeat Streaming Gems 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z

The links below on the comics’ names show you the original strips. Style Invitational Week 1184: Okay, choose another candidate, then 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

Thanks for helping a young comic out all those years ago. Celebrities and Comedians Mourn Joan Rivers With Funny Anecdotes and Reflections 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

Here’s a look at some of the best comics that crossed my path this year. The best comics of 2015: With Islamophobia rearing its ugly head, we need “Ms. Marvel” now more than ever 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

“Lives of the Saints” and “The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage” suffer when intervals between the spoken and signed words undermine the comic timing. Review: ‘Captive Audience,’ Seven Plays by David Ives by New York Deaf Theater 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

It’s that same concept, mixed with a DC comic. James Gunn Nearly Blew Up His Career. Now He’s Back With ‘The Suicide Squad’ 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

“I … have never thought of my work as being funny except incidentally,” Berger once said, disputing the idea that he was a comic novelist. Correction: Obit-Thomas Berger story 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

There’s comic pathos in the way the character is betrayed in family, work and love, pushing him to lash out at the world, Foxx said. Jamie Foxx joins ‘Spider-Man’ family as good guy gone bad 2014-04-29T21:53:22Z

“The Last O.G.” shows his comic skills as sharp as ever while letting him stretch in a rounded character role. Review: ‘The Last O.G.’ Searches for Brooklyn, and Itself 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

Typically, a job that many comics would be appalled by simply appealed to Matthew's irrepressible sense of fun. Pappy's: the boys who never grew up 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z

“Pop songs and comic strips were considered trash, but they could also be masterpieces — like Peanuts,” Mr. Eco said in 2002. Umberto Eco, best-selling author of ‘The Name of the Rose,’ dies at 84 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

He said he now saw the lie of so many of his favorite comic books that portray the impact of a death in the family. Patton Oswalt: ‘I’ll Never Be at 100 Percent Again’ 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Martin Scorsese is once again making it clear that he's not a fan of blockbuster comic book-inspired films — which he once likened to "theme parks" in the past. Martin Scorsese believes comic book movies threaten our very culture: "We've got to save cinema" 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z

As the author recently told The Times, she once thought of becoming a stand-up comic. 17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Certainly both possibilities have been endlessly explored in comics. My “Supergirl” hypocrisy: Female superheroes don’t need to be “broken” to kick ass 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

Then I am ready for the mature comics. "The Boys" comics artist Darick Robertson on Amazon's adaptation, politics and "The Punisher" 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

Although people think of “American Psycho” as this violent film, I think that what I and most people like best about it are the comic scenes. Mary Harron Narrates a Scene From ‘American Psycho’ 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Write your entries as text — you don’t have to put them in pictures — but include the name and date of each comic you’re using. Style Invitational: Strip search — play off a line of text in a comic strip 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

Outfitted with giant renderings of the character and reproductions of vintage comic books, the space is the only place to shop the limited-edition line until Feb. 10, when it hits M.A.C. locations nationwide. | Hero Product 2011-01-28T15:21:59Z

The film, which is due for release in May 2016, will be the eighth in the comic book series and the fourth directed by Singer. Singer to direct new X-Men outing 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

The world of Spawn, the supernatural comic book series created by Todd McFarlane, will expand this summer. Spawn Comics to Expand This Summer, With 3 New Series 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

A civil servant nearing retirement, V. K. puts his prospective son-in-law through countless arch comic paces, conducting background checks and challenging him to squash matches that Mohit must let him win. Movie Review: Love Faces Money Problems in ‘Bewakoofiyaan’ 2014-03-16T21:26:17Z

But he was always more of a comic provocateur than an ideologue, specializing in thumbing his nose at institutions and formalities in zany ways. Steal This Archive? Abbie Hoffman’s Papers Become a College Collection 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

But this isn’t simply a case of researchers rehashing a truth already told by a million romantic comedies and standup comics. Breaking: People lie about sex! 2013-05-29T20:36:00Z

But amid the comic patricide there is, as they say, a little bit of politics. Edinburgh comedy notebook: Is the political joke on its way back to power? 2011-08-24T13:10:07Z

The question of the special charm of Calvin and Hobbes will be, for many of the iconic comic strip’s fans, not a question at all. What’s So Special About Calvin and Hobbes? 2013-11-15T10:45:17Z

After becoming the editor of the “Watchmen” author Alan Moore, she gathered a lineup of young British writers who were eager to break into American comics and who found Ms. Berger receptive to their ideas. Comics’ Mother of ‘the Weird Stuff’ Is Moving On 2013-05-29T21:48:48Z

"Brad Williams: Fun Size" features the diminutive comic in his first standup special. TV This Week May 3 - 9: 'Penny Dreadful' on Showtime 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

ABC led with six shows shuttered, most notably the comic crime drama “Castle,” which had originally secured a ninth season. ‘Castle,’ ‘Nashville’ and ‘CSI’ Spinoff Are Among 12 Canceled TV Shows 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

Vicki Lawrence & Mama The comic actress and singer performs as herself and as her classic character from “The Carol Burnett Show” and “Mama’s Family.” L.A. theater openings, May 14-21: 'The Old Man and the Old Moon' and more 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

The two comics’ temperaments could not have been more different. Richard Pryor, Flame-Thrower 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

The edge Colbert has on all these giants is that he is a magnificent comic actor, commenting cuttingly on his egotistical right-wing “Colbert” character even as he seems to live inside it. Stephen Colbert: A Great Talk-Show Host? No, the Greatest! 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

She's also quite the diva, with a line in perfectly-timed comic put-downs: "This is what I call a fashion fiasco!" she says, dissatisfied with a stylist's choices. The Book Show 2010-05-12T23:05:00Z

Who would have thought that a simple series in which comics take on topics like “Cats vs. Dogs” in high school debate style could be so funny? The Best TV Shows of 2016 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

Ms. Giles never comes off as less than reasonable, so when she shuts down another panelist who keeps interrupting her, it’s the show’s comic center. Theater Review: Summer Shorts at 59E59 Theaters 2012-08-09T02:00:00Z

On the show, Louis C.K. plays a fictionalized version of himself, a stand-up comic who is divorced with two young daughters. The TV Watch: Louis C.K. Returns With His Brand of Dark Comedy 2014-05-04T21:45:12Z

But, then, subtlety is not exactly the strong suit of Stephen Sachs’s intermittently comic drama. A potential Jackson Pollock painting sparks an exaggerated class war 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

Finishing 11th and 12th at the 2011 box office, they were the year’s highest grossing films whose stories were not swiped from an earlier movie or comic book. Hollywood Harakiri: A Bad 2011 for the Movie Business 2012-01-15T18:55:01Z

I think it's difficult in the main for comic novels to win prizes because comedy is an upsetting thing. Q&A: Howard Jacobson, Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question 2010-10-15T16:25:00Z

The producers are adamant that they do not tell comics what to say, and while there is some room for evergreen jokes, the focus here is on what is happening now. Will TV Change the Comedy Cellar? Comics Are About to Find Out 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

Why, 12 years after his death, has no one been able to supplant Douglas Adams as the king of comic sci-fi? Where are all the right-wing comedians when you need them? 2013-03-12T15:03:25Z

In a similar vein, Stephen Weingartner’s palace guard engages with spot-on comic timing that belies the weight of his sinister actions — after all, he’s only following orders. 'Jean Anouilh's Antigone,' Greek mythology for the selfie era 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

In a booklet from the British Museum about the collection, James Robinson, the museum’s curator of medieval collections, asks, “Were the chessmen, in fact, meant to be comic?” Art Review: ?The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen From the Isle of Lewis,? at the Cloisters 2011-11-17T23:25:24Z

After all, Louie loved nothing more than to disrupt its observational comic plots with bursts of surrealism – a date escaping via helicopter, a homeless man getting decapitated. Pamela Adlon: how Louis CK's sidekick became the star 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

Did Susan Sarandon really deserve her two best supporting actress nominations for solid comic roles in Tammy and Bad Moms Christmas? Rotten fruit: why it's time to give up on the Razzies 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

Lee Evans was most popular comic, with Hart the highest rated female. Business booming for female comics 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

See, for example, the pedantic, imperious comic book guy on “The Simpsons” known as Comic Book Guy. Television: AMC Goes Inside Kevin Smith?s Comic Book Shop 2012-02-05T06:00:09Z

Then he glances to either side, surreptitious-like, and I see him turn the page of a green lantern comic hidden in the holy book – even as the preacher rages on. The day I lost my best friend: how two marriages changed everything 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

We took everything we hated about superhero comics – and flipped the script," he said, promising "no heroines running in stupid heels. Comic-book superheroine Cat aims to see off gender stereotypes 2013-02-18T15:18:05Z

Though he produced more serious than comic operas, it's the latter that dominate the modern repertory. La Cenerentola - a musical guide 2012-06-19T12:21:43Z

She earned four times as much as Gal Gadot, who plays Wonder Woman in films by rival comic book outfit DC. Fuelled by tequila, George Clooney tops list of highest paid actors 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

Politically incorrect comedy is no genre: it's me, and it's been ripped off by loads and loads of comics. Jerry Sadowitz attacks offensive comedians – for stealing his material 2012-12-06T14:27:56Z

It has the entertaining pace of a Hollywood movie about a comic, but one in which the story supports the stand-up as opposed to the other way around. What Happened After the Joke: A Stand-Up’s Harrowing Tale 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

I'm hoping to attend an event hosted by Bill Plympton, the inventive and often highly abrasive animator, as well as Dark Horse Horror, a panel discussing horror comics. Comic-Con: Preview night 2010-07-22T12:58:00Z

Perhaps designed as comic relief, she feels underwritten or even extraneous. Plenty of bite in 'Of Good Stock,' but a soft heart lurks within 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

His unique combination of slightly goofy charm, deft comic timing and prodigious vocal agility made him downright irresistible. Review: Pretty Yende debuts at Met in Rossini romp 2013-01-18T14:23:11Z

Two years later, he produced Mr. De Palma’s comic drama about a disfigured composer who sells his soul, “Phantom of the Paradise,” which has become a cult favorite. Edward R. Pressman, Film Producer Who Boosted Many Careers, Dies at 79 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z

Indeed, comic ambiguity, blending satire and social observation, was Mr. Mazursky’s stock in trade. Paul Mazursky, Director Who Captured a Changing America, Dies at 84 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

We didn't want to lose the heart because a lot of times when you get improvising comics, we can just go all over the place and then everything just turns to s**t. "Maisel" and "Veep" star Reid Scott on why he loves playing "the bully types" 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

"The Wild Blue Yonder" includes tributes from Jeff Smith, creator of the "Bone" comics, who says he still studies Kelly's brush technique. Trailblazing 'Pogo' comic strips celebrated 2011-12-19T17:18:03Z

Isn’t there a story line in the comics where MJ gets to take the Iron Spider armor for a spin? Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal on the Future of ‘Spider-Man’ and the M.C.U. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

I wanted it to be the most visual thing I’ve done, where it’s expansive and big and has that kind of visual space that you don’t see in my comics that much. Daniel Clowes's 'The Complete Eightball' Comes Out Next Month 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

In comics, Barnes has also taken up Cap’s shield, lending an inherent tension to the series titular pairing. Marvel’s ‘Falcon’ promises action, explores race, patriotism 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

TKO Studios, the comic’s publisher, allows for all parts of its series to be bought digitally or ordered as single issues or collected editions on the day of release, so binge away, if you like. 8 New Comic Book Series for the End of Summer 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

It's also worth noting that in the comic books, Gargan becomes a villain called the Scorpion. Explaining Those Two Post-Credit Scenes in Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

For “PowerPoint Presentation,” which is getting a two-week run at SubCulture: Arts Underground, this British comic has “formed a double act with a projector screen.” Comedy Listings for Jan. 16-22 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Undoubtedly Mike Bartlett's baby boomer, viciously comic tragedy Love, Love, Love for Paines Plough, which is at Watford Palace until tomorrow and then at the Curve in Leicester. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-03-18T18:48:25Z

"Some of its numbers, in which comic archetypes cozy up or collide, could be placed directly into the cel of an animated Looney Tunes short," said the New York Times. Musical 'On The Town' sails back to Broadway 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

In broad terms, TV is still embracing what critic Jenny Jaffe dubbed the “sadcom” – a show with an ostensibly comic outlook that trades in for pathos - but something special is happening in animation. In the golden age of TV the existential-animation is king 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

For once this franchise movie lives up to the comic book name; Marvel. Review: ‘Doctor Strange’ and His Most Excellent Adventure 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

"I'm confident because I know I'm a good comic, but I'm not confident everything is going to go my way all the time." Arj Barker: Landing of the Conchord 2010-08-10T20:29:00Z

On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the comic started by discussing Trump’s decision to fly to Washington DC on a plane that looked rather familiar. Late-night hosts on the inauguration: 'How is that a president?' 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

This is Black, a new comic book series about black characters by black creators. Comic Books, in Black and White 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

The petition described the comic as inappropriate, and asked, “Can you imagine the media and political uproar if DC Comics was altering and poking fun at the story of Muhammad … or Buddha?” Comic Book With Jesus as a Character Finds a New Publisher 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Cue a torrent of abuse towards a comic that – because of how he styles himself? because he's called Russell? -– rubs plenty people up the wrong way. Forget Edinburgh's funniest joke award. Have you heard the one about the Amused Moose? 2012-08-21T16:10:27Z

Her father, "Evoe" Knox, was the editor of Punch and a fine comic journalist. From the margins 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z

The poster is selling sex and violence and obvious laughs, with Sandra Bullock’s sequined purple onesie doing the heavy comic lifting. ‘The Lost City’ Review: Raiders of the 1980s Blockbusters 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

Last week, she received some unwanted attention on this subject when Jezebel.com picked up a story about critical comments she made on her podcast about uncomfortable sexual advances from an unnamed top comic. Jen Kirkman Finds Material in the Single Life in ‘I’m Gonna Die Alone’ 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

Unlike many comic book writers and graphic novelists you are very vocal and outspoken about your politics. "The Boys" comics artist Darick Robertson on Amazon's adaptation, politics and "The Punisher" 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

Start a web comic and hope it catches someone’s eye? One of comics’ best writers is former CIA agent 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z

“The comic mind goes to a weird place sometimes,” Mr. Maher said on Friday’s live broadcast of his HBO series, “Real Time.” Bill Maher Returns to ‘Real Time’ on HBO After Use of Racial Slur 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z

In lieu of the stylization of “Down with Love,” Reed devised a smoothly choreographed exchange of agonized gazes, a deftly comic whirl of mutual incomprehension. Movie of the Week: “The Break-Up” 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

The company is planning 52 separate new series as it retools its major characters and moves to sell digital copies of its comics on the same day that the printed ones are sold in stores. DC Comics unveils 10 new series, part of relaunch 2011-06-02T17:37:16Z

Beyond arm wrestling, beyond sumo wrestling, comic oneupsmanship demands killer instinct as much as ready wit. The Trip: Great Impressions 2011-06-10T18:45:00Z

In Lost in Translation, Murray's soft, saddish face, and of course his quarter-century playing louche funnymen, brought a comic attitude to the quiet, precisely observed proceedings. Somewhere: Sofia Coppola's Hotel California 2010-09-05T17:20:00Z

Right now the murders veer towards comic than gory. Scream Queens: Glee creator is back with a frighteningly funny horror show 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

But it does display a sense of adventure and dexterity seen in established comics chafing against their image. Adam Sandler: goofy chipmunk known for fart jokes has a serious side too 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

The last name came first, from an old school acquaintance; and Andrew was a boy he used to visit because of his “fabulous comic book collection.” Andrew Holleran’s Work Has Traced the Arc of Life. Now, He Takes on Death. 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z

"When I got back into comics, prior to making them, Oni books were the ones I was always drawn to," Fialkov said. After online acclaim 'The Bunker' goes to print 2014-01-13T14:20:52Z

There is a comic harshness to the book’s physical descriptions. A Portrait of the Artist as a Droll Slacker 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

One comic talent who isn't participating is footballer Joey Barton, who this week made his comic debut – in a sketch alongside the French sports journalist with whom he had a Twitter spat last March. Al Murray: comedians should never express political views 2013-06-04T13:41:55Z

Most were short comic sketches, and several used the tools or trappings of the classroom. John Baldessari, Who Gave Conceptual Art a Dose of Humor, Is Dead at 88 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z

The film would become a resounding success, Waters’ first in the mainstream, and the unlikely pairing that was Hunter and Divine would be reprised in the 1985 comic western Lust in the Dust. Tab Hunter: how Hollywood's boy next door became a gay icon 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

If that’s too much of a risk, why not give them to craftsmen who understand that not every movie based on a superhero comic needs to operate in a genre called “superhero”? Riff: The Prescription to Save Ailing Superheroes 2011-07-31T04:23:02Z

He had an easy grin and read comic books in the locker room. ‘It Ain’t Over’ Review: When Yogi Berra Saw a Strike, He Hit It 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

“Bee and PuppyCat” remains a blissful and wryly comic meditation on the joys of aimlessness and the possibility of transformation. Here Are Three Netflix Cartoons You Should Be Watching 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z

That has perhaps helped turn Paris’s clubs into date-night hot spots, judging by the comics’ interactions with the audience. As Paris’s Theaters Go Quiet, Its Comedy Clubs Are Packed 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

A running joke in the Spider-Man comic books, the “old Parker Luck” is defined by the Urban Dictionary as “the kind of fortune where small victories are overshadowed by crushing demoralizing setbacks.” The Ol' Parker Luck: Why The Amazing Spider-Man Can't Catch a Break 2012-06-27T12:00:45Z

And then there’s Mr. Eisold, whose comic darkness necessitates a reconsideration of the possibly humorous intent of the singers he’s channeling. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-25T21:59:41Z

A writer, actress and standup comic in her native Australia, she began on stage and appeared in more than a dozen TV shows before heading to Hollywood to break into movies. Rebel Wilson brings quirky comedy to film and TV 2012-09-06T16:34:08Z

For the show, each of the artists stayed in the former workspace of the 19th century Portuguese comic and sculpture artist Rafael Bordallo Pinheiro, and created works inspired by his art. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

It arrived with such sturdy American high school archetypes, like pages ripped and rewritten from an old “Archie” comic book. Perspective | Luke Perry came full circle, from heartthrob rebel to sensitive dad 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

In something of an upset, Disney’s far-removed adaptation of the comic “Big Hero 6” took home the Oscar over the more-heralded fellow blockbuster “How to Train Your Dragon 2.” Oscars 2015: 'Big Hero 6' wins animated feature Oscar 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

Modern life teems with the stuff, and this set by the South Shields comic – shortlisted for an Edinburgh Comedy award – rails against the trend. Chris Ramsey ? review 2011-08-25T16:59:37Z

But I did just a few weeks ago, and it was one of my finest comic performances ever, even if no one else saw it. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: When a medical emergency brings out your inner Charlie Chaplin 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

We live in a world where people read books and comic books, watch films and television shows, listen to podcasts and pop music, with equal avidity and intelligence. Why Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize is the best thing that can happen to the book world 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

But it didn’t happen: I stopped collecting comics, but I didn’t get a girlfriend. Best children’s and young adult books of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Adam Driver embodies that tonal duality as Stallworth’s partner, alternately a source of gravitas and comic relief. Where to Stream ‘Green Book,’ ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and Other Big Oscar Winners 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

He's been described as "the future of comics", is on Vogue's Hot List of 2013 and was invited to 10 Downing Street. Why we're watching: Zoom Rockman 2013-05-12T07:00:01Z

There's a very real sense that Louis is one of the few comics of his generation for whom the rules don't apply. Louie is finally coming to the UK 2013-01-19T06:00:00Z

Supply and demand suggests there are so many comics but so few big breaks. Paid by the laugh 2011-06-14T21:20:00Z

Andrew Mueller Two more shorts for what is effectively a showcase for comic talent old and new, playing interconnected characters all living in Clapham. TV highlights 18/02/2013 2013-02-18T07:00:02Z

The best of the trio is tenor Philippe Talbot, who brings a light, airy sound to the comic role of Corentin, a superstitious and cowardly bagpiper. CD reviews: Eschenbach and Goerne take on somber Brahms 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

When I tell her that the slightly comic anxiety put me in mind of Paul Klee, especially the late drawings shown at Zwirner last year, she lights up. Amy Sillman’s Breakthrough Moment Is Here 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

When he performed new material earlier in 2012, T. J. Miller, a comic on the same bill at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, tweeted criticism. Dane Cook, a Changeable Comedian 2013-01-18T19:15:28Z

Many comics seemed jittery and ready to battle. In Comedy, Timing Is Everything, Especially at Netflix’s Festival 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z

The book helped inspire congressional hearings and led to the creation in 1956 of the Comics Code Authority, in which the comics industry set standards on what comics could depict. Superman Comes Out, as DC Comics Ushers In a New Man of Steel 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

An early criticism of "Mrs. Maisel," about a mother and housewife turned aspiring comic in 1950s and '60s New York, was that the children of the main character weren't around very much. Feminism has come to "Mrs. Maisel" – dad feminism, that is 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z

Each page unleashes a fusillade of gags and comic sequences, careening from slapstick to blood bath and back again. Two Classic American Novels About the Madness and Beauty of Race 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

But One Mississippi proves there she is an able enough comic to find material there, still. Here Are the Best Pilots of the Fall Season 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

Imagine whispering “a handbag?” — one of comic theater’s most famous lines — and getting no laugh. ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Readers Respond to 'Other Desert Cities' and 'Earnest' 2011-01-17T13:00:25Z

The album’s liner notes include a comic written by Matthew Rosenberg that sets the scene: a returning superhero, a romantic betrayal, a sticky web of treachery, vengeance and violence. Releases From Ghostface Killah, Fred Hersch and More 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

As a comic, was it a challenge often playing the straight man to her and Katie Lowes, who plays Tom’s wife? In ‘How We Roll,’ Pete Holmes Looks to Bowl Over Mainstream America 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

The most relevant, insightful comic of the moment is a fictional female dispensing one-liners in the Eisenhower era. Louis C.K. is back, and it's bad: Leaked stand-up set shows he's lost more than his reputation 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

He’d made an ingenious comic book about marine life in a tidepool, as an educational aid, when he taught at the Ocean Institute, at Dana Point. When SpongeBob SquarePants Was Just a Sketch on a Beach in Baja 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

Andrew Shore brought long experience of comic timing to bear on a meticulously low-key Beckmesser. Review: ‘Meistersinger,’ Wagner’s Playful Paean to Culture, in London 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

A former television satirist and a longstanding Berlusconi foe, Guzzanti employs some of the comic techniques made familiar by Moore although her style is more measured than the maverick U.S. filmmaker. Italian satirist takes aim at Berlusconi at Cannes 2010-05-14T12:22:00Z

That quest will take him far from home and shatter the contented equilibrium of his life, which provides an element of comic mystery to this plot. Review | Honoring the dead? Nathan Englander’s ‘kaddish.com’ imagines there’s an app for that. 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

After that blur came popularity and admiring reviews, and now Mr. Oliver, 36, catapulted into the top rank of late-night comics, is about to kick off his own late-night satirical news show Sunday on HBO. John Oliver Introduces ‘Last Week Tonight’ on HBO 2014-04-23T12:58:15Z

Meanwhile, the increasing number of entertainment franchises that apply a back-to-basics approach to comics characters is suggesting a paucity of original ideas. DC Comics Reboots Justice League and Other Series 2011-08-30T22:18:04Z

Neither can Cootie, who longs to see a world that he’s experienced only through TV commercials and comic books. Review: ‘I’m a Virgo’ Goes Big 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

A breezy goofiness buoys the best moments of Flying V’s comic “Matt & Ben.” A dated ‘Matt & Ben’ is still goofy fun, spoofing buddies Affleck and Damon 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

When you've finished ranting about the typeface's use on all four corners of the internet, it's time to get active: one can now get "Ban Comic Sans" flyers, comics, stickers, T-shirts, hoodies and coffee mugs. Comic Sans not your type? Lighten up 2010-10-22T13:15:00Z

But sometimes Mr. Wilder brought important comic ideas to Brooks. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

When the show ended, Das posed for a group selfie with audience members outside the venue — a requisite of the star comic the world over. They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

Or is talk radio now the best arena for a comic performer who, for me, is one of the most charismatic American orators since the demise of Bill Hicks? Kevin Smith: has radio killed a video star? 2011-07-29T11:42:01Z

Yet while you would think the 2016 election should be a slam-dunk for these comics, it’s been more like a jump ball. Review: Samantha Bee’s Fierce, Fiery Feminism Anchors ‘Full Frontal’ 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

Most comic book films still seem to hew to the pen-and-ink tradition of setting the superhero against the backdrop of a “normal” place. Video Game Review: You, Batman, Keep Arkham City in Line - Review 2011-10-19T15:49:36Z

Rock ’n’ roll dinosaurs sell out stadiums, and the comic books and movies once beloved by today’s parents and grandparents are continually recycled for millennial consumption. This Summer’s Action Heroes Are Several Shades of Gray 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

He is currently developing a feature adaptation of the comic “The Pterodactyl Hunters in the Gilded City,” set in 1904 New York, that he hopes to film in stop-motion. Rising Animators Spring Into Motion 2013-07-26T21:11:41Z

He’s the only Pop artist who isn’t essentially comic. ‘Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again’ Review: Pop Art’s Tragic Prince 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

With impeccable comic timing, the Crane household's canine scene-stealer fetched in more than his fair share of laughs for what has to be one of the finest shows to ever grace the small screen. Six to watch ... TV dogs 2011-04-06T12:58:00Z

It’s also about friendship, memory, love, celebrity, our obsession with objects, oppressive dinner parties, comic books, and knife-throwing. Internet predators, vicious Amazon reviews, and how Mitt Romney’s smile inspired a novel 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

I'm grateful that the situation was cleared up so quickly, and I'm delighted I can go back to reading smutty comics on my Retina Display iPad. Comic app: Apple not to blame for gay sex image ban 2013-04-10T22:14:02Z

If Rainn Wilson made a brief, wacky walk-on role to offer comic relief it would be one thing. Does Cameron Crowe hate music bloggers? 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

It's no secret that many of the young comics performing up in Edinburgh are doing so with the ambition of making the leap quickly from stage to plasma screen. Edinburgh comedy notebook: TV is making comedy better ? and worse 2011-08-26T14:38:24Z

I have not read the comics yet, but I will say that it's one of the best comic-book films ever made. Could Scott Pilgrim Vs the World be the next Kick-Ass? 2010-04-22T15:07:00Z

So, what is this comic book you’re so in love with? Marvel's Jessica Jones: the smartest superhero show for aeons 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

I read Black Lightening comics when I was a kid. On ‘Black Lightning,’ a Superhero Takes On Race, Justice and the Real World 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

I do not want the comic to be hit. Taking a stand: when stand-up comedy turns ugly 2013-06-09T06:07:02Z

The urgency of the need is what infuses great comic performances with their intoxicating energy, sometimes tinged with the excitement of aggression channeled into the act of seduction. Nathan Lane, Hamming It Up As Few Can 2010-05-26T17:15:00Z

The comic drama "Isn't It Delicious" is aimed squarely at baby boomers — the hokey pokey plays a pivotal role, and a trio of central characters are named after Kennedys. 'Delicious' delivers a tart tale of a dying salty matriarch 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

There is an absence of meanness in the Hesses’ comic worldview that makes their films almost impossible to dislike. Review: ‘Don Verdean,’ a Sendup of Ambitious Pastors and the Lure of Religious Relics 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

Last month, the second installment in this gripping trilogy received the Eisner Award — the nearest thing to an Oscar for comics — for Best Reality-Based Work. Rep. John Lewis’s new ‘March: Book Three’ rises to the historic occasion 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

Instead of becoming trapped like a fly in amber, it has constantly evolved – from the 18th-century Harlequinades, through the music-hall era to the comic and sometimes magical spectacles of today. Still behind you! 2010-12-23T15:00:04Z

After her comic debuted in 1998 as a short film similar to “South Park,” Lee began selling merchandise to fans from her apartment, before moving her growing business online a year later. Who’s the angriest Asian? It’s ‘man’ vs. ‘little girl’ in trademark feud. 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

The two standoffs bleed into each other, sometimes to comic effect. Amir Reza Koohestani’s ‘Timeloss,’ at the Public Theater 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

This is, after all, just a comic novella set in an alternate 1950s — nothing to do with the real world. Science fiction: ‘The Madonna and the Starship,’ by James Morrow

However, a select few of the umpteen-hundred comics will be making a stop-off en route, in order to play at this peculiarly named event in North Yorkshire. This week's new comedy 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z

“He was not a jovial, yuck-a-minute guy,” said Carol Leifer, a former writer for “Saturday Night Live” who often appeared as a stand-up comic on “Letterman.” William G. Clotworthy, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Censor, Dies at 95 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

Graphic novels & comics: “Herding Cats,” by Sarah Andersen. Perspective | Goodreads Choice Awards: An annual reminder that critics and readers don’t often agree 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

The fish-out-of-water delights of “Coming to America” could hardly be repeated, but that film’s comic view of America from the perspective of a naïve African aristocrat could have used a more energetic updating. ‘Coming 2 America’ Review: Comedic Royalty 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

Kids ’N Comedy Zoom Camp 2020: A way to get sunshine just through laughs, this program for aspiring stand-up comics offers three two-week sessions in July and August for ages 10 to 18. Considering Camp? Bunkmates Are Out, but Creativity Reigns 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

In the comics, Doom declares himself ruler for life in his homeland of Latveria and plots to take over the world weekly. Everything You Need to Know About the New Fantastic Four Movie 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

And then there’s his evil or comic doppelganger, Moby the lawyer, a Jewish guy who’s always trying to be “down” and talk street, and is basically a figure of ridicule. Chabon on race, sex, Obama: “I never wanted to tell the story of two guys in a record store” 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z

Hall is a longtime chronicler of the city—his comic narrative “Kaleidoscope City” was published last year—and he recently sat down with us to discuss his work, technique, and interest in New York. Marcellus Hall’s “Lower East Side” 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

I am actually writing a comic, which I had fairly well thought-out until Trump won the election, and that kind of threw everything off. Daniel Clowes: 'Trump's America is like the cynical comics I drew back in the 90s' 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

He's right, of course, because, as the adaptation of Martin Amis's comic novel plays out, there's a surprisingly old-fashioned morality at its core. The National Movie Awards 2010 2010-05-26T06:59:00Z

An enjoyable comic play, a little baggy at 90 minutes. Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup 2012-08-04T23:06:05Z

A lot of the bluer jokes are labored; all three shows are at their best when they dig deeper and come up with fresher, more organic comic material. Television Review: Three New Sitcoms Put the Focus on Young Single Women 2011-09-18T22:09:46Z

The company subsidized his career for 20 years, giving him a steady income while he experimented with edgier and less commercial comics. Art Spiegelman on Life With a ‘500-Pound Mouse Chasing Me’ 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z

The new "Spectrum" comic No. 0 will be distributed nationwide for Free Comic Book Day -- it's got a 100,000-copy run. Lit pick of the week: Free Comic Book Day 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Shirow’s comics are complex and dense, with digressions into computer security, thermo-optical camouflage, the use of “fiber-optic film to detect pressure and temperature in cyborgs,” and the like. The Live-Action Birth of ‘Ghost in the Shell’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

And it was at that meeting that we learned that he read comics regularly, and they influenced his writing. Marvel's Editor on What You Need to Know About Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

Don’t ask how—comics aren’t bound by practicalities—but why is easy to explain. ‘Black Panther’ Review: An Epic to Pounce On 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

Surrounded by an inordinate number of plates of biscuits, Julia Davis is discussing how it feels to be a controversial comic in the age of moral outrage. Julia Davis: 'I'm worried there's going to be a backlash' 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

The comic says his joke was never really the issue. Review: Chris Rock’s ‘Selective Outrage’ Strikes Back 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

Since it closed last March because of the pandemic, the club’s co-owner, Dani Zoldan, has been inventing ways to keep comics performing in front of live audiences, instead of in stilted Zoom shows. A Stand-Up Set at the Swipe of a MetroCard 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

Making the most of the actress’s underused comic chops, “Call My Agent!” portrays her as clumsy and disheveled at the Cannes festival, speaking in English that’s considerably worse than it is in real life. ‘Call My Agent!’ Puts a Human Spin on Show Business 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

Her sets also prioritize nuance, spinning the minuscule quirks and foibles of people she knows or meets into comic characters: faux-progressive men from her social circle, or tedious “five-time” vegan revolutionaries. For Lolly Adefope, Comedy Is in the Details 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

HBO had a couple of advantages over network television: It presented longer sets, and, critically, comics could curse. He Might Be the Most Influential Director You’ve Never Heard Of 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

“Battle Royale,” a gaudy, gruesome comic book, tackles these questions with a verve that is both earnest and impish. Movie Review: ‘Battle Royale,’ Directed by Kinji Fukasaku 2012-05-24T23:38:04Z

Indeed, she brings an unusually clear comic philosophy to the stage, which in this – her first HBO special – she buttresses with mission statements. Comedy gold: Lisa Lampanelli's Take It Like a Man 2013-03-21T15:04:07Z

For me the story lessens in excitement the closer it gets to the present: the predictably gritty reboots of the comic book, the megabucks ’70s and ’80s movies. ‘Superman,’ by Larry Tye 2012-07-06T22:10:04Z

“The costume is like this vertical blue sarcophagus,” explains the 45-year-old, who lives in London with the comic actor Sarah Alexander, best known for Coupling, and their two children. Peter Serafinowicz: 'If Liberace was alive, he'd tell Trump to tone it down' 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

“The Atlantic is a pretty diverse place in terms of interest, but there are no comics nerds,” besides himself, Mr. Coates said in an interview. Ta-Nehisi Coates to Write Black Panther Comic for Marvel 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

As my friend and fellow comics dweeb Mike observed, “Parker’s journalistic ethics are horrible if he made a name for himself by staging pics of himself.” The worst journalists in comics: How The Daily Bugle became a parody of Fox News 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

Wholly original, and by turns annoying and exhilarating, this antidote to formula fiction reads like Douglas Adams channelling William Burroughs channelling Ionesco, spiced with the comic brio of Vonnegut. Science fiction roundup – reviews 2013-07-18T09:00:00Z

The comic coda proposed where many of the characters might be a year from now. '30 Rock' ends a 7-season marathon of mirth 2013-02-01T02:55:15Z

Just one of a phalanx of exciting young comic talent coming through from Wales, Carmarthen-born Elis James is rapidly building a reputation for himself on both sides of the border. This week's new comedy 2011-03-12T00:08:00Z

The move by DC also includes making the comics available for digital download on the same the day they arrive in stores. Restarting Comics? Clock Is Issue No. 1 2011-06-12T22:38:32Z

Here, in this museum of comic strips and satirical sketches, Fielding’s trademark mullet, eyeliner and skinny jeans wouldn’t look out of place on the walls. How Noel Fielding Went From a Hedonist to a Host of ‘The Great British Baking Show’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

On balance, “The Judge Hunter” never entirely settles on what it means to be, resulting in an enjoyable, if slightly uneven patchwork of the comic, serious, satirical, historical, tragic and utterly inconsequential. Review | The timely message in Christopher Buckley’s historical novel 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

Strauss's 1916 comic work is an opera about opera and the competing forms of high, and low, art. Ariadne auf Naxos: watch the opera live 2013-06-04T09:31:25Z

Martin grew up into a comic novelist and a prolific periodical scribbler, just like dad. Good Night, Sweet Prince 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

The subversive comic is the only woman to ever succeed in lucrative late night television, where she hosted her E! show Chelsea Lately for seven years before quitting the show last year. Chelsea Handler On Her Netflix Risk And Overcoming Career Setbacks 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

He works like no other comic, backed by a 14-piece band. Don Rickles was politically incorrect before it was incorrect. And at 90, he’s still going. 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

Among Rutherglen academy's old boys was Stan Laurel, and it is nice to think that Morgan shared something of his comic sense of timing. Edwin Morgan obituary 2010-08-19T17:23:00Z

But I’m really focused on comics because I’m home. Gerard Way on ‘The Umbrella Academy,’ My Chemical Romance … and Liza Minnelli 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

It’s something of an endurance test, but the shrillness of the scene serves a purpose, creating a strong contrast with an episode that’s otherwise either more moody or more broadly comic. ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episode 10: Candy-Colored 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

When Fox approached Mr. Elliott, he was a hot comic property for his offbeat “Letterman” bits like the Guy Under the Seats. ‘Get a Life,’ Now on DVD, With Chris Elliott 2012-10-21T03:17:16Z

Two local actors have re-imagined the zip line scene, with a comic twist, at the clock tower in the Gasworks area of the city centre. Back to the Future day: live! Enjoy 21 October 2015 around the world 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

Tattoos, graffiti, comic books, fanzines, games and toys, newspaper and magazine advertisements were all influences, as was the encyclopedic, global collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. She Painted With the Hairy Who. Now She’s Going Big, at 79. 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

"I am so ready to bring in some new blood and new bravado and just continue to show the masses that comics are the most essential part of pop culture," she said. For Bond, Vertigo to push boundaries, unsettle 2013-06-10T16:08:11Z

In the comics, she’s a member of the Avengers and works closely with the Guardians of the Galaxy. Meet Captain Marvel: Fighter Pilot, Feminist and Marvel's Big Gamble 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

He told me it took him two years to relearn how to do comedy in America because obviously he was a comic in the UK and then he moved here. Ronny Chieng on Andrew Yang: “There aren’t enough Asian people in positions of power” 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

Originally the film’s exaggerated, folkloric comic spark, he winds up as its reality principle and the bearer of its tragic weight. ‘The Homesman’ Stars Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

They often live in burning secrecy and face issues you won't see in the pages of a comic book. Bradford Batman is not alone: the real-life superheroes watching over you 2013-03-05T11:30:01Z

Alternately, Marvel might want to follow the example of its comic book counterpart and jump the shark into some completely new territory. Marvel studio at Comic-Con to map future of comic-book superhero films 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

"In white suit and a Panama hat, and with the light, stammering gaiety of the functioning drunk, Huston perfectly embodies a character at once comic and creepy, mother's boy, homosexual stalker and patricidal psychopath." Critics applaud Strangers stage play 2013-11-20T12:58:45Z

From a “#Daesh narrative” perspective, they could represent the horsemen of the apocalypse, but the comic tone places the gruesome realities of war well in the background. ‘Death to the infidels!’ Why it’s time to fix Hollywood’s problem with Muslims 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival has been replaced by the Janelle James Comedy Festival, and a new generation of Brooklyn comics has filled the spaces he pioneered. He Made Brooklyn Comedy a Scene. But His Life Took a Different Turn. 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Davidson, wearing an oversize hooded jacket and sweatpants, ambled to the microphone with a beer in hand after four fellow comics, all close friends, delivered crisp sets. Pete Davidson Back on Stage for First Time Since Suicide Scare 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z

To Paulsen, this segment was an early, encouraging bellwether of the show’s freewheeling comic sensibilities. ‘Animaniacs’ Is Back, Still Zany and Totally Insane-y 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

Unfortunately, I have yet to write a comic book. Walter Mosley on the fantasy of Whiteness and how Dubya was worse than Trump 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

The pun in the brisk, low-concept “Hat Trick,” in which the flamboyantly silly comic wears a backward cap while performing in three different rooms of the Comedy Store in Hollywood, is its only effortful part. 5 Smart Comedy Specials From Veteran Standups 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z

If you prefer history that’s raw, detailed and down-to-earth, two new collections of EC war comics from the 1950s will nicely scratch that itch. The Dirty Details of War 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

But away from the court, the actors bring their caricatures to folksy comic life. Movie Review: In ‘The Hot Flashes,’ Brooke Shields Leads a Team 2013-07-11T21:14:48Z

I want to be known for comedy, not anything outside of that, for somebody to say I'm a great comic because of comedy. "Comics are not covered like other artists": How Ali Siddiq changed the system to own his jokes 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z

Slash was the first magazine to publish Gary Panter’s now legendary comic strip about a hapless punk everyman named “Jimbo.” A number of these are printed on bright yellow paper in the book. Partying with the Germs and drinking with X: A new book about Slash magazine captures L.A.'s early punk scene 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

“It’s not, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if there are more women writers, more women creators in comics?’ Marvel’s World of Wakanda Will Spotlight Women, on the Page and Behind It 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

It does seem to me a little bit odd for an insult comic to be asked for advice. Asking for it: "Drag Race" winner Bianca Del Rio has questionable advice for you 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

It's not often that superhero blockbusters based on comic books come up for writing awards, but this one did. Watching the literary film contenders 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Harold Pinter was, among many other things, a comic writer; and I would distrust any Pinter evening that didn't make us laugh. The Hothouse – review 2013-05-09T23:06:09Z

But the persona of her performance pieces is definitely comic. For Michelle Ellsworth, Practice Makes … More Practice 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

At this point, “Highway” morphs, sort of, into a lighter, slightly more comic film, a road movie with plentiful scenery, some dancing and some yuks. Movie Review: In ‘Highway,’ a Bride Falls for Her Kidnapper 2014-02-20T23:40:13Z

The Harvey Awards, which celebrates comic books, will be adding six members to its hall of fame. Harvey Awards to Induct 6 New Hall of Fame Members 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Dean, a stand-up comic with a taste for the absurd, presents this comedic art project about his own work. Comedy in NYC This Week 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Touring comics repeat the same bits, with the same tones and gestures, and many of the same ad libs, night after night, in town after town. Comedy gold: Jerry Seinfeld's I'm Telling You for the Last Time 2012-06-14T11:38:33Z

The activist and rapper Boots Riley tackles societal ills in this comic, unpredictable and sometimes unsettling dystopian tale about a young slacker. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Sorry to Bother You’ and ‘Baskets’ 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

Oliver's comic diatribes are becoming Monday's workplace conversation. How John Oliver started a revolution in US TV's political satire 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Never one to shy away from hot-button issues, the 66-year-old comic shared his candid thoughts on the recent shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., Lewis Black disagrees with Jerry Seinfeld: “I have not felt that deep-seated sense of political correctness” 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

That it doesn't is testament to a comic vision that is utterly singular. Have you been watching … Louie? 2013-03-12T13:13:00Z

These are serious men, imbued with lofty senses of mission and thrilled to leave the heavy comic lifting to the tweeters, late-night comedians and Herman Cains. Seeking Humor on the Campaign Trail 2012-02-03T23:13:23Z

The ex-videogame journalist has four new comics coming out in 2013, and is writing Marvel's flagship Iron Man title in the year of the character's 50th anniversary. Young Avengers: Marvel at Kieron Gillen's new creations 2013-01-18T13:00:00Z

It can feel like he just has a preternatural propensity for getting himself into awkwardly comic situations. How the ‘Succession’ Star Nicholas Braun Elevates Cousin Greg 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

Billed as worm's-eye-views of warfare from the German standpoint, the books contain some crude humour and a great deal more cruelty and brutality – they are war comics without the pictures, devoured especially by teenage boys. Sven Hassel obituary 2012-10-02T16:06:04Z

The only rule: employ the title phrase, which Mr. Godina had lifted from a “Peanuts” comic strip. DVDs: Sinister Doings in Losey?s ?These Are the Damned? 2010-04-04T03:00:00Z

A 1941 black-and-white Captain Marvel serial was one of the very first comic book adaptions. Nodding to ‘Big,’ ‘Shazam!’ brings the superhero down a size 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

But its excesses lend themselves to a comic shellacking, and the Puppet Shakespeare Players have a semi-improvised field day with a winning cast of humans and puppets of many sizes. Theater Listings for Aug. 15-21 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

The rich-toned contralto Meredith Arwady created a sympathetic character and provided most of the work’s slender comic relief as Auntie, the publican and madam. Critic’s Notebook: Aspen Music Festival Embarks on New Era 2013-07-29T21:49:03Z

You're not like someone who seemingly aspired to a comic career. Reid Scott's "Late Night" writer character "probably thinks of himself as pretty progressive" 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

Saul was conceived as a little comic leavening for “Breaking Bad.” ‘Better Call Saul’ Stars Bob Odenkirk of ‘Breaking Bad’ 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

“I wanted him to be the best comic in the world, but that was not an argument that I won,” Mr. Friedman said. How Robert De Niro Learned to Become ‘The Comedian’ 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

His accounts of his visits with various intellectuals tend to provide comic relief as well. Books of The Times: ‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt 2012-08-02T18:37:46Z

The golden rule for each sketch seems to be to pare its comic premise down to its very essence. Seattle comedy troupe The Habit bounces back 2011-09-10T17:22:04Z

My week at the festival, seeing two shows a night, was a reminder that comics thrive in such environments. In Comedy, Timing Is Everything, Especially at Netflix’s Festival 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z

But in true "Game of Thrones" style, "House of the Dragon" is not going to make it easy for those who want to turn Alicent into a comic book villain. Alicent Hightower of "House of the Dragon" is the Karen of Westeros 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z

Crack open these comics — including some classics that are always nice to come back to — and enjoy. Seven Comic Books for This Season (and the Next) 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

In fact, it was a routine last month from comic Hannibal Buress — in which he derided Cosby's image — that ignited the current firestorm. Bill Cosby allegations meet with mostly silence in Hollywood 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the comic called the last 24 hours “one of the most dramatic episodes of The Celebrity App-president yet”. Late-night hosts on Trump's healthcare bill: 'Insane, cruel and reckless' 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

“London Assurance” marks this actor’s gusto-filled comic tempest before he turns his attentions towards the storm. Review: A Comic Return for Russell Beale 2010-03-23T17:15:00Z

Like many people, they wrestled with commitment, principles and fame, but often exhibited keen, comic insights about their predicaments. 'Sleepless in Seattle' writer Nora Ephron dies at 71 2012-06-27T01:41:54Z

She meets the Riverdale gang in a summer special comic when she visits Harper Lodge, a cousin of Veronica — for whom she has romantic feelings, something Eliza has in common with Reggie Mantle. Archie Comics Brings a Queer Character to Riverdale 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

To mark Valentine's Day, Bill Bailey will feature in the series Funny Valentine, alongside other comics including Matt Berry and Sara Pascoe. Bailey and Tempah for iPlayer shows 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

As that series recounts, it was by reading a 1950s comic book, “ Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story,” that a young Mr. Lewis became interested in the civil-rights movement. ‘Run’ Follows Award-Winning Graphic Novel ‘March’ in Civil-Rights Chronicle 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

You have had great success with comic books, graphic novels and television. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

The moment-by-moment attention to comic detail is eye-popping, but there is a cost in the overall dramatic stakes, or, at times, the lack thereof. A gothic 'Cripple' in Chicago straight from Galway 2011-03-17T14:32:10Z

Chandler’s verbal style, with its untraditional emphasis on certain syllables or words for comic effect, would become one of the show’s most widely imitated signatures. Could Matthew Perry’s Chandler-Speak Be Any More Memorable? 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z

The artist's primary claim to fame is a memorable 2011 appearance on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" in which he fretted over the danger he saw looming in the comics. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Regrettably, the film, almost devoid of music, is drastically undermined at its end by an inadvertently comic rap tribute by the Kansas City performance artist to the “American citizen with Palestinian blood.” | 'Rachel': Examining an Activist?s Death 2010-10-08T04:33:00Z

Stan Lee, no longer associated with the company, created many of Marvel's stable of comic book characters. Stan Lee Media sues Disney for billions over Marvel rights 2012-10-11T08:14:35Z

The character’s comic incarnation has died nine different times, in fact, with another two near-misses thrown in for good measure. Is Hollywood Going to Kill Batman Next Week? 2012-07-11T12:00:53Z

I dare say some comic books lend themselves well to music, but not one featuring men in moulded rubber. Batman Live ? review 2011-07-23T23:06:05Z

“Of all the valentines published those designated ‘comic’ are the most popular. Valentines, Vengeful and Comic, Through an Antique Lens 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

Penguins are often depicted as comic because of the way they waddle. “Drew! Barry! More Power!”: The 10 best penguin movies ever made 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

But the comic defied the critics by revealing he has been invited back to host the film awards for a third time. Ricky Gervais invited back to host Golden Globes 2011-08-26T18:04:00Z

Digital art is still frowned upon by fine artists, with its emphasis on sci-fi, fantasy, cartoons and comic books. Pixel wizards: meet the CGI creatives building cinema's brave new worlds 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z

How do you become a comic book writer? One of comics’ best writers is former CIA agent 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z

They are each the subject of a biographical comic book from Bluewater Productions. Comic Book Heroes Drawn From Real Life 2010-07-28T23:00:00Z

I saw a stand-up comic tweet “Imagine getting offended by jokes after” all this. Amy Schumer Misses Stand-Up. (‘I Should Have Said My Dad, but That’s Not the Truth.’) 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z

“For my dad, it was probably one of the biggest, if not the biggest honor, that could ever be bestowed upon his comic strip.” The cosmos beckons for Snoopy onscreen and in real life 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

The 3-D hurls bullets and cars and bodies and car parts and body parts at us, to comic effect. 'Drive Angry 3D': Straight from Hell, Nicolas Cage is man on a mission 2011-02-25T19:02:03Z

Sports Trading Card Show: Sports cards, collections, comic books and other memorabilia, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. It's the last weekend for Bellevue outdoor ice arena 2011-01-08T00:52:07Z

Millions of young viewers admired her for her comic portrayal of Sam Puckett, the wisecracking pal of its title character, and she was proud that her lucrative work was helping to support her family. Jennette McCurdy Is Ready to Move Forward, and to Look Back 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

We’re asking a lot of questions that are provocative, and the comic isn’t providing easy or simple answers. Podcasts About Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ Resonate With L.G.B.T.Q. Fans 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z

The late author Norman Mailer praised Gaiman's "The Sandman" as "a comic book for adults." Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman play Moore 2011-11-03T20:03:04Z

The comic asks: "So how are you dealing with my astronomical success?" Comic delays gigs after family death 2013-10-23T07:01:23Z

It was clear from this unorthodox opening that this was a precocious and poised comic more interested in originality than convention. Hannah Einbinder: Portrait of a Young Comic on the Cusp 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

The conversations veer, as they tend to do with comics, to dark places. Judd Apatow’s New Book Is a Love Letter to Stand-Up Comedy 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

In the mythology of comic books, Superman is the survivor of a dying alien planet who is sent to earth to become its protector. ArtsBeat: Henry Cavill is Cast as Superman in New Movie 2011-01-30T21:16:54Z

People take it differently than reading a comic. Dash Shaw on his animated teen movie: 'It was kind of a collage' 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kindler is quick to add that Louis C. K. and Mr. Seinfeld are great comics who make him laugh, but like any good critic, he holds them to high standards. Andy Kindler Gives the Funny Business Its Annual Review 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

The final panel of the comic reads: Stop thinking. Stop thinking and just eat: when 'food adventuring' trivialises cultures 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

Apparently the way to get a TV show these days is to be a stand-up comic and pitch a series about your life before you started telling jokes for a living. For ‘Dr. Ken,’ a Comic Returns to Medicine 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

We’re not even halfway through 2015, and it’s already been a banner year for works of comic fiction about race relations in America.­ Book Review: A gently funny exploration of biracial identity 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Quinn once sarcastically mocked those who tell comics to evolve with the times. ‘Small Talk’ Review: The Art of Meaningless Banter 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

David Burt and Clive Rowe slow-burn as the comic heavies sent to collect a gambling debt, and the production finally sparks into life with the famous number Brush Up Your Shakespeare. Kiss Me Kate – review 2012-11-29T17:54:11Z

In the comic, Marijuanaman is forced to leave his planet after its natural supply of THC in the atmosphere is depleted. Bob Marley exhibit opens on anniversary of death 2011-05-11T21:16:55Z

The film is a darkly comic anthology of six vignettes centered around revenge. Oscars 2015: 'Ida' wins for foreign-language film 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

New Jersey's non-"Jersey Shore"-related item of the day: Kevin Smith is taping a reality show for AMC about his comic book store, and is looking for some new employees. Five pop culture items we missed 2011-06-07T23:08:00Z

This year on the fringe, the wall between the two is being trampled down, as a glut of sketch comics try being funny alone. From sketches to standup: the great escape 2011-08-08T20:30:02Z

Speaking of perfectly normal reactions, Cain's "Fox & Friends" rant becomes especially comical in the full context of all of Jon Kent's adventures in his groundbreaking comic series. Dean Cain’s critiques of a queer Superman reveal someone hasn't done the reading 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

Others offer audiences a look into personalities like Sarah Palin, as well as a murderer on death row and comic book fanatics. U2 descends onto the Toronto film festival 2011-09-09T03:57:11Z

I had bought comics when I was a kid, and we were driving past this comic store one day. Comic books are passion beyond investment 2010-12-01T05:16:00Z

It features comics who generally haven’t achieved the household-name status of those on the Showtime series, though some are well established. Television Review: ?Inside Comedy? and ?Russell Simmons Presents The Ruckus? 2012-01-25T16:21:00Z

“The Katharine Hepburn of comics—nobody will see her stuff!” she added, alluding to Hepburn’s onetime label as “box-office poison.” The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z

As underground comics surged in popularity in the late 1960s, Mr. Williamson and his fellow cartoonist Jay Lynch created Bijou Funnies, a comic book that showcased their work and that of other artists. Skip Williamson, Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 72 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

How can you spoof a phenomenon that has metastasized so quickly that late-night comics have mostly left it behind as barren turf? Theater Review: ‘Nobody Loves You,’ TV Satire at Old Globe in San Diego 2012-06-08T21:59:29Z

The images embodied the comic dark side of a young child’s obsessional devotion to a beloved object: When a new plaything appears, the object may be ruthlessly discarded. Does a Toddler Need an NFT? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

Receiving the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center, the national showcase for arts, Letterman, 70, was praised for his imagination, comic daring and heart. David Letterman, celebrated late-night TV host, receives U.S. humor prize 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

Hart, the 42-year-old stand-up and comic actor, keeps a relentlessly busy schedule and he seems to like it that way. In ‘True Story,’ Kevin Hart Really Does Kill 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

Sharyn McCrumb, 66, who writes the Ballad Novels series set in Appalachia, was similarly influenced, and in her comic novel “Bimbos of the Death Sun” D&D even helps solve a murder. Dungeons & Dragons Has Influenced a Generation of Writers 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

The 1950s and early ’60s were the Golden Age of American comics, or at least its glorious tail end. The Comic Strip’s Heyday in ‘Cartoon County’ 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

Mansfield was a passable comic actor, but Norma Jean’s boundless effervescence couldn’t be copied. Double trouble: the hard life of the movie doppelganger 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

In fact, Foss plans to revamp his store's layout, which includes thousands of used and out-of-print books in addition to comics, to include graphic novels on the same shelves as traditional books. The case for comic books 2011-07-25T22:14:03Z

Fellini as a kid had translated American comics, particularly Flash Gordon, into Italian. Jonathan Ross meets Jim Steranko, his comic-book hero 2010-07-20T23:10:00Z

There is an almost comic casualness to the way she dumps antiseptic on each new wound. ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’ Review: A Desperate Scramble to Survive 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

Only Lovers Left Alive is definitely a step back up, made with droll suavity — though sometimes quirkiness is still occasionally an alibi for lack of ideas, comic or otherwise. Cannes 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive – first look review 2013-05-24T21:49:58Z

Regardless, he was an instant hit and provided comic relief during Tarzan's many adventures. Chimp said to be Cheetah dies; a jungle myth? 2011-12-29T14:57:07Z

In the earliest hours of Friday, “Iliza Shlesinger: Freezing Hot,” which has the comic in Denver performing a set focusing on the universal struggles between men and women, premieres on Netflix. TV highlights: ‘American Masters’ pays tribute to magician Ricky Jay 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

The creators have said that an entire prologue focused on Barbara, including her sexual encounter with Batman, was included in the film to develop her character in a way that the comic failed to do. Why People Are Upset About the 'Batman: The Killing Joke' Movie 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

She seems to be intrigued by the supernatural and fantastical and admits to a "geeky" enthusiasm for comic books and computer games. Kick-Ass Jane 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z

Leonard pauses for a moment for comic timing, then declares: "I still haven't found that out." Famed comedy club seeking laughs in Chicago's past 2011-11-05T14:53:08Z

June 29, 2010, 1:51 pm Denis Leary on the Return of ‘Rescue Me’ “Rescue Me,” the dark comic firefighter drama on FX, returns on Tuesday night for the beginning of the end. Denis Leary on the Return of 'Rescue Me' 2010-06-29T17:51:00Z

After retiring, Mr. Moore kept tabs on Archie — and disagreed when the comic book company decided to kill off the character. Tom Moore, cartoonist who brought Archie to life, dies at 86 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Warning: This story contains spoilers from The Walking Dead comic book series. 'The Walking Dead' Has Found Its Next Major Villain 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

The next speaker was the British comic Stephen Fry, who is out and proud. Books of The Times: ‘How to Be Gay,’ by David M. Halperin 2012-08-07T19:02:09Z

In the comics, early on, I don’t think we had a real grasp on what we wanted. In ‘Invincible,’ a Young Hero Arrives for a Mature Audience 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

One of the butts of it is Madam Ford’s extravagantly possessive husband, portrayed by the sublime Gbenga Akinnagbe, who is allowed some rewarding runway here for his comic range. Review | Shakespeare returns to Central Park with a ‘Merry Wives’ that lives up to its title 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z

Aquaman’s wife, Mera, will eventually play a role in the revamped Justice League, the first issue of which is available for purchase at comic book stores during normal business hours on Wednesday, Aug. 31. ArtsBeat Blog: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Ghost Stories 2011-08-19T18:46:36Z

One show that premiered this fall, "Downsized," was more tragic than comic. Other networks aimed at women waiting for OWN 2010-12-20T14:04:17Z

Striking a more cosmic and comic note, Seattle artist Barbara Noah takes celestial snapshots borrowed from NASA, the Hubble telescope and other space-exploring outfits and puts her own whimsical twist on them. You'll see emptiness inhabited in Susan Bennerstrom's captivating interiors 2010-11-19T05:01:00Z

With bestsellers going back to 1986, and a worldwide following, the trademark Hiaasen brand is firmly established – sharp, dry comic thrillers, with colourful comeuppances. 'My humour has always come from anger' 2011-03-06T00:02:01Z

This viral moment revealed a divide between the two popular comics. 5 Smart Comedy Specials From Veteran Standups 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z

It represents another step by the comic book industry toward embracing the digital format, and one that holds the potential to push traditional comic book storytelling to a new level. In new digital comics, each tap holds a surprise 2012-06-01T23:49:47Z

He collected “golden age” comic books, according to Quinn, “and got so much pleasure out that.” Jerry Manning, Seattle Rep artistic head, dies at 58 2014-05-01T21:15:33Z

For the next ten months, a series of comic book–esque speech bubbles will hang overhead from various lampposts along the MetroTech Promenade, espousing “universal statements about truth” with the hopes of sparking conversation. Hank Willis Thomas’s New Installation About Truth Pops Up in Downtown Brooklyn 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

But the real attraction of the series is the chance to see the detectives battle the rogue's gallery of villains made by famous by the Batman comics, without Batman around to fight them. 'Gotham' gets a full season order 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

Donations will benefit the Comic Book Defense Fund, which helps comic creators and publishers when they come under fire, usually over free speech issues, and The Moth. Wait, Neil Gaiman wrote a book about Duran Duran? Really? 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

Even more shocking is the occasion when a comic actor was beaten to death by an audience that objected to his politics. What a strange lot 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

The divisive planned removal of Franco’s body from a state mausoleum also merited comic references. Dragons, politicians go up in flames in Spain's fiery festival 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

It is wayward, kaleidoscopic, black comic and bizarre; there is in it a batsqueak of genius, dishevelment and derangement; it is captivating and compelling. Cannes 2012: Holy Motors – review 2012-05-23T09:56:21Z

Although this is milked for its comic value, there is a fierce pride that informs it, a rejection of the yuppie values and lifestyles that still inform most premium-cable shows. What’s the best show about poverty, crime and crazy sex? It’s ‘Shameless.’ 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

A year earlier, Warner Bros’ debut attempt to venture into silver age comic book space fantasy, Green Lantern, had proved even more disastrous. How Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 heralds Marvel's weird new world 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

In his day, Grétry’s warm comic operas were popular not just in Europe but also in French enclaves of American cities, including New Orleans. Classical & Opera Listings for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

With such achievements and the soaring popularity of comics and hybrid books among young people, publishers have rushed to establish new imprints and sign new comics creators to fill the demand. Perspective | Don’t be afraid to let children read graphic novels. They’re real books. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Luca Silvestrini is the sharpest of comic choreographers; his satires on the shallowness and obsessions of the modern world were wickedly honed in works such as Big Sale and Dear Body. LOL (Lots of Love) - review 2011-01-31T17:54:33Z

The events represented in the comic are the moments in Wilson’s life that are worthy of dramatization. Dan Clowes’s “Wilson” 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

Portman already has three projects on their way to theaters: the Paramount romantic comedy "No Strings" in January, the Universal comedy "Your Highness" in April and the Marvel/Paramount comic book actioner "Thor" in May. Natalie Portman offered lead in 3D survival story 2010-09-07T23:31:00Z

As far as comics go, I already mentioned my love for “The Mighty Thor.” ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: George O'Connor On Greek Myths 2012-02-24T17:49:29Z

His formally experimental early stand-up arrived a decade before alt comedy, which made it seem all the more out of place amid comics in sweaters making fun of commercials and airline food. Bobcat Goldthwait Has Moved On. Why Can’t We Catch Up? 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

Still, the host of Izzard and Mittermeier's Berlin show, Thomas Hermanns, the director of Berlin's popular Quatsch Comedy Club, cannot resist referring to the "humourless German" reputation before the comics take to the stage. Comedy without borders: Eddie Izzard and the language of standup 2013-04-24T11:00:05Z

“Buo,” by Mr. McHenry, was ingeniously comic, using short, sliding phrases that added up to a tune like a dance on banana peels. New Jazz Standards Quintet Makes Its Debut 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Some of its numbers, in which comic archetypes cozy up or collide, could be placed directly into the cel of an animated Looney Tunes short. ‘On the Town' Revival Opens on Broadway 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Like The Walking Dead, Preacher does a great job bringing a comic book universe to life, but this is a different universe: it is highly enjoyable and compulsively watchable. Preacher: AMC's new hope dances between the diabolical and the divine 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

The film, the first live action feature film built around the 1941 DC comic book character, also stars Chris Pine and Robin Wright. Security tight for 'Wonder Woman' movie premiere in Hollywood 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

The universal adoration of Hancock – especially by comedians – could make you suspect it’s all nostalgia for the good old days when comics could actually get a show on BBC1 rather than a five-minute Comedy Blap. From Python to Seinfeld - are these 12 classic comedies still funny? 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z

Mr. Griepp attended the meeting, which included representatives of 14 retail organizations that are among Marvel’s top 300 comic book sellers. Marvel Comics May Have Slumping Sales, but Don’t Blame Its Diverse Heroes 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

Then, to fine comic effect, there is the jargon-y pondering of Dr. Watkins, who gets the town mostly wrong, judging it through a pedantic sociological lens. ‘The Dogs of Littlefield’ review: Who’s poisoning the pets in this idyllic town? 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

On Tuesday, Mr. Moranis released “My Mother’s Brisket & Other Love Songs,” 13 comic tunes that explore his Jewish heritage in ridiculous ways. A Word With: Rick Moranis: Live Blogging the Bris? This Might Hurt a Bit 2013-06-18T21:05:35Z

Comic-Con, which officially begins on Thursday, is a huge convention attended by lovers of comic books and sci-fi movies and TV shows, and it is widely used by Hollywood studios to promote future films. Peter Jackson says no "Hobbit" at Comic-Con 2011-07-21T01:59:30Z

This could be the year of the online comic, many of whom are taking to the fringe for the first time. Edinburgh festival 2013: our critics' picks 2013-07-15T05:59:01Z

This is not to say that Mr. Janetti, who has provided comic relief on his partner’s show, doesn’t do his part for the couple on social media. Power Couples on Twitter and Instagram 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

Meredith Arwady provides the best comic relief as the nurse Filipevna, but even here her charm would have been enhanced if the rest of the show had surrounded her with more contrasting gravitas. Seattle Opera’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ is fine but could offer so much more 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

On his HBO show Last Week Tonight, the British comic called taxes “essentially the government’s GoFundMe page” as the US edges closer to the deadline for tax returns. John Oliver on America's corporate tax reform: 'We absolutely blew it' 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

The comic aplomb of the production, and Gurney's appealing, clearly conveyed story, will satisfy some. 'Sylvia': Canine comedy at Seattle Rep 2011-11-18T21:05:04Z

In 2008, Mr. Lewis told Mr. Aydin, his digital director and policy adviser, how influential the comic book had been on him and the civil rights movement. ‘March’ Graphic Novel Revisits Civil Rights Movement in Rich Detail 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

At times he is a comic figure of neurotic propriety, obsessively salting and peppering his food at breakfast with his wife. A Dangerous Method: Freud Had the Theories, But Jung Had the Sex 2011-11-22T17:45:41Z

Mr. Jones fares less well with the ripe comic subplot in the original, concerning the bumbling constable Dogberry and his associate Verges. Review: In ‘These Paper Bullets!,’ a Chance to Twist and Shout 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

So I like the idea that you can have something that is, by turns, comic and then dramatic. Stephen Merchant Is an Unsmooth Criminal 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

JK Rowling likes to describe her new book as a comic tragedy, yet there are few laughs to pierce the blanket of gloom in this bleak, rather one-sided vision of life in modern England. Muted enthusiasm for Rowling book 2012-09-27T10:23:32Z

Despite offering an undeniably sentimental view of working-class life, it suggests that the comic chinless wonders have a great deal to learn from them about love, loyalty and spirit. Me and My Girl ? review 2010-12-21T21:29:00Z

“We knew he had a comic presence that hadn’t been fully unleashed yet.” In ‘House of the Dragon,’ Paddy Considine Claims the Crown 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

Josh is closer to the anxious, frantic character he played in the “Night at the Museum” films than to his crazier comic inventions, which is a shame. | 'Tower Heist': Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy in ?Tower Heist? - Review 2011-11-03T20:29:01Z

But when pushed into action Gianni is foiled by comic mishaps, one of which involves drinking an aperitif spiked with a psychedelic drug that sends him reeling. Movie Review: ?The Salt of Life,? a Comedy by Gianni Di Gregorio 2012-03-02T00:28:51Z

But there are moments when I see Attell perform that I think he is only now entering his prime, something this famously self-critical comic would probably disagree with. Dave Attell Is Our Greatest Club Comic (Says the Writer He Made Fun Of) 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

“Mars Attacks” Trading Cards I grew up collecting toys, comic books and trading cards. James Wan Prefers Peter Jackson’s Gory Horror Comedies 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z

It’s outrageous, a little bit camp and darkly comic in tone. Anna Paquin: ‘I’ve had some horrific experiences’ 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

Are you optimistic that winning the Booker could help promote the fundamental seriousness of the good comic novel? Q&A: Howard Jacobson, Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question 2010-10-15T16:25:00Z

Warren Ellis’ writing—in series like “Injection” and “Planetary”—is full of more ideas in a single issue than most comics have in a 50-issue run. “Preacher” fans, your prayers are answered: Here are 10 comics with outrageous portrayals of God 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

There’s a comic aspect to some of this: Humiliation has a reliable role in stand-up shtick, and Mr. Acconci’s burlesque of masculinity can be hilarious. Review: Vito Acconci Invites You to Watch Him as He Watches Us 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

If anything, it feels as if Fey is emulating the example of Kristen Wiig, who has reconstructed her career with a series of disparate comic and dramatic film roles. Tina Fey reinvents herself in the rich Afghan War dramedy “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

Part of the widespread weariness with comic book film franchises is their sameness. "The Old Guard" mixes Charlize Theron and immortality for a fresh take on overdone superheroes 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

“X-Men” devotees in particular are already primed by the inherently political nature of the comic series, whose mutants are seen as an allegory for marginalized groups in America, symbolism the Marvel creator Stan Lee welcomed. Podcasts About Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ Resonate With L.G.B.T.Q. Fans 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z

There are a lot more female comics, and a lot more comics all round. The insiders' guide to the Edinburgh Fringe 2013-07-30T07:35:47Z

This double sense, both comic and tragic, of human inadequacy and divine aspiration is what gives “Whales” its enduring appeal, including to audiences who usually steer clear of the avant-garde. Theater Review: Culture Project?s Revival of ?And God Created Great Whales? 2012-02-16T01:03:49Z

But the comics format makes an opaque topic artfully illuminating. 'Threadbare's' investigative comics explore the hard choice some women face between sweatshops and sex work 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

His debut feature, Adam & Paul, updated the existential black comedy of Beckett's Waiting for Godot, with two addicts scraping their way through the underbelly of Dublin to grimly comic effect. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-04-06T23:05:13Z

Indeed, the second run of Griefcast – in which she interviews fellow comics about their losses – is as emotive and probing as the first. Sandra: Gimlet's siri drama starring Alia Shawkat - podcasts of the week 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

They stayed in touch through LiveJournal, collaborating long distance on a Web comic called “Tip Me Over Pour Me Out,” which was about Bob-Waksberg’s experiences dating in New York. The Origin Story of the Depressingly Good “BoJack Horseman” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

“The retailer community does backbreaking work to get comics into the hands of our loving fans,” he said. A Robert Kirkman Surprise: A New Walking Dead Story 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

I quote from the Guardian itself: "The Finkler Question last night became the first unashamedly comic novel to win the Man Booker prize in its 42-year history." Booker prize disdains comedy? What a joke 2010-10-14T09:09:00Z

The British actor’s comic wings are clipped in this sincere but unwieldy film about an abrasive radio personality whose heretofore-unknown African-American teenage niece shows up at his fancy New York City apartment. ‘Hot Air’ Review: A Right-Wing Radio Host Learns to Love Again 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

Not all of these comics are as suited to theaters as Ms. Schumer, who can effortlessly shift from a dramatic set piece to a chatty intimate style while still playing to the third balcony. ‘Trainwreck Comedy Tour’ Is Amy Schumer’s Thing 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

Greer’s “Less,” a comic novel that won the Pulitzer Prize, followed the minor novelist Arthur Less as he traveled the world to attend a string of mostly minor literary events. 33 Works of Fiction and Poetry Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

A similar realization underlies the comic banter, written by Jacobs-Jenkins, of the house slaves Minnie and Dido; their gossip about their lives periodically discloses a horror of which they seem half-oblivious. Reading Racist Literature 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

“Mr. Saturday Night” Based on a 1992 movie, this musical features Billy Crystal returning to the role of Buddy Young Jr., a has-been comic who is hungering for a comeback and reconnecting with family. The Twisting Trail to the Tonys: ‘Can You Believe That We’re Here?’ 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

The CW series may be based on the wholesome Archie comics, but the show maintains an eeriness worthy of the Duffer brothers. 12 Movies and Shows You Need to Watch If You’re a 'Stranger Things' Super Fan 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

At another point, buttoned-up Lucy, whose only emotional vent is pounding out Beethoven piano sonatas, pours out her feelings in “Ludwig and I,” an over-the-top fantasy out of a comic operetta. A visit to romance and Italy in ‘Room with a View’ 2014-05-03T00:30:45Z

He built his reputation for wartime storytelling in comic books like Combat, but he also illustrated Tarzan and Hercules comics, as well a dinosaur series called Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle. Sam Glanzman, Comic-Book Artist Inspired by His War Service, Dies at 92 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

Many of Miller’s comics have been influential, including stories about Daredevil and his lover Elektra. Frank Miller’s New Company Is Looking to the Future and the Past 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

In several decades of comics, Vision and Wanda shared a romance that was much more intricate: They dated, married, had two sons, broke up and reconciled. Marvel’s Latest Frontier? In ‘WandaVision,’ It’s the Suburbs 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

Quinn is far from a cringe comic who says things simply to shock. Colin Quinn on why PC culture ruins comedy: "Comedy's never positive" 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

Ms. Witherspoon, though she has been doing other things lately, has a long track record as a resourceful comic performer, going back at least to “Election” and the sometimes delightful “Legally Blonde” movies. Review: In ‘Hot Pursuit,’ Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon on the Run 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Nesteroff is a former stand-up comic, as well as a programmer at the Cinefamily, a nonprofit theater in West Hollywood where he has hosted events with Mel Brooks and other comedy legends. ‘The Comedians’: An antic history of the people who make us laugh 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

Or is it a mobster version of Bucket List, comic and sappy? Scent of Doomed Men: Al Pacino and Christopher Walken Team Up for Stand Up Guys 2013-01-31T12:59:25Z

He sees its influence in many web comics. Bewildered in “Bloom County”: How its long hiatus transformed the still-beloved comic 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z

The comic magician, one of the best-known TV stars in the 70s, died after suffering a heart attack on stage, live on television, in 1984. Shameless star to play Tommy Cooper 2013-05-23T11:27:00Z

The books reproduced panels from Disney comics without permission. The Book That Exposed the Cynical Politics of Donald Duck 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

Frank Potenza, a onetime New York City policeman who became Uncle Frank, a regular comic foil for his nephew Jimmy Kimmel, the ABC late-night host, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Frank Potenza, Foil for Nephew Jimmy Kimmel, Dies at 77 2011-08-26T05:53:28Z

That looks to change, however, thanks to a confluence of events that begin with the much-anticipated release, on Wednesday, April 6, of the new Marvel comic book series “Black Panther.” Ta-Nehisi Coates Helps a New Panther Leave Its Print 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Writing with the comic actress and writer Natasha Rothwell, Legend has updated “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” a duet with an icky dynamic that has been reconsidered in recent years. Holiday Tunes That Soothe, Provoke and Share a Joke 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

And I think I’d be naive to say that women and men are exactly the same as comics—or writers, or anything—given the different experiences and socialization women and men have. Late Show Fires Comedy Booker, Revives the Are-Women-Funny Debate (Sigh) 2012-01-18T13:07:21Z

Mr Farman said he was excited but "cautiously optimistic" of the comic book being made into a film because of the lengthy processes involved. Vampire story sucks in film bids 2012-02-09T00:56:59Z

The announcement prompted members of the books desk to name their favourite comic novels. Which books make you laugh? - Open thread 2013-05-15T11:24:00Z

Of course, the premise had great comic payoff. 'The Office': shutting down on NBC after 8 years 2013-05-14T14:26:08Z

When Krazy is portrayed as male, the comic becomes the story of one male character openly pining for another—in some touching scenes, the characters even nestle together to sleep. The Gender Fluidity of Krazy Kat 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

His best film, the darkly comic sci-fi action flick Edge Of Tomorrow, makes it all very literal. 'Terrifyingly relevant': why Doug Liman had to recut Fair Game 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

After recently exploring the Internet’s comic possibilities in “Identity Thief,” Jason Bateman experiments with its tragic potential in the timely and frequently gripping thriller “Disconnect.” ‘Disconnect’: Tale of Internet’s dark side clicks 2013-04-18T21:36:51Z

Drawing on various comics, he wanted to tell an emotional story of Spider-Man grappling with personal failure and self-doubt, a tale that would parallel his own problems as a teenager. A Fan Made a Spider-Man Film. The Fallout Has Been Unexpected. 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z

The thin comic line is breached and the barbarians are upon us.” Why Jon Stewart walked away: New behind-the-scenes details from the “Daily Show” abdication 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

He continued, “It was almost like picking up a Shang-Chi comic would have been highlighting what made me different from the other nerds at the comic book store.” A Shang-Chi Comic for Summer, Ahead of the Hero’s Marvel Film 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Chortle reports that the standup comic Matt Kirshen claims one of his jokes has been nicked by an ad campaign for Old Jamaica Ginger Beer. Is the Edinburgh comedy bubble about to burst? And X Factor, the musical 2012-08-14T14:40:09Z

It emerged last week that Clark Kent, aka Superman, is to leave his reporting job in the forthcoming issue of the comic. Clark Kent's got a new job. But where next for Morse, Jeeves and Mr Chips? 2012-10-27T23:18:27Z

For one, each of the largely wordless stories is painted in acrylic, not drawn and inked in the traditional comics style. Prankster 'White Cube' comic gleefully dismembers the art world 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

What is less clear is if superhero movies influence readers to buy more comics. Modern Marvel 2011-03-25T16:14:29Z

The special allure of the standup artist who becomes a filmmaker arises from that larger cinematic tradition—one that started with comic actors filming themselves. Where Comedy Comes From 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z

He may not be the most iconic of Spidey villains, but Keaton’s first comic book movie turn since 1992’s Batman Returns could change all that in a whisk of those matte-black wings. Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer: eight things we learned 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Yet Mr. Rosenquist often disavowed a connection to the pop art sensibilities of Warhol, who made multiple images of Monroe, and Lichtenstein, who made large-scale images inspired by comic books. James Rosenquist, painter of unnerving large-scale masterworks, dies at 83 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Bill Cosby was probably was the biggest black comic star to emerge from the period. Book review: ‘Becoming Richard Pryor,’ by Scott Saul 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

One of the characters in the horror comic that I'm pitching is South African. Book Talk: South Africa's Beukes revisits America in 'Broken Monsters' 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

These represent some of the highest prices paid for comics of the so-called Silver Age of the 1950s and 60s. ArtsBeat: Collector Sense Tingling: Comic-Book Sale Yields Powerful Prices 2012-07-27T12:42:10Z

But comics are still, he suspects, not quite respectable in Britain. Philip Pullman: Why I love comics 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

Reading “The Roxy Letters” is as refreshing as a dip in Austin’s beloved Barton Springs natural swimming hole, the kind of comic novel we need right now. Review | ‘The Roxy Letters’ is just the kind of comic novel we need right now 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

I am pitching a horror comic, but that is just going to be like high camp. Book Talk: South Africa's Beukes revisits America in 'Broken Monsters' 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

The first issue of LAAB, published by Beehive Books, will be available in bookstores and comics shops on December 4th. In His LAAB Experiment, Ronald Wimberly Plays with Dynamite 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

Warren — who has failed as a comics artist, comics store owner and husband — returns to Philly from Wales, where he’s been hiding out from the conundrum of his own identity. “You get a cookie for being offended”: Mat Johnson on the fine art of racial satire 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z

By the time “Curious George Gets a Medal” appeared in 1957 I had grown much too sophisticated for kids’ stuff, having graduated to Uncle Scrooge comics and monthly doses of Superman. Curious George turns 75: Why the monkey and the Man in the Yellow Hat endure 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

And over in Belfast, Gary Mitchell's account of the life of Northern Irish comic, The James Young Story, continues at the Mac. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-01-11T17:24:51Z

That said, summer 2016 will find Smith back in action/tent-pole mode again, though this time in an ensemble movie based on a comic book series called "Suicide Squad." Will Smith, a box-office enigma in the era of ensemble blockbusters 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

It's a performance with great comic timing, and Hoult is enthusiastic about the film, but seems aware that viewers will either love it or hate it: "It was an interesting part to take," he says. Nicholas Hoult: 'The paparazzi don't care about me' 2013-01-26T23:00:00Z

The problem in “How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky” is that its potentially comic scenes rarely attain escape velocity. ‘How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky,’ by Lydia Netzer

Even if the setup weren’t so rote, Mr. Choi’s script invites déjà vu with dialogue and behavior that work slight variations on hoary comic templates. Review: ‘Kim’s Convenience’ Shares Family Ties, for Better and Worse 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

But the abundant, generally on-target sociological details and comic observations feel overdone and superficial, like an elaborately patterned rug laid over an unfinished floor. Review: Ethan Hawke Is Just Right as a ’90s Indie-Rocker in ‘Juliet, Naked’ 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

But that's no obstacle to Kiwi comic Sam Wills, whose whole act – now making waves throughout the world of comedy – is based on an inability to speak. Review: The Boy With Tape On His Face 2010-08-10T14:38:00Z

An Oscar for Murphy would be something to honour a terrific comic who created a distinctive Hollywood career for himself. The black Oscar wins that got away | Peter Bradshaw 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Ms. Plumb, a performance artist, marvelously uses her body for comic effect in these scenes. Movie Review: In ‘Towheads,’ a Woman Tiptoes Toward a Nervous Breakdown 2014-01-22T22:55:09Z

There are only so many times you can use Kimmie being disrobed in public as a subject of humor without it crossing from comic to cruel,” says . How to Talk About Rebel Wilson’s Weight and Super Fun Night 2013-10-03T09:45:45Z

She smoldered like Sophia Loren and  displayed a likeable, game manner in both the light comedy Hitch and Werner Herzog’s darkly comic The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call—New Orleans. Girl in Progress? Eva Mendes Spins Her Wheels 2012-05-10T10:45:06Z

Mr. Lynch’s comics never reached as broad an audience as some of his more famous brethren’s. Jay Lynch, Underground Comics Creator, Dies at 72 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

The comic actor later made light of the trauma at his Devon farm. Comedian and actor Rik Mayall dies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

The US comic took to Twitter to pour scorn on an article on Nikkifinke.com detailing plans for a proposed third film in the series. Steve Martin scotches Father of the Bride III rumours 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

The series will be written by Gene Luen Yang, a comic book writer and cartoonist making his Marvel debut. A Shang-Chi Comic for Summer, Ahead of the Hero’s Marvel Film 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Offill’s weakness is that, despite her comic tone, her wit can fizzle. Colum McCann’s New Novel Makes a Good-Intentioned Collage Out of Real Tragedy 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Castle’s affection for firearms and proclivity to use them regularly are well-known facets of the comic, and critiques surrounding the series called for creators to do more than rely on big guns and violence. Netflix's The Punisher pulled from Comic Con after Las Vegas shooting 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

For comic absurdity, the tweets that Jacobson makes up have trouble competing with Trump’s actual Twitter feed. A sneak peek at ‘P---y,’ the soon-to-be published novel about Donald Trump 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

My relationship with Steve Moore began back when I was 13 or 14 years old, and it began through a mutual love of comics. Alan Moore Digs Up 'Unearthing' and Lays His Comics Career to Rest 2010-07-26T22:05:00Z

Off stage, Reiner and Brooks had a rapport which launched a comic franchise. Carl Reiner, comedy’s rare untortured genius, dies at 98 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

Sitting in his Queens apartment, the stand-up comic Ted Alexandro counts every cough and constantly is convinced he just contracted the coronavirus, at least, he says, for 10 minutes. A Vital Stand-Up Special for the Social Distancing Era 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

He speaks casually — indeed, for comic effect — of his formerly secret horrible childhood. 'Mad Men' open for business again in Part 2 of final season 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Despite the super villains and vigilantes, the drama is more in line with a crime procedural tinted with comic book paraphernalia. 'Gotham' creator talks bringing in big players early, meeting expectations 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

Then there is her forthcoming role in FX’s post-apocalyptic drama Y: The Last Man, based on the comic book series, which sees her playing a senator in a society where just one man is left. Diane Lane: ‘It’s a relief to be the protagonist instead of the girlfriend’ 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

This sends the comic, a Comedy Cellar regular with a growing reputation, into a head-swiveling frenzy, spitting consonants. Jokes + Exasperation + Subtext = a New York Club Comic on the Rise 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

It presents a half-century of tragedy and turmoil in as a series of mordant comic vignettes. 'The Time That Remains': Darkly comic tale chronicles mortality and survival in Nazareth 2011-03-31T20:38:05Z

The box office hit “Thermae Romae” is a comic romp about a designer of ancient Roman baths who finds a time portal to a contemporary Japanese bathhouse. Japan Cuts Features Melancholy Films at Japan Society 2013-07-13T00:01:00Z

Other times that simply means letting women know they can read comics too. Fangirls Rule Comic-Con 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

Finally, a comic novel gets a Pulitzer Prize. Review | The perfect summer novel: ‘Strangers and Cousins’ is an unusually substantive comedy 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

Usually, as a comic, you travel around the world, catching up with your mates, having a laugh. Brendon Burns, comedian 2012-08-07T16:51:02Z

It’s fun to play the coward or the awkward guy; it gives you a lot of comic energy to play with. Stephen Merchant Is an Unsmooth Criminal 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

He sings of “a decade playing chicken with oblivion,” and pain over lost love, and he reaches dizzying heights of comic humility, concluding by telling us the way that he feels. David Berman Made Us Feel Less Alone 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

I mean, certainly people care more about movies than they do about comics. Dan Clowes’s “Wilson” 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

Putting out the comic biographies allowed Mr. Davis to tap skills from his earlier career in marketing, publicity and advertising. Comic Book Heroes Drawn From Real Life 2010-07-28T23:00:00Z

It's a comic book image of a distressed woman speaking into a telephone. Lichtenstein 'Room' painting fetches $43M in NYC 2011-11-09T03:27:12Z

Signature roles featured comic scenes in which she appeared solo, holding a phone, real or imaginary, including as “Signorina Snob,” a role for which she drew upon her Milanese bourgeois roots. Italy’s pioneering comic actor, Franca Valeri, dies at 100 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z

The characters are essentially cartoons themselves, though the cast injects them with flickers of pathos that supply the mostly arch comic proceedings with little jolts of humanity. Review: ‘Golem,’ a Visually Dazzling Fable for the Digital Age 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

A kind of uber-stoned Greek chorus, more interested in rolling joints and eyeing up girls than engaging in the events of any film they appear in, they're Smith's most impressive comic creation. This week's new comedy 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z

To put it a little more precisely, she is a comic for all the girls out there who think too much. Review: In ‘Kate,’ Tracing the Tears of a Clown 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

It's a genius move, helping us to focus on the comic's eye for weird detail and infectious, energetic storytelling style. This week's new comedy 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z

Co-produced with New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse, this staging can pitch the more tired comic bits too hard. 5th Avenue Theatre may have a hit with 'Damn Yankees' 2012-04-30T01:30:06Z

Then there was his masterly comic rhythm, an old school rat-a-tat that got right to the point. In Jerry Stiller, the Rage of Jewish Fathers Found a Hilarious Outlet 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

In this comic novel about the elusive work/life balance, Alice is truly a person to love and root for. Notable fiction books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

It occurred to me that this may be how some conservative comic-book fans experience her Ms. Marvel—as a referendum on “American” comics. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z

This was a properly interesting – albeit rather worshipful – portrait of one of the most interesting writers in the comics medium. Grant Morrison, The Invisibles and the comics that put novels in the shade 2010-12-19T22:30:01Z

Visitors to Panel Syndicate will be able to decide how much, if anything, they want to spend on the comic, The Walking Dead: The Alien. ‘Walking Dead’ Digital Comic, The Alien, Is Pay What You Wish 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

But he also writes comic operas, and they have languished. America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

This year is the centennial of “The Ransom of Red Chief,” a comic short that may well have started it all. We?re Holding Your Plot Device. If You Want It Back, Send Us ... 2011-07-02T01:33:02Z

If I did not write mysteries, maybe I would write comics/graphic novels. Ian Rankin: By the Book 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

Two years later, her creators finally got around to revealing her origin in the single-issue comic The Batman Adventures: Mad Love. Harley Quinn, Just the Nice, Fun-Loving Psycho Next Door 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

Centineo and Amer are saddled with the responsibility to provide comic relief as goofy sidekick types, but both hit the same flat notes. ‘Black Adam’ Review: Heroism, but Paint It Black 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

In an era when comics incessantly bemoan woke culture on podcasts or in interviews or specials, Gulman is the rare middle-aged standup that celebrates sensitivity. What Happened After the Joke: A Stand-Up’s Harrowing Tale 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

Tom Arnold knows how even comics can be stung by the wisecracks. Are comedians funnier when they're fat? 2011-09-23T16:24:00Z

Jacobson is a comic novelist, but The Finkler Question is about grief and loss, and it prompts a poignant range of response. Booker prize 2010: Notes from the ceremony 2010-10-13T12:34:00Z

Shooting with a digital camera that picks up every face and wall crack, and in surprisingly elegant widescreen, they suggest the entirety of Clemente’s mean life in a few, short, pitilessly comic scenes. | 'Octubre': The Difference a Baby Can Make 2011-05-06T05:23:01Z

“It incorporates the look and spirit of video games and violent comic books into a television series as well as any show around,” Mike Hale wrote in his Times review in 2015. What’s on TV Friday: Nas and ‘Strike Back’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

Growing up in Newark’s industrial Ironbound district, Wayne and his older brother, Alan, devoured comic books, science fiction, radio serials and movie matinees at the Adams Theater. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

Like, it really isn’t a matter of how funny you are; people are just less likely to take a chance on an unknown female comic. Janelle James Loves Being a Bad Boss in ‘Abbott Elementary’ 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z

Marshall staged a classic moment of comic brio and childhood wish-fulfilment: the dancing on the giant toy piano keys in a Fifth Avenue toy shop. Penny Marshall: a Hollywood power player and comedy connoisseur 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

That could be read as a retreat back into “comic book” realms. Auteurs assemble! What caused the superhero backlash? 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

Her only fear is that she will not find a path back to comic roles. How Shameless stars came of age on West End stage 2011-04-09T23:06:27Z

He avoids the subject on air, and while he does criticize President Trump, his considerable comic bile rarely focuses on him. An American Comic on a Russian Channel: What He Avoids Speaks Volumes 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

Scenes with those characters often turn into comic displays of incompetence or rapid-fire insults. In ‘Gaslit,’ a Victim of Watergate and History Finds Rescue 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

Appearing on Real Time with Bill Maher, the comic spoke about her fundraising efforts to help Texas women – who often have to travel extreme distances for the services – obtain affordable, safe abortions. A fetus is more than “goo” 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

I was transitioning from a comic who never worked clubs, and now I had to take whatever I was doing on stage to make it work in a club. Grammy nominee Lewis Black ‘still learning’ the comedy craft 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

To answer the first question, it’s clear that attitudes towards comic book movies have been transformed since Robin became persona non grata in Gotham almost two decades ago. Is it time for Ben Affleck's 'Batfleck' Batman to bring back Robin? 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

He wrote that Mr. Breck “pitches into the part with wit, energy and comic invention.” Peter Breck, 82, Actor in ?The Big Valley,? Is Dead 2012-02-11T04:20:12Z

Mr. Whitehall is a star comic in Britain, touring arenas and starring in a slew of sitcoms and talk shows. Comedy in NYC This Week 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Here are five comic actors familiar from the small screen who could help some overlooked comics heroes go big. After Chris Pratt’s galactic triumph, which other sitcom stars should become heroes? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

A spokesman for the comics said the events in the flash-forward series will not affect Archie in the present-day series. Oh no! Comic book character 'Archie' dies in end of series 2014-04-09T16:36:57Z

I Give It A Year is a down and dirty version of Notting Hill, in which Spall treats us to a prolonged nude scene, played for comic, rather than erotic, effect. Rafe Spall: from fat to fit 2013-01-19T09:00:00Z

It's at the literary end of comics you sense a narrowing of the range, the main strand being a sort of studied Pekarian drabness. When it comes to comics, you just can't beat a drunken, violent aardvark 2010-07-18T21:31:00Z

And Mr. Wein became an early example of a change that would wake up the somewhat predictable world of comics, one that made the stories deeper and more ambitious. Len Wein, Influential Comic Book Writer, Dies at 69 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

You have to be knowledgeable if you’re pitching comics to people. In Philadelphia, a Comic Book Store Dedicated to Diversity 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

What Whitemore hasn't done, thankfully, is cut the minor characters who make the intended comic set pieces so funny in the books. Your next box set: A Dance to the Music of Time 2012-10-04T15:00:01Z

She comprehends the win-win dynamic of a dual hosting model, especially when the other host is a professional comic. Turns out Alison Hammond is the zesty ingredient "The Great British Baking Show" has been missing 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

His previous film, "Guardians of the Galaxy," spun an obscure Marvel comic into one of the biggest hits of 2014. Vin Diesel: 'Furious 7' and the unlikely road to stardom 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

The rest of the set is more autobiographical, and lowers the comic pitch. Rhys Darby – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-05T13:54:42Z

And what he recycled there was less a matter of cartons and cans than Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Wagner, Dumas, Gothic novels, ball gowns, B movies, sex manuals and superhero comic books. Review: Charles Ludlam in the Cosmos Where ‘Queens Collide’ 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

All things being equal, Wilmore’s introduction to much of his audience concurrent with the sort of news that moves a comic to shift into a new gear was a huge disadvantage. Larry Wilmore's Show Wasn't Built to Survive 2016 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, dues had to be paid to the Judeo-Christian culture writers came from and the company solid comics in. Does God exist in the Marvel Universe? 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

This Image comic is a strong challenger to “Saga” as the best comic out there. 9 series that prove 2014 is the year of the female-centric comic book 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z

After a second viewing of Paul Thomas Anderson’s comic, mournful and gorgeous L.A. elegy “Inherent Vice” – the first-ever screen adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel – I no longer suspect it of being an “interesting failure.” “Inherent Vice”: Pynchon meets Anderson in an absurd, glorious search for meaning, circa 1970 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

For this comic series, the narrator is Tyler. Exclusive 'Fight Club 2' pages: Tyler Durden's been around for longer than we thought 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

And that’s one of the problems with the show: so much of it echoes familiar comic works. | 'Louie': Louis C.K.?s New Comedy on FX 2010-06-28T22:37:00Z

He also played the vigilante Frank Castle, a.k.a. the Punisher, another character based on a comic book. Ray Stevenson, Actor in ‘Thor’ and Other Films, Dies at 58 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

"Young Adolf" imagined the aspiring artist Hitler in Liverpool before World War I, to comic and disturbing effect. British novelist Beryl Bainbridge dies at 75 2010-07-02T12:35:00Z

Over here, fans can do things like print their own Scott Pilgrim T-shirts, hear live bands and, in a few minutes, get an autograph from the director and the comics' creator, Bryan Lee O'Malley. Scott Pilgrim Vs The World 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z

Williams made the long climb from stand-up comic to leading man. Robin Williams Dead at 63: His Five Most Memorable Roles 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

“Divine Horsemen” comfortably travels this familiar ground until about halfway through, when Benny comes up with his ill-fated idea, which involves stealing rare comic books and trading cards. Review: In ‘Divine Horsemen,’ a Checklist of Tough-Guy Tropes 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

In his mid-90s, he completed the comic novel “The Lawgiver,” and at age 100 wrote a memoir. Herman Wouk, a consummate writer until the end, dies at 103 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

And comic book lore pinpoints Issue No. 1 of “Man of Steel,” published by DC Comics in July 1986, as the first comic with a marketed variant cover. Hey, the Hulk's in Central Park! Marvel Comics Covers Highlight New York 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

But the fever-dream mood of the piece, ideally laced with more comic panache than is mined here, is the thing this dark, heavy-looking production doesn’t really master. Review | Paula Vogel’s AIDS-era ‘Baltimore Waltz’ sings a slightly different tune 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

He tries to retain control of a team of jargon-spouting idiots, clinging steadfastly to their management handbooks while totally missing the point, to great comic effect. Have you been watching ? Twenty Twelve? 2011-04-04T14:37:06Z

There was all this local talent, people who I really think were born to be comics but before had no place to work. Rick Uchwat, founder of Zanies, dies 2011-05-12T14:33:00Z

In fact, the notion of Harriet Tubman as a superhero is a favorite subject of comic book fan art. When Blackness Is a Superpower 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

Soon an entire manga industry sprang up, churning out vibrantly creative and emotionally relatable comics in a wide range of genres. Hayao Miyazaki’s "Spirited Away" continues to delight fans 20 years after its U.S. premiere 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z

The ruling follows other fights by comic book writers, artists and their heirs to reclaim the rights to famed comic book characters. Marvel artist Kirby's heirs lose appeal over copyrights 2013-08-08T16:01:10Z

What distinguishes his crowd-pleasing approach is his full-bodied commitment to the act-out: stand-up jargon describing a comic’s shift from narrating a joke to acting it. Comedians Like Sebastian Maniscalco Act Out Their Humor 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Pompey turns out to be little more than comic relief here. Far From Home, but Not Far Enough 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z

Or at least, that's how she gets her powers in the comics. Mark Ruffalo turns up in the first trailer for "She-Hulk" 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

As stage time approaches he is sitting in a tent on a farm in the suburbs of Johannesburg, writing a comic book series on his MacBook. Bring Me The Horizon: 'We'll never sell out arenas' 2013-04-04T16:46:35Z

But this series of comic books allowed a teenage girl to find safety and comfort. Rock sideman steels the show: Jason Narducy comes off the road and produces a second album as solo act Split Single 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

No matter how long you’ve been reading comics, it really is the perfect time to be involved. Marvel Comics To Launch a New Generation of Super Heroes 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

In the populist vision, the critic is simultaneously fastidious and intimidating, comic and sinister. In Wine and Critics, Populists Find an Easy Target 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

Toro’s poetry is exuberant and often comic, celebrating Latinx identity and culture in America even as it flags injustice and inequality at every turn. New & Noteworthy Poetry, From ‘White Blood’ to the Book of Job 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

Marilyn's comic style soothed the nation's fears, while reflecting the 1950s "populuxe" style in design, which spoofed consumption and laughed at fears through a populist version of luxury. Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z

Illustration: Mohawk Media But for being three weeks or so late, it almost reads like an April Fool: a digital comics company chooses St George's Day to unveil a new superhero – Englishman! St George's Day launch for laughable comic superhero: Englishman 2013-04-23T11:59:52Z

Check out of all of McGruder’s new “The Boondocks” comic strips below. Aaron McGruder revives "The Boondocks" to roast R. Kelly and Michael Jackson amid sex abuse claims 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

The owners are hoping some road comics with a bit of name recognition will help rejuvenate the club at its new venue. U District’s new Laughs club bets on rising, road-tested comics 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Andrew Dice Clay has always been the least self-deprecating of comics. Andrew Dice Clay Returns, With at Least Two Personalities Showing 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

“Moon Knight was a Rabbi’s son. Marvel is the ‘world outside your window’ and that world is religious, so at times that’s reflected in the comics as well.” Does God exist in the Marvel Universe? 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

The character already appears in the comic book version of the story. Spider-Man swings into Marvel films 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

If I hadn’t had some experience of such social media donnybrooks, I would have described this scene as grotesquely exaggerated, for nasty comic effect. Review: Opinions Collide in the Explosive Comedy ‘Eureka Day’ 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

Feverish and funny, bleak and bone-chilling, “The Lighthouse” is a unique and darkly comic gothic nightmare. ‘The Lighthouse,’ with Robert Pattinson, illuminates Cannes 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z

Biersdorfer, an editor at the Book Review, has devoted an ample amount of shelf space to comics and graphic novels. The Essential Neil Gaiman 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

In essence, Touchy Feely is a maudlin piece with little by way of comic relief. Sundance film festival 2013: Touchy Feely – first look review 2013-01-22T12:04:53Z

Even more, it was about the appreciation of comic improvisation. Watchlist: Analyze This: A Webisode?s Id Meets Its TV Ego 2011-07-30T04:00:14Z

It includes musical games and a performance of Bohuslav Martinu’s “La Revue de Cuisine,” a comic jazz work about the romantic travails of kitchenware. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

And for now, in Hollywood, the money is chasing action, animation, comic books and 3D, and that means it gets tougher to find work for guys like Hopkins. Anthony Hopkins reaches a "Final Destination" 2010-04-20T18:46:00Z

Comedy journalism online now covers writers’ rooms obsessively, and social media has also made the artistic process more transparent — with comics praising specific sketches. Meet Julio Torres, the New ‘S.N.L.’ Star No One Sees 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

He was also a writer capable of moments of delirious, and often comic, beauty. Essay: Gabriel García Márquez’s Work Was Rooted in the Real 2014-04-21T18:37:38Z

You’re always aiming to be as concise as possible in comics. Daniel Clowes's 'The Complete Eightball' Comes Out Next Month 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Sebastian Boswell III presents feats of mental acuity and physical agility, but his style is poised uncertainly between suave man of mystery and angry insult comic, a fruitless combination. A Double Dose of Divine, and Other Reports From the Fringe Festival 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

In the comics, the character isn’t deaf — and is also a white man — but Ridloff, who is Mexican and black, will perform the role using sign language. Perspective | For the deaf and hard of hearing, movies are often out of reach. That could change. 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

“The billionaire, who is known to halt meetings in order to watch ‘Monty Python’ clips, has made a habit of socially cultivating buzzy comedians and comic entertainers,” according to the New York Times. Perspective | Elon Musk’s Twitter is a safe space for bros who think they’re funny 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

That's a welcome project for comics fans and historians, but one off to a rocky start. Comics: Archie reprints off to a rocky start 2011-05-17T21:48:04Z

The Superman movies of the 1970s were over the top, like the comic books they were based on – it was, after all, the era of Nixon, Ford and Carter, clowns to a man. Man of Steel: why Hollywood needs a break from superhero movies 2013-06-11T15:48:00Z

In his show, he jokes about his fear of being labelled a “regional comic.” Simon Amstell’s Ego 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

Last year, “Saturday Night Live” comic Leslie Jones briefly quit Twitter after she was barraged with particularly vile racist and misogynist messages. Will leaving Twitter make life better for these outspoken liberals? 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

“The majority of American comics have been the hero story, which is great, nothing wrong with that,” she said. Comics That Read Top to Bottom Are Bringing in New Readers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z

More important, however, is "Agent Carter's" ability to mash up comic book culture with the costume drama. 'Marvel's Agent Carter' has feminist message in superhero fun 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

In Britain, “Towards the End of the Morning,” initially published in 1967, is widely regarded as the best comic novel about journalists since Evelyn Waugh’s “Scoop.” Michael Frayn’s comic novels: ‘Mad Men’ settings with a modern message 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

Later that decade he drew for James Warren's horror comics Creepy and Eerie, and Flash Gordon for King Comics. Al Williamson obituary 2010-07-14T17:21:00Z

But in the world of comic books, being fatally shot does not necessarily mean the end. Is this the end for Archie? 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

Beyond the meta-cultural games, though, the show coasts along on the power of Moran’s comic imagination and on her ability to bring the jokes, whether verbal, visual or conceptual. ‘Extraordinary’ Review: The Power of Powerlessness 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

Actor Will Smith and Irish band U2 were the Brooklyn-born Fallon's first official, previously announced guests as the former "Saturday Night Live" comic launched the show's widely anticipated return to Manhattan's Rockefeller Center. Jimmy Fallon takes helm of 'Tonight Show', brings it back to New York 2014-02-18T05:03:20Z

What he really wanted to do, though, was write comics. Neil Gaiman: 'I don't think I'm mainstream. I'm lots of different cults' 2013-07-26T15:00:00Z

Paramount, which handled the original "Iron Man," is distributing the film, but the sequel is the first Marvel movie since Disney acquired the comics company. "Iron Man 2" primed for superheroic U.S. opening 2010-05-06T03:01:00Z

A Georgia Rabelais, Mr. Crews was renowned for his darkly comic, bitingly satirical, freakishly populated and almost preternaturally violent novels. ArtsBeat: Harry Crews, A Darkly Comic Novelist, Dies at 76 2012-03-29T20:28:13Z

The legal battle goes back to 2016, when comic Jan Boehmermann recited the poem on public television to illustrate something he said wouldn’t be allowed even in democratic Germany. Top German court throws out comic’s case over Erdogan poem 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

The motto dates back to his comic book debut in 1972. Everything You Need to Know About Luke Cage 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

She stopped working as a comic and poet in the early 2000s to devote every waking hour slaving for the Socialist Alliance, Stop the War and other SWP front organisations. Why leftists and 'revolutionaries' are not the best feminists 2013-02-03T00:06:08Z

A federal judge in New York ruled on Tuesday that the Off Broadway play “3C,” a darkly comic reimagining of the TV hit “Three’s Company,” did not infringe the copyright of that decades-old sitcom. Play Reimagining ‘Three’s Company’ Wins Case 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

Conservative comic Greg Gutfeld is dominating ratings not just because he's cornered one demographic on Fox News, but because of systemic shortcomings on network TV. What can reverse late-night TV’s decline? 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z

A pinch of winsomeness and quirky wit would help lighten what quickly becomes a heavy comic load. The new farce ‘The Good Devil’ presents a banana peel of a plot 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Galadriel Watson is creating a very optimistic series of web comics: “Snapshots of a Beautiful Life.” Why some people are more optimistic than others — and why it matters 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z

The play, operating several rungs below Molière’s masterpieces “The Misanthrope” and “Tartuffe,” offers a grab bag of the playwright’s comic routines and plots. Comedy for hypochondriacs: It's A Noise Within's 'The Imaginary Invalid' 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

Raffish, charming and, any way you cut it, entertaining, Moore stood atop an era that saw Bond evolve from the sharp, desirable killer Sean Connery helped create into an amiable, somewhat prettified comic character. Roger Moore wasn’t a good Bond, but he was my Bond 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

Instead, he turns the events into a comic scene about his own intemperance, which may also be true but is not as compelling. Review: John Leguizamo Goes for Easy Laughs in ‘Latin History’ 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

The Latina Christmas Special Three female comics share tales of holidays past; for ages 13 and up. L.A. theater openings, Nov. 15-22: 'Latina Christmas Special' and more 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

Treating employees poorly behind the scenes isn't enough of a reason for a network to refrain from hiring a comic. Tripping up the King's Jester: How is Hasan Minhaj still in the running to host "The Daily Show"? 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z

Ali Fitzgerald is the author and illustrator of the monthly comic column “America!” for The New Yorker. How-to Entertain Like the Avant-Garde 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

When some of Beaton’s comics were collected as a book in 2011 I put it on Time’s best of the year list. Kate Beaton: How to Make It as a Cartoonist 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

The back story of that defining moment — Mac was reacting to the audience’s booing of the previous comic — is among the film’s most interesting parts. Critic?s Notebook: Films Celebrate Bernie Mac and All Jokes Aside Comedy Club 2012-02-17T23:41:44Z

Village Theatre’s 2013-14 season will include several musicals you may know from related movie versions, along with a popular comic play and the world premiere of a new show, “The Tutor.” Village Theatre announces 2013-14 season 2013-03-05T23:31:07Z

He has also been a TV comic and a juggling cabaret artist. The best performance I've ever seen: Tom Morris 2010-03-28T00:07:00Z

Conan – now so fiercely defended by the comedy world -- was never the comic's comic, nor did he attempt to be. 2010-01-14T20:15:00Z

How we tell comic stories, how we absorb them, so let's update a great concept by setting it in the present. Marvel hits refresh button on Fantastic Four 2012-02-07T10:01:05Z

As you may have gathered, the play essentially turns on a single grim joke, repeated in a string of comic variations lampooning Russian types from the early 20th century. ‘Dying for It,’ Adapted From a Banned Soviet-Era Satire 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

For comic novels with more bite, turn to “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” Muriel Spark’s novel about one unconventional teacher’s influence over her small circle of handpicked students, and two novels by Tom Perrotta. Fall Back Into the School Year With Books by, for and About Teachers 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

In a back-stabbing business he also seems to genuinely be a comic that other comics like – no mean feat in itself. Six to watch: panel show hosts 2010-10-21T14:49:00Z

“It’s a comic role, but Tom is able to make it a tragic role as well, which is what I wanted,” Mr. Marber said. Tom Hollander Is Starring on Broadway, Poor Guy 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

Next week comes the comic, swashbuckling story ballet “Le Corsaire,” which gives male dancers in the company a chance to show off some bravura. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

The opening sketch of its second season hung a light on the standards set for women comics, as Schumer watches a focus group of men convened for her show get asked “Would you bang her?” Let's Get Small: The Rise of Artisanal TV Comedy 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

It's a comedy that can fall flat as a pancake but is here richly studded with comic gems about the rising Elizabethan middle class. This week's new theatre 2010-12-04T00:07:00Z

As comic actors playing against type, the primary stars are also upending expectations. ‘Get Shorty’: You Know the Name, but Not This Story 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

The problem is that “Serse,” even though Handel mingled comic and tragic elements in a way unusual at the time, remains a rather silly story. Review | The In Series adapts an opera about a crazy, juvenile ruler to the standards of our time 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

There is a comic canter in her initial exchanges with the unreliable Cary Grant, a tension not just with him but within herself as she battles to suppress her attraction to this impudent man. Who is the best Oscar-winning lead actress of all time? 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

“Licorice Pizza,” crammed with the comic chronicles of adolescence and young adulthood, is the most lived-in movie of the year. ‘Lost Daughter,’ ‘Licorice Pizza’ top AP’s best 2021 films 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Picture books, comic books, e-books, anything with the printed word exposes your child to new vocabulary words and reinforces grammar and syntax knowledge. When should a child outgrow picture books? 2011-02-01T16:50:04Z

The Necessary Aptitude, the memoir of accessible comic poet Pam Ayres, got an even earlier start at the end of August. Book world's biggest day of the year – but who will triumph? 2012-09-29T23:06:04Z

The very first Sandman comic, published in 1988, tells the story of how Morpheus, or Dream, is captured and imprisoned by an occultist. Dream come true: Neil Gaiman to create new Sandman 'prequel' 2012-07-13T13:17:27Z

Reading comics requires a suspension of disbelief, but the winning creators who make them couldn’t suspend theirs at Friday night’s Eisner Awards. 'Lumberjanes' leads a youth movement at Eisner Awards, and 'Saga' wins big again 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

Featuring seven stories that were first published in magazines in the 1950s, this book will seem immediately familiar to Dr. Seuss readers, who will revel in the comic couplets about madcap creatures and wacky situations. New books by kid-lit legends 2011-11-11T01:25:25Z

“I don’t normally choreograph,” Mr. McKie said in one of the unilluminating and sometimes unintentionally comic videos that introduced each piece. Dance Review: Youth America Grand Prix Gala Inspires Young Dancers 2014-04-13T21:19:48Z

The agony and humiliation of humiliation had become a clever, emollient drama with a pie-in-the-face comic resolution. Nora Ephron was serious about comedy 2012-06-27T12:12:07Z

This idea of the power of the collective unconsciousness gets greater play in the current volume, which also riffs on the origins of the comic book industry and its role as maker of new myths. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers and the Return of 'The Unwritten' 2012-01-13T18:40:28Z

The comic series’ editor at Dynamite, Matt Edelson, says that he thinks Barbarella’s message was about “freedom of self-expression”, which willfully misses the point. Why the new Barbarella comic will struggle to match the original film 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

With new technology and creator-owned comics on imprints like Image, the barrier to access is quite low right now. DC Comics superhero: “All Star Batman” author Scott Snyder on politics, diversity and comics in the Trump era 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

In spectral, delicately comic videos, often with hushed narration and ambient sound, she explores mortality, mental illness, humans’ obligation to animals, and the role of women in Thai society. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

Most of my comics are pretty evenly divided between words and pictures, and, if anything, I’ve put an emphasis on the writing over the years, letting the words do the heavy-lifting with the storytelling. Q. & A.: Adrian Tomine’s Comics 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

He did his usual comic medley of movie moments, including a sketch with George Clooney in “The Descendants,” urging Mr. Crystal to host the show. The TV Watch: Billy Crystal?s Shtick, and the Academy, Need Freshening 2012-02-27T05:54:50Z

Aspiring comics are put through their paces and the "Funniest Wins" in this new reality competition. TV This Week June 15-21: 'Masterpiece Mystery!,' 'Rectify' and more 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

Big-name comics cost too much, and besides, most of them end up in larger venues. U District’s new Laughs club bets on rising, road-tested comics 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Seinfeld may have managed to vent his frustrations in an elegantly satisfying way, but there are times when the always volatile relationship between comic and heckler can turn nasty. When heckling goes bad 2010-08-24T15:03:00Z

In a way, that character is a comic version of mob characters that you had been playing in dramas. Robert De Niro Is Always Doing Something 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

The incident is famously documented, but it still feels like a forced attempt to shoehorn pathos into what is fundamentally a showboaty comic vehicle. Theater Review | 'Looped': Valerie Harper Is Tallulah Bankhead on the Skids 2010-03-15T05:35:00Z

Tati is the late French actor, filmmaker and comic treasure whose beloved Monsieur Hulot — a bumbler in a rumpled raincoat — delivered pointed social commentary, laughs and solace to a weary post-WWII Europe. Paul Dano finds sunnier side of Brian Wilson in 'Love & Mercy' 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

And there's all these young comics and I'm so excited by that and we have more of our people in stand-up. Muslim-American comics after 9/11: "I thought comedy was over, but it was more important than ever" 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

A dry, comic study of the asymmetries and conflicts at the heart of a marriage. Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Sews Up Another Great Performance in ‘Phantom Thread’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z

And Conor McPherson's chilling comic yarn The Seafarer is at Perth theatre. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-02-15T14:03:42Z

Campanella’s heartfelt “Son of the Bride” arrived the next year and mined Darín’s comic sensibilities for the role of a restaurant owner dealing with his aging parents. Ricardo Darín: Argentina’s Lucky Charm at the Oscars 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

And a Lot The actor, comic and sports radio talk-show host returns to stand-up comedy. Saturday TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Wuthering High School' 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

“I think if I were making the comic now, there’s a lot more I would have done with it, and it’s cool to see the movie do that,” he continued. How ‘Nimona’ Helped Its Creator Explore His Emerging Identity 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

There seems to be a nod to this US concept from the young British comic Miranda Hart, whose recent BBC2 sitcom used her own name for both the title and the protagonist. Simon Amstell, Larry David and the rise of the 'sim-com' 2010-08-29T20:30:00Z

But the night’s wildest applause was for the panel’s original insult comic, Simon Cowell, who strode onstage wearing a shirt unbuttoned to mid-torso, and on his face — my God, was that genuine emotion? ‘American Idol’ Ends With One Final Argument Over the Winner 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

This comic and writer has lately been burnishing his acting bona fides in films like “Young Adult” and cable dramas like “Justified” and “The Newsroom.” ‘The Heart, She Holler’ Is Back on Adult Swim 2013-08-30T17:10:24Z

If you are Louis C. K., the standup comic and star of the highly regarded and influential FX comedy series "Louie," the first order of business is to take a break and recharge your batteries. ArtsBeat: Louis C. K. to Take Hiatus From FX Series 'Louie' 2012-10-09T20:13:12Z

The book is filled with his work from The New Yorker as well as some of his comics and sketches. | New York State of Mind 2012-10-02T15:00:10Z

It’s all unintentionally comic — a disservice, really, to those afflicted with debilitating phobias. | 'My Extreme Animal Phobia': ?My Extreme Animal Phobia,? on Animal Planet - Review 2011-10-20T21:57:19Z

Such are the burdens, expectations and goals of “Black Panther,” the superhero movie that embraces African history, African artisans, comic book lore and African art as sources of inspiration for its vividly colored, futuristic costumes. The vision behind ‘Black Panther’s’ stunning look: ‘Feminine, masculine, beautiful and strong.’ 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

Gulman sat in the audience with his girlfriend, Sadé, who is also a comic, and told me that he was leaving New York to move back in with his mom. Adrian Nicole LeBlanc and Gary Gulman on Comedy and Depression 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z

It's also a good choice for children who prefer reading comics to novels. X-Men And Power Pack: The Power Of X Digest (X-Men Power Pack) - review 2012-11-24T09:00:00Z

Allen ploughed a lone – and lonely – furrow on the stand-up circuit, largely resistant to the comic trends of his day, but was nevertheless hugely influential, not least on the alternative comedy scene of the 1980s. Catch-up TV guide: from Mad Dogs to The United States Of Television: America In Primetime 2013-05-04T04:59:01Z

Loved and respected by everyone, Marcello is extremely caring for dogs, even sharing his pasta with his own pet in one comic scene. Six new films that could be Oscar contenders for Best Foreign Language Film 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

At this show the comic theme is New York itself, which, as even the youngest residents know, provides plenty of fodder for jokes. Spare Times: For Children, March 23-29 2012-03-22T22:00:09Z

I would cut, reorder, rewrite and discover new physical business and tricks of comic timing. John Lithgow, on Barnstorming His Way to Broadway 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

And crucially, they indicate how vast and varied comics “for women” can be. “If you want to see ‘angry feminist,’ I will show it to you”: “Captain Marvel” writer opens up about the backlash against the new Carol Danvers 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

But the final confrontation between these intertwined geniuses, at least as we see it here, has no moral or intellectual heft; it's a lightning-bolt battle out of a 1980s "Doctor Strange" comic. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2": An action-packed curtain call 2011-07-14T00:01:00Z

And so it goes on, the scenario occasionally comic but mainly sinister: history reprised as both tragedy and farce. Gerard Byrne: A state of neutral pleasure – review 2013-01-20T06:00:04Z

Mr. Bendis recalled a lively awards-show appearance several years ago, at which Mr. Miller tore up a magazine while inveighing against Hollywood’s influence in comics. With a New ‘Sin City’ Film, Frank Miller Extends His Craft 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

Hunter plays her mother with enough comic gusto to spark early whispers of awards attention. Holly Hunter: 'Sometimes I take a movie that I know is not great' 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hackett, a dough-faced borscht belt comic known for roles in the films “The Music Man” and “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” was chatting with a group of male comedians. At the Friars Club, When the Laughter Stopped 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

Fleshy, female and flagrantly nude, “Fatebe” is simultaneously comic, absurd and fearless. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

Because he was a friend, I knew him as a children’s-book illustrator, but I think he really opened up new ways of approaching comics. Eyeball Kicks: Jules Feiffer’s Glory Years 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Evison did more than just wonder — he wrote a comic, tragic and compelling book about a bereaved father who takes the job of caregiver to a teenager with muscular dystrophy. Author Jonathan Evison on loss, survival and life's epic journeys 2012-09-23T14:00:40Z

Members of Lyric Opera's Ryan Opera Center will present Mozart's comic opera "The Impresario" along with Donizetti and Rossini excerpts. Summertime, and there's music for everyone in Grant Park 2011-03-02T22:26:00Z

The first comic that I read was actually kind of graphic for that time period. Inside the ‘Other History’ of Comic Book Superheroes 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z

But while the "yellow menace"has a long history in comics, the movies are a different and more politically correct medium — so it's uncertain we'll ever see a cinematic Mandarin. Comics: Most 'Iron Man' foes too dated for films 2010-05-04T19:22:00Z

When Aubrey Plaza arrived on the scene over a decade ago, her bone-dry wit, acerbic delivery and supporting turns in comic films and television suggested the second coming of Janeane Garofalo. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

Ferrell would eventually exit "SNL" and launch a very successful movie career, while Galifianakis continued with stand-up and various projects before "The Hangover," too, made him one of the most sought-after comics in Hollywood. In election year, a Ferrell-Galifianakis ticket 2012-08-06T16:57:11Z

I think they are genius comics who are articulating what it is to be a woman and to be a human in this moment in our culture. Picks From the Times 100: Sarah Ruhl 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

At times, it is very funny, but at other times, only mildly amusing, meaning the show never quite finds the level of comic delirium – or post-Enlightenment debate – to make it compelling. The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society – review 2012-12-19T18:49:35Z

In the evening, pre-television, they sat side by side on one bed and read fotoromanzi, sentimental comic books, except instead of drawings there were photographs of actors miming the stories. The real Stephen Spender as seen by his son in ‘A House in St. John’s Wood’ 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

Only time, and this new comic, will tell. 'Star Wars' comic changes Han Solo's past forever 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

I'm not saying that the dim-witted northerner character is a not great comic device. The Village is yet another 'grim up north' TV caricature 2013-04-22T07:18:00Z

The school-master is a partly comic figure, but he too values something besides profit: learning. Poem of the week: The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith 2010-05-31T09:35:00Z

When I was 10 we would go to the comic store every week religiously. 'He didn't even pretend to let us win'… Growing up with the world's biggest stars, by their children 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

This month’s protagonists watch as jobs, homes, boyfriends and opportunities disappear — and those are in the comic novels. Novles by Glenn Beck, Stephen McCauley and Others 2010-06-16T22:42:00Z

Sister Act While the 1992 fish-out-of-water comedy was seen by most as a showcase for the undeniable comic talents of a frenetic Whoopi Goldberg, Smith’s turn as the disapproving Reverend Mother was note perfect. Maggie Smith: five best moments 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

To generalise, most comics swear when you watch them live. Comics never die on TV 2011-07-12T17:12:59Z

And that, despite the best comic efforts of Portlandia, is no laughing matter. Portland, the US capital of alternative cool, takes TV parody in good humour 2012-02-11T16:28:31Z

The gratifying lesson is that however much the pious seek legal safeguards against mockery, they remain powerless against their greatest comic threat. Rewind TV: OK! TV; The British Academy Film Awards; Champions League Football; Dispatches: Lessons in Hate and Violence 2011-02-20T00:05:41Z

A publishing venture that began in 1941 to offer shorter, comics-form adaptations of famous literary works, Classics Illustrated helped cement the belief that comics were easier renderings of a harder, worthier thing. The Graphic Novel Versions of Literary Classics Used to Seem Lowbrow. No More. 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

I once nearly skipped my own book signing to line up for Mike Mignola, whose “Hellboy” was the most entrancing comic I had read in years. Marlon James: By the Book 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

Dress up as your favorite comic hero for a chance to win themed prizes. When it's time to party at Comic-Con, these are the places to go 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

Beswick said the new book was "fantastic - full of the best of her work, and more like her early, more comic work". Beryl Bainbridge dies, aged 75 2010-07-02T10:32:00Z

The lyrics to Cole Porter’s Wild West number “Don’t Fence Me In” are also cast in a ghoulishly comic light. Taylor Mac’s ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music,’ 1930s-1950s 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Like Ridloff, Makkari also happens to be deaf – a characteristic that developed later in the comic books after they also changed from male to female. Marvel’s first deaf superhero shines, but "Eternals" has an accessibility problem 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

A comic book neophyte when he landed the part, he had his work cut out for him. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Who Plays Aquaman’s Nemesis, Gets Schooled in Chess 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

He started off by delivering a comic introduction for himself, imitating the hyperbole of announcers at the Apollo while the 16-member band behind him vamped on a soul riff. ArtsBeat: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Apollo Theater in New York 2012-03-10T09:43:47Z

Like many comics, Mr. Stanhope understands that death can be a fantastic punch line. Critic’s Notebook: Doug Stanhope’s ‘Beer Hall Putsch,’ a Stand-Up Album 2013-09-06T22:34:31Z

“A comic novel” has become a suspect designation, as though creating laughter were some sub-craft, like decoupage. Perspective | Finally, a comic novel gets a Pulitzer Prize. It’s about time. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

Brooks, who attacked the history of comedy with scholarly diligence, was following in the footsteps of two of the great comic minds of old Hollywood: Charles Chaplin and Ernst Lubitsch. When We Laugh at Nazis, Maybe the Joke’s on Us 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

I agree that the issue of gender equality is much larger than any character is, and I understand that a comic book character should not be representative of something that is that important. Lynda Carter Deflects Critics of Wonder Woman 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

It would be impossible, of course, to dampen all the book’s comic brilliance, and for those who don’t know the novel, the stage version might well delight. Review: Nick Offerman as a Giant of New Orleans, Resized 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

But the energy that brings her and Christian together is comic as well as sexual. Review: In ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Movie, Sex Is a Knotty Business 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

For American viewers, the experience of watching “Vicious” is likely to have less to do with gay representation and more to do with radically different comic sensibilities. ‘Vicious’ Stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

In short, Rousey’s comic book knowledge is not spectacular, though presumably she would read up on the part before agreeing to the movie. Should Ronda Rousey Play Captain Marvel in the Movie? 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

“He wasn’t comic relief. He didn’t come in for two scenes to be the gay best friend. And that was really nice.” A Young Actor Steps Out of School and Into the High Heels of ‘Jamie’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

It's not easy to sell comics in India. Bam! Pow! Indian comics clamor to make their mark 2011-03-04T16:48:17Z

By then, his comic career was on the wane. Wisdom's longevity was incredible. He even made Barry Cryer seem young 2010-10-04T23:14:00Z

This superabundance of comic energy and literary vigor is a measure of Lockwood’s seriousness and makes hers feel the most resonant of the three memoirs. Best memoirs to read this month 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

Great Canadian comics are often outsiders and insiders at the same time. ArtsBeat: David Steinberg's Theory of Unstable Comedians and Funny Canadians 2012-02-02T12:00:06Z

I don’t consider myself a political comic as much as a social commentator or a satirist, if you will. Q&A with Lewis Black: Hating Facebook, learning to yell from his 102-year-old mother and why he’s tired of being the grown-up 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

I tried to get a lot of the big comics characters in there. An Artist Helps iTunes’ User Agreement Go Down Easy 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

He developed a comic routine consisting of “fake epileptic fits and…the slurred speech and spastic tics of someone with cerebral palsy.” My Friend Dahmer: The Unspeakable Horror of Life in the 1970s 2012-03-28T10:45:09Z

Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins summed up the issue neatly in a smaller panel celebrating Wonder Woman’s 75th birthday in the comic books Saturday. At This Year's Comic-Con, Superheroes Looked More Like Us 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

The lawsuit centered on Moore’s unwitting appearance on the comic’s “Who is America?” show. Judge tosses Roy Moore’s lawsuit over Baron Cohen interview 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

More than 40 years after its print publication, “The Singapore Grip,” the mordantly comic final volume of J.G. Review | The sordid tale of the Borgias and other great audiobooks for your playlist 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

Ms. Bourne was the most passionate in-house champion of the book, a darkly comic tale of World War II by a first-time novelist. Nina Bourne Dies at 93; Created Best Sellers 2010-04-14T04:55:00Z

Rorrer said he remembers his aunt making only a fleeting reference to the comics when she learned that he and his brother liked comic books. Childhood comic collection expected to fetch $2M 2012-02-22T17:02:44Z

Scripps Co. sold the licensing unit that controls "Peanuts" and other comics in April to Iconix Brand Group Inc. - a licensing company partially owned by the Schulz family - for $175 million. As 'Peanuts' turn 60, Schulz family plans future 2010-10-05T15:01:00Z

It’s a play for six actresses doubling as ordinary women and battling figures in an action comic called “Leto Legend.” ‘Leto Legend,’ saving the day for a woman trying to have it all 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

Mürer's poem is open to the comic spirit, but also uses the rhyme scheme's potential for generating serious ideas – and narrative. Chain Ghazal: Chickens by Esther Greenleaf Mürer 2013-03-18T12:33:15Z

Every year, hundreds of comics risk ruin with the slim but irresistible hope of getting their big break at the fringe. Edinburgh Festival Joke Special 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

It ends in a comic tumble as Dixie collides with her sister and loses her balance. ‘It’s hard to put the brakes on it. We doubled down’: Charli D’Amelio and the first family of TikTok 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z

Does that makes you the first American comic to ever film a special there? Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

This all might come across glib if “Barry” weren’t also willing to go dark when necessary, and if Mr. Hader were less effective at finding the drama in his comic character. Review: In ‘Barry,’ This Actor Slays Them, Offstage 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

And there has been a backlash that you can detect from other comics, even ones practicing dark comedy. That’s the Funny Thing About Grief 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

He's an average guy – he's not a cartoon nerd, he's just a regular teenage boy who happens to love comic books and wonders why nobody's ever tried to be a superhero. Kick-Ass: changing comic book films in a single blow 2010-03-29T13:41:00Z

But the larger question goes to all four: what if anything distinguishes comic entertainment from art in the sense that art is understood in the fine art world? ArtsBeat Blog: Two Performa Events Invite One Big Question 2011-11-10T19:24:54Z

In the comic book world, July marked the debut of a new Ghost Rider series, with a female host for the spirit of vengeance. ArtsBeat Blog: Marvel Wins Court Battle Over Rights to Ghost Rider 2011-12-29T17:42:26Z

Her original comic book creators told the New York Times that they weren’t a fan of her new, vampy look, but for better or worse the video game introduced Harley to a larger audience. From Mad Love to Suicide Squad: The Evolution of Harley Quinn 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

Her setting of “Debts,” by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse, is a profound meditation on the inward experience of love, while “Tobacco,” her setting of a comic poem by Graham Lee Hemminger, shows off her dry wit. As Her Music Is Reconsidered, a Composer Turns 135. Again. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

In between the folk singers, myself and another comic down there, Ron Maranian, would work. Lewis Black returns to the home town that sparked his political fire 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

I'm currently writing the main "Batman" comic for DC. "Corrosive beliefs are at the heart of what America is": James Tynion on conspiracy theories 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z

His graying hair bouncing off a dark leather jacket, Maron, 59, has remained a vital comic voice by staying in touch with his inner brooding teen. Three New Stand-Up Specials, Three Very Different Approaches 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

I had put off reading Michael Chabon’s “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” because I didn’t think a novel about the early years of comic books could tell me anything I didn’t already know. The Novel That Made Jules Feiffer Ignore His Family on Vacation 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

The debate over where women belong in the gaming world has reached a fever pitch, and Amanda Marcotte at Slate suggests that maybe the gaming world can learn something from the comic book world. The Comic Book World Is Getting Safer for Women, But the Gaming World Isn't 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

In his original speech, Mr. Kindler also brought in other comics to demonstrate the stoner comic, the road comic and other examples of hacks. Andy Kindler Gives the Funny Business Its Annual Review 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

When Pekar started out in the 1970s, mainstream comics were infantile and conformist, while underground "comix" were tethered to the counterculture. When it comes to comics, you just can't beat a drunken, violent aardvark 2010-07-18T21:31:00Z

But horror as a comic book works differently than as a horror movie. A horror comic for the Trump era: Author of "Infidel" on what's scary right now 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z

He is a familiar type: The comic with infinite confidence and no skill. Make Way for the Carnal Clowns of Stand-Up 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

The comic invites such questions; the zigzagging, hyperkinetic pages that depict the bands’ performances might help answer them. Jem and Gender Theory 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

He's "too busy lookin' good," Mr. Han-man comes "right out of a comic book," and "ghettoes are the same all over the world -- they stink." Jim Kelly, "Enter the Dragon's" baddest mother 2010-04-13T22:25:00Z

With a bitterly comic/realistic outlook and an anthem chorus, it taps into the strength it takes to wake up and live another day in hell. Dutchess and the Duke breaks up, plays final concert 11/26 at Tractor Tavern 2010-10-06T17:13:00Z

I think this comic is marvelously dark and funny. Talking with J. Robert Lennon about Okey-Panky 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

Towering in height as well as in stature, and seemingly ethereal in her features, Ms. Seldes was widely revered for her ability to inhabit roles comic and tragic, subtle and flamboyant. Marian Seldes, celebrated stage actress and interpreter of Albee, dies at 86

In Phillips’ “Joker,” the iconic comic book villain is an aspiring stand-up comedian named Arthur Fleck. Todd Phillips expects "Joker" backlash because film "doesn’t follow anything from comics" 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

The difference in the comics’ sensibility was apparent earlier from the “Seinfeld” episodes that Mr. David wrote by himself. Critic’s Notebook: Jerry Seinfeld Is Still at Home Doing Stand-Up 2012-10-14T21:56:07Z

“For fans of modern comics, this drawing is where everything really begins,” Todd Hignite, the vice president at Heritage Auctions,said in a statement. ArtsBeat: ‘Dark Knight Returns’ Cover May Return Plenty for Auction House 2013-07-05T16:27:07Z

Bergen Street displays original comic book pages — small press to mainstream — and paintings by local artists. Graphic Evidence Of Comics Fanatics 2010-10-07T14:45:00Z

Here Ferrell punches a baby, drives drunk and is bitten by a snake in church—just to give you a sense of the comic tone of The Campaign. Funny and Offensive? The Campaign Must be a Will Ferrell Movie 2012-08-09T12:00:49Z

“When I became a comic, he loved my work, and I loved his work.” Richard Lewis, Diagnosed With Parkinson’s, Will Retire From Stand-Up Comedy 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

In October, DC Comics made a big splash with fans when the company announced that it would lower the price of all standard 32-page continuing comic book titles to $2.99 from $3.99 next month. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Another New Look at Superman 2010-12-31T17:00:48Z

It was Mr. Stern who popularized Mr. Takei as a gay pundit and comic gold mine. George Takei Is Still Guiding the Ship 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

“And I’ve tried to write a libretto that is comic in the same way, and in the same way my plays normally have that sense of rhythm.” Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z

There was another drunk, this one engaged in comic repartee with some pigs, marvellously realistic, down to the coarse hair on their snouts. A Dark Ride 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

He served in the Navy during World War II. By the time television came along, he was a well-established comic in the city and had used his mimicry skills to gain a foothold in radio. Larry Storch, Comic Actor Best Known for ‘F Troop,’ Dies at 99 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

The career of the illustrator Frank Frazetta, who died in 2010, began in comic books before he found fame in painting covers for fantasy novels, which often featured alluring women and brawny men. Comic Art’s Million-Dollar Club 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

One man who's well-placed to take stock of the situation is Scottish comic Stephen Carlin, whose characteristic mode of bone-dry intellectual pedantry has in recent years been allied to an increasingly satirical streak. This week's new comedy 2010-05-28T23:07:00Z

It is not the hero movie we need but, thanks to what’s now a tradition of beloved comic book stories shazam-ed into empty Hollywood schlock, it is the hero movie we deserve. ‘Black Adam’ Review: Heroism, but Paint It Black 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

The new comic book batch were far more interesting. The year in film: women in cinema soared while Suicide Squad sank 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

It all helps remind us that "Kingsman" is very much rooted in the comic book fantasy realm. Review: Suave yet with comic book energy, 'Kingsman' goes spying 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

In 1993, new comic books were still being seeded to newsstands and the idea of reading digital comics on a tablet was still a science fiction concept like Star Wars itself. Star Wars #1 Is Already 2015's Top Selling Comic 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

West and Scobie, in particular, give some of the most exhilarating comic performances I have seen all year. ‘Dick Rivington & the Cat’ Review: A Civic-Minded Holiday Treat 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

Mr. Lynch played several roles in the underground comics world. Jay Lynch, Underground Comics Creator, Dies at 72 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

Comic strips and comic books were born as throwaway culture. A Return to Slumberland and a Psychedelic Rediscovery 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

Ms. Lind — who has appeared as a docile Shakespearean heroine in Public Theater productions — shows a wicked comic wit here as a badge-toting femme fatale. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Some writers, comics, and other artists, may indeed be liars. "The Sandman" retrofits an old story into a cautionary fable about opportunistic "male feminists" 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

In a movie packed full of comics telling jokes, this might be the best line, with a perfect dry delivery. He Made Brooklyn Comedy a Scene. But His Life Took a Different Turn. 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

And the movie is a fumbled attempt by this ferociously talented comic actor to bridge the gap from eternal adolescent to adulthood in a format vaguely similar to that of an extended episode of “Louie.” ‘Fugly!,’ a Comedy Starring John Leguizamo 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

Schumer, in turn, is not regarded as a comic but a “female comic,” as if the adjectival appellation both is imperative to understanding her comedy, and, more insidiously, suggests its worth. Reading Amy Schumer: The powerful missed message in “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo” 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Patton is a powerhouse comic with an extraordinary skill for weaving long, complicated, sometimes harrowing tales into brilliant stand-up sets that brim with energy. Comedy in NYC This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

He appeared in animated shorts throughout the 1920s and soon blazed a path into printed comics. DreamWorks Animation acquires Felix the Cat 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

From a distance, the dozens of images that hang from the walls at CB1 Gallery in downtown Los Angeles look as if they might have emerged from a highly stylized comic book. 'A way for me to honor them': artist Jaime Scholnick on her Gaza images 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

With perfect comic timing, he adds, "Not in a rude way, you understand." Belle and Sebastian and London Contemporary Orchestra ? review 2010-12-06T21:29:00Z

Simon Amstell isn't the only comedian mining comic gold from his personal life. Catch-up TV Guide: From The Bridge to Sounds Of The 70s 2012-05-18T23:05:00Z

The Emmy-winning star of “The Big Bang Theory” alights on the stage of Studio 54 as God’s vessel in David Javerbaum’s 90-minute comic monologue, which had its official Broadway opening Thursday night. Hi, God. It’s me, Jim Parsons. Oh, wait: I AM God? 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Brad Anderson, the cartoonist who created “Marmaduke,” the widely syndicated comic about a mischievous but lovable Great Dane, died on Aug. 30 in The Woodlands, Tex. Brad Anderson, Creator of ‘Marmaduke,’ Dies at 91 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

Surely, if Chabrier’s comic masterpiece were performed more often, it would lose its elitist reputation. ‘Saint-Saëns and His World’ at Bard 2012-07-20T17:08:16Z

Paul is a genius and maybe the funniest stand-up comic who ever lived. Samantha Irby Knows How to Trick You Into Thinking She’s Cool 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z

When a Spider-man film comes out we put all our Spider-man comics on that shelf with anything else they put out. Spider-man: no longer the US's favourite comic book hero? 2013-06-28T15:54:50Z

Here's a look at some other great new comics for kids, with thanks to Dave Burbank, the comics guru at the Takoma Park, Md., Library, for the suggestions. Corner: Drawing on comics can boost kids' brainpower 2011-06-22T21:08:44Z

In keeping with its genre, “Vicious” has a rigid structure that’s repeated weekly and becomes so familiar that Mr. Janetti can play variations on it for comic effect. ‘Vicious’ Stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

One of the things we’d do with it was to press the putty on the paper and pull the comics off. In His LAAB Experiment, Ronald Wimberly Plays with Dynamite 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

Comedy Bargains in Queens The ninth annual New York Comedy Festival concludes this weekend, with several big-name comics headlining a few brand-name clubs at accordingly high, though not necessarily unjustifiable, ticket prices. Weekend Miser: New York Comedy Festival Bargains in Queens 2012-11-08T20:58:42Z

It’s not always funny but it is always comic. George Saunders's Humor 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

This book takes its title from the question, he says, that every comedian asks other comedians about the comic viability of a new bit. Review | Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Is This Anything?’ charts his life as a comedian, one bit at a time 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

Stallone also said the franchise would return to its action roots; the second one delved “too far” into the comic realm, he said. ‘Expendables 3’ cast rolls into Cannes in tanks 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Rapson manages his quick changes and exotic characterizations with a comic strut and a gleam in his eye; the show couldn’t survive on less. Tony winner ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ is good but not a killer 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

"Kick-Ass" tries to show us that our relationship to a comic universe is more than escapism: It's a double-edged sword, morally and artistically. 'Kick-Ass' knocks comic-book conventions upside down 2010-04-16T00:31:00Z

It was the late ’70s, the era of “The Deer Hunter” and “Apocalypse Now,” when Uslan, a comics scholar turned aspiring producer, pitched the major studios on his idea for a Bat-project. How Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ radically changed the superhero-movie landscape 30 years ago 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

While some comedians are redefining the stand-up genre, most specials still follow a basic formula: A comic takes the stage with nothing but a microphone in hand and delivers joke after joke after joke. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘My Favorite Shapes’ and ‘The Beach Bum’ 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

Raised on comic books and the 1990s “Batman” and “X-Men” animated series, Ortiz has been recreating characters from his youth — and for him, it’s the villains that hold the most appeal. Designing Doesn’t Stop, Even When Stage Shows Do 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

Now Seattle's Fantagraphics comics is reintroducing Pogo to past fans and a new generation with the first of 12 projected volumes. Trailblazing 'Pogo' comic strips celebrated 2011-12-19T17:18:03Z

At the very top, comics are playing multiple nights at giant arenas. Alexei Sayle: 'I'm still full of hate' 2013-01-22T18:45:01Z

His jokes can be deceptively intricate, and while many comics lean on callbacks as a cheap trick, he finds clever ways to incorporate them. Four Stand-Up Specials That Punch Above Their Weight 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

Los Angeles author Kim Cooper discovered an unpublished comic libretto written by Chandler in the Library of Congress, Sarah Weinman writes at the Guardian. Unpublished Raymond Chandler work discovered 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

But the experience prepared him for a career in the burgeoning industry of manga, comic books sold outright, which quickly eclipsed the kashi-hon as Japan’s economy dramatically improved in the late fifties. Shigeru Mizuki’s War-Haunted Art and Life 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

But Stanville is a much darker place than that show’s minimum-security facility, and the novel is both more blackly comic and more knowing about prison life. Rachel Kushner’s ‘The Mars Room’ Offers a Blackly Comic Take on Prison Life 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

As a result of winning, I want people to see the comic novel and think, 'Wow, I might actually enjoy this.' Q&A: Howard Jacobson, Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question 2010-10-15T16:25:00Z

The richness of Shakespeare’s unique comic vision inheres in such intelligent lyricism. Shakespeare's 'Love's Labor's Lost': Kathleen Marshall directs a winner at the Old Globe 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Payet, who is one of the film’s directors and screenwriters, is a comedy star in France, and this movie is facile with its comic rhythms and dramatic flow. ‘Relationship Status,’ a French Comedy Starring Manu Payet 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Bill Burr, a popular comic with several successful “Late Show” sets under his belt, credits Mr. Brill with helping him translate stand-up to television. Critic?s Notebook: Eddie Brill and the Comics on David Letterman?s Show 2012-01-11T23:09:20Z

Because the Globes is the event that helped Gervais launch his US career, the comic actor says it holds a "special place" in his heart, before mischievously adding "the pay's brilliant too". 2010-01-15T08:33:00Z

He had a message for the fewer than 300 attendees: Do not let others label your passion for comics or science fiction as mere escapism. Perspective: For Comic-Con, home is where the heart is -- San Diego 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

One shoo-in for the list, according to organizers, is Washinomiya Jinja, a picturesque shrine, which is a familiar scene in the comic by Kagami Yoshimizu, which later became the TV animation series. Japan choosing 88 animation travel spots to boost tourism 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

No comic does podcasting better, or seems to have a better intuitive understanding of what the transaction involves, than Marc Maron. Riff: Stand-Up Comedy Without the Stand-Up. Or the Comedy. 2012-02-03T22:00:07Z

Before that, most comic book publishers had tested only limited digital distribution. In new digital comics, each tap holds a surprise 2012-06-01T23:49:47Z

The darkly comic film I, Tonya will provide some backstory to the Olympian accused of organizing a violent attack on her rival. Thomas Edison to Tonya Harding: Oscar hopes pinned on biopics at the Toronto film festival 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

It is a more obscure comic title than "Iron Man," and it brings to theaters a genre that hasn't had much success in recent years at luring huge numbers to box offices. "Iron Man" maker rustles up some "Cowboys & Aliens" 2011-07-28T15:29:06Z

Particular movies, tethered to books, comics and other movies, offer initiation into realms of esoteric lore that lie beyond the realm of the useful, and also outside the boundaries of the screen itself. Catch That Reference? There?ll Be a Quiz 2011-06-24T20:21:53Z

These trappings lent the proceedings a comic opera quality. Footsteps: St. Helena, ?Cursed Rock? of Napoleon?s Exile 2012-03-30T18:21:46Z

"It's a real epic story," said Lee, ahead of a detailed presentation of the new comic book series on Saturday at Comic-Con International. Stan Lee reveals details of new comic "Seekers" 2011-07-22T23:00:05Z

All three of these productions balanced the play's comic elements within the serious melancholy pathos underlying the play--the missed relationships and opportunities both in love and in life. Review: All’s Not Well in This ‘Cherry Orchard’ 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

TV and comic books share something else that theme parks don't, which is the notion that that successful narratives may end, but the stories that birth them aren't completely dead. "WandaVision" concludes by giving Martin Scorsese the MCU film he always wanted 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

Sweeney, a 55-year-old New Yorker who now lives in Los Angeles, knows these people well, and she captures them in short scenes that glow with the confidence of an experienced comic writer. ‘The Nest’ review: What happens when that nest egg cracks? 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

A melodrama with comic punctuation, “Nora’s Will” is about secrets and lies and a narrative imperative that every unhappy life must end not only with death but with closure too. | 'Nora?s Will': After a Death, Friendships and Secrets 2010-10-14T23:58:00Z

Songs from “The Wizard Oz” were accompanied by comic recitations of his favorite lines from the movie. Music Review: Eric Michael Gillett Sings at Feinstein?s at Loews Regency 2010-07-07T21:57:00Z

For much of a decade — until younger comics like Joan Rivers and Totie Fields came along, colonizing the territory she opened up — she had the field almost entirely to herself. Remembering Phyllis Diller: Stand-Up Comedy Pioneer 2012-08-21T02:50:16Z

But a recent proliferation of well-made art volumes continues to help anchor and expand the notions of which artists matter most in the 80-year history of comic books. Art Books Elevate Picassos of Pulp 2011-08-21T04:00:08Z

These are the biggest comics that are around now because they're controversial. Why comic Kevin Nealon learned to draw caricatures 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

Indian comic producers insist homegrown characters are best at connecting with the national public and diaspora - and even crucial for educating them about their culture. Bam! Pow! Indian comics clamor to make their mark 2011-03-04T16:48:17Z

"A standup comic would say: 'Well, at least I got a great song out of it,'" he says with a sad smile. John Fogerty: 'I had rules. I wasn't embarrassed that I was ambitious' 2013-05-29T11:58:15Z

Or, when comics get involved directly in politics, sometimes it can flop. Jimmy Kimmel Wasn’t the First Host to Get Serious About Politics 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

And maybe when you name the character that, it’s a funny thing, because in comics it’s so common and in books it’s so common. Dash Shaw on his animated teen movie: 'It was kind of a collage' 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

“Telling a story only in pictures is one of the great strengths — and greatest pleasures — offered by comics,” Watterson said. Bill Watterson Drew a New Comic and It's Really Funny 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

Marvin, allowed to exploit his hitherto untapped comic gifts, won the Oscar for best actor. Frank Pierson obituary 2012-07-26T15:28:43Z

The original idea was simply to animate the "Life in Hell" comic, but Groening ultimately rejected that. 'Simpsons' celebrates its 26th season with — what else? — a death 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Modan, an illustrator and comic book artist, offers a loving interpretation rendered in her whimsical, retro style. New & Noteworthy 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

It also legitimates and makes funnier the type of nonsense behaviour that can seem – dare I say – pointless in the hands of other comics. Jackson's Way ? review 2011-01-09T21:30:01Z

His fellow corporate antagonists, the Americans Rob Delaney and Lee Camp, are also performing at Edinburgh this year, while the campaigning feminist comic Bridget Christie will appear at the Stand Comedy Club. The fringe turns angry as shows plan to deliver a political punch 2013-07-20T11:30:29Z

In almost every comic, Wonder Woman found herself, at some point, bound up in chains–an image Marston argued was essential to the larger narrative of breaking free from the patriarchy. Wonder Woman Breaks Through 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Weight has traditionally been comic fodder – even, and sometimes especially, by those who wield it. Is obesity a laughing matter? 2013-06-28T13:00:00Z

As if to acknowledge the resemblance, the team sang the Carpenters’ signature hit, “Close to You,” during which Ms. Mendez gently mocked its cozy bug-in-a-rug sentimentality with grimaces of comic disbelief. Klendez Sings Across the Spectrum at 54 Below 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

The cancellation of the Crew is not a retreat from comics with nonwhite leads, said Mr. Alonso. Black Panther Spinoff Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates Will Be Canceled 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Having complained to management after the performance, the comic later heard that her next scheduled shows at the venue had been cancelled. Peep Show creators came within a week of making Flight of the Conchords 2013-05-21T16:31:51Z

“There was always the potential of being electrocuted, but there’s a comic element to that,” Mr. Fellowes said. ‘Downton Abbey’ Returns to PBS 2014-01-02T13:00:01Z

But so many of the characters in my films have been tragically comic. Film: Joel Schumacher on ?Twelve,? Starring 50 Cent 2010-07-23T21:51:00Z

Here is a selection of excerpts from Tomine’s new book, including the first page of his upcoming comic “Killing and Dying.” Q. & A.: Adrian Tomine’s Comics 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

The digital comic is set to be published in April. DC Comics under fire for hiring anti-gay writer to pen Superman 2013-02-11T22:09:00Z

They include an effervescent 1930s Esquire spread by E. Simms Campbell illustrating African-American dance styles; Black Panther Party broadsides from the late 1960s; 1990s comic books featuring the black superhero Static. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Music journalists and fans delighted in Caldwell’s unique sound, which combined the gangsta rap he was raised on in Los Angeles with an ironic and darkly comic sensibility. Family says lax security allowed killing of rapper Drakeo 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

There’s no other character with that warmth, humanity and a little bit of comic relief. Hodor on Hodor: Kristian Nairn Discusses His ‘Game of Thrones’ Fate 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

Yet the groundbreaking BBC series about a soul-deadening paper company, which went on to spawn an equally brilliant American version, found its own comic language. Watch the Evolution of Cringe Comedy in 9 Clips 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

This grasping duo infuses a mostly self-serious musical with some appealing comic vulgarity in their number “Master of the House.” Theater Review: ‘Les Misérables’ Returns to Broadway 2014-03-24T02:00:01Z

But the story that perhaps best captures Murray’s enigmatic, comic genius arrives in the book’s introduction. Follow ‘The Tao of Bill Murray’ to a better life 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

The mayhem, brutality and macabre battles are true to the “anything goes” comic book roots of the show, which premieres Friday on Amazon Prime Video. In ‘Invincible,’ a Young Hero Arrives for a Mature Audience 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

Even though “Kapoor & Sons” goes from lightly comic to more darkly dramatic to pretty overtly melodramatic, it never loses its lived-in quality or plunges into the absurd. Review: ‘Kapoor & Sons’ Centers on an Indian Family’s Flaws 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

Warrior Nun, based on a 1990s comic book by Ben Dunn, tells the story of the woman brought back to life by the halo. 'Kickass girls killing monsters': is Warrior Nun the next Stranger Things? 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

One was cementing a creative partnership with Feig, who has now directed her in two other films, The Heat and the recent comic thriller Spy. The making of Melissa McCarthy: how Bridesmaids star kept it real and cleaned up 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

All seem in tune with Mr. Jones’s deadpan humor, which gives his dialogue plenty of comic bite even when the plot starts fraying at the seams. Review: In ‘Important Hats of the Twentieth Century,’ Saggy Jeans and Sweatshirts Make a 1930s Incursion 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

It will be one of the best-selling comic books of the year. Marvel's Editor on What You Need to Know About Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

In Shakespeare, comic fight scenes are punctuated with dialogue, while tragic fight scenes are wordless. Sex and the theater: An actress bares all about onstage nudity

Amy Camber of Seattle has been drawing comics about being a mother for years. Through comics, Seattle cartoonists document their lives during the coronavirus pandemic 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

"There are a lot of people who still think it is limited to the superhero genre ... but the case that I make in the class is you can use comics to tell any story." The case for comic books 2011-07-25T22:14:03Z

Starting with the 19th-century political cartoons of Thomas Nast, it traces the boom in newspaper comics, the advent of comic books, underground comics, fan culture, and finally graphic novels and web comics. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Mostly he gets asked about the distance between the comic roles he’s known for and playing Bernie Rose, a small-time crook with a big penchant for violence. The Carpetbagger: Albert Brooks Finds a New Use for His Character's Backstory 2012-01-11T14:00:13Z

What might be considered unpleasant but acceptable behaviour from a comic book artist takes on a different flavour thanks to the platform from which Krahulik is now speaking, and his King Geek status. PAX Australia: can it escape controversy? 2013-07-19T00:32:35Z

Mulaney has such a chipper affect that he can put across grim material without weighing the show down, a superpower these days when ambitious comics are often expected to do more than tell jokes. John Mulaney Punctures His Persona in ‘Baby J’ 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

The scene is also played for comic effect, but in a diametrically opposite way, since the intended humour derives from how prolonged and over the top the brutality is. Tarantino's gruesome revenge fantasies are growing more puerile and misogynistic | Caspar Salmon 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

So far so good for the bad: lots of comic potential to be mined from the premise. Movie Review: ‘Rapture-Palooza,’ Directed by Paul Middleditch 2013-06-07T02:23:48Z

He and I didn’t start exchanging comic books until I got to college, and when I was there, whenever I went to the comic book store alone, I was sad. 'He didn't even pretend to let us win'… Growing up with the world's biggest stars, by their children 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

That was a bully's taunt in an ad for bodybuilder Charles Atlas' illustrated fitness book, advertised in the back pages of comics for decades. "Scott Pilgrim": The end of the nerd as we know him 2010-08-12T15:01:00Z

People forget that he's always had a weird sense of humor in the comics, and that humor is fully on display in the movie! “Venom” first reactions: Critics divided as Tom Hardy’s film called “ridiculous” and a... 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

Both "Mormon" and "Spider-Man" are playing to full houses, but discounted tickets for the comic book hero means it is making about three-quarters of its box office potential. 'Spider-man' musical not hurt by poor reviews 2011-06-20T20:00:10Z

It captured the point of view that both fuels, and threatens, the show's unusual comic vibe. ArtsBeat: 'New Girl' Watch: A Season Premiere and a Balancing Act 2012-09-26T00:35:52Z

But in parallel with his success in writing for DC Comics and Marvel he has always maintained his love of noir fiction, a genre better suited for alternative and independent comics than mainstream superhero titles. Comics writer Ed Brubaker on how his art form conquered the entertainment industry 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z

Later, after a lot of work, I realized that if someone was going to make a comic book about typography, the book I have made is actually a pretty good start. Deep book, flat subject 2012-06-15T00:00:00Z

Yet graphic novelists and other comics storytellers adapted and rose to ongoing challenges. 2020 graphic novels and comic books: Five trends that defined the year 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

Last month, Superman was No. 48 on the list of comic book best sellers with just over 40,000 copies sold of Issue 31. Leaping From Marvel to DC in a Single Bound 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

Marmaduke, meant to attract the fans of dog comic strips who made Garfield a hit movie, got sent back to the pound. Box Office Weakened: Greeks and Killers Falter in a Junky June 2010-06-06T20:15:00Z

He takes special pride in the expressionistic animated interludes that break up the film, leaving the larger-than-life impression of a bone-crunching comic book. 'I'm indigenizing zombies': behind gory First Nation horror Blood Quantum 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

She makes her numbers vivid with comic gesture and pathos. My Fair Lady; The Dance of Death; Midnight's Pumpkin – review 2012-12-23T00:09:26Z

The anthology, sold at the museum’s gift shops, will be available in comic stores nationally on Wednesday, three days after the exhibition closes. ‘Prometheus Eternal,’ a Comic-Book Anthology in the Company of Masterpieces 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

But Blitt, who began working for the magazine in 1992, has always been more than a comic artist, and this week’s cover features a sombre touch. Barry Blitt‘s “Yearning to Breathe Free” 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

During those years, his imagination ranged freely across the popular culture of the past, with charm and verve and, more often than not, with the benefit of Ms. Farrow’s comic poise and emotional grace. Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

Now “Faults,” the twisty, winningly unsettling feature debut of the director Riley Stearns, adds a sometimes darkly comic strain into the mix. Review: In ‘Faults,’ Mind Games Don’t End Beyond the Cult 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

The show also boosted careers of comics including Billy Crystal, Arsenio Hall and David Letterman. Rock promoter Kirshner dies in Florida at age 76 2011-01-19T15:03:16Z

But his comic sensibility is not hard to pin down. Michael Che and Colin Jost are back for more Trump jokes, whether they like it or not 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

And a comic book released this month sheds light on a legal battle over the book that occurred in America in 1939. A Comic Book Recalls a Journalist’s Efforts to Expose the Evils of ‘Mein Kampf’ 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

She’s an appealing, lightly comic figure whose main job is to be Paterson’s helpmate — his chef, cheerleader and, of course, muse. Review: In Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Paterson,’ a Meditative Flow of Words Into Poetry 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar This comic book cover image released by Marvel shows "Astonishing X-Men," No 51. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

His cowering duel with Viola, in disguise as Cesario, is the comic highlight of the evening. Critic?s Notebook: Brian Dennehy at Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2011-09-03T00:09:21Z

When he was only 16, Mr. Scola began ghostwriting for the comic actor known as Toto, and before he turned 30 he was producing scripts under his own name. Ettore Scola, Italian Film Director of Satire and Farce, Dies at 84 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

Made with collaged engravings, encyclopedia pages and newspaper ads, as well as pen, ink, pencil and brushes, they start out suggesting educational comics, becoming increasingly sophisticated over the years. | Art Spiegelman on the Varied Craft of Ad Reinhardt 2013-12-10T22:40:02Z

The moment the comic takes the stage, he is fighting every second for control of that audience. Don’t heckle Daniel Tosh 2012-07-13T15:48:00Z

Outwardly, these two are leading lives of quiet desperation, though because this is an Aki Kaurismaki movie, their despair comes with great comic timing. ‘Fallen Leaves’ Review: Love (and Laughs) Among the Ruins 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z

Every now and then, people message me, younger comics coming up, or kids coming out of school. "I'd play the s**t out of George Washington": Jimmy O. Yang talks representation & his Amazon debut 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

SUN Buy, sell or swap comic character material from the 1930s to the present, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

The revelation and his decision to remain in office drew ridicule, especially from TV comics. Toronto Mayor Ford drops in on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show 2014-03-04T06:28:22Z

But 32 years after its release, Howard’s movie holds up with remarkable sturdiness: It’s often hilariously funny, thanks to Martin’s comic timing and some choice line readings by Keanu Reeves, who plays Wiest’s daughter’s boyfriend. Perspective | Abortion has always been a tough subject for Hollywood. ‘Parenthood’ got it right. 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

In four seasons of "Blackadder," comic actor Rowan Atkinson -- now world-famous as Mr. Bean -- played a world-weary nobleman in different eras of British history, suffering the never-ending idiocy of each period's ruling elites. A war over 'Blackadder' and Britain's legacy of WWI 2014-01-08T00:03:32Z

Mister Miracle, created by comics’ greatest mad genius and led by the best creative team today, can inspire us to escape to a better world — by making one. Why D.C.’s escape artist Mister Miracle is the hero we need right now 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

But these attachments — to “Star Trek,” to comic books, to Shakespeare — manifest weakly in the characters. Emily St. John Mandel Is Back, With a Ponzi Scheme Instead of a Pandemic 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z

She certainly had a natural comic talent - but too often it was in bit parts. Character actress Dora Bryan dies 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z

The assembled comics, though little known beyond the city’s stages, represented the wide range of performance today, from stand-up and improv to Vine videos and podcasting. A Roomful of Funny Women, Bonding Over the New York Comedy Life 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

If you scroll down far enough, you can also read the brilliant comic strip that gave his account its name. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

These are comic books, of course, so we know the real Spider-Man will eventually come back. ArtsBeat: The End of Spider-Man (at Least for Now) 2012-12-26T16:23:43Z

The producers’ mistake was in relying upon Samberg, the comic half of the duo. Sandra Oh saved the Golden Globes: The good, bad and ugly of the 2019 awards 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

That doesn’t mean that the gently comic drama, which won a directing prize at Cannes for ­writer-director Matt Ross, was as physically arduous as the naked knife fight Mortensen filmed for “Eastern Promises.” In ‘Captain Fantastic,’ Viggo Mortensen found more than a modern-day ‘Mr. Mom’ 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

Quite frankly, I’m not part of the local scene for young comics anymore. Still going strong: Brad Upton celebrates 30 years in comedy 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

This is all the easier when they portray sidekicks, comic relief or criminals. Goodbye Apu – here’s what you meant to us 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

They aimed at a niche audience who collected comic books and knew 20 years of history. Stan Lee has departed our universe, having “surpassed his wildest dreams” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

Carrey looks back on his comic roots, as a 7-year-old desperate to bring a smile to his ill mother’s face, with sincerity. Review | Jim Carrey the actor-writer deconstructs Jim Carrey the character in ‘Memoirs and Misinformation’ 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

Much stronger are moments of Lucy imagining the comic potential of Lucy stomping grapes, or when she and William Frawley have a heart-to-heart in a bar. Jokes aside, Nicole Kidman is commendable in Aaron Sorkin's mostly watchable "Being the Ricardos" 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

An experiment in letting stand-up comics with real-life friendships ad-lib their way through dating struggles, this buddy comedy comes from Adam Sztykiel, writer of “Due Date,” and Bill Lawrence, creator of “Scrubs.” Plenty of new shows to check out this spring and summer 2014-04-25T18:58:31Z

Its 100th issue, published in July, is the best-selling indie comic of the 21st century to date. Marvel Announces Dexter Comic Book Series 2012-11-16T15:31:41Z

In this poignant comic novel, a depressed young woman agrees to take care of 10-year-old twins who burst into flames when they get angry. 50 notable works of fiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

In my experience, the sort of comic art that sold well were kind of money shots - big action shots of the heroes in costumes doing something interesting. | The 'Watchmen' Covers 2013-02-06T14:01:59Z

I almost feel like I created the world we live in, back in my early comics. Daniel Clowes: 'Trump's America is like the cynical comics I drew back in the 90s' 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

"Chaplin is above all a comic," he added, "but all his feature films are melodramas with some little snippets of humor." Ssh, no talking: Silent movie charms Cannes fest 2011-05-15T14:31:11Z

Morrison, who is in the DC comics stable, certainly plays up to his own myth with his shaved head, shades and trenchcoat. Grant Morrison, The Invisibles and the comics that put novels in the shade 2010-12-19T22:30:01Z

Civil War the comic does a lot of great things. 'Captain America: Civil War' Writers on How to Write a Believable Fight Scene 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

Despite admissions of binge-eating and heavy drinking — on occasion boxed wine through a straw — Schumer herself seems afflicted mostly with what she calls “the disease of being a comic.” Amy Schumer and Carol Burnett Tell Their Stories 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

A recent comic about the gay mutant Iceman focused on his romantic life as much as his heroic one. Comics That Read Top to Bottom Are Bringing in New Readers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z

The comic doesn't end with Bruce sharing his wealth, though, just an image of the Batman listening to gang members. It's time to cancel Batman — for good 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

He was a character in the comic “Boy’s Club” by Matt Furie, and he used to be known as “Feels Bad Man,” because he looked so sad. How Pepe the Frog and Nasty Woman Are Shaping the Election 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Batman Forever was a comic book movie that didn't take itself seriously and was meant to be fun. Rating the Batman’s Riddler: Did Paul Dano surpass what’s been done? 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z

The celebrated English author of more than 70 comic plays, Ayckbourn is known for tweaking stage and farce conventions. Review: Seattle Public Theater's 'My Wonderful Day' shows adult foolishness through a wise girl's eyes 2011-02-01T20:54:03Z

And El Gleno Grande, a comic "equestrian" who prances around the stage on something that is not quite a real horse. Duck out of the rain at the annual Moisture Festival in Seattle 2011-03-17T20:05:12Z

In comics lore, she was revealed to be the mother of X-Man Nightcrawler. "Winter's Bone" star cast in "X-Men: First Class" 2010-07-16T03:25:00Z

Kobabe expanded the material into a graphic memoir, “Gender Queer,” which was released in 2019 by a comic book and graphic novel publisher. How a Debut Graphic Memoir Became the Most Banned Book in the Country 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z

For about three months, New York’s comics had been preparing sets to perform Saturday nights on the 1 train. A Stand-Up Set at the Swipe of a MetroCard 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

It isn’t surprising how effortlessly Bill Murray takes possession of Sofia Coppola’s gently comic “On the Rocks” — though this hijacking may be more of a sly directorial surrender. ‘On the Rocks’ Review: Daddy Dearest and His Late Bloomer 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

But he’s been the first to explain that there’s a world of difference between his book and his comic book. Marvel's Editor on What You Need to Know About Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

At first the roles that came to him were mostly comic, owing perhaps to his gangling figure and pilgrim looks — long face, sharp nose, superb eyebrows. Sam Waterston Is Still the Face of ‘Law & Order’ 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

And it’s a lack of original voice that sinks “I’m Dying Up Here,” a drama that takes the travails of comics all too seriously. Have You Heard the One About the Angsty Comic? Yes, Too Often 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

Rushmore has since warmed to Hanksy, for comic relief in a scene that sometimes gets too serious. Street ‘artist’ Hanksy: a punster plays social-media fame game 2014-02-16T00:00:55Z

It’s time to give our comic spirits the opportunity to punch up the script of American opera. America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

And while he's not by any means new to the scene, he remains somewhat under-the-radar beyond the universe of indie comics. 5 artists to watch from 'The Best American Comics of 2014' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

To many Americans, the kerfuffle provided comic relief during a time when most things weren’t funny. The fallout over Clear Channel’s (possibly apocryphal) do-not-play list lasted well past 9/11 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

The story of Flex is based, in part, on an advertisement for a Charles Atlas fitness regimen that ran in comic books back in the day. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Hero on the Beach 2012-04-20T19:21:43Z

At the same time, it's to be caught up in puzzles, spiritual quests, the play of puns and images, and the joys of the purely comic. Dancer Amelia Reeber plays with puns and images in 'this is a forgery' 2010-04-23T18:24:00Z

In August, as rumors about the Superman development began to circulate, a commenter on one website complained that “Marvel and DC have ruined their characters to please the woke mob, who don’t even buy comics.” Superman Comes Out, as DC Comics Ushers In a New Man of Steel 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Chances are this canny comic actress has found a particularly meaty role in “THE LYONS,” the new play by Nicky Silver at the Vineyard Theater. The Week Ahead: Oct. 9 ? 15 2011-10-06T15:27:01Z

And, in a play that combines romantic comedy with a celebration of the anarchic spirit of misrule, the bawdy comic parts shine. Mark Rylance reigns in Shakespeare double bill 2012-11-19T12:31:15Z

“He’s an incredibly gifted comic actor,” said Vernon Sanders, executive vice president for programming. David Walton?s Latest NBC Show Is ?Bent? 2012-04-03T22:04:31Z

He survived the “Access Hollywood” scandal not like a politician but like a shock comic. Franken and Trump, Hiding Behind Their ‘Jokes’ 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

In the early years of “Saturday Night Live,” Mr. Davis and Mr. Franken also appeared as a comic duo. Tom Davis, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Comedy Writer, Dies at 59 2012-07-19T21:41:39Z

On Tuesday at the Rose Theater the company offered two mildly charming comic one-acts that sidestepped the genre’s stereotypes with period settings, tame plots and a dearth of violent oaths. Music Review: Melodramatic Sounds of Young Love 2011-05-25T22:22:09Z

What is the difference in audience between comic and book stores? Iceman Came Out. Now He’s Coming Back in His Own Series. 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

Casey Jane Ellison, a Los Angeles stand-up comic and artist in the triennial, creates video routines using digital avatars that vaguely resemble her but sometimes look more like Max Headroom. New Museum’s Triennial Is All About Being Wired 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

The comic characters Ping, Pang and Pong were meant to be orchestra players. Asian inspiration as L.A. Philharmonic tackles 'Pelléas'; Pacific Symphony 'Turandot' 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

“Young comics come up to me and ask, ‘What can I do to have a career, what did you do?’ What’s it like to live as one of the ‘worst’ comics in the world? Gregg Turkington is finally talking about it. 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

The history of movie stars playing stand-up comics is checkered, with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Hanks delivering some of their least memorable work in “Lenny” and “Punchline.” How Robert De Niro Learned to Become ‘The Comedian’ 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

Female comics today like Kathy Griffin and Sarah Silverman are not as self-deprecating as Ms. Rivers and other female pioneers who were considered freakish just for daring to do stand-up. Joan Rivers Could Never Stop Working 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

Her ambitions sharpened as her ear tuned to Beckett’s Anglo-Saxon vocabulary, his tortured but exact syntax, the sonic perfection of his prose as it sought the comic depths of human suffering. For Lydia Davis, Language Is Character 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

The only reason I know about this book is a direct message on Twitter from the stand-up comic Anthony Jeselnik. 12 Surprising Reasons to Be Grateful for the Arts in 2017 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

In their verbal energy, comic timing, emotional power, empathy, and intellectual precision, Wallace’s essays dwarf his stories and novels. David Shields: Literature saved my life! 2013-02-09T00:30:00Z

Jezebel staffers, who have long railed against Rivers’ “offensive” jokes, are now hailing her as “a comic legend.“ Why We Needed to Take Joan Rivers Less Seriously 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

The story of an attractive American family finding terror in a new home credibly wedded Edgar Allan Poe’s twitchy, stiff-necked dread with the fetid, swampy atmospherics of a 1950s EC horror comic. ‘Pet Sematary’ Review: An Unsettling New Take on a Stephen King Classic 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

This reality show, which highlights young Indian comics, is Amazon’s biggest entrant in a genre that Netflix has typically dominated internationally: stand-up comedy. In 2019, Netflix and Amazon Set Their Sights on India 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

The “Z Nation” zombies are runners, in the “28 Days Later” and “World War Z” mode, and their mobility is used for comic effect, as are the hissings and scurryings of a nasty undead baby. ‘Z Nation,’ a Zombie Series on Syfy 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

Indeed, Portnoy’s chapter on the madcap sectarian battles occasioned by the Miss Judea beauty contest of 1929 is itself a gem of comic writing with a ferocious kicker worthy of either of the Brothers Singer. The Good Kind of Schmaltz 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

Apatow directs and Holmes writes and stars in the show about a kindhearted comedian who, after his wife leaves him, resorts to couch surfing in the homes of other New York City comics. These Are the 20 New TV Shows You Should Watch in 2017 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

Whittaker beams with joy and confidence and a smattering of comic derring-do reminiscent of past interpretations of the intergalactic hero’s personality. The new “Doctor Who” review: Jodie Whittaker takes control of the TARDIS 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

Not long ago, my comic books felt as useless as those overlarge movie logo cups from fast-food places. Motherlode Blog: A Superhero Who Looks Like My Son 2013-06-13T15:42:32Z

Mr. Searle’s sensibility, though rooted in an English tradition, was decidedly universal, and not always overtly comic. Ronald Searle, British Cartoonist, Dies at 91 2012-01-04T03:05:54Z

A lonely immigrant in Finland meets an acerbic cat in a gay bar for a dark, comic story about modern dislocation. Review | Perumal Murugan said his career as a novelist was dead. Lucky for us, he was wrong. 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

They were the only comics we were allowed to read in French class in Canada. Riff: How to Read a Racist Book to Your Kids 2012-06-16T04:00:05Z

Here's Johnny Depp in the same situation - on a train whizzing through Europe - except he's pulling a dopey comic facial expression. The Tourist: Is it a comedy? A thriller? Even the stars are confused 2010-09-22T12:58:00Z

It puts things in a comic perspective, which is always the correct perspective. In Praise of P.G. Wodehouse 2011-11-23T16:50:44Z

He grew up in Trenton and earned a degree in sculpture, but he was less attracted to fine art than he was to underground comics, punk and hip-hop, “anything subculture and edgy.” Street Art That?s Finding a New Address 2010-03-03T23:13:00Z

Her brassy entitlement started to sound to me like legitimate grievance, even as Appa’s sacrifices began to seem like something quite real, not just a comic premise. Review: ‘Kim’s Convenience’ Shares Family Ties, for Better and Worse 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

The festival, however, does not neglect animation’s affinity for the wildly comic. ‘We Are a Film Festival First.’ A Focus on Children Comes Second. 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

With that project, “Louie,” he created a singularly adventurous and inspired comedy that made every comic in America dream of getting “the Louis C.K. deal.” How ‘Horace and Pete’ Made the Network Suits Look Good 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

Milton Drake was a lyricist of “Mairzy Doats” and other popular songs in the 1940s, and Arnold Drake became a noted comic book illustrator. Ervin Drake, songwriter of ‘It Was a Very Good Year,’ dies at 95 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

But, hunting among the zeds, I decided to write about "zanies" in the sense of clowns, fools and comics. Z is for zanies 2012-06-05T13:46:31Z

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," based on the 1980s comic book series that led to a television show and then a film in 1990, features four turtle brothers trained as fighters. Superhero 'Turtles' swing back onto big screen in new mutation 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

In between is a movingly comic sequence in which the Congressional Black Caucus attempts, in January of 2001, to protest the president’s certification because they felt that the contested Florida vote tally had been tainted. 2004: ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ and a Country at War With Itself 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

"It looks like the same kind of thing," he said when shown an image of a comic book titled Dark Ages Spawn No. 1. Comic book giants do battle over 'Spawn' 2010-06-14T18:26:00Z

Later that year, he scored an even bigger hit with a comic opera, The Duenna, all about a dual elopement. The Duenna's 230-year elopement 2010-09-29T21:00:00Z

The lawsuit for him is more about establishing clear guidelines for other comic book creators about their rights to characters, they said. Biff! Pow! Comic artists clash over copyrights 2010-06-13T17:37:00Z

Another noteworthy book that deals with death is “Seeds,” which arrived in comic book stores this month. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Ghost Stories 2011-07-15T18:49:37Z

Beneath all of these overt lies and obfuscations, it's not washed-up, entitled and bigoted male comics who need safety and protection, but the trans people they mock. Dave Chappelle and the warped self-victimhood of transphobes 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

The eighth issue of the new series is scheduled to arrive in comic book stores on Dec. 22. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Janet Evanovich, 'Fables' and More 2010-12-03T18:19:00Z

These expressions aren’t the entirety of fandom, which is so much older than convention culture — back to gatherings at comic book shops and gaming nights of Dungeons & Dragons. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

He is also happily married to the platinum-haired comic actress Anna Faris; their firstborn, Jack, whom Mr. Pratt describes as “a wonderful golden child who makes everyone laugh,” turns 2 next month. Chris Pratt Is a Superhero in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Morrison generally eschewed the typical rectangle-shaped panels of most comic book layouts for pages that are more like free-flowing collages inspired by psychedelic posters from the 1960s. In ‘Yellow Submarine,’ the Graphic Novel, the Blue Meanies Are at It Again 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

Around that heart of drama, the humbling of men is tripled in comic form. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Bright Stream’ at the Met 2012-05-30T21:28:34Z

This brief and “enchanted” period, Mr. Canby continued, is what “Woody Allen remembers in his most buoyant, comic and poignantly expressed of memoirs, titled, with his unflagging, poetic exactitude, ‘Radio Days.’” What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Circus’ and ‘Radio Days’ 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

It’s not that the first “Meg” was particularly serious: It contained comic relief, but the humor felt more studio-mandated. ‘Meg 2: The Trench’ Review: Gleefully Jumping the Shark 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

The genre blending of tragicomedy has a rich and complex history, dating well back to the ways that William Shakespeare inserted comic elements in the midst of tragic plays. An American tragicomedy: The Trump spectacle as a new brand of theater 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z

Related: Ride Along 2 review – the buddies are back but laughs are sparse Hart grins at the amount of concentration Cube devoted to coming up with a white comic. Ice Cube and Kevin Hart: ‘Hollywood is realising that black people go to movies’ 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

“Yes,” piped Isaac, with enviable comic timing, “ … and you've got a bit of red on your cheek.” Adelaide festival 2013: week one 2013-03-05T12:39:38Z

So how does Mr. Maron create the space that allows for comics to finally open up? Arts & Leisure Preview: The Comic Who Explores Comedy?s Darkest Side 2011-01-06T19:37:09Z

He became one of Britain's most popular comic novelists with "Blott on the Landscape," the "Wilt" series about a long-suffering college lecturer, and "Porterhouse Blue," set in a fictitious Cambridge University college. Comic novelist Tom Sharpe dies at 85 2013-06-06T11:09:09Z

Are comic books becoming more accepted by mainstream reading audiences? The case for comic books 2011-07-25T22:14:03Z

And works once relegated to the comic book underground, like Mark Millar’s “Kick-Ass” and Alan Moore’s “Watchmen,” “V for Vendetta” and “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” were tapped for their less traditional, more humanized takes. Propelling a Genre Beyond Hero Worship 2011-03-25T16:14:24Z

A comic masterpiece that's also deeply serious and perceptive about the mad military mindset of those times, Dr Strangelove's genius endures even as we bury the weapons we once feared so much. Dr Strangelove: No 6 2010-10-18T10:48:00Z

The series is darkly comic, bloody, at times brutal and, depending on your tolerance for horror, terrifying. ‘Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire’: Old Monsters, New Blood 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

Then I realised the truth: Williams saw his own life as inherently comic. Tennessee Williams at 100: funnier than ever 2011-03-28T14:22:40Z

Then there's the web, which many comics feel could make those obstructive middlemen redundant. Meet black comedy's trailblazers 2010-04-13T20:35:00Z

But that’s just it, she says: “The idea of taking people places they don’t necessarily want to go is one of the things comics are really great for.” Alt comics artists take us to our rough edges 2014-03-12T22:48:22Z

These characters, a collection of lonely hearts and neurotics, are meant to be exaggerated types, but the portraits could do with a bit of comic subtlety. The off-kilter charms of 'Amelie,' made musical at the Ahmanson 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z

But the puncturing of the opera’s surface so early made it hard to know where to situate them, adrift with no wind between the comic and tragic. Review | ‘. . . (Iphigenia)’ is an opera in the form of a question 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

Preacher manages to be a grownup comic adaptation that’s also funny. Preacher: is Seth Rogen's new show the best comic book adaptation ever? 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

The comic gave a wave as he passed them. Only Gilbert Gottfried Could Be So Dirty and So Heartbreaking 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z

Sales of comics have plummeted since their heyday in the 1960s and 70s. Spider-Man's lost lustre 2011-08-05T19:00:00Z

On the letters page of Weird Fantasy No. 16, published by EC comics in 1950, a Paul Kast from Oklahoma City wrote: “I don’t think your book is one of the best … it’s THE BEST!” ArtsBeat: Old Nightmares Revisited in “Weird Fantasy” 2014-05-05T17:16:47Z

A pristine Action Comics No. 1 that was graded a 9 fetched $2.16 million in November 2011, which was the highest price ever paid for a comic book. Rare Superman Comic Book Sells for $175,000 2013-06-12T17:28:04Z

But only a few have been able to make the kinds of transitions from the comic to the dramatic that were asked of Ms. Stapleton in “All in the Family.” An Appraisal: Behind Jean Stapleton’s Ditzy Edith, a Giant of Theatrical Skills 2013-06-02T18:34:19Z

That would be a dream come true for the comic, who has eyes on moving from comedy clubs to a full-blown movie career as Woody Allen once did. Sleepwalk With Me: His American Life 2012-08-24T04:21:10Z

The “girl” in the title seems key, as does Jennings’s inviting comic tone as she introduces things. Review | New ‘Queens Girl’ memoir revisits 1960s U.S. and Nigeria 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

Though he doesn’t have a Ph.D. after his name, he is considered by many in the industry to be a top comics historian. Superheroes and Trailblazers: Black Comic Book Artists, Rediscovered 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

In this grimly comic novel, the Harrimans’ failing marriage is an emblem of larger hatreds ripping the world apart. Perspective | How 9/11 altered the fiction landscape in 13 novels 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

In his legendary comics “V for Vendetta,” “Watchmen” and “From Hell,” the natural and the supernatural can be difficult to distinguish. Alan Moore’s sprawling new epic, ‘Jerusalem’ 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

The first in an occasional series about vintage comics. ArtsBeat: Sunday Morning Mayhem 2013-12-27T16:22:46Z

Another of Friedman’s compositions, “The Great Immensity,” a musical about climate change written with Steve Cosson and the Civilians, which premièred at the Public in 2014, was mined for repeated comic choral interludes. The Public Theatre at Fifty: “A Machine for Making Community” 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

“The themes have their roots in the comic,” Stevenson explained. How ‘Nimona’ Helped Its Creator Explore His Emerging Identity 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

They immediately bonded over his huge comic book collection on display. Behind 3 Champions’ Smithsonian Portraits 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z

Most feature no amplification, but at Prospect Park, the comics did use microphones. Live Comedy Is Back in New York! But Outdoors. Is This a Good Thing? 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

And might I put in a word for the prickly comic abrasiveness of Tracy Letts’s “Linda Vista,” a lacerating anatomy of toxic masculinity disguised as brooding charm? Who Says You Can’t Give Tony Awards in an Abbreviated Season? 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

It was a humble setting to see one of the most consequential comics of the past half century. Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

He loves his Monty Python work, but given that it “would not be terribly interesting” to choose his best-known skits, he named some of his less celebrated comic works: John Cleese chooses his 5 favorite comedy sketches 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z

Writing in The Times, A. O. Scott called the film “a tour de force of meticulous cruelty, a comic melodrama that elicits laughter and empathy and then replaces those responses with squirming discomfort.” What’s on TV Friday: Kate del Castillo in ‘Ingobernable’ and Lady Gaga on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

Both comics display the deliciously mischievous timing of old-school club veterans, reeling out outlandish yarns before yanking you back for the kicker. ‘Joy Ride’ Review: Still Standing 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

Around the age of 10, I started collecting copies of “Classics Illustrated,” major literary works reduced to the format of comic books. He’s Played Churchill and Lear. But for John Lithgow, Audiobooks Test His Mettle. 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

In the comics, Doomsday was born during prehistoric times on Krypton. Explaining That Monster at the End of 'Batman v Superman' 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

Written by Earl and Hayward, the movie has a surreally comic vibe that is effectively matched by an artistic direction as coherent, in its way, as Wes Anderson’s. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Martin started his career as a stand-up comic before moving on to acting. Steve Martin to get top film award 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

Related: Ecuador's president urges Brad Pitt to scrap Amazon oil spill movie Farm Sanctuary, which also counts the comic Bill Maher among its supporters, said pressure was mounting on Costco. Brad Pitt: Costco must free battery hens 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

Being a harsh, dirty comic, the last person on earth I ever expected to help my career was Jay Leno. Jay Leno Deserves His Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

Even more outrageous characters graced the Greek Theater stage at Spike TV's annual Scream Awards on Saturday night - a tribute to horror, sci-fi, comics and fantasy. Scream 2010 delivers big stars and horror galore 2010-10-17T17:01:00Z

But Hicks was also seen as a "comic's comic," someone who was too heady and acerbic for a mass audience, and unlikely ever to top-line a sitcom or host a talk show. The subversive legacy of comic Bill Hicks 2011-04-05T22:01:00Z

The table afforded a view up to Bentham House, home of his estranged comic partner Dudley Moore. Margaritas with Peter Cook 2012-11-18T00:08:02Z

Mark Rylance however is more of a standout for his heartrending and deftly comic work as a spy in Steven Spielberg’s period thriller, Bridge of Spies. Golden Globe awards 2016: who will win, and who should win 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

But West’s career didn’t take off until she began writing, producing and directing her own Broadway vehicles: lurid comic melodramas with attention-grabbing titles like “Pleasure Man,” “The Constant Sinner” and, simply and most memorably, “Sex.” Mae West Vamped and Winked. She Also Blazed a Trail We’re Still Following. 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

Hammer served as an informal distribution center for a 40-page tabloid comic drawn by women reacting to Trump’s presidential election. With vigils, a film, a comic and plenty of marching: How the L.A. art world faced Trump's inauguration 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z

But the cinematic energy, fierce comic spirit and unflinching realism of Lee’s best work is already on display in this formative effort, which also inspired a recent Netflix series adaptation. Stream These 10 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in August 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z

Many male comics quickly rallied behind their own, including Louis C.K., who sent a supportive tweet to Tosh the day the story broke. Male comics: Stop enabling rape culture 2012-07-13T15:25:00Z

I definitely had a problem with the way comics performed years ago. Andrew Dice Clay wants you to know he’s not a sexist: “I have never judged any girl—wife, girlfriend, fiancée—for what they want to do with me in the bedroom” 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

Like Bugs Bunny, Judy is a principle of pure comic disorder, a commentary on and embodiment of the absurdity of the universe, or at least the part of it called San Francisco. When Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal Went Screwball 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

In New York she is introduced by Bennett Cerf to George S. Kaufman, the most successful comic playwright on Broadway. Woody Allen Reviews a Graphic Tale of a Scandalous Starlet 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

An extravagantly talented young female performer who's already capable of generating massive laughs, but is still working to refine her comic voice. This week's new live comedy 2013-01-12T06:00:17Z

“Sellers’ identity was one of comic megalomania, a man with a very dislocated alter ego. Geoffrey Rush: 'Art doesn’t do well in the dark. But that’s where we’ve put it' 2013-07-15T05:13:00Z

This would be a chance for O’Carroll to take his drag act into another dimension, and turn his considerable comic talents toward something even more horrifying. After Chris Pratt’s galactic triumph, which other sitcom stars should become heroes? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

Most comics can easily do that if their audience stays with them. Do comedians lose their edge as they get older? 2013-04-27T16:59:01Z

The comic absurdity of Magill's opening moments darkens to become a macabre study of a man who, in trying to control everything around him, has become slowly unhinged. Misterman - review 2011-07-14T16:15:31Z

People don’t understand that many of the images Lichtenstein took from advertisements, comic books, product packaging, you name it, are not exact reproductions. Inside Art: A New Traveling Show of Lichtenstein Works 2012-04-05T22:15:27Z

He's an iconic character with a name that only makes sense in a musical or the 1920s comic strip it was based on. Bet your bottom dollar that NBC's "Annie Live!" will usher in a new inclusive era for an old classic 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Part of that money goes to paying the comics for their 10-minute sets. ‘Live @ the Apt’ Comedy Shows Really Happen in Apartments 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

Maybe the overgrown boy role is just easier to pull off, or maybe Platt is particularly great at walking that line between comic and tragic. "The Big C": Kooky, unsexy cancer 2010-08-14T23:01:00Z

It’s not that Joan Rivers wasn’t a pioneering, beloved comic legend — she was. Why We Needed to Take Joan Rivers Less Seriously 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

Stand-up comics, nurtured in dingy clubs and college auditoriums, see Broadway as the ultimate class gig. Not Just For Laughs: Stand-Up Comics on Broadway 2011-04-26T09:00:00Z

Mr. Harris’s comic bits included being lowered, upside-down in classic Spider-Man position, and taking a gentle shot at the technical troubles last year in the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” Musical ‘Once’ Receives 8 Tony Awards 2012-06-11T04:21:49Z

According to the publisher, the star of “Seinfeld” and “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” has organized the book by decade, going back to the 1970s when he was a college student and emerging nightclub comic. Make ’em laugh: New Jerry Seinfeld book coming in October 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Claudia Smith, a spokeswoman for the comic distributor King Features Syndicate, confirmed his death but said no other details were immediately available. 'Family Circus' creator Bil Keane dies at 89 2011-11-09T17:57:19Z

The quantity of material a given comic had was now directly tied to their livelihoods. So a thief walks into a comedy club: Trevor Noah, Louis C.K. and the war over plagiarized punch-lines 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

That choice renders fraught moments melodramatic, and melodramatic moments comic. In a New Documentary, Janet Jackson Is Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z

Neyfakh is a gifted and trustworthy storyteller, with a gently wry tone; the details in his writing are lightly comic and well chosen, evincing empathy and amazement. “Slow Burn” Season 2, Reviewed: The Painful Lessons of the Clinton Impeachment 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

The cave haunted the child, who loved comics and dreamed of becoming an artist, but he was too afraid to go explore. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z

Pike was nominated for an Oscar for her lead performance of the psychopathic Amy in Gone Girl, a thriller with a rather comic edge based on the globally bestselling novel. Rosamund Pike: 'You never regret saying yes!' 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

In recent years, he drew lines of autograph seekers at comic book conventions. 'Enter the Dragon' actor Jim Kelly dies 2013-07-01T05:05:08Z

Williams, who perspires as much as any comic who has ever gesticulated, attacks sex jokes with his entire body. What Makes Katt Williams Great? It’s Not the Jokes, It’s the Performance 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

I've just started The Walking Dead from the beginning, because I'm a big fan of the comics. Al Murray's favourite TV 2013-02-11T12:00:01Z

Franco stars with Seth Rogen in the new film "The Interview" which centers on a plot to kill Kim, used as comic fodder. James Franco pokes fun at Sony computer hacking scandal on SNL 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z

The course professor, Arnold Blumberg, said the Marvel comics and movies offered not only entertainment but also insights into heroism, the responsibilities of power and the willingness to trade freedom for security. Ka-pow! Marvel Comics heroes get academic treatment at Baltimore college 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Seeing a Pakistani-American comic secure the romantic lead in a Hollywood film would be a rare delight under any circumstances. Is the New Mr. Right an Immigrant Rom-Com Hero? 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

“Not only has Dave been one of the most gifted comics to walk the Earth, he’s a passionate champion of music, a curator of artists,” Legend said before introducing a segment of “Block Party.” Dave Chappelle accepts the Twain Prize: ‘I love my art form. It saved my life.’ 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

In Comics World, Needy Have Heroes of Their Own IN superhero comics, when Captain America or Superman faces a problem he cannot handle alone, he turns to the Avengers or the Justice League for aid. In Comic Book Industry, Needy Have Heroes of Their Own 2012-11-09T03:40:12Z

The latter described Murray's proposed return as the "comic role of a lifetime" and confirmed that the new film would see the team handing over ghostbusting duties to a new generation. Bill Murray rejected Ghostbusters 3 because of script 2012-06-11T14:56:57Z

The duo are recruited by the CIA to assassinate Kim, but not without a series of comic obstacles filled with crude, male-centric humor. Rogen defends satirizing North Korean leader in 'The Interview' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

Speaking of being creative, I understand you have a comic book, "Minor Threats" coming out. Patton Oswalt talks lying, comic books and catfishing in his new cringe comedy "I Love My Dad" 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

Putting the Guilt Back in Killing Zombies A scene from The Walking Dead, the video game adaptation of the popular comic book turned even more popular AMC television series. Video Game Review: Walking Dead Game Departs From Zombie Clich?s 2012-05-08T12:00:00Z

Even within these narrow confines, Pine and Magnussen make splendid popinjays in the princes’ comic duet “Agony.” REVIEW: 'Into the Woods': A Disney Musical for Adults of All Ages 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

“The characters are nervous, insecure and acutely self-conscious. Even in the climactic comic set piece of sustained, high-velocity banter, the rat-a-tat-tat dialogue is tense and seamed with hostility, suspicion and hidden agendas.” What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘New Girl’ and ‘Mistress America’ 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

A lot of people don’t realize where their local comic book stores are. Roxane Gay on How to Build a More Inclusive Comic Book Industry, World of Wakanda and Lumberjanes 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

Braithwaite is nominated for her darkly comic sibling story “My Sister, the Serial Killer,” and Burns for “Milkman,” set during Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Nigerian debut novelist among finalists for Women’s Prize 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

The comic added that she agreed with her, "but you can't just casually harass these people," Wolf continued. Michelle Wolf taunts Ivanka Trump: “Is your nickname herpes?” 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

The most common subject for Pop art in the 1960s was other art, buried within a commercial veneer of advertising, magazines, tabloid newspapers and — famously in Lichtenstein's case — comic strips. 5 pieces in the Broad collection that highlight Pop art history 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

When he was a boy, his troublemaking led his grandmother to nickname him after Percy Crosby’s mischievous comic strip character Skippy. Skip Williamson, Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 72 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

The new movie will focus on Apocalypse, an ancient Egyptian villain who appears in the Marvel comics. New X-Men film, Apocalypse, for 2016 2013-12-06T10:44:24Z

The other losers are comics who don't slot neatly into the man-at-a-mic format. The state of British TV: Comedy 2011-03-30T10:49:19Z

On Broadway, Old Friends Walking on Air Two seemingly moribund staples, the musical and the comic drama, have come throbbing back to life. 2011 Tony Awards 2011-05-03T15:55:38Z

Q: Are comic book movies easy or hard, for actors? Bruce Willis likes it when he sees "RED" 2010-10-13T22:28:00Z

The anthology also includes a short comic and piece of prose fiction by McKean. The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

Outside the San Diego Convention Center, masses of people split off into different directions, eventually converging seven blocks away on the historic Balboa Theatre for the comic adaptation debut. 'Scott Pilgrim' creates Comic-Con pandemonium 2010-07-23T12:22:00Z

Why did you want to become a comic? Jo Koy on Comedy They Told Him Wouldn’t Work 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

Stephen Colbert will be on hand for comic relief. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

The third strand takes place in 2012 and offers social satire and comic relief. Cloud Atlas – review 2013-02-24T00:06:09Z

Did he let his two sons, both now grown up, read comics? Philip Pullman: Why I love comics 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

Gay male comics such as Graham Norton are accepted by the comedy mainstream, but others are not so lucky. It's hard for comics to come out 2011-08-03T14:00:54Z

“I never imagined I’d be researching a book like this. It was a challenge to find a focus for the comic because there’s so much happening,” Frizell said in a statement. 'Tiger King' gets the comic book treatment 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

The film will take its inspiration from a recent comic series about murderous women from Batman’s past. Suicide Squad director joins Margot Robbie for female DC villains movie 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

There are some strong performances: Tamsin Carroll is a ballsy Titania, and Rebecca Oldfield's Helena totters around on high heels to considerable comic effect. A Midsummer Night's Dream – review 2012-07-06T15:15:58Z

She knew early on what kind of comic she wanted to be. Sam Jay: A Comic Who Belongs to No Camp 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

The special "Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals: Live From Brazos County Jail" puts the insult comic in front of a literally captive audience. TV This Week June 7 - 13: 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

Then came Negan, perhaps the most iconic villain of the comics. “The Walking Dead” and “Game of Thrones”: When is it time to abandon the source? 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

It was this interview that inspired campaign organiser Jaime Bird to put a memorial bench in the same place as a fitting tribute for the comic legend. Bottoms return to Rik Mayall TV bench 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

Last spring, the Black Panther, lately of “Captain America,” was resurrected by Marvel as the noble protagonist of his own comic book series, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, the author of “Between the World and Me.” Afrofuturism: The Next Generation 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

Outside of comic opera, it is rare for a heroine to survive the final act; the price for love is usually death. Mariusz Trelinski Brings ‘Iolanta’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ to the Met 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

If Mulaney the sitcom figures out a way to adapt the voice of Mulaney the comic, it could become something more than an homage. Review: Mulaney Does Its Homework Too Well 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Q: One of the criticisms I hear about safe-space shows from comics who will not be named is that it makes it harder to get away with edgier material. The rise of Minority Retort: Portland’s stand-up showcase for comedians of color comes to Seattle 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

Here he mans up to become the comic aggressor, the unstoppable, primitive force of chaos that rages through Mr. Hirson’s 1991 play in verse about the ruination of theater, set in the age of Molière. | 'La B?te': Making Chaos Rhyme With Class, Er, Gas 2010-10-15T02:01:00Z

As a comic book writer and creator, that’s a hard line to walk. Comics writer Jason Aaron talks “Star Wars,” “The Punisher” and “Southern Bastards”: “The Confederate flag has no place flying over the state capital” 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

“We wanted a place year-round where people could celebrate comic art.” In San Diego, a Comics Confab That Never Ends 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

Milarepa, for Tibetans, is known as a very magical person, who can do things normal people can’t do; this is depicted in the two comics we are showing in the exhibition. Superman: Forged by bullies! 2012-06-16T20:30:00Z

Watching him, it's easy to work out what Tina Fey saw in his offbeat, blunt and overwhelmingly funny comic mindset. This week's new live comedy 2013-06-01T05:00:00Z

Had I seen that happen on screen, I would have dismissed it as a hackneyed comic device. How I came out to my three kids 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

It’s a fantasy, of course, a comic trial balloon. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z

When it comes to criticism, he doesn’t play the victim in interviews or defensively cry “Free speech!” like some comics. Political Correctness Isn’t Ruining Comedy. It’s Helping. 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

Taking the form into new areas, he also created the anti-drugs comic book The Block, which was distributed to elementary schools all over the US. Jonathan Ross meets Jim Steranko, his comic-book hero 2010-07-20T23:10:00Z

I think it takes people by surprise when I say it's the Internet's No. 1 blaxploitation web comic but that's done mainly to be bombastic, to bring people in. The case for comic books 2011-07-25T22:14:03Z

He's a comic book nerd and science geek, which hits a little close to home...I loved it. Freestyle dancer tWitch steps up into movies 2010-07-22T17:32:00Z

SK: I've always been one for saying comics can say whatever they like, but I think his audience let it be known what they thought of that joke. A laughing matter: Comedians Steve Punt and Shappi Khorsandi debate whether comedy is too cruel 2011-01-22T08:31:01Z

Those early comic artists paved the way for us. A comics artist's view on Lichtenstein: A Retrospective 2013-03-04T19:59:01Z

The comic book film has become a gravy train to nowhere. Superheroes suck! 2010-05-06T11:01:00Z

In a recent interview with The New York Times, the comic said he did not want to cut the bit, even if the country is grappling with police brutality. What’s on TV Tuesday: Eric Andre and Toni Morrison 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

And you certainly couldn't call me a rock'n'roll comic any more: my latest show is about the glory of middle age. Brendon Burns, comedian 2012-08-07T16:51:02Z

“In her description of maternal horrors and ecstasies, Huisman strikes an airy tone, confiding yet remote and prone to comic understatement,” Michelle Orange writes in her review. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

Hurwitz professes an enduring interest in vigilante justice — he developed an obsession with the Punisher in middle school and more recently wrote several issues of that comic for Marvel. Gregg Hurwitz is full of thrilling, erudite contradictions 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

But Mohawk Media – which positions itself as an "eco-friendly" comics company because it does only paper-free digital editions – seems to be deadly serious about its new character. St George's Day launch for laughable comic superhero: Englishman 2013-04-23T11:59:52Z

Gilbert is a terrific comic, now a primetime player stopping off as part of his UK tour. Rhod Gilbert – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-24T17:00:01Z

The second movement added comic delight, and the robust finale made a more forceful conclusion. Review | Can three musical stars shine in constellation? Bell, Isserlis and Denk in concert. 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z