10-19-2012, 06:21 PM | #9736 | |
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10-19-2012, 06:53 PM | #9737 | |
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Yes, it's similar to a previous question which I had hoped would enable someone to answer this one more easily. Your turn for the next one. |
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10-19-2012, 07:45 PM | #9738 |
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As some may gather from my screen name, I am quite fond of comics and cartoons. In my opinion, comics are both litterature and wonderful pieces of art, and quite worthy to be discussed here. So this question will be devoted to comics, mostly of the classical european tradition since that's my speciality, but some american comics and comics creators are also here. Some questions are hard, some are easy.
One point for each correct answer. Where I ask what comics a person has created, you get one point for each comic. "Create" in this case does not neccessarily mean "invented", but only that the artist worked with this comic in one way or another.
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10-19-2012, 08:41 PM | #9739 |
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OH! I know two of those.
12. Who created "Calvin and Hobbes"? Bill Watterson - my son loved Calvin and Hobbes and collected the books 13. Who created the comic "Peanuts"? Charles Schultz - probably an American tradition and those cute holiday specials for Christmas (A Charlie Brown Christmas) and Halloween (It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown). Last edited by dreams; 10-19-2012 at 08:47 PM. |
10-19-2012, 09:16 PM | #9740 |
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6. Hergé created Tintin, I think. I don't know his real name, though
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10-19-2012, 09:23 PM | #9741 |
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4. Prince Valiant? Don't know of any others.
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10-19-2012, 11:10 PM | #9742 |
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I believe Morris was responsible for Asterix.
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10-20-2012, 03:31 AM | #9743 | |||
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Bill Watterson wrote and drew the wonderful life of a maybe-a-little-too-imaginative boy and his fiery stuffed tiger and their adventures from 1985 to 1995. I love them - and miss them - too. Watterson now lives a very quiet life withdrawn from his audience. Calvin and Hobbes are, so far, his only comic. Quote:
Harold Foster did draw the marvelous comic of Prince Valiant from 1937 to 1975, an american masterpiece. He continued to write the manuscripts until 1980. He died in 1982. Although Prince Valiant is considered his best work, he created one other comic prior to Prince Valiant. Bonus points to whoever can name that strip. The Prince Valiant comic is now being re-issued by Fantagraphics based on the syndicate coloring proofs, preserved by Foster himself. Prince Valiant has never looked better than in this new edition, but the comic is stunning, even in black and white Spot on. Walt Kelly worked both for Disney studios and Dell Comics creating comics and cartoons on contract before drawing Pogo. Pogo is, to my knowledge, his only comic created by himself. After his death in 1973, his widow continued the Pogo comic All the above have been rewarded with the Reuben award, the comic version of Oscar. Quote:
Asterix was written by René Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo. Morris had nothing to do with Asterix, but Goscinny wrote manuscripts for Morris from 1952 and to his death in 1977, which gives Morris' comic a tone and humour quite similar to Asterix. Last edited by Iznogood; 10-20-2012 at 04:12 AM. |
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10-20-2012, 03:32 AM | #9744 |
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I've 'heard' of three of these, no idea of the answers though...
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10-20-2012, 03:47 AM | #9745 |
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One point for each correct answer. Where I ask what comics a person has created, you get one point for each comic. "Create" in this case does not neccessarily mean "invented", but only that the artist worked with this comic in one way or another.
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Ahh Goscinny gave it away. Morris is of course famous for Lucky Luke.
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10-20-2012, 04:29 AM | #9748 | |
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Not what we're used to, but he soon evolved into the well-known Luke we know today. Goscinny wrote manuscripts for Lucky Luke from 1952 to 1977, an created most of the wonderful characters we love/hate and adore: The Daltons, Ma Dalton, Calamity Jane, and of course the dog Rantanplan, the stupidest dog in the West - stupider than his own shadow. Rantanplan is a parody of another dog. Do you know what dog that is? And by the way: How did the name Goscinny give the solution away? Last edited by Iznogood; 10-20-2012 at 04:42 AM. |
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I knew that Goscinny worked with others and he did Asterix and Lucky Luke, since Asterix was wrong...
Being french speaking, he was Belgian I believe, Rantanplan sound like it would be a take on Rintintin. But that is just a guess. |
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Ah, I shouldn't have mentioned Goscinny then. He did much more than "just" Lucky Luke and Asterix, but he's best known for those.
And yes, Rantanplan is a parody of Rintintin, a dog so clever that he can count the shots from a revolver, know when the gun is empty and it is safe to attack the villain. Rantanplan is the opposite - incredible stupid, but adorable nonetheless |
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