The problem is that this particular borrowing in its comic-book context casts an emotional pall.
His defiance reminded me of something he had once said about Conan the Barbarian, the comic-book hero.
Rows of comic-book albums can be found on the bookshelves of even the most bourgeois Parisian households.
Certainly comic-book artists and writers are present, but actors from popular movie and TV shows are common as well.
The development of comic-book characters into franchises has occurred alongside the growing appreciation of the comic-book genre as art.
This isn't to say comic-book movies are failures overseas -- far from it.
Far too many books portray corporate chiefs as comic-book superheroes, whose legendary vision, drive and hard work have accomplished miracles.
"Herge was always interested in exotic locations and travel around the world, " said Paris-based 'Tintinologist' and comic-book artist Jean-Marc Lofficier.
The Lion King made Taymor a superhero of the theater, but every comic-book reader knows that each superhero has specific powers.
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Alma is a Mason Gross student, one of those Sonic Youth, comic-book-reading alternatinas without whom you might never have lost your virginity.
It's commanding as comic-book art in motion, convincing as the luridly mythic -- and therefore authentically adolescent -- expression of buried emotions.
On Sept. 11, their hair stands on end and their eyes bug out with comic-book embellishment as they watch the disaster unfold.
Again, though, there are no infallible formulas: "Dozens of new characters are introduced by comic-book publishers each year, " says Heritage's Mr. Jaster.
The Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels producer was due to begin shooting the comic-book blockbuster in Canada and America next month.
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Moore has had a mixed relationship with both the mainstream comic-book industry (which he accuses of over-commercialization and exploiting creators' rights) and Hollywood.
And one of Japan's leading comic-book artists, Hiroo Nakata, draws us a special manga detailing how the generation gap might someday be healed.
Superman stories have proliferated in every medium, beginning with his two extremely long-running comic-book titles and a newspaper comic strip that launched in 1938-39.
Our adult interests are those best pursued in the cool, dark places of the world: We are film dorks, comic-book geeks, fantasy-lit fans, indie-music nerds.
More than 100, 000 fans will don costumes and do comic-book-convention things.
All the while, the Wachowskis kept on writing: in the early nineties, Larry went to New York to knock on the doors of the comic-book publishers.
He had "the most amazing smile and joy, " said Ryan Frost, a friend who bonded with Mr. Sullivan while waiting in line for a comic-book auction.
His fall 2012 show, based on Corto Maltese, a mixed-heritage comic-book hero, contained military and gypsy elements and is credited in part with sparking the gypsy-jetsetter trend.
As the title suggests, "Batman Begins" revisits the story as if it had never been visited before -- not by generations of comic-book fans, TV viewers or filmgoers.
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Another point is the status that France grants comic-book authors.
The comic-book series "From Hell, " in which Moore uses the Jack the Ripper killings as a precursor to 20th-century violence, runs to about 500 pages, including 40-plus pages of footnotes.
Apart from "Chronicle" they were used for action movie "Safe House, " starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, the 3D comic-book adventure "Dredd, " and TV drama "Mary and Martha, " starring Hilary Swank.
The Avengers, which sees a team of Marvel comic-book heroes team up to fight an extra-terrestrial threat, was directed and co-written by Joss Whedon, creator of the TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
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By acquiring the comic-book company Disney, in one swoop, filled the young-male gap in its audience, which had lost ground with the success of its Hanna Montana franchise, as well as other female-oriented products.
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