Maybe this will be less of an issue with a Marvel-based comic book MMORPG.

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"Herge was always interested in exotic locations and travel around the world, " said Paris-based 'Tintinologist' and comic-book artist Jean-Marc Lofficier.

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Another reason Walters attributes to growing interest not only in the Dallas Comic Con, but in comic conventions in general, is the success of comic book films -- particularly ones based on Marvel comics.

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Earlier this year, New York City Ballet invited the Brooklyn-based art collective Faile to erect a tower of comic book-style drawings in the theater's elegant promenade.

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Founded in 2007, comiXology has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel industry by delivering a cloud-based digital comics platform that makes discovering, buying, and reading comics more fun than ever before.

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Based on a 2008 comic book, Kick-Ass tells the story of a group of high school vigilantes who dress up as superheroes.

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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.

WSJ: Where Exotic Flair Meets American Practicality

As I mentioned in my other post earlier today, this film is based on the popular Chris Claremont-Frank Miller 1980s comic book miniseries that dropped Wolverine in Japan and pitted him against ninjas and samurai.

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These days, with Hollywood churning out big budget movies based on comic book characters such as Iron Man, the Silver Surfer and the Incredible Hulk, a comics-based opera about a cute little fox may sound a bit tame.

NPR: Quirk of Nature: Janacek's 'Cunning Little Vixen'