The newspaper did well, in part because it ran American newspaper comic strips translated into Portuguese.

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But the characters and dialogue are the stuff of comic strips and junk fiction.

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It describes the distinctive look of Gallic games, which is partly down to France's addiction to comic strips.

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Though it featured some of the same scenarios, that was a collection of comic strips rather than a written novel.

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Both he and his newspapers were popular with hyphenated Americans, who were pleased to find themselves affectionately portrayed even in the comic strips.

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"Comic strips are part of the American dialogue, " McDonnell told CNN.

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In 1976, Miyamoto, then age twenty-four, was a recent art-college graduate, with a degree in industrial design and an enduring fascination with the Japanese comic strips called manga.

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It was during that time period that Warhol created some of his most iconic work, including the colorful renditions of Campbell Soup cans, dollar bills and comic strips.

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Their creation was picked up by DC Comics in 1937, who then hired the pair to create comic strips, with DC owning all work created from that point on.

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These novels, fairy tales, comic strips and storybooks offer Haitian children from three to 17 a welcome distraction from the harsh reality of their immediate surroundings and an opportunity to read despite the destruction of many libraries.

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