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King, Frank: Gasoline Alley
German broadsheet: “Profanation of the Host by Jews at Passau, 1477”
German comic: “Max and Moritz”
Little Nemo in Slumberland
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Lynn Johnston
Canadian cartoonist
Harvey Kurtzman
American cartoonist
Leon Falk
American comic-strip writer
George McManus
American cartoonist
Bill Watterson
Bill Watterson
American cartoonist
Jim Davis
Jim Davis
American cartoonist
Lynda Barry
Lynda Barry
American cartoonist, author, and playwright
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
American artist and author
Art Spiegelman, 2008.
Art Spiegelman
American author and illustrator
R.K. Laxman
R.K. Laxman
Indian cartoonist
Gary Larson
Gary Larson
American cartoonist
Stan Lee
Stan Lee
American comic book writer
Jack Kirby
American comic book artist
Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison
Scottish writer
Miller, Frank
Frank Miller
American writer and artist
Gil Kane
American artist
Garry Trudeau
Garry Trudeau
American satirist
The Simpsons
Matt Groening
American cartoonist and animator
Jules Feiffer
Jules Feiffer
American cartoonist and writer
Winsor McCay (centre) drawing a sketch, 1908.
Winsor McCay
American animator

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Halle Berry as Ororo Munroe/Storm in X-Men: The Last Stand, 2006. Directed by Brett Ratner
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Thirteen panel comic strip shows Walt Wallet feeding, then chasing the turkey that he and baby Skeezix have raised for Thanksgiving dinner. By Frank King, 1921
Classic American Comic Strips