In this transition from character to commodity, comics became partially removed from an aesthetic appreciation of the art to a lucrative business asset.
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Within the eighteen to thirty-four age group, almost three times as many people read comics, as did those of an older age.
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There are further aspects of possible comparison between the two comics.
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The emphasis was on opera singers, but well-known comics and revue artists were also used regularly.
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Several guerrillas, wreathed in cartridge bandoliers, were reading comics near an empty café where an old man was picking crumbs of bread off a table.
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An aspect of popular culture that is not found much in the industrialised world, comics are read by all levels of society and all age-groups.
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Could comics be used as a vehicle to present science attractively once again?
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Several common themes run through the treatment of science by comics in the 1950s.
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As well as newspapers, and for those whose literacy level is not up to the language of a newspaper, comics for adults are widely available.
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Even during the heyday of the comics, certain science fiction stories were raising the question about the misuse of science.
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The model is based on the semiotic square already employed in the analysis of various semantic micro-universes (novels, comics, advertising, visual arts, music, etc).
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Then two aspects of the comics are more closely examined, namely their dramaturgical structure and the properties of their characters.
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Each of the themes incorporates comparable materials: stories to be read aloud by the teacher, audiocassettes with stories, word cards, murals, and comics of the stories.
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Indeed, a high level of political content was a distinctive feature of the magazine, which was particularly significant since it was usually assumed that comics were targeted at youth.
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Above: comics keeping the audience involved by playing out front.
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Collocationswithcomic
comic
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newspaper comic
Let us remember that we are talking about something infinitely below the newspaper comic strip.
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original comic
The company also published a few original comic book titles (in the adventure and fantasy genres), usually featuring creators pulled from the ranks of fandom.
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stand-up comic
The most obvious example is astand-upcomicwho is clearly engaged in the entertainment business.
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