Comic book

Article summary

A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually dialogue contained in word balloons, which are emblematic of the comics art form. Comic Cuts was a British comic published from 1890 to 1953. It was preceded by Ally Sloper's Half Holiday (1884), which is notable for its use of sequential cartoons to unfold narrative. These British comics existed alongside the popular lurid "penny dreadfuls" (such as Spring-heeled Jack), boys' "story papers" and the humorous Punch magazine, which was the first to use the term "cartoon" in its modern sense of a humorous drawing. The first modern American-style comic book, Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics, was released in the US in 1933 and was a reprinting of earlier newspaper humor comic strips, which had established many of the story-telling devices used in comics. The term comic book derives from American comic books once being a compilation of comic strips of a humorous tone; however, this practice was replaced by featuring stories of all genres, usually not humorous in tone. The largest comic book market is Japan.…

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1. date of establishment: 1972 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 1890 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. publication date: 1974 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. publication date: 2018 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. publication date: 1944 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. release date: 1933 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1972". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the publication date is "1890". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the publication date is "1974". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the publication date is "2018". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the publication date is "1944". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. The record states that the release date is "1933". What evidence would count against this claim?
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10. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374673526