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as in funny papers
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as in picture books
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Our daughter learnt how to draw comic strips with an Athenian cartoon artist and was keen to try the photography course and stargazing.—
Jemima Sissons,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Jan. 2026 -
This book is bursting with classic comic strips to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
28 Nov. 2025
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One Direction, the boy band juggernaut of which Tomlinson was one-fifth, had just performed for the final time together in late 2015, capping a mega-selling run that included five albums, 13 top 40 hits and over 100 stadium shows.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
12 Jan. 2026
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But early albums did not produce songs with mass appeal, at times frustrating record label executives who craved shorter, radio-friendly tunes that would drive sales.—
Adam Levine,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
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DeWoskin's poems, essays, and articles have appeared in journals and anthologies including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, The Baffler, Ploughshares, and New Voices from the Academy of American Poets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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The film follows filmmaker, cinematographer and VFX artist Martinez’s directorial work on anthologies V/H/S, V/H/S/Beyond and Southbound.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Comic books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comic%20books. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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