Miss Fury was the first female superhero written and drawn by a woman. The comic in which she featured was syndicated in 100 newspapers but her creator has largely been excluded from the pantheon of comic greats.

Comics have never been afraid to include presidents on the page, from an evil Nixon to Obama in danger. We look back at some of the most memorable presidential moments in the panels.

You don't have to know how to draw to make your own comic strips. These free sites help!

A mysterious 20-something artist named Olivia Jaimes revived the legacy of a comic that had fallen on hard times — in hilarious fashion.

From The Comics Journal #134, February 1990.

Japan’s graying population is changing the character of its beloved manga comics, spawning a new genre in which the elderly aren’t pitiable oldsters but protagonists making discoveries, finding friends and sometimes even having hot sex.

“Alas for me! I am dead!”

Comic books don’t come much more acclaimed than Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. The original series ran for 75 issues between 1989 and 1996, landed on the New York Times Bestseller List, and is still widely regarded as one of the greatest works ever published in the medium. Now, Gaiman is overseeing a revival: four new comic-book series published under the banner The Sandman Universe, with the first issue set to arrive next week.

The reclusive comic book artist was 90

A cartoon guide.

On the accuracy of George Orwell's predictions about future society over those of Aldous Huxley. It's informative and scary at the same time. "In short, Orwell feared that what we hate would ruin us. Huxley that what we love will ruin us." It's unfortunate that Huxley got it right because the latter is much less obvious. By Scott McMillen.

A lot of the powers found in the comics exist in real life. They’re just a bit different.

If you want a Pokemon MMO, you have to live with the consequences.

Comic books and comic book memorabilia can achieve historical significance in a number of ways, but one of the more esteemed ways is by being added to the Library of Congress. And thanks to collector Stephen A. Geppi, the institution has just received its biggest donation of comic books ever. 

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