All posts tagged "comic books"

  • In this undated photo provided by Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas, shows a 1962 Amazing Fantasy #15 by Marvel Comics. The rare copy of a comic book featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man has sold at auction by Heritage for over $454 Thousand on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. (Heritage Auctions via AP)
    Rare Spider-Man comic sells at auction for $454,100

    MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Dallas-based auction house says a rare copy of a comic book featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man has sold for $454,100. The comic book was purchased by an anonymous collector, and Heritage...

    • Posted February 19, 2016
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  • A South Korean comic book room of the 1970s and '80s was installed inside the University of Washington.
    Korean comic book room of the 1970s and ’80s installed at University of Washington

    A comic book room straight out of the 1970s and ’80s in South Korea, stocked with popular cartoonists of the time, opened inside the University of Washington last week. The installation — complete with a black-and-white television...

    • Posted April 6, 2015
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  • Jim Lee stands in front of a wall at his Burbank studio. (Park Sang-hyuk)
    The Man Behind the Mask

    DC Comics’ Korean American Co-Publisher Jim Lee is “The most celebrated comic book artist of his generation.” By Lee Kyutae Long before Psy got the world dancing to “Gangnam Style,” there was a man from Korea with...

    • Posted January 23, 2014
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