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Archie to be shot saving gay friend in comic book

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Archie Andrews will die taking a bullet for his gay best friend. The famous freckle-faced comic book icon is meeting his...

Citiparks exhibit highlights early Black comic artists

 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Comic books are full of superheroes and a dazzling variety of characters, but in the early days of the industry one...

Comics lovers will be drawn to Ohio museum

This Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 photo shows a comic titled "Pogo" by Walt Kelly at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) by Mitch StacyAssociated Press Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — There is a place where Snoopy frolics carefree with the scandalous Yellow Kid, where Pogo the possum philosophizes alongside Calvin and Hobbes. It's a place where Beetle Bailey loafs with Garfield the cat, while Krazy Kat takes another brick to the noggin, and brooding heroes battle dark forces on the pages of fat graphic novels. That doesn't even begin to describe everything that's going on behind the walls of the new Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum on the Ohio State University campus, opening to the public Saturday.

As Batman turns 75, DC plans weekly comic book

This image released by DC Comics shows an image of Batman from the new weekly series "Batman Eternal," launching in the spring of 2014. (AP Photo/DC Comics) NEW YORK (AP) — The Dark Knight's 75th anniversary won't be hiding in the shadows of Gotham.

Superheroes rule but comics fight for respect

PITTSBURGH (AP) — He towers over the land, his muscles rippling and blond mane blowing in a windstorm of his own making. Wielding his trusty magical hammer, he crushes villains as easily as he romances beautiful women. Thor, epic god of thunder, was inspired by Norse mythology. But his modern, movie-star incarnation was born on the pulpy, hand-drawn pages of 1960s comic books.

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