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As It Happens6:44AI used to create comedy special of dead comedian George CarlinA new comedy special starts with the quote, "I'm sorry it took me so long to come out with new material, but I do have a pretty good excuse. I was dead."The voice sounds like comedian George Carlin, but that would be impossible, as Carlin died in 2008. The voice in the special is actually generated by an artificial intelligence (AI). "This is not my father. It's so ghoulish. It's so creepy," Carlin's daughter, Kelly Carlin-McCall, told As It…

The writer Terry Pratchett once declared in an interview and also in numerous biographical notes appended to his books that he was not writing literature. This was possibly tongue-in-cheek, for elsewhere he said fantasy writing was literature, and the oldest genre at that. The question, as millions of readers have discovered for themselves, is largely forgotten when they are laughing their heads off at his vivid, imaginative, hilarious writing. Rarely do you see such writing thunderbolted with imagination and…

If you are a comic book reader who has a long flight coming up, writer Jimmy Palmiotti has one humble suggestion. He is offering hundreds of pages’ worth of his comics at a steep discount as part of a sale that see proceeds go to the World Wildlife Fund. “It can get you from Japan and back from the east coast,” Palmiotti says with a laugh of the hefty reading material, available via the service Humble Bundle, which allows buyers to adjust how much of the proceeds to go charity and how much go to…

Posted in: Batman, Boom, Comics, Comics Publishers, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Superman, X-Men | Tagged: glaad, Heartstopper, jon kentThe 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees have been announced, including for comic books and graphic novels.Published Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:52:11 -0600 by Rich Johnston | Last updated Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:52:52 -0600 | Article Summary 35th GLAAD Media Awards nominees revealed, highlighting LGBTQ representation. Comic book categories feature Jon Kent, Doctor…

A copy of The Amazing Spider-Man No 1, which was released in March 1963, has sold for a record-breaking $1.38 million (£1.09m) at auction.Spider-Man’s series debut came seven months after the character’s bow in Amazing Fantasy No 15 and sold for 12 cents in the 60s.The comic tells the origin story of Peter Parker, how he gained his superpowers and how a burglar murdered his uncle Ben.It is one of only two issues to receive a grading of Near Mint/Mint 9.8 from the Certified Guaranty Company.Heritage Auctions sold it for…

Lewis Black is in his element. Onstage before an adoring audience, he merely says the name of disgraced former Rep. George Santos before the crowd erupts into laughter. The longest-running contributor to Comedy Central’s “Daily Show,” Black, with his signature raspy voice rising in anger as he stabs his finger in the air, later unleashes a torrent of F-bombs and razor-sharp commentary, ranging from the sad state of the world to the idiocy of politicians.These are good times for the 75-year-old comic. Black’s most recent…

Hi, my name is Kalman ‘Carun’ Balla. Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away, I used to be a writer – this was the plot twist. My short stories were published in a Hungarian magazine. However, during the COVID-19 lockdowns, I realized that writing descriptions and narratives were a bloody torture, while punchlines on their own weren’t as effective. So, after some pestering from my missus, I started drawing cartoons that matched my one-line jokes.This was the beginning of my true creative journey, while in reality, I…

When you become comfortable in a relationship and know each other well enough, the beauty of that close of a bond starts to blossom. The creator behind Love Handle Comics has skillfully captured these beautiful and quirky moments within his own relationship with his wife, that deeply resonated with audiences across the internet.As the artist shared in a previous post: "We are always happy to hear from our readers, how our comics help them in several ways. Be it people in long-distance relationships, couples going…

There is no better way to relieve stress at work than with some office humor, reminding us that we are not alone in facing various workplace challenges. Therefore, this time, we are sharing some of our newest top "Work Chronicles" comics.This comic artist captures the typical office experiences through the lens of sarcastic and relatable humor. "Work Chronicles" usually provide a look at the day-to-day grind, highlighting the quirks of office life, relationships with coworkers, and the highs and lows of work…

That cooing note of kindness and pity in the title is misleading – in fact, there is pure vivisectional ruthlessness in this toweringly bizarre epic. Poor Things is a steampunk-retrofuturist Victorian freakout and macabre black-comic horror, adapted by screenwriter Tony McNamara from the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray and directed by the absurdist virtuoso Yorgos Lanthimos. Lanthimos shows us an extraordinary, artificial, contorted world, partly shot in monochrome, sometimes bulging out at us through a fish-eye lens,…