Sentence examples for a popular comic from inspiring English sources

Even "X-Men," adapted from a popular comic book, is said to emphasize the humanness of its superheroes.

IN A radio sketch this week, a popular comic, Nicolas Canteloup, likened François Hollande, the French president, to the new pope, known in France as François.

MUMBAI, India -- Anant Pai, the creator of a popular comic book series that taught several generations of Indian children the country's history and mythology, died here on Thursday.

Over the next few years Rooney starred as a tough, cocky kid in a series of comedy shorts based on a popular comic strip.

Once again, Telltale has found a popular comic book ("Fables," in this case, by Bill Willingham) with a rich universe that it can use to tell new stories.

Bill Burr, a popular comic with several successful "Late Show" sets under his belt, credits Mr. Brill with helping him translate stand-up to television.

"Hellboy," he noted, was based on a popular comic-book series, but he had liberally changed the story line, and the demon had become an emotionally clumsy nerd.

Mr. Darabont previously developed "The Walking Dead" from a popular comic-book series and was its show runner during its first season.

A popular comic-book series about a group called the 99 — created by a Kuwaiti psychologist named Naif al Mutawa — features superheroes who are anti-jihadis, preaching a code of nonviolence and pluralism.

Michael Turner, a popular comic-book artist who came to fame in the mid-1990s and was best known for creating two sexy female lead characters, Witchblade and Fathom, died on June 27 in Santa Monica, Calif.

A longstanding debate about the perceived insensitivities of a popular comic-book adventurer -- call it Detractors versus Tintin -- has reached a Belgian court, which has ruled for now that one of Tintin's more contentious exploits is not racist and does not need to be banned.