Alice's Adventures in Wonderland childrens book appeared in 1865. Novel is written by English author Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) and illustrated by John Tenniel. Sequel Through the Looking-Glass appeared in 1871. Most of the weird characters and funny happenings is from latter book.
Story has inspider many comic artists. Some characters appears villains in Batman series, like The Mad Hatter and Tweedledum and Tweedledee. In Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison (Doom Patrol, X-Men) is set to mental institution, where patients has escaped and created Wonderland-alike world.
Alice in Wonderland animated film and TV series by Disney appeared in 1951. It has also made to video game, play and comic book series. Alice in Sunderland: An Entertainment graphic novel by Bryan Talbot (HellBlazer, The Tale of One Bad Rat) and Bryan Thomas appeared in 2007. Avengers Fairy Tales #3 by C.B. Cebulski and Takeshi Miyazawa sets Young Avengers into Wonderland.
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Alice in Wonderland has also made lot of porn comic series. Most well known, and sophisticated, series are
Lost Girls by
Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie. Other characters in the story are Dorothy from
Wizard of Oz, and Wendy from
Peter Pan. Other series are including
Malice in Wonderland (Eros Comix) by Wallace Wood (
Creepy magazine),
Return to Wonderland by Raven Gregory,
Latex Alice (Amryl) and
Miyuki-chan in Wonderland anime and manga series by Clamp (
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle).
Manga versions are lot, including Kagihime Monogatari Eikyuu Alice Rondo by Kaishaku and The manga Alice 19th by Yū Watase. In Shugo Chara volume 3. Amu is with a cupcake which says "Eat Me!"
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Alice in Wonderland movie by the director Tim Burton appeared in 2010, starring Mia Wasikowska (Alice Kingsley), Johnny Depp (The Mad Hatter), Helena Bonham Carter (The Red Queen), Anne Hathaway (The White Queen), Stephen Fry (The Cheshire Cat),
Christopher Lee (The Jabberwock), Michael Sheen (The White Rabbit), Alan Rickman (The Caterpillar), Matt Lucas (Tweedledee and Tweedledum) and Timothy Spall (The Bloodhound).
The Modern Age of comic books starts from the year 1992. After it was Copper Age (1984-1991), which is mostly counted to Modern Age. Mid 1980s was the time of crossovers and tie-ins. Marvel Secret Wars, DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths and Invasion were big hit. It led to rise of collected editions, and trade paperbacks and hardcovers came very popular. Same story can be sold for readers many times!
New superheroes were born, and 1990s were the time of Gambit, Deadpool and Cable. Intercompany crossovers came more popular, and blowed in 1996. Batman adventured with Judge Dredd, WildC.A.T.s with X-Men and Witchblade with allmost everybody who used to walk at night or wears cape.
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Big events in Modern Age
1992: Art Spiegelman's Maus wins a Pulitzer Prize.
1992: Carnage appears in
The Amazing Spider-Man #361.
1992: Image Comics is founded by Todd MacFarlane, Rob Liefeld,
Jim Lee, Jim Valentino, Marc Silvestri and Erik Larsen.
Spawn starts.
1992: The Death of
Superman in
Superman #75.
1992:
War Machine appears in
Iron Man #282.
1993: DC launches Vertigo imprint, and starts to publish
Sandman, Animal Man and the
Doom Patrol.
1993:
Hellboy by Mike Mignola appears in John Byrne's
Next Men #21.
1994: Chaos! Comics starts
Lady Death series.
1999:
The Goon by Eric Powell appears in
The Goon #1 by Avatar Press.
1999: Vertigo launches
100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso.
2000: Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware is published by Fantagraphics.
2001: Grant Morrison is hired to make New X-Men.
2002: The first Free Comic Book Day.
2005:
Marvel Zombies appears in Ultimate
Fantastic Four #21.
2006:
Marvel Civil War starts, and sniper shots
Captain America to death in 2007.
2006: DC starts 52.
2008: DC starts
Final Crisis.
2008: Marvel starts
Secret Invasion.
Remarkable artists and writers in Modern Age:
- Alex Ross (Kingdom Come, Marvels, Earth X)
- Brian Azzarello (Joker, 100 Bullets)
- Brian Michael Bendis (Powers, Daredevil, New Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man)
- Bill Willingham (Fables)
- Ed Brubaker (Sleeper, Catwoman, Uncanny X-Men, Immortal Iron Fist, Criminal)
- Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows, Shanna The She-Devil)
- Garth Ennis (Preacher, Hitman, Punisher)
- Jeph Loeb (Batman: Hush, Batman: The Long Halloween)
- Jae Lee (Stephen King's Dark Tower, Inhumans, Transformers: G.I.Joe)
- Jim Lee (WildC.A.T.s)
- John Romita, Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man, Eternals)
- Mark Millar (Wanted, Ultimates, Civil War, Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Superman: Red Son)
- Neil Gaiman (Coraline, NewerWhere, Sandman)
- Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, The Authority)
Aquaman is created by Mort Weisinger and Paul Norris. Character first appeared in More Fun Comics #73, 1941. Aquaman's other names are The Sea King and the Dweller-In-The-Depths. He look-alike Marvel's Namor the Sub-Mariner, created 1940. Aquaman's wife is Mera, the Queen of Xebel. They had Aquababy, and also Aqualad hangs sometimes in the close waters.
After the many Golden Age and Silver Age incarnations, Aquaman reborn in Modern Age as a Arthur Joseph Curry. Character first appearance was in Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #40 (2006), created by Kurt Busiek and Butch Guice.
Aquaman has been the member of Justice League of America (JLA) and Black Lantern Corps in Blackest Night series. He has appeared including in the stories Final Crisis and Earth Two. Aquaman animated TV series runned in 1968-1970.
Aquaman's friends and villains appearances:
- Aquagirl (Aquaman #33, 1967)
- Thanatos (Aquaman #54)
- Aqualad (Adventure Comics #269, 1960)
- Deep Blue (Aquaman #23, 1996)
- Red Torpedo (Crack Comics #1, 1940)
- Mera (Aquaman #11, 1963)
- Tsunami (All-Star Squadron #33, 1984)
- O.G.R.E. Agents (Aquaman #301, 1976)
- Marine Marauder (Adventure Comics #449, 1977)
- Charybdis (Aquaman #1, Vol 5.)
- Ocean Master (Aquaman #29, 1966)
- The Shark (
Green Lantern #24, 1963)