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Word: gotlib (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Europe they are used mostly for satirical purposes. Only in England does the serious superhero thrive, in incarnations like "Judge Dredd," found in the pages of adult comic weeklies like 2000 A.D. or Warriors. French and Belgian takes on the superhero yield either goofy results, like "Superdupont" by Gotlib and Jacques Lob, or satiric ones, as in the Italian "Ranxerox," a buffed-up, tank-top wearing, green-lipsticked, utterly psychotic superhero who bounces around on all fours with wires trailing out of his head...

Author: By Susannah R. Mandel, | Title: Euro Comix Exhibit Sheds Light on Superiority of the Overseas Genre | 3/20/1997 | See Source »

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