Q 779: Blue is the Colour

Pierre Culliford was better known as _____, his Pseudonym. _____ was assumed as his pseudonym based on his English cousin's mispronunciation of "Pierre".

He had a Belgian mother and an English father, and soon got into cartooning, if you can call it that way.
He went on to create a series called Johan and Peewit, which is based in the middle ages, where Johan protects the meek on his trusty horse while Peewit gallops behind on his goat.

But the aforementioned work of genius wasn't what ____ was known for.

__X__ went on to create ___Y___, which shot to fame in damned quick time. A new series altogether was started for __Y__, and, even today, is popular in England, Germany, France, etc,etc.
__Y__ was once in a restaurant, and he momentarily forgot the word for "Salt", __Y__ asked the waiter to pass him the "Schroumpf" in French.
A joke ensued and they talked in "Schroumpf" language for the next two weeks.
The rest is history.

Id X and Y.

Question 775: Certainly no comedian

The book below contaisn the supposed origins of whom?

Question 770: Gun-go Goodies

The name "__X__" is a literary reference to the poem __X__ by Rudyard Kipling. The poem is a rhyming narrative from the point of view of a British soldier, about a native water-bearer (a "bhisti") who saves the soldier's life but dies himself.

This poem is perhaps best known for its often-quoted last stanza:

"Tho' I've belted you and flayed you, By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a better man than I am, __X__!"

Like several Kipling poems, it celebrates the virtues of a non-European while revealing the racism of a colonial infantryman who views people such as the native water-bearer as being of a "lower order". The poem was published as one of the set of martial poems called the Barrack-Room Ballads.

Question 750: Schtroumpf This

First introduced as a series of comic strips by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo (pen name of Pierre Culliford) on October 23, 1958. The original term and the accompanying language came during a meal Peyo was having with his colleague and friend André Franquin at the Belgian Coast. Having momentarily forgotten the word "salt", Peyo asked him (in French) to pass the schtroumpf . Franquin jokingly replied: "Here's the Schtroumpf — when you are done schtroumpfing, schtroumpf it back..." and the two spent the rest of that weekend speaking in "schtroumpf language".The name was later translated into Dutch as __X__ which was adopted in English.

Question 748: Meowrr

Just released sneak peek into the character __X__ from __Y__.

#brownie points for the actress (a personal favourite)

Question 731: Born on a Monday, very angry on a Wednesday

A simple poem collected by James Orchard Halliwell and published in 1842 with the lyrics:

____X_____,

Born on a Monday,

Christened on Tuesday,

Married on Wednesday,

Took ill on Thursday,

Grew worse on Friday,

Died on Saturday,

Buried on Sunday.

This is the end

Of ___X____.

SO ID X & the significance it bears in the comics world

Question 728: Speed of Sound?

Connect the 3 pictures, taken a few creative liberties with them though

Question 725: Glasses make the man

Although having the manners and impressions of (1), the name of (2) and (3) is far more extolled. ID whats being talked about

#brownie points for 1,2, 3.

Question 717: Not a hill to climb any more!

Okay.

Use the two images to connect.

Arrive at something that happened for the first time on this very date, some many decades ago.

Question 711:The best of both worlds?

While our hero, __X__ was training with his father in the Bayankala Mountain Range in some province in China, something rather unexpected happened. __X__ and daddy dearest fell into a cluster of cursed springs. Now the scene with these cursed springs is that whenever someone falls into one of them, they turn into whatever died in the springs long ago whenever they're splashed with cold water. They only way they can return to normal is when they're _______________________.

Now __X__ fell into the spring  of the drowned __Y__ which results in his life changing rather drastically. He initially finds himself in various situations that aren't particularly comfortable, but over time he learns to use this to his advantage and often willfully turns into __Y__ in order to complete certain tasks.

Identify X and Y.

Tell me how they can return to normal.

Question 710: Not quite like OZ

What have I blanked out?

Don't cheat here, pleeease!!

Question 653: Sounds like my kind of spirit

Since Nagaratna stole XKCD from me, i decided to take cyanide and happiness from her.
Just id the blanks

Literally, it is.

Beats going bald

Question 626: Difference between genius and madness is success

The origins of __XY__ in the realm of comics is rather obscure, but its impact can't be ignored.


In the 1933 story The Thing on the Doorstep, Lovecraft described:


"The ancient, mouldering, and subtly fearsome town...witch-cursed, legend-haunted ___X___, whose huddled, sagging gambrel roofs and crumbling Georgian balustrades brood out over the centuries beside the darkly muttering Miskatonic."


___X___ is the home of Miskatonic University, which figures prominently in many of Lovecraft's works. The institution finances the expeditions in both At the Mountains of Madness (1936) and The Shadow Out of Time (1936). Walter Gilman, of The Dreams in the Witch House (1933), attends classes at the university. Other notable institutions in ___X___ are the ___X___ Historical Society and the ___X___ Sanitarium.


___X___'s main newspaper is the ___X___ Advertiser, which has a circulation that reaches as far as Dunwich. In the 1880s, its newspaper is called the ___X___ Gazette.



___X___’s most notable characteristics are its gambrel roofs and the dark legends that have surrounded the city for centuries. The disappearance of children (presumably murdered in ritual sacrifices) at May Eve and other bad doings are accepted as a part of life for the poorer citizens of the city.

The precise location of __X__ is unknown, although it is probably near both Innsmouth and Dunwich. However, it may be surmised from Lovecraft's stories that it is some distance to the north of Boston, probably in Essex County, Massachusetts.The real-life model for __X___ seems to be, in fact, Salem, its reputation for the occult making it appealing to one who dabbles in the weird tale.


__XY___ appears in the short story The Thing on the Doorstep and may have been inspired by the Danvers State ___Y___, aka Danvers State ____, located in Danvers, Massachusetts.

SO:

ID XY

Clue:

Question 620: We B Comics

Webcomic time.

1) ID the comic and fill in the blank.

2) Id the Webcomic (the point of origin is pretty obvious)

Question 618: Meeaooow ;)

So X here is the poster for this particular movie. This movie is um, special for a reason. Gimme the name of the movie and what makes it special.

X

Also, aren't rhymes fun?  

Y 

Also identify this chap Y and tell me why he's in this question.

Question 602 c: : Scassassin

Id X, Y, Z

Marvel's strongest human female, except possibly the __X___, and the wife of the ___Y___. She was created by then Editor-in-Chief Jim SHooter, in the successful company-wide crossover known as ______. An aspiring bully, __Z___ became a significant threat, and the main rival of the __X___. She is also well known for having a long lasting fear of Spider man.

According to writer/editor Chris Priest, Mary MacPherran is a tuckerised version of Mary McPherson, a production assistant at Marvel.

friend of

Question 580: Calibre is all it takes

Fill in the coversation box (it's just one word)
Id the webcomic

Name the creator

What's this particular comic strip referencing?

Question 566 : He keeps invading my space...

Check the answer for the question: Meanwhile, in the legion of doom....
A little surprise left by Pranav
Also, try attempting Question 561
Seems to have gotten lost in the theme
We do have 4 other authors you know.
-Pai.

-x-

The lady ____X____, now infamous for having had a long-standing affair with ___Y____, was the feature of much speculation when a popular international magazine published a series of never-before-seen photographs recently. The series included much of __X's__ life prior to meeting __Y__ (23 years her senior), while modeling for publicity photographs. It also included some very intimate photographs of __Y's__ private life, a perspective that very few could afford until recently.

Mine Bonny lies over the wall

She is also notorious for resorting to several (as many as 4 documented) attempts at suicide (failed, obviously) to maintain __Y's__ undivided attention to her; something he could not afford given his well known proclivities. He kept her hidden from public knowledge, so much so that the public did not know of her until their joint and untimely death. In fact, the only time she made a public appearance with him was as his "secretary", at the House, to her family's utter disappointment. He eventually married her when he was 56, and she was 33, in a hasty civil ceremony; only 40 hours before their deliberate deaths.

She is potrayed as one of the most interesting characters in a graphic comic series by the well-known Osamu Tezuka (of Astroboy fame) in the 1990s, dramatizing __Y's__ life (loosely).

Give me X and Y.

P.S. - sorry about the late answer on Question 551 - check the answer out for a special treat.

Question 561: This is cool-three-syllable-surname, asshole

The comic book character ___X___, primarily created by Moore, was intended to look a whole lot like the singer/actor ___Y___ in the movies Quadrophenia and Brimstone & Treacle. He was such a strikingly amoral and unattached introduction into the continuum that he got a life of his own through a new title series, the longest continuously-running one by the publishing imprint.

I can haz comic-book character??

__X__ is notorious for losing all of his close friends; even acquaintances meet gruesome endings through mere association with him. He is loosely based on Faust (who made the infamous "deal" with the devil), and ___Z___, whose name high"lights" all Halloween celebrations even today.

A personal favorite of many comic enthusiasts, he is part of the most realistic setting in the comic multiverse. Moore even claims to have "met" him in reality, twice. But in the continuum, he is said to be one of the few who portended the Crisis on Infinite Earths. He's worked with many of the occult in the multiverse, including Phantom Stranger and Zatanna; having brushed coats with Batman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern and a whole lot of others.

Oh yea, he's had a movie (thoroughly skewed storyline, they even got the wrong country but still enjoyably made) named after him.

"I'm not crazy, I really met him - he said any c**t could do it"

Give me X for 5 points (Y and Z will fall in immediately, for 2 each). 10 for all 3.

Question 551: Meanwhile, In The Legion Of Doom...

Something happened in/to/on all of these comic books for them to have a common binding context. Give me this specific context. (yes, they're all comics; but that isn't the context!)