HOUSTON, July 8 (UPI) -- African-American activists are demanding that a Wal-Mart store in Houston remove a popular Mexican comic book that they see as insulting and racist.
WOODSTOCK, Ill., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A museum in Illinois dedicated to the comic strip "Dick Tracy" and its creator will close for lack of interest.
PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Police and social agencies in several U.S. communities are using comic books to fight gang violence.
PHOENIX, April 29 (UPI) -- An Arizona man is celebrating a special day to promote comic books as engaging educational tools.
LOS ANGELES, March 1 (UPI) -- The filmmakers behind the horror movie spoof "Scary Movie 3" are taking on the comic book trade with "Comic Book: The Movie."
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- ABC's "Lost" is spawning a book written by a character who died in the show's pilot and was never even seen on screen.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Dick Tracy comic writer and award-winning Chicago Tribune journalist Michael Kilian has died in Washington at age 66.
MEXICO CITY, July 8 (UPI) -- A Mexican publisher is reissuing a controversial comic book about a black character following a recent row over his depiction in a postage stamp.
BOMBAY, June 24 (UPI) -- Spider-man has taken on an Indian persona, including a new name and clothes, for a series of comic books launching in India.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The popular newspaper comic strip Luann, is set to be turned into a half-hour television show.
