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"Sinestro Corps War" is an American comic book crossover event published by DC Comics in its Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps titles. Written by Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons and drawn by Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, and Ethan Van Sciver, the 11-part saga was originally published between June and December 2007. In addition to the main storyline, four supplemental "Tales of the Sinestro Corps" one-shot specials and a Blue Beetle tie-in issue were concurrently released.
The story centers around the Green Lanterns of Earth—Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart and Guy Gardner—and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps as they fight an interstellar war against the Sinestro Corps, an army led by the former Green Lantern Sinestro who are armed with yellow power rings and seek a universe ruled through fear. A 1986 Alan Moore "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps" story was the thematic basis of the storyline. Many characters were changed, killed off or re-introduced as a result of the event.
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- December 14: Joe Simon, co-creator with Jack Kirby of Captain America, dies at age 98 after a brief illness. [1]
- October 6: Piet Wijn, Dutch comics author best known for Douwe Dabbert, dies aged 81.[2]
- October 3: final new installment of Cathy, the comic strip by Cathy Guisewite that started in 1976.[3]
- July 27: André Geerts, Belgian comics author best known for Jojo, dies aged 54. [4]
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Anniversaries for January 29
- 1874: birth of Raoul Barré, Canadian pioneering comics artist
- 1972: birth of Brian Wood, American comic book writer known for DMZ
- 1976: birth of Ryan Kelly, American comics artist best known for Local
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From Wikipedia's newest comics articles:
... that Jason Little won two Ignatz Awards in consecutive years for his graphic novel Shutterbug Follies?
... that colorist Josette Baujot, recently deceased, created the distinct color schemes of works in Hergé's Adventures of Tintin series?
... that Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy co-created a comic book series inspired by the lyrics of his band's music?
... that in Bryan Talbot's graphic novel Grandville, France won the Napoleonic Wars, invaded Britain and guillotined the British Royal Family?
... that Life on Another Planet, a graphic novel by Will Eisner, has been called by James Morrow, “a kind of science fictional Bonfire of the Vanities"?
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