The prelims to the comics quiz I conducted for the Karnataka Quiz Association on 30th Jan, 2011. File uses fonts from Blambot (www.blambot.com) The background images are from Becky Cloonan and Brian Wood's Demo v2, one of the best comics published in 2010, well worth your time. Images are copyright Wood, Cloonan and DC/Vertigo. The Artist's hand is taken from a Brian Bolland Animal Man cover. Image copyright Bolland and DC/Vertigo.

1. The karnataka quiz association presents
GRAPHIC RAMPAGE
The prelims to the 2011 edition
QM: Satyajit chetri

2.  28 questions
 Including a mini-theme.
 Most questions are visuals. But do not
require you to run towards the
ppojectop. If thepe’s any wpitten
information that cannot be understood,
the qm will read it out.

3. 1
 Archie comics is stopping it with comics
shipping from February. DC from April.
Bongo stopped a year ago, and not many
people noticed. Marvel had stopped a
decade ago. What?

4. 2
 Whose self-portrait?

5. 3
 His first name is Remington, and his steady
girlfriend is a fashion model named Judith
Lynne, known better by her nickname, Both
of which wepe taken fpom the cpeatop’s
three daughters. ID Him and the
giplfpiend’s nickname.

6. 4
 Which literary
wopk’s Amap Chitra
katha version? The
english version of
the literary work
was titled ‘the
abbey of bliss’.

7. 5
 What happened 3 days
after this comic came
out, in 1997?

8. 6
 ‘A stpip I would peally like to dpaw’ by a
famous name in a stint in Mad Magazine.
Identify.

9. 7
 X was founded in 1588 as a secret society of
nationalists (hence named after the five islands that
form the country) but were soon co-opted by an
ancient clan called Snakeroot, which serves a
primordial demon called The Beast. Currently heavily
involved in international organized crime and
mercenary activities such as assassination plots.
 Y is a group founded in 1583 founded by two men, who
later had a fall-out with each other. The name came
from the fact that "every journey begins with a single
step". Currently based out the original country and
America, mostly for assassination and security
contracts.

10. 8
 ID characters in the
middle and on the
right.

11. 9
 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu was conceived in
late 1972 when Marvel Comics acquired the
comic book rights to X while they also held
the rights to the Kung Fu television program.
Instead of producing a straight adaptation of
either source, Marvel combined the two.
Shang-Chi was considered to be the son of X,
and some supporting characters, such as
Denis Nayland Smith were creations from X.
Which series?

12. 10
 ID character.

13. 11
 The only EC cover
done by a famous
artist yielded the
highest price paid
for a published
piece of American
comic art -
$380,000. Who’s
the artist, more
known for his
paintings than his
work in comics?

14. 12
 Based on a concept
by?

15. 13
 Which work by Vishwajyoti Ghosh?

16. 14
 This appeared in every example. What is it?

17. 15
 What has been
blanked out?

18. 16
 A panel from a NY times bestseller,
released in 2009. which book?

19. 17
 Album cover by?

20. 18
 Two others came before the three you
see here. One is fairly obvious. Name the
other.

21. MINI THEME
 5 questions
 All involve identifying the titles
 Theme at the end.
 3 bonus points if you crack the theme.
 No need to come running to the screen to
view small print, everything of note has
been removed.

22. 19

23. 20

24. 21

25. 22

26. 23

27. 24
 Theme?

28. 25
 Whose symbol is this?

29. 26
 What was the local name of the weekly
youth supplement to the newspaper "The
Twentieth Centupy“, which was published
from 1928 to 1940?

30. 27
 Who drew this
book cover?

31. 28

32. THE END
 30 seconds to wrap up
.