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because ducks are seen as silly in their looks or behavior. Of the many ducks in fiction, many are cartoon characters, such as Walt Disney's Donald Duck, and Warner Bros.' Daffy Duck. Howard the Duck started as a comic book character in 1973 and was made into a movie in 1986. The 1992 Disney film "The Mighty Ducks", starring Emilio Estevez chose the duck as the mascot for the fictional youth hockey team who are protagonists of the movie, based on the duck being described as a fierce
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shot comic book which (like almost all of the other Amalgam Comics) "falsely" implied that the one-shot was a continuation of multiple other, pre-existing "Lobo The Duck" stories. In the letters page of "Bat-Thing" #1, there was mention of a fictional upcoming 'special issue' featuring Howard the Mxyzptlk, presumably a merging of Howard with Mister Mxyzptlk. An alternate version of Howard the Duck becomes infected with the zombie plague, and eats the brains of the alternate-
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Howard the Duck is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik. Howard the Duck first appeared in "Adventure into Fear" #19 (cover-dated Dec. 1973) and several subsequent series have chronicled the misadventures of the ill-tempered, anthropomorphic "funny animal" trapped on a human-dominated Earth. Echoing this, the most common tagline of his comics reads 'Trapped In a World He Never Made!' Howard's
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Beverly Switzler


Beverly Switzler is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is mostly a companion and sometime girlfriend to Howard the Duck. She was portrayed by Lea Thompson in the 1986 film "Howard the Duck". Switzler first appeared in "Howard the Duck" #1 (Jan. 1976), before going on to appear alongside Howard in most of his appearances, although she did not make very many appearances in comics throughout the eighties. Switzler originally worked as a nude model, until she was hired
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telepathic connection there. I would see something in my mind, and that is what you would draw! I've never had that experience with another artist before or since." Sporting the slogan "Get Down, America!", the All-Night Party was a fictional political party that appeared in Gerber's "Howard the Duck" series during the U.S. Presidential campaign of 1976, and led to Howard the Duck receiving thousands of write-in votes in the actual election. Gerber addressed questions about the campaign in the
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Donald Duck universe


The Donald Duck universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting of stories involving Disney cartoon character Donald Duck, as well as Daisy Duck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Scrooge McDuck, and many other characters. The world is a part of the Mickey Mouse universe, but is more detailed. Life in the Donald Duck universe centers on the city of Duckburg, usually located in the fictional U.S. state of Calisota, analogous to Northern California. The world also incorporates several other real and fictional locations, as well
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Marvel comic character Shang-Chi, Howard was trained in the martial art of Quak-Fu. In the 2001 miniseries, as a mocking gesture toward Disney's mascot Mickey Mouse and as a reference to a previous lawsuit with the company over Howard's similarity to Donald Duck, Howard was turned into various other animals, but primarily appeared in the series as an anthropomorphic mouse. In the Amalgam Comics universe, Howard the Duck is fused with Lobo to become Lobo the Duck. This character is featured in its own one-
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... It's not supposed to be an existential experience". Howard the Duck was portrayed by Ed Gale and voiced by Chip Zien in the 1986 "Howard the Duck" film adaptation, and was later voiced by Seth Green in the films "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2", both set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The character also makes a nonspeaking cameo appearance in "". Howard the Duck was created by writer Steve Gerber and penciler Val Mayerik in "Adventure into
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panel in "Fear" #19, prior to Howard's introduction, depicts Howard or someone like him near an anthropomorphic mouse and an anthropomorphic dog, in a panel about hypothetical other dimensions. Gerber later depicted his character Destroyer Duck as existing in such a world. His antagonists (who usually appear in a single story each) are often parodies of science fiction, fantasy, or horror characters, as well as frequent parodies of political figures and organizations. The chief recurring villain, Lester Verde, better known as Doctor Bong
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Gwenpool


the Black Cat was going to ask for help. Believing (correctly) that Black Cat was going to resort to blackmailing Howard the Duck into helping her, Gwen broke into Howard's office and hid under his desk. Gwenpool then revealed herself after Hardy left, and attempted to assassinate Howard, reasoning that as Howard was a fictional character, he would most likely come back even from death. When she revealed the item she had stolen from Hardy and to whom she had sold it, Howard scolded her and informed her that
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Liz Sagal


You", "Monk" and "Charmed", also serving as executive story editor on the last. She played a part in the film "Howard the Duck", as a member of the fictional band "Cherry Bomb", in conjunction with which she contributed vocals to the songs "Hunger City", "Don't Turn Away (Reprise)", "It Don't Come Cheap" and "Howard the Duck". Sagal and her twin sister also served for a time as the "Doublemint Twins
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", a fictional political party, as their nominee in the Presidential campaign of 1976, and led to Howard the Duck receiving thousands of write-in votes in the actual election. The Gerber-Colan team created Doctor Bong in "Howard the Duck" #15 (Aug. 1977). Gerber later said to Colan: "There really was almost a telepathic connection there. I would see something in my mind, and that is what you would draw! I've never had that experience with another artist before or since
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Doctor Bong


Doctor Bong (Lester Verde) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character possesses an advanced knowledge of genetic engineering, and his bell-shaped helmet can be struck to create a number of effects. He is depicted as an arch-foe of Howard the Duck. Doctor Bong first appeared in "Howard the Duck" #15 (August 1977), and was created by Steve Gerber and Marie Severin. The character's personality was loosely based on journalist Bob Greene. The character
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Howard the Duck (film)


Howard the Duck is a 1986 American comic science fiction film directed by Willard Huyck and starring Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, and Tim Robbins. Based on the Marvel comic book of the same title, the film was produced by Gloria Katz and written by Huyck and Katz, with George Lucas as executive producer. The screenplay was originally intended to be an animated film, but the film adaptation became live-action because of a contractual obligation. Although several TV adaptations of Marvel characters had aired during the preceding 21 years, this
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the time he was approached to discuss the film, Lucas was not yet involved with the project. The film was optioned by Universal Studios after a partnership with Marvel Comics. According to Marvin Antonowsky, "Sidney [Sheinberg] lobbied very hard for "Howard the Duck"", because the studio had passed on previous projects in which Lucas was involved, which had been very successful. Sheinberg denied any involvement in "Howard the Duck", claiming that he never read the screenplay. Huyck and Katz strongly felt that the
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listed the film as one of the costliest box-office flops of all time. "Howard the Duck" was released on VHS and Laserdisc in January 1987. It was released on a Special Edition DVD by Universal Studios Home Entertainment on March 10, 2009. The film was released on Blu-ray for the first time on March 8, 2016. A novelization of "Howard the Duck" was written by former "National Lampoon" editor Ellis Weiner. Despite the negative reaction to the film, the novelization has achieved
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special about him except that he is a duck, and though he has no goals other than seeking comfort and to be left alone, he is often dragged into dangerous adventures simply because he is visibly unusual. His series' tagline, "Trapped in a world he never made", played off the genre trappings of 1950s science fiction. His near-constant companion and occasional girlfriend is former art model and Cleveland native Beverly Switzler. Like Howard, Beverly wants an ordinary life but is frequently singled out for her appearance,
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the other main entrances to Howard are a number of gargoyle-type stone carvings depicting anything from an owl to a student who has just received a less-than-stellar report card. To the west, the archway is adorned with a statue of Saint Timothy. The chapel features a pietà by sculptor Jean de Marco. The current rector is Amanda Springstead. The Duck mascot was chosen after the 1986 film "Howard the Duck" by George Lucas. Although it is one of the smallest dorms on campus, Howard Hall
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adventures are generally social satires, while a few are parodies of genre fiction with a metafictional awareness of the medium. The book is existentialist, and its main joke, according to Gerber, is that there is no joke: "...that life's most serious moments and most incredibly dumb moments are often distinguishable only by a momentary point of view." This is diametrically opposed to screenwriter Gloria Katz, who, in adapting the comic to the screen, declared, "It's a film about a duck from outer space
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Korie Robertson


Korie Howard Robertson (born October 24, 1973) is a reality television star on the A&E show "Duck Dynasty". Robertson is the daughter of John and Chrys Howard, and the daughter-in-law of Phil Robertson, founder of the Duck Commander. Her husband is Willie Robertson. Together, they have six children: John Luke, Sadie, Will, Bella, Rowdy, and Rebecca. Robertson attended Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. In 2014, Harding University declared Willie and Korie Howard Robertson jointly as
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be completed. He greenlit "Out of Africa" which won the best-picture Oscar in 1985. However in September 1986, Price quit Universal in fallout over the notorious flop of "Howard the Duck". In 2014, the "Los Angeles Times" listed "Howard the Duck" as one of the costliest box-office flops of all time. "A duck brought Price down," lamented one producer. Of his time at Universal, one industry insider said "Price had full carte blanche to put anything
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a semi-recurring character over the years, then learns the fictional martial art of "Quack-Fu". Howard then encounters the Winky Man, who is actually the sleepwalking alter-ego of Beverly's artist friend, Paul Same, who would become a series regular and later become the pair's roommate. Howard also briefly becomes a wrestler. Howard and Beverly hit the road, seeking shelter in a gothic mansion where they battle a girl named Patsy and her giant, animated-to-life gingerbread man. They
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their father, Phil. Willie attended Harding University and graduated from NE Louisiana University. In 2014, Harding declared Willie and Korie Howard Robertson jointly as Outstanding Young Alumni. His business degree helped take Duck Commander from a family business to a multimillion-dollar empire. Duck Commander is the company that generated a great portion of the wealth that he has acquired and also generated the interest to start the TV show "Duck Dynasty". In 2006, Robertson started another pursuit, the company Buck Commander. This company has also created
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, "'This is no joke!' There it is. The cosmic giggle. The funniest gag in the universe. That life's most serious moments and most incredibly dumb moments are often distinguishable only by a momentary point of view. Anyone who doesn't believe this probably cannot enjoy reading "Howard the Duck"." However, after shooting was finished, Gerber stated that he felt the film was faithful to both the spirit of the comic book and the characters of Howard and Beverly. An early proposed storyline
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-Gwen" series, a human named Howard T. Duck is the President of the United States. In a parody of the "Spider-Verse" event, Howard and Leo Fitz team up with a group of Howards from across the Multiverse who collectively call themselves the Legion of Howards. Their ranks include: Between June 6, 1977 and October 29, 1978, Howard the Duck appeared in a syndicated daily comic strip that comic strip historian Allan Holtz has described as having low distribution and that was eventually replaced by the "
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Howard the Duck (video game)


Howard the Duck, also known as Howard the Duck: Adventure on Volcano Island, is an action video game released in 1986 by Activision for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Apple II. The game is a tie-in to the film "Howard the Duck" that came out on the same year. The game involves players controlling Howard the Duck to save his best friends, Phil and Beverly. After being parachuted to Volcano Island, Howard needs to find a backpack to proceed with the search. The game consists
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the black-and-white "Howard the Duck" magazine series, writer Bill Mantlo theorized that Howard came from an extra-dimensional planet called Duckworld, a planet similar to Earth where ducks, not apes, had evolved to become the dominant species. In 2001, Gerber dismissed this idea, calling it "very pedestrian" and 'comic-booky' — in the worst sense of the term." Gerber stated that Howard came from an alternate Earth populated by a variety of anthropomorphic animals and not Duckworld. A
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statue remains. Duckburg is the fictional city, located in the fictional U.S. state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck; Scrooge McDuck; Huey, Dewey, and Louie; Daisy Duck and most of their supporting cast. Duckburg was first mentioned in "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" #49 in 1944, and was created by Carl Barks. The city is populated by various anthropomorphized animals, with dogs, different birds (including ducks, geese and chickens) and pigs as the most dominant ones
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Utopia") is a fictional country appearing in several Donald Duck stories. It was created by Carl Barks in the story "A Cold Bargain" from 1957. Brutopia is a hostile country, aiming for world domination. It is clearly a caricature of the Soviet Union. In the Duck universe, Brutopia occasionally attempts to steal Scrooge's money so as to devastate the American economy, and to fund the creation of doomsday weaponry. Its national coat of arms has been shown either as a dagger or the hammer and shackles.
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Man-Thing" #4 and #5 (May and Aug. 1975) and the first two issues of the "Howard the Duck" comic book series (Jan. and March 1976), as well as the anthologies "Chamber of Chills", "Haunt of Horror", and "Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction". He drew covers for the supernatural series "The Tomb of Dracula" and the swamp-monster series "Man-Thing". Also for Marvel, Brunner adapted Robert E. Howard's sword-
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the Duck" can be in my movie." Gale also said he receives more fan mail for his Howard the Duck portrayal than for his Chucky performances, the antagonist in the "Child's Play" horror film series. After the film's release, Huyck and Katz chose to work on more dramatic projects to separate themselves from "Howard the Duck". Katz said Lucas continued to support the film after its failure, because he felt it would later be seen in a better light than it had been at the time
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life form from a distant region of space. When they visit a diner, the creature introduces itself as a "Dark Overlord of the Universe" and demonstrates its developing mental powers by destroying table utensils and condiments. A fight ensues when a group of truckers in the diner begins to insult Howard. Howard is captured and is almost killed by the diner chef, but the Dark Overlord destroys the diner and escapes with Beverly. Howard locates Phil, who is arrested for his presence at the laboratory with no security clearance. After
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, Howard and Beverly get stuck in a warehouse full of anthropomorphic ducks, briefly meeting the Savage Dragon and Destroyer Duck. Parker and Reilly leave the warehouse believing that they have the correct versions of Howard and Beverly with them. However, in the Savage Dragon/Destroyer Duck companion story that takes place simultaneously and that was written by Gerber, it is explained that the version of Howard and Beverly that left the warehouse with Parker and Reilly are simply clones taken by mistake and that the real Howard and Beverly actually left the scene
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Mickey Mouse universe


lives is typically called Mouseton, and is often depicted as the city next to Duckburg, the city in which Donald Duck lives (see Donald Duck universe). According to traditional continuity, both cities are located in the fictional U.S. state of Calisota – analogous to Northern California. The most consistent aspect of the Mickey Mouse universe is the characters. The most well-known include Mickey's girlfriend Minnie, pet dog Pluto, friends Horace Horsecollar, Clarabelle Cow, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck and Goofy, and nemesis Pete.
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Rita (2009 Italian film)


- Artistic Direction 9th Concorto Film Festival | 2010 22 Aug – 29 Aug | Italy Special Jury Mention 8th Imaginaria Film Festival | 2010 24 Aug – 29 Aug | Italy Jury Mention 16th Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy-Lorraine | 2010 3 Sep – 11 Sep | France Best Sound 3rd Festival Internacional Curtametraxes Bueu | 2010 Bueu International Shortfilm Festival 6 Sep – 11 Sep | Spain Best Short Fiction Film 17th Altin Koza Film Festival | 2010 Golden Boll Film Festival 20 Sep – 26 Sep | Turkey Special Jury Mention 7th Filmfest Eberswalde |
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. An alternate version of this team was temporarily summoned to the Marvel Universe by Psycho-Man during the "Fear Itself" storyline to defeat the Fearsome Four of Howard the Duck, She-Hulk, Nighthawk, and Frankenstein's Monster when Psycho-Man sought to turn Man-Thing into a fear bomb, but they were defeated by the use of Howard the Duck's secret weapon. This team has also been shown in various "What If" tales and a "Mini-Marvel" one-shot. A
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book "Howard the Duck", primarily written by Steve Gerber, describing the series as being "very funny" and praising its elements of film noir and absurdism. In 1984, Lucas relinquished his presidency of Lucasfilm to focus on producing films. According to the documentary "A Look Back at Howard the Duck", Huyck, Katz and Lucas began to seriously consider adapting "Howard the Duck" as a film, and met with Gerber to discuss the project. Steve Gerber's account differs slightly; he recalls that at
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though as a beautiful woman rather than a duck. Their only other friends are Paul Same (a painter who briefly became a sleepwalking crime-fighter named the Winky Man) and Winda Wester (a lisping ingénue with psychic powers). Howard has worked with Spider-Man and the Man-Thing on various occasions. Howard found himself on Earth due to a shift in the "Cosmic Axis" from a world similar to Earth, but where there are "more ducks" and "apes don't talk". In
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first highly publicized creator's rights cases in American comics, and attracted support from major industry figures, some of whom created homage/parody stories with Gerber to fund a lawsuit against Marvel; these included "Destroyer Duck" with Jack Kirby. The lawsuit was settled on September 24, 1982, with Gerber acknowledging that his work on the character was done as work-for-hire and that Marvel parent Cadence Industries owned "all right, title and interest" to Howard the Duck and the Howard material he had produced.
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rehearsal and filming. "Howard the Duck" was widely panned by critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 15% based on 48 reviews, with an average rating of 2.55/10, making it the lowest-rated Lucasfilm production. The site's consensus states: "While it has its moments, "Howard the Duck" suffers from an uneven tone and mediocre performances." "Orange Coast" writer Marc Weinberg and Leonard Maltin criticized the decision to shoot the film in live action. Maltin
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a cosmic wormhole along with theoretical physicist Brent Wilcox and they are able to prevent other universes from crowding out Earth-616. During this time, Howard meets a character called the Critic, travels to a dimension known as the Baloneyverse and again battles a group called the Band of the Bland, whom he had previously battled with the Defenders. In an encounter with Peter Parker and Ben Reilly (the then-current Spider-Man), Howard gets a rematch with the Circus of Crime and the Circus is defeated. During the fight
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Clan McDuck


The Clan McDuck is a fictional Scottish clan of cartoon ducks from which Disney character Scrooge McDuck is descended. Within the Donald Duck universe, the clan is related to the American Duck family through the marriage of Hortense McDuck and Quackmore Duck, Donald's parents. Clan McDuck was created by American comic book author Carl Barks, who also created the character of Scrooge McDuck. Barks' 1948 story "The Old Castle's Secret," in which Scrooge and his nephews search for hidden treasure in McDuck Castle, introduced the backstory of
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series from that point on. Howard and Beverly's friend Paul, who had ended up in a coma after he had previously been shot by the Ringmaster, awakens from his coma and is released from the hospital. Beverly's uncle Lee brings everyone back to Cleveland and employs Howard as a cab driver, while Paul, back to being a somnambulist after his release from the hospital, becomes Winda's boyfriend. Howard dons a suit of "Iron Duck" armor made by Claude Starkowitz, a man who has delusions of being
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Ash that is native to the zombie version of the Marvel Universe. He is swiftly slain by the Scarlet Witch and the original Ash Williams of the "Evil Dead" series. In the Marvel Comics 2 universe, Howard is seen as a blindfold-wearing martial arts teacher, a reference harkening back to his mastery of "Quack Fu" in the original 1970s series. In the miniseries "", a billboard advertising for "HDTV" is seen in the first panel, showing Howard. On Earth-65 in the "Spider
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Oregon Ducks men's basketball


The Oregon Ducks men's basketball team is an intercollegiate basketball program that competes in the NCAA Division I and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference, representing the University of Oregon. The Ducks play their home games at Matthew Knight Arena. Oregon, then coached by Howard Hobson, won the first NCAA men's basketball national championship in 1939*. The basketball team has appeared in the NCAA tournament sixteen times and has won the conference championship six times. The University of Oregon men's basketball team played its first season in 1902–03
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to that of a Skrull, could help him defeat Talos. Tara used her powers to impersonate Skrull Emperor Kl'rt (the Super-Skrull), distracting Talos long enough for Howard to snatch the Abundant Glove from his hand. Talos is later apprehended by the Fantastic Four and everything returns to normal. Afterwards, with the help of new arrival Gwenpool, Howard prevented HYDRA from infecting the world with a deadly virus. He also has a crossover event with "The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl". Howard the Duck is shown to be
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University of Notre Dame residence halls


in 1987. The decision was heavily protested by Howard residents, who wore black or white armbands labeling themselves as the "Howard Homeless" to lament the loss of a fraternity-like atmosphere and such Howard traditions as the Howard Hat and Tie Party. The Howard mascot was Word, until 1991 when they voted to change it to the Ducks. Howard Hall is probably best known for its quaint double archway that separates the first floor into two sections and passes under the upper three floors of the hall. Adorning these arches and
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Marine Wing Support Group 47


– 20 Jul 1968 Colonel FOSS, Donald H. 21 Jul 1968 – 28 Feb 1970 Lieutenant Colonel SNIDER, Howard L. 01 Mar 1970 – 11 Sep 1970 Colonel FIEGENER, Kenneth G. 12 Sep 1970 – 31 Dec 1970 Colonel McCABE, Lyle S. 01 Oct 1971 – 06 Oct 1973 Colonel WOOLSEY, Blair D. 07 Oct 1973 – 12 Sep 1975 Colonel SULLIVAN, Eugene G. 15 Sep 1975 – 12 Nov 1977 Colonel ROBSON, Jon R. 13 Nov 1977 – 21 Jun 1980 Colonel HAWES, Richard E. 22 Jun 1980 – 20 Jun
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Key to her Ferrari". 1986: Composed the songs for the George Lucas film "Howard the Duck" and chose the members of the film's fictional band, Cherry Bomb. 1986: Scored the Ken Russell film "Gothic". "The Devil is an Englishman" was a single from "Gothic" featuring Timothy Spall on vocals. The instrumental solo appears on an early demo "Therapy/ Growth". The rhythm and bass track was re-used in "Budapest by Blimp". 1992: Composed and produced
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but Shooter has denied this played any role in choosing to reject the story, insisting that he only took issue with the insults to Mantlo. Gerber brought back Howard in 1989 in "The Sensational She-Hulk" #14–17, again living with Beverly, now working as a rent-a-ninja. How they got back together is never explained and Beverly is not involved in the story in which She-Hulk takes Howard on a trip through several dimensions with a theoretical physicist from Empire State University. Gerber returned to
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Vertigo Winter's Edge" #2. Gerber considered "Leonard" to be the real Howard and Marvel's Howard an empty shell. Despite decades of creative differences and legal battles with Marvel, in 2001, when Marvel launched its MAX imprint of "mature readers" comics, Gerber returned to write the six-issue "Howard the Duck" miniseries illustrated by Phil Winslade and Glenn Fabry. Featuring several familiar "Howard the Duck" characters, the series, like the original one, parodied a wide range of other comics
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related to Tony Stark and dreams of being the personal armorer to Iron Man, and battles Doctor Bong in the final issue of the original 70s "Howard the Duck" series (issue #31). Howard later encounters Dracula and even once returns to Duckworld. At the end of the nine-issue magazine series, Howard leaves Beverly (at her request) and is later offered a genetically-constructed female duck mate, whom he does not take to. On a later occasion, She-Hulk accidentally pulls Howard though
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hold his own against, far larger opponents. He has shown some degree of mystic talent in the past, to the point that Stephen Strange taught some spells to Howard and even offered to train him, but Howard declined. On one occasion, Howard used a suit of powered armor known as the "Iron Duck" armor designed by Claude Starkowitz. Besides its property as body armor, the suit was equipped with foot-mounted leaping coils, a chest-mounted searchlight, and flamethrowers in both arms. Howard the Duck
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University of Notre Dame residence halls


of Pangborn Hall in 1991. It was replaced with a bigger plastic letter. Howard Hall, a female dorm, is located north of South Dining Hall on University of Notre Dame's South Quad, and is immediately surrounded by Badin Hall on the east, Morrissey Manor on the west, and Bond Hall on the north. The coat of arms is based on that of the Howard family adapted to fit Howard Hall, changed to match those of the hall, and the lions were substituted with ducks (the hall mascot)
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of him by creators other than Don Rosa (such as Marco Rota) has been on covers. Arpin is the only present day character that Don Rosa has created for the Duck Universe that has made more than one appearance. His name comes from a spoonerism of Arsène Lupin, a fictional character from novels by Maurice Leblanc. The switcheroo spelling is ironic, partly because Leblanc himself once changed the spelling of the name of a character (who was "visiting", in a way, from the works of another author)
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" (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", Jun. 1969) 8. "Dinosaurs Today" (original title: "Dinosaurs in Today's World") (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", Mar. 1968)br 9. "Mammoths and Mastodons" (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", May 1965)br 10. "Death Comes to the Megafauna" (from "If Worlds of Science Fiction", Sep. 1971)br 11. "Xerxes' Okapi" (original title
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and wearing a Skrull's hand around his neck. He is later seen kicking a Skrull during interrogation after the invasion. Brian Michael Bendis has commented when asked of Howard: "That character has shown up in six issues I've done, and I've never typed the words Howard the Duck." In "Marvel Zombies 5", Howard the Duck of Earth-616 teams up with Machine Man to travel across the multiverse fighting zombies. During the "Fear Itself" storyline, Howard forms a team called the Fearsome Four with
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living in the She-Hulk's apartment building when Patsy Walker moved out. During the "Civil War II" storyline, Howard the Duck is among the building tenants that learn from Patsy Walker what happened to She-Hulk following the fight against Thanos. Howards last name, Duckson, is revealed in "War of the Realms": "War Scrolls" #1. Howard has no superhuman powers, but he is skilled in the martial art known as Quak-Fu, enough to defeat, or at least to
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the Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, at the 40th anniversary dinner of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation Sep 21, 2005 Jorma Ollila, Chairman and CEO, Nokia Acceptance of the Appeal of Conscience Award Jorma Ollila, Chairman and CEO, Nokia Appeal of Conscience Foundation 40th Annual Awards Dinner New York September 21, 2005 Sep 21, 2005 Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Blackstone Group Honorable Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations, at the Appeal of Conscience Foundation 40th Anniversary Dinner September 21, 2005 Sep 20
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Gwenpool


Gwendolyn "Gwen" Poole is a fictional character who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, originating as an amalgam of Gwen Stacy and Deadpool on a variant cover of "Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars" #2, one of twenty variant covers published due to the popularity of Spider-Gwen from June 2015. Marvel initially produced two stories featuring Gwenpool as a character, a backup story in the series "Howard the Duck", and a one-shot "Gwenpool Holiday Special". A retcon in the
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the film "United 93". He is also known for providing the voice of Howard in the film "Howard the Duck". Zien was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated from Whitefish Bay High School and later from the University of Pennsylvania. There, he was the chairman of the Mask and Wig Club, the nation's oldest all-male collegiate musical comedy troupe. Young Zien started in local theatrical productions. One of his early roles was as a child in a production of "South Pacific" at
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comic, Elf with a Gun creates thousands of clones of Howard and Beverly during a fierce battle. As Savage Dragon and Destroyer Duck escape the warehouse, they reveal that they rescued the "real" Howard and Beverly, while Spider-Man left with two of the clones. Howard has his feathers dyed green, and is renamed "Leonard the Duck", and Beverly has her hair dyed black and is renamed "Rhonda Martini". They made just one more appearance afterward, in a single-panel cameo in "
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Val Mayerik


with artist Neal Adams' Continuity Associates studio. In Fall 1978, Mayerik, Howard Chaykin, Walt Simonson, and Jim Starlin formed Upstart Associates, a shared studio space on West 29th Street in New York City. The membership of the studio changed over time. During this time, he drew the first "Howard the Duck Annual" (May 1977) and "Howard the Duck" #22-23 (March–April 1978). He was also an artist on the "Howard the Duck" newspaper comic strip
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jurisdictions. In 2003, South Florida's "CityLink" magazine reported that Oregon education officials said that Bircham was "totally bogus". In July 2007, the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) of Mexico issued a notice stating that degrees lacking RVOE (Official Recognition from the Mexican Government) will not be validated by the SEP. Degrees via online or distance learning issued by foreign institutions like Bircham University will not be recognized by the SEP. In April 2008 the "Nairobi Business Daily" reported that Bircham International University was
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Howard the Duck


is a three-foot-tall anthropomorphic duck. He generally wears a tie and shirt and is almost always found smoking a cigar. Originally, like many cartoon ducks, he wore no pants; Disney threatened legal action due to Howard's resemblance to Donald Duck, and Marvel redesigned that aspect of the character by writing into the script that Howard was the target of anti-nudity protests, and was forced to do business with "Wally Sidney", a failed cartoonist who made his fortune through a chain of conservative clothing
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Golden Duck Award


The Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction were given annually from 1992 to 2017. The awards were presented every year at either Worldcon or the North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC). In 2018 they were replaced by Notable Book Lists of the same names sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA). The Golden Duck Awards were funded by Super-Con-Duck-Tivity, Inc., the sponsor of the U.S. midwest regional science fiction convention DucKon. Winners were selected by a group of
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Beverly Switzler


extent she can fly or what other powers she possesses as she refrains from using them in order to live a normal life. Switzler appears in the poorly received 1986 film adaptation "Howard the Duck", played by Lea Thompson, although this version differs from the comic incarnation of the character as she is a singer. While the film is considered a box office bomb, Thompson's performance was mostly praised. Switzler's fictional band in the film, Cherry Bomb, released several songs on the film's soundtrack produced by Thomas
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Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1853–1856


November 1853; replaced by James McCulloch (non-office-bearing nominee) from 1 August 1854 Annand resigned July 1855; replaced by Thomas Embling, by-election Sep. 1855 Campbell resigned May 1854; replaced by Thomas Howard Fellows, by-election Sep. 1854 Childers was Auditor-General until 5 December 1853 replaced by Edward Grimes from 8 December 1853. Childers was Collector of Customs from 5 December 1853 Cole resigned May 1855; replaced by John King by-election Nov. 1855 Cowie resigned May 1854, replaced by James Harrison
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Society of Experimental Psychologists


conduct plenary sessions in which members can present papers. It holds meetings every spring, scheduled by a member at the host university who serves as the chair of the SEP for that year. The meetings are open to all members and to students and faculty from the host university who are invited by the chair. Membership in the SEP is by invitation only and is considered to be a great honor because it represents significant accomplishment in the field of experimental psychology. The SEP currently admits at least 6 new members annually from among the
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Jim Gary


1985 at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California. This exhibition was also used as the setting for significant portions of the 1986 film, "Howard the Duck", a science fiction comedy produced by George Lucas. In 1993 the award-winning Nicky Silver play, "Pterodactyls", featured Jim Gary sculptures in its sets when it opened in Manhattan. When the state of New Jersey held the gala opening of its first major science museum, the Liberty Science Center, just across the harbor from lower Manhattan
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Marvel Comics


. Once again, Marvel attempted to diversify, and with the updating of the Comics Code published titles themed to horror ("The Tomb of Dracula"), martial arts ("Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu"), sword-and-sorcery ("Conan the Barbarian" in 1970, "Red Sonja"), satire ("Howard the Duck") and science fiction ("", "Killraven" in "Amazing Adventures", "Battlestar Galactica", "Star Trek",
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Frances Sherwood


marriage to Reynold Madoo. Reynold Madoo is from Trinidad and was a student with her at Howard University in the early 1960's. They were married for over 20 years. Sherwood attended Howard University in the early 1960s on an Agnes and Eugene Meyer Scholarship before earning her B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1967. She then pursued graduate study at New York University. She earned an M.A. in creative writing at The Johns Hopkins University in 1975. She continued the study of fiction writing at Stanford University after winning a Stegner Fellowship in 1976
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A Ducking They Did Go


A Ducking They Did Go is the 38th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1939 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959. The Stooges are once again unemployed. After an unsuccessful attempt to steal a watermelon from a deliveryman (Cy Schindell), which lands them in trouble with a cop (William Irving), the boys wind up at the offices of the Canvas Back Duck Club. The
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Mojo (comics)


X-Force, when Domino broke free from his control, and he was revealed as the mastermind behind the agency. Mojo is currently a prisoner of Cable's X-Force team. In the 2016 "Howard the Duck" run, Mojo was revealed to have used footage of Howard's adventure to create a reality show for the Mojoverse. To fill in the gaps on Howard's life, Mojo filmed footage of a small alien in a duck costume interacting with Lea Thompson performing as Beverly Switzler (referencing the 1986 film
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Howard, Wisconsin


commonly referred to as "Duck Creek" because of the Duck Creek waterway winding its way through the village. The Green Bay area was first explored by Europeans in 1634, when Jean Nicolet, a French voyager, arrived in the area. The Town of Howard was established in 1835 and slowly developed along the Duck Creek as a center for mail delivery, farming, quarrying and lumbering. It was named for Brigadier General Benjamin Howard, an officer in the War of 1812. By 1856, a school was operating and the
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Darkhold


Howard the Duck (from the primary Marvel universe) and Jackie Kane (from Earth-483) travel between dimensions collecting samples of the various zombie viruses in order to develop a cure. In this issue, they travel to a universe which contains zombies dubbed "Raimis" (a reference to the "Evil Dead" films directed by Sam Raimi). In this universe, though, the zombies are controlled by the Darkhold rather than by the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, which is how they are controlled in the film series. Carnage
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List of Donald Duck universe characters


, where she appears with her original look. Howard Rockerduck, invented by Don Rosa, is an American businessman and the father of Scrooge's rival John D. Rockerduck. Howard Rockerduck, implied to be much older than Scrooge, was already a millionaire by the time Scrooge was earning his fortune. Unlike his son, who is not above resorting to cheating and even criminal behavior to compete with Scrooge, Howard Rockerduck is an honest and honorable businessman. Howard Rockerduck has made only two major appearances in the comics. His first appearance
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List of Donald Duck universe characters


In this timeline, Howard was only a background character and did not even meet Scrooge. He was traveling on a holiday in Europe, flaunting his riches and trying to flirt with the local ladies, who were not very receptive to this behavior. After an encounter with Magica, who Howard first thought was a normal Scottish lady, but who later even caused Howard's stagecoach to crash in her mad pursuit of Scrooge's famous dime, Howard decided he had had enough of the temper of the Scottish ladies and bought a ticket
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Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2


walls and use his spider-sense to detect hidden objects. The game also features characters from different time periods and realities over the Marvel Universe, which includes Spider-Gwen, a cowboy version of Captain America, a Hulk, and many others. In addition, the game also features variations of sundry characters, like Iron Duck (who is merely Howard the Duck wearing the Iron Man's armor) and Carnom (a fusion of the Venom symbiote and the Carnage symbiote that is exclusive to the game). While some
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Oregon Ducks


Head coach Howard Hobson was hired in 1936 and took the basketball team nicknamed "The Tall Firs" to win the first NCAA Men's Basketball Championship in 1939. The Tall Firs achieved a 29-5 record, capped by a 46-33 victory over Ohio State University in the championship game. in the inaugural year for the event. The Ducks would add only one more shared Pacific Coast Conference title to their two until winning the Pacific-10 Conference title in the 2001-2002 season under head coach Ernie Kent. The Ducks
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Duck Dodgers (TV series)


Duck Dodgers is an American animated television series, based on the 1953 theatrical cartoon short "Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century", produced by Warner Bros. Animation from 2003 to 2005. The series is comic science fiction, featuring the fictional Looney Tunes characters in metafictional roles, with Daffy Duck as the title character. It originally aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang until March 26, 2010. Though primarily based around the original "Duck Dodgers" short (which is set in roughly 2350 AD), the series has also taken
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Fictional universe


and functional concepts, but it comprises only one small island. Later fictional universes, like Robert E. Howard's "Conan the Cimmerian" stories or Lev Grossman's Fillory, are global in scope and some, like "Star Wars", "Honorverse", "BattleTech", or the Lensman series, are galactic or even intergalactic. A fictional universe may even concern itself with more than one interconnected universe through fictional devices such as dreams, "time travel" or "parallel worlds". Such a series of interconnected
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Ian Ousby


, Ousby was awarded the Howard Mumford Jones Prize for the best doctoral thesis of the year. Following graduation, he became an academic, teaching English literature at Durham University and the University of Maryland. An "intense dislike of organisations, as well as strong and divergent specialist interests", resulted in him leaving the University of Maryland in 1983 to become a freelance writer. The subjects of his books ranged from detective fiction, with "Bloodhounds of Heaven: The Detective in English Fiction from Godwin to Doyle" to military history
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Howard the Duck (film)


four), and made about US$15 million domestically compared to its US$37 million budget. Despite the criticism, it has gained a cult following among fans of the comic-book series. 27-year-old Howard the Duck lives on Duckworld, a planet similar to Earth, but inhabited by anthropomorphic ducks and orbited by twin moons. As he is reading the latest issue of "Playduck" magazine, his armchair begins to quake violently and propels him out of his apartment building and into outer space; Howard eventually lands on
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Howard the Duck (film)


of its release. Huyck said he later encountered fans and supporters of the film who felt that it had been unfairly treated by critics. Lea Thompson has stated that she had fun making the film and is happy to find fans "celebrating "Howard the Duck" in all its great silliness and blemishes." Jeffrey Jones also said he is happy with his role in the film. In June 2012, the YouTube series "" featured an episode starring Howard the Duck complaining to Marvel that his movie was not given a special
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Lake Seppings


one hundred different species of birds have been recorded on and about the lake. Wading species are often seen along the margins of the lake such as the Australian white ibis, yellow-billed spoonbill and the white-faced heron. Several species such as the blue-billed duck, musk duck, black swan, hoary-headed grebe, Australian pelican and Eurasian coot can be seen regularly on the surface of the lake. Birds that can be spotted amongst the lake vegetation include spotless crake, masked lapwing, dusky moorhen,
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Great Lumley


parceled out the land to their tenants as freehold estates. The village is the most populous area of the electoral ward of Lumley. This ward also includes Bourmoor parish with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 7,537. John Duck founded Lumley Hospital on Sep 29, 1686 for 12 people aged 60 and over. John Pots and 11 widows were incorporated as "The Brethren and Sisters of the Hospital". John Duck died in 1691, leaving his estates to his wife. She in turn left them to their nephew
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University of Notre Dame residence halls


has a number of signature events throughout the year. Among these events are the Howard Hoedown (a fall dance), an annual bone marrow drive, Dunk-a-Duck (a dunk tank that raises money for melanoma awareness) and Totter for Water (a 24-hour teeter-totter fundraiser designed to help third world countries access clean water). In 2010, Howard Hall was named Women's Hall of the Year by Hall President's Council. In 2012, Howard Hall was awarded the distinction of being Hall of the
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George "Porky" Andrews


George Lloyd "Porky" Andrews (18 September 1917 – 26 May 1999) was a Canadian basketball player and a native of Victoria, British Columbia. He joined the University of Oregon Ducks for the 1939–1940 school year, and became one of the first Canadian players to showcase his talents in the United States. When Andrews joined the team in 1939, the Ducks had just won the first NCAA men's basketball championship, defeating Ohio State 46-33 at Northwestern University. Andrews was coached during all three years by Howard Hobson
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Marjorie Harris


Marjorie Harris (born 15 Sep 1937 as Marjorie Stibbards in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian non-fiction writer who has published numerous books on gardening. In 1959, she graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario with Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Her first marriage was to television producer and musician Barry Harris. Currently, she lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with her second husband, writer Jack Batten. Besides writing 15 books she was a radio host job at CBC radio's "Metro Morning"
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Stanford Exploration Project


The Stanford Exploration Project (SEP) is an industry-funded academic consortium within the Geophysics Department at Stanford University. SEP research has contributed greatly to improving the theory and practice of constructing 3-D and 4-D images of the earth from seismic echo soundings (see: Reflection seismology). The consortium was started in the 1970s by Jon Claerbout and is currently co-directed with Biondo Biondi. SEP pioneered innovations in migration imaging, velocity estimation, dip moveout and slant stack. SEP has recently been involved in 3-D seismic applications such as
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Gwenpool


(December 2015), which was then followed by introducing the character prior to the special with a three-issue backup story in the ongoing volume of Howard the Duck (November 2015-January 2016). After a meeting with White and "Howard the Duck" editor Will Moss, Hastings came out with the idea of a fourth wall-breaking character similar to Deadpool, "but it comes from this place of knowing she is in a comic book because she is from a world where the comic books actually exist", which
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Duck Dodgers (TV series)


many visual and thematic cues from other Looney Tunes shorts unrelated to the Dodgers character and its science fiction premise. Many other familiar characters from the Looney Tunes pantheon are featured in the series, often given traits to fit within "Duck Dodgers"' own universe. For example, Yosemite Sam becomes "K'chutha Sa'am," a parody of Klingons in "Star Trek", Elmer Fudd becomes a parasitic mind-altering alien disease known as "the Fudd" (a combination of the Flood and the Borg), Witch Hazel
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List of Everton F.C. records and statistics


2008–09 David Moyes FA Premier League Manager of the Month Award 1997–98 Jan Howard Kendall 1999-00 Sep Walter Smith 2002–03 Nov David Moyes 2004–05 Sep David Moyes 2005–06 Jan David Moyes 2007–08 Feb David Moyes 2008–09 Feb David Moyes 2009–10 Jan David Moyes 2009–10 Mar David Moyes 2010–11 Oct David Moyes 2012–13 Sep David Moyes 2012–13 Mar David Moyes European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or) 1986 Gary Lineker (2nd) African Footballer of the Year 1996 Daniel Amokachi (3rd) Oceania Player of the Year 2004 Tim Cahill (Winner) Football Writers
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Styles and themes of Robert E. Howard


The distinctive literary styles and themes of Robert E. Howard rely on a combination of many factors. In his fiction, he used devices borrowed from classical and traditional works, as well as formal rhetoric. In his poetry, he used rhythm, stress, and intonation to achieve a sense of motion. Some of his fiction has been described as prose poetry. His works can be distinguished by his use of violence and hate as positive forces in his universe, which can be seen as a part of the American Myth. In
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Radio Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero


Acapulco, Ciudad Altamirano and Taxco. On May 20, 1983, the roving radio station came to an end, with the university broadcasting once more from Chilpancingo — this time, without interference. 1984, however, presented yet another problem to the university radio station: a budget crisis spurred by a suspension of payments from the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP). Workers spent all of 1984 without receiving their salaries, and in January 1985, the university and SEP began negotiating. The federal government required the university to shut
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LGBT themes in comics


", portrayed her as related to both Johnny Blaze and Daniel Ketch, and said that an issue of "Howard the Duck" had shown Jennifer and Doctor Strange as those who initially brought Howard to Earth-616 (no such issue of "Howard the Duck" exists, and Jennifer and Doctor Strange did not meet until "Man-Thing" (vol. 2) #4 (May 1980)), after Howard's series had concluded). In issue #92 (January 1998), he depicted Ketch having a
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Howard Springs Hunting Reserve


(i.e. October to December), but may change from year to year. Hunted species is limited to Grey teal, Hardhead duck, Magpie goose, Maned duck, Pacific black duck, Plumed whistling duck, Pink-eared duck and Wandering whistling duck. Firearms and weapons used for hunting are restricted to lever-action shotguns and bows. The use of lead shot in shotgun cartridges is illegal in the Northern Territory. Research as early as 1991 found that magpie geese in the hunting reserve and nearby sites had toxic lead concentrations
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Creator ownership in comics


some financial remuneration from Superman publisher DC Comics. Marvel Comics had a mixed history of responding to the issue of creator's rights. In 1978, Marvel and Howard the Duck writer Steve Gerber clashed over issues of creative control, and Gerber was abruptly removed from the series. This was the first highly publicized creator's rights case in American comics, and attracted support from major industry figures. Gerber subsequently launched a lengthy legal battle for control of Howard the Duck, culminating in a 1981 lawsuit. In contrast, in 1980 Marvel
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Man-Thing


The Man-Thing (Dr. Theodore "Ted" Sallis) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writers Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, and Gerry Conway and artist Gray Morrow, the character first appeared in "Savage Tales" #1 (May 1971), and went on to be featured in various titles and in his own series, including "Adventure into Fear", which introduced the character Howard the Duck. Steve Gerber's 39-issue run on the series is considered to
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