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(Merged newly-created "comic strips" section with existing "Newspaper Comics" section.)
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* A few members of the Sinestro Corps in ''[[Green Lantern]]'' were named after DC staff members. Bur'Gunza (Eddie Berganza), Schlagg-Man (Adam Schlagman), Scivor (Ethan Van Sciver), and Duel Eknham (Doug Mahnke). Another member, Imecsub, was based off of actor Steve Buscemi.
 
==Comic Strips==
* Mary Jane from ''[[Buster Brown]]'' was named after Richard F. Outcault's daughter and is inspired by her. Miss Outcault would eventually lend her name to a style of strap shoes worn by girls and women.
 
== Fan Works ==
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* ''[[Peanuts]]'' - Charles "Sparky" Schulz named his two characters, Charlie Brown and Linus Van Pelt, after his two co-workers at the correspondence art school he worked at, although Charlie Brown quickly became semi-autobiographical, including references to his (illiterate) father the barber. The unnamed Little Red Haired Girl, whom Charlie Brown could never get the courage to meet, is based on a young woman who rejected Sparky's affection.
* [[Garfield]] is named after Jim Davis' grandfather.
* Mary Jane from ''[[Buster Brown]]'' was named after Richard F. Outcault's daughter and is inspired by her. Miss Outcault would eventually lend her name to a style of strap shoes worn by girls and women.
 
 
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