"military and law enforcement. The phrase in this context was first used in the US Marine Corps, but its origin is disputed: either derived from the Japanese phrase ""riki-tik""[?there is no such phrase and 'tik' does not exist in Japanese], or from Rudyard Kipling's ""Jungle Book"" short story ""Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"", in which the titular character is a quick, snake-slaying mongoose. According to Merriam-Webster, it means ""sweet jazz of a style reminiscent of the 1920s"". Jazz musician Max Kaminsky used the term to refer to the rhythmic style of ""choppy syncopation"" in ragtime music. Ricky-Tick The Ricky-Tick was an influential 1960s rhythm"
"Kati Rekai Kati Rekai, (October 20, 1921 – February 1, 2010) was a Hungarian-Canadian writer/broadcaster, author of a series of travel books for children: ""The Adventures of Mickey, Taggy, Puppo, and Cica and How They Discover Toronto, The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto 200, Ottawa, Montreal, Kingston, Brockville and the Thousand Islands, British Columbia Budapest, Vienna, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Greece"", published in English French, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Chinese and Braille. Puppet shows based on Mickey, Taggy, Puppo and Cica: ""The Great Totem Pole Caper"", ""The Tale of Tutenkhamen"" and ""The Boy Who Forgot"". Organizations with which"
"about music, literature, pioneering and native peoples"". Kati Rekai Kati Rekai, (October 20, 1921 – February 1, 2010) was a Hungarian-Canadian writer/broadcaster, author of a series of travel books for children: ""The Adventures of Mickey, Taggy, Puppo, and Cica and How They Discover Toronto, The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto 200, Ottawa, Montreal, Kingston, Brockville and the Thousand Islands, British Columbia Budapest, Vienna, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Greece"", published in English French, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Chinese and Braille. Puppet shows based on Mickey, Taggy, Puppo and Cica: ""The Great Totem Pole Caper"", ""The Tale of Tutenkhamen"" and"
"Riki-Oh Created by Masahiko Takajo and Tetsuya Saruwatari, the story is about a young man who has learned the art of Qigong from one of Chiang Kai-shek's bodyguards and has become so strong that he can literally punch holes through people and solid objects. It was serialized in ""Business Jump"" from 1987 to 1990 and later published in 12 volumes. Outside Japan, it was translated and published only in Hong Kong by ""Comicsworld"" in nine volumes. The only difference between the two editions, besides the different number of pages in each volume, is the absence of the short stories ""Kirinji"""
"title character in ""Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"". In 1963, Menken formed his own company, Malibu Films, which specialized in educational and industrial films. Shepard Menken died in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Woodland Hills two months after his 77th birthday. Shepard Menken Shepard Menken (November 2, 1921 – January 2, 1999) was an American film, television, voice, radio and character actor. Menken began his career at the age of 11, when he started appearing on children's radio programs. After high school, Menken attended Columbia University, and later studied performing arts at the Neighborhood Playhouse Theatre and the Juilliard School of Music. Menken made"
"Chris Reccardi Christopher Reccardi (born in New York on November 24, 1964) is an American cartoon director, animator, character designer, producer, writer and storyboard artist. He is best known for his work on the Nickelodeon animated series ""The Ren & Stimpy Show"", and storyboarded many shows, including ""Samurai Jack"", ""The Powerpuff Girls"", ""Tiny Toon Adventures"", and had directing duties on ""Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!"" and ""SpongeBob SquarePants"". He was also the supervising producer for the first season of ""Regular Show"" and creative director for the short-lived ""Secret Mountain Fort Awesome"". In 2007, he co-created and developed a pilot"
"Tik-Tok (novel) Tik-Tok is a 1983 science fiction novel by John Sladek. It received a 1983 British Science Fiction Association Award. The title character is an intelligent robot (named after the mechanical man in the Oz books) who originally works as a domestic servant and house-painter. Unlike other robots, whose behavior is constrained by ""asimov circuits""—a reference to Isaac Asimov's fictional Three Laws of Robotics, which require robots to protect and serve humans—Tik-Tok finds that he can do as he pleases, and he secretly commits various hideous crimes for his amusement. After manipulating both robots and humans to cause chaos"
"""Robot fuorilegge"", published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. In 1988 it was translated into the Finnish as ""Tik-Tok"", published by Karisto oy. In 1998 a French translation followed as ""Tik-Tok"" (1998), published by Éditions Denoël. Tik-Tok (novel) Tik-Tok is a 1983 science fiction novel by John Sladek. It received a 1983 British Science Fiction Association Award. The title character is an intelligent robot (named after the mechanical man in the Oz books) who originally works as a domestic servant and house-painter. Unlike other robots, whose behavior is constrained by ""asimov circuits""—a reference to Isaac Asimov's fictional Three Laws of Robotics, which"
"to find his brother, Nachi, and stop his devilish cult following. Media Blasters have acquired the rights to rerelease the two OAVs in the United States on DVD, April 11, 2006, but has since let go of the licenses. Riki-Oh Created by Masahiko Takajo and Tetsuya Saruwatari, the story is about a young man who has learned the art of Qigong from one of Chiang Kai-shek's bodyguards and has become so strong that he can literally punch holes through people and solid objects. It was serialized in ""Business Jump"" from 1987 to 1990 and later published in 12 volumes. Outside"
"Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (also known as Story of Ricky; ) is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts-thriller film written and directed by Lam Nai-Choi, and based on the Japanese manga ""Riki-Oh"" by Masahiko Takajo and Saruwatari Tetsuya. The film stars Fan Siu-wong, Fan Mei-sheng (Siu-wong's real-life father), Ho Ka-kui, Gloria Yip, and Yukari Oshima. Fan Siu-wong plays Ricky Ho Lik Wong (Lik Wong is the character's given name, but the subtitles use the anglicized ""Ricky"") who is a young man who has super-human power and fighting abilities. Yukari Oshima stars as Huang Chung"
"Arlene Mosel Arlene Tichy Mosel (August 27, 1921 – May 1996) was an American children's librarian who wrote the text for two award-winning children's picture books illustrated by Blair Lent, both retelling traditional material. ""Tikki Tikki Tembo"" won the annual Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and Lent won the annual Caldecott Medal for ""The Funny Little Woman"". She was born as Arlene Tichy on August 27, 1921, in Cleveland, Ohio to Edward J. Tichy, an engraver and Marie Fingulin Tichy. She attended Ohio Wesleyan University, where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1942, and later attended Western Reserve"
"Tic-Tac-Terror Tic-Tac-Terror is the 74th title of the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, written by Franklin W. Dixon. It was published by Wanderer Books in 1982. In this book the Frank and Joe Hardy are asked to investigate a mystery involving a world-famous spy from HAVOC, an international network of terrorists, who wants to defect to the U.S. Frank and Joe know the spy as ""Igor”. Also a million-dollar emerald from South America has vanished. Joe and Frank think “Igor” was involved. Their only clue is mysterious symbol in shape of tic-tac-toe. The game lead to a building that is run"
"Dikkie Dik Dikkie Dik is a Dutch series of children's picture books, starring the eponymous red tomcat Dikkie Dik. The books are drawn by author Jet Boeke, and feature short, concise texts by Arthur van Norden. The series started in 1978 as part of the Dutch version of the children's TV show Sesame Street, but soon the stories appeared in book stores. In Sesame Street the stories were reread by Piet Hendriks, with the characters Tommie, Pino and/or Troel listening attentively. In the 1980s the stories in Sesame Street were told by Rudy Kuhn, who had some children surrounding him"
"Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot (series) Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot is a series of children's graphic novels written by Dav Pilkey (best known for his ""Captain Underpants"" books) and first seven books illustrated by Martin Ontiveros and all nine books, including two long-awaited sequels, illustrated by Dan Santat. In each book, Ricky Ricotta, a mouse, with the help of his mighty robot, saves the world from an evil villain. Also, the books each have an alien creature from a different planet in order from closest-to-sun to farthest-from-sun including Earth, as the villain of the first book is from Earth. The reader"
"that this work is ”an homage to libraries, literature, books and reading”. Riiko Sakkinen Riiko Sakkinen (born in 1976, Helsinki) is a visual artist. He currently lives in Pepino, Toledo, Spain. Sakkinen is the founder of Turbo Realism; an art movement that uses critical irony, provocation and intervention as means of addressing sociopolitical and economic issues of the modern capitalist world through visual arts. Turbo Realism aims to pinpoint the irony within commercial and political structures and actions through reconstructing familiar imagery and multilingual vocabulary into a new combination of refined and truthful meaning beyond their original commercial use. The"
"River, and Michael Twaits, 9 July 2009. Rikki Beadle-Blair Richard Barrington ""Rikki"" Beadle-Blair MBE (born July 1961) is a British actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, singer, designer, choreographer, dancer and songwriter of British/West Indian origin. He is the artistic director of multi-media production company Team Angelica. Blair was born in Camberwell and raised in Bermondsey, both in south London, by a single mother, Monica Beadle (who was born in 1944 in Jamaica). She had moved to Britain when she was 12 and was the first black child in her school in Peckham. Rikki was brought up with a brother, Gary Beadle"
"Summer"", illustrated by Jillian Tamaki, was nominated for a 2014 Ignatz Award, and won the 2015 Michael L. Printz Award and a Caldecott Honor from the American Library Association. In 2016 she won the German Rudolph-Dirks-Award in the category Youth Drama / Coming of Age (for ""This One Summer""). Mariko Tamaki Mariko Tamaki (born 1975) is a Canadian artist and writer. She is known for her graphic novels ""Skim"", ""Emiko Superstar,"" and ""This One Summer"", and for several prose works of fiction and non-fiction. In 2016 she began writing for both Marvel and DC Comics. Mariko Tamaki was born in"
"""cute witch"" would jump out. Hayashi said that Tenchi is ""sort of"" based on Mackey, and that after Tenchi and Ryoko, the other girls were designed to be characters to balance the picture in the very early concepts of the series, and that they are original characters. The first OVA was titled ""Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki"" and was created by Masaki Kajishima. The series was divided into 4 OVAs. The fourth OVA released its last episode on September 13, 2017. Hitoshi Okuda wrote two manga series based on the OVA series. The first manga is titled and was published by Kadokawa"
"and Dill in ""To Balderly Go"". In addition to his graphic novel and novel work, Simons also painted backgrounds for animation, including ""Jackie Chan Adventures"" and ""Invaded my personal space"". He painted both issues of Jhonen Vasquez's comic ""I Feel Sick"". Simons also works with his wife, illustrator Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons, writing, co-illustrating, and coloring comics and novels. The two currently produce several webcomics, including ""@Tavicat"" and ""The Trinkkits of the Sad Circus by the Sea"". Rosearik Rikki Simons Rosearik Rikki Allen Simons (born September 8, 1970) is an American voice actor, writer, graphic novelist, and artist, best known as the"
"the imagination of the Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. In October 2006 ""A Trip to Tynemouth"" by Miyazaki was published in Japan. It is based on ""Blackham's Wimpy"", a story first published in Westall's collection ""Break of Dark"". The rival RAF crews in the story fly Vickers Wellington bombers. The nickname comes from J. Wellington Wimpy in the Popeye cartoons. According to WorldCat, participating libraries hold editions of Westall's books in 17 foreign languages. American Library Association 100 Best Books for Young Adults of the Last 25 years American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults Boston Globe–Horn Book Award runners-up"
"Mordecai Richler Mordecai Richler, CC (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer. His best known works are ""The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz"" (1959) and ""Barney's Version"" (1997). His 1970 novel St Urbain's Horseman and 1989 novel ""Solomon Gursky Was Here"" were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He is also well known for the ""Jacob Two-Two"" children's fantasy series. In addition to his fiction, Richler wrote numerous essays about the Jewish community in Canada, and about Canadian and Quebec nationalism. Arriving as immigrants in Canada when English was the country's predominant official language, the Jewish communities"
"Rikki Beadle-Blair Richard Barrington ""Rikki"" Beadle-Blair MBE (born July 1961) is a British actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, singer, designer, choreographer, dancer and songwriter of British/West Indian origin. He is the artistic director of multi-media production company Team Angelica. Blair was born in Camberwell and raised in Bermondsey, both in south London, by a single mother, Monica Beadle (who was born in 1944 in Jamaica). She had moved to Britain when she was 12 and was the first black child in her school in Peckham. Rikki was brought up with a brother, Gary Beadle (also an actor, of Eastenders fame), four"
"original notes for the 1990s crossover. It was later collected in the trade paperback ""Spider-Man: The Real Clone Saga"". Mackie wrote ""The Ravagers"" series for DC Comics in 2012 as part of the ""Second Wave"" of The New 52. Howard Mackie Howard Mackie (born January 22, 1958) is an American comic book editor and writer. He has worked almost exclusively for Marvel Comics and is best known as the co-creator of the Danny Ketch version of the Ghost Rider character. Mackie grew up in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, mostly raised by his mother, as his father having died when he was"
"Dick Bruna Dick Bruna (23 August 1927 – 16 February 2017) was a Dutch author, artist, illustrator and graphic designer. Bruna was best known for his children's books which he authored and illustrated, numbering over 200. His most notable creation was Miffy (""Nijntje"" in the original Dutch), a small rabbit drawn with heavy graphic lines, simple shapes and primary colors. Bruna also created stories for characters such as Lottie, Farmer John, and Hettie Hedgehog. Aside from his prolific catalog of children's books, Bruna also illustrated and designed book covers, posters and promotional materials for his father's publishing company A.W. Bruna"
"book is ""her own retelling"" of it. However, the story is thought to have come from Japan rather than from China. Specifically, it has been suggested that the story originated from the very similar Japanese ""rakugo"" about Jugemu Jugemu Gokō-no surikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kūnerutokoro-ni Sumutokoro Yaburakōji-no burakōji Paipopaipo Paipo-no-shūringan Shūringan-no Gūrindai Gūrindai-no Ponpokopī-no Ponpokonā-no Chōkyūmei-no Chōsuke. In 1924, the National Association of Junior Chautauquas published a book that contained a story by an anonymous author entitled ""Tiki-Tiki-Tembo""; the story concerned a boy ""in old Japan"" named ""Tiki-tiki-tembo-no sa rembo-Hari bari broohski-Peri pen do-Hiki pon pom-Nichi no miano-Dom bori"
"Mariko Tamaki Mariko Tamaki (born 1975) is a Canadian artist and writer. She is known for her graphic novels ""Skim"", ""Emiko Superstar,"" and ""This One Summer"", and for several prose works of fiction and non-fiction. In 2016 she began writing for both Marvel and DC Comics. Mariko Tamaki was born in Toronto, Ontario. She is of mixed Japanese Canadian and Jewish Canadian descent. Mariko attended Havergal College, an all girls' secondary school. She studied English literature at McGill University, graduating in 1994. Tamaki has worked as a writer and performance artist in Toronto, including with Keith Cole's Cheap Queers and"
"Dick Kinney Richard Timothy ""Dick"" Kinney (December 15, 1916 in Utah – March 24, 1985 in Glendale, California) was an American animator and comic book writer. His comic book work was mostly on Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck stories. He was the writer who, along with artist Al Hubbard, created Fethry Duck and Hard Haid Moe. Kinney is the younger brother of fellow Disney animator Jack Kinney. Earlier, as an animation writer, Kinney was part of the story crew on various Disney, Walter Lantz Productions, UPA and Jack Kinney Productions/King Features Syndicate theatrical and TV cartoons. The Lantz cartoon ""Niagara"
"several years but was completed in 2016. Mordecai Richler Mordecai Richler, CC (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer. His best known works are ""The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz"" (1959) and ""Barney's Version"" (1997). His 1970 novel St Urbain's Horseman and 1989 novel ""Solomon Gursky Was Here"" were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He is also well known for the ""Jacob Two-Two"" children's fantasy series. In addition to his fiction, Richler wrote numerous essays about the Jewish community in Canada, and about Canadian and Quebec nationalism. Arriving as immigrants in Canada when English was the"
"Ricki Tarr Ricki Tarr is a fictional character created by John le Carré, and is a major figure in le Carré's ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"". Ricki Tarr was a field agent, a member of ""scalphunters"", a section used when a bit of physical derring-do might be called for by the Circus, based at a fictitious Brixton laundry and jokingly described as ""cosh and carry"" by Smiley. He is sent on a mission to Hong Kong to run the rule over a Russian potential blackmail target who, when he gets there, Tarr realizes is a ""Moscow Centre trained hood"" engaged in"
"on Sesame Street for 10 years. Dikkie Dik Dikkie Dik is a Dutch series of children's picture books, starring the eponymous red tomcat Dikkie Dik. The books are drawn by author Jet Boeke, and feature short, concise texts by Arthur van Norden. The series started in 1978 as part of the Dutch version of the children's TV show Sesame Street, but soon the stories appeared in book stores. In Sesame Street the stories were reread by Piet Hendriks, with the characters Tommie, Pino and/or Troel listening attentively. In the 1980s the stories in Sesame Street were told by Rudy Kuhn,"
"Tikki Tikki Tembo Tikki Tikki Tembo is a 1968 picture book written by Arlene Mosel and illustrated by Blair Lent. The book tells the story of a Chinese boy with a long name who fell into a well. It is a sort of origin myth about why Chinese names are so short today. The book is controversial because it appears to retell a Japanese story and because it does not portray Chinese culture accurately. ""Tikki Tikki Tembo"" is set in ancient China and invents an ancient Chinese custom whereby parents honor their first-born sons with long, elaborate names that everyone"
"Twinkle Khanna Twinkle Khanna (born Tina Jatin Khanna on 29 December 1973) is an Indian author, newspaper columnist, film producer, former film actress and interior designer. Her first book ""Mrs Funnybones"" sold over one hundred thousand copies, making her India's highest-selling female writer of 2015. She repeated the success with her second book, ""The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad"", which also went on to sell over 100,000 copies by August 2017. She won the Crossword Book Award 2016 for Mrs Funnybones. Salaam Noni Appa, a story from the anthology has been adapted into a play directed by Lillette Dubey. She is"
"written and illustrated by Lent include 1987's ""Bayberry Bluff"", ""Molasses Flood"" published in 1992 and his 2000 book ""Ruby and Fred"". Lent also did illustrations for other authors, some of which became his best-known works, such as the 1964 book ""The Wave"" by Margaret Hodges that adapted a story by Lafcadio Hearn, Arlene Mosel's 1968 Chinese folk tale ""Tikki Tikki Tembo"", the 1968 book ""Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky"" based on an African folk tale as told by Elphinstone Dayrell, a 1968 retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's ""The Little Match Girl"" and Mosel's 1973 retelling"