Question

Political symbols in a biography of a character with this job include a “picnic without sandwiches” meaning partial independence. Interviews of that character with this job are interspersed with sections in which Ah Huat joins a bus riot and Sang Kancil opposes Sang Gajah in Bukit Chapalang. A Sonny Liew book that doubles as a history of Singapore is framed as a biography (15[2])of a fictional character with this non-detective job, (15[1])Charlie Chan Hock Chye (“chai”). A man with this job sees a bomb hidden by (*) Carl Ebling while performing magic at a bar mitzvah. After escaping to Lithuania in a coffin with (10[1])the (10[1])Golem (10[1])of Prague, (10[1]-5[1])Joe (10[3])takes up this profession (10[2])with his Brooklyn-born (10[1])cousin Sammy (10[1])and creates The (10[2])Escapist (10[1])in a Michael Chabon (10[1])novel. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, the protagonists of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier (10[1])and Clay have what profession, shared by the real-life (10[1])Jack Kirby and Stan Lee? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: comic book artist [or graphic novelist; or cartoonist; or illustrator; accept author or creator or writer in place of artist or novelist; prompt on author or writer or artist or novelist alone; prompt on magician with “What is his primary profession?”]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y6100%17%17%112.50
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y7100%0%0%113.00
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%110.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y2100%0%0%112.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%50%0%84.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y3100%33%33%108.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sam FooEugene o'NeggingYou, Me and the Big G6215
Nick Jensen>:3BHSU6215
Jason ChengFree-ish AgentsRiley et al.7015
Mitch McCullarNobodaddy but youCharlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline10110
Vincent DuUNC ADuke10210
Ned TagtmeierChicago A Minus MinusNoli Me Tangerine10310
Adam SilvermanLabour's Lost LoversClark B10510
Charles HangOh the MissouriChicago B105-5
Joey GoldmanA VK a Day Keeps the Doctor AwayHeat-Oppressed Brains10610
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffParden the Interruption1.g4 Test Mixture10610
JinAh KimJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquizmnemonists10610
Raymond WangNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew HessechamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia11010
Sean FarrellHouston Junior CollegeWilliams et al.11010
Tejas Rajebruhboy's jitches (ft. DMA)11310
Alex SchmidtLet's Fighting Loveprotobowling for soup11510
Connor MayersJJarylandThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola11810
Michael BucknallUNC HunnyUNC B11810
Juliet MayerTriple Round Robin LoversClark A11910
Sinecio MoralesSandmännchen im HelikopterNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)12310
Michael Hunding2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behindMichigan12410
Milan FernandezCleo: 5/7 movieTunks et al.124-5
Patrick Quionmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)purdoobie brothers13510
Morgan BozemanTunks et al.Cleo: 5/7 movie14410
Henry CafaroChicago BOh the Missouri15010