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 of a fictional character with this non-detective job, 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 the Golem of Prague, Joe (10[2])takes up this profession (10[1])with his Brooklyn-born (10[1])cousin Sammy (10[1])and creates The (10[1])Escapist in a Michael Chabon (10[1])novel. For 10 points, the protagonists of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay have what profession, shared by the real-life Jack Kirby and Stan Lee? ■END■

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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
JinAh KimJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquizmnemonists10610
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffParden the Interruption1.g4 Test Mixture10610
Raymond WangNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew HessechamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia11010
Tejas Rajebruhboy's jitches (ft. DMA)11310
Alex SchmidtLet's Fighting Loveprotobowling for soup11510
Connor MayersJJarylandThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola11810
Sinecio MoralesSandmännchen im HelikopterNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)12310

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