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2011 In Comics
This is a list of comics-related events in 2011. It includes any relevant comics-related events, deaths of notable comics-related people, conventions and first issues by title. Events *DC Comics and Archie Comics both drop the Comics Code Authority seal, DC Comics however used a rating system, and Archie Comics did not ever use a rating system. January *January 4: Axel Alonso is named editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, replacing Joe Quesada.Moore, Matt"Marvel Promotes Axel Alonso to Editor-in-Chief" ABC News, January 4, 2011 * January 11: Dutch cartoonist Peter van Straaten wins his fourth ''Inktspotprijs'' (edition 2010) for ''Best Political Cartoon''. * January 13: Tunisian cartoonist Nadia Khiari creates ''Willis the Cat'', who will rise to become a symbol of opposition during the Arab Spring in Tunisia. February * February 24: Scripps Company strikes a distribution deal with Universal Uclick (now known as Andrews McMeel Syndication) for syndication of United Media's 150 comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; ''fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, and ' have become increasingly common, while online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minck Oosterveer
Minck Oosterveer (19 July 1961 – 17 September 2011) was a Dutch cartoonist. Biography Oosterveer was a highly respected cartoonist in the Netherlands and worked on acclaimed series like: Ronson Inc., Zodiak, Nicky Saxx and others. In 2009 he worked with Mark Waid on ''The Unknown'', a 4-issue limited series published by Boom Studios. Minck died of a motorcycle accident when driving home on his motorcycle. There were no other vehicles involved in the accident. Awards He is the winner of the 2011 Stripschapprijs The Stripschapprijs is a Dutch prize awarded to comic creators for their entire body of work. It is awarded annually by the ''Stripschap'', the Dutch Society of comics fans, since 1974. The prize is non-pecuniary, but is considered the most import .... Bibliography European comics * Storm # De Banneling van Thoem (Senario: Willem Ritstier) * Ronson Inc. # De afrekening (Senario: Willem Ritstier) # Goudeerlijk (Senario: Willem Ritstier) * Trunk # De onbekende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jock (cartoonist)
Mark Simpson, known by the pen name Jock, is a Scottish cartoonist, best known for his work in '' 2000 AD'', '' The Losers'', and more recently '' Batman'' and ''Wolverine''. He is also known for '' Wytches'' by Image Comics. Career Comics Jock began his professional career at British comics magazine '' 2000 AD'', on series including ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Lenny Zero'', the latter with writer Andy Diggle. It was with Diggle that he got his big break in the American comic book market at DC Comics and their Vertigo imprint, working on '' The Losers'' and '' Green Arrow: Year One''. Also at Vertigo and with Mike Carey, another former ''2000 AD'' writer, Jock worked on an issue of ''Hellblazer'' and the '' Faker'' limited series, returning the character John Constantine in the graphic novel '' Hellblazer: Pandemonium'' with Jamie Delano. Following his run on ''Green Arrow'' he got more work on main DC universe titles, in particular two storylines on '' Detective Comics'', the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Diggle
Andy Diggle is a British comic book writer and former editor of the weekly anthology series '' 2000 AD''. He is best known for his work on ''Adam Strange'' and ''Green Arrow'' for DC Comics as well as his creator-owned series '' The Losers'' and a run on ''Hellblazer'' for DC's Vertigo imprint, and for his stints on ''Thunderbolts'' and ''Daredevil'' at Marvel. Other credits include '' Gamekeeper'' for Virgin Comics, written by Diggle on the basis of a concept created by Guy Ritchie, a three-year run on Robert Kirkman's ''Thief of Thieves'' at Image, several short arcs written for IDW Publishing's ''Doctor Who'' series and two ''James Bond'' mini-series for Dynamite. Early life Diggle was born in London, England. He became a regular reader of '' 2000 AD'' at the age of ten and started reading American comics after picking up an issue of ''Swamp Thing'' written by Alan Moore. Diggle graduated from De Montfort University with a degree in Media Studies, where he later returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Cornell
Paul Douglas Cornell (born 18 July 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as ''Doctor Who'' fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield. As well as ''Doctor Who'', other British television dramas for which he has written include ''Robin Hood'', '' Primeval'', '' Casualty'', ''Holby City'' and ''Coronation Street''. For US television, he has contributed an episode to the modern-day set Sherlock Holmes series ''Elementary''. Cornell has also written for a number of British comics, as well as Marvel Comics and DC Comics in America, and has had six original novels published in addition to his ''Doctor Who'' fiction. Career Already known in ''Doctor Who'' fan circles, Cornell's professional writing career began in 1990 when he was a winner in a young writers' competition and his entry, ''Kingdom Come'', was produced and screened on BBC Two. Soon after, he wrote '' Timewyrm: Revelation'', a novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Romita Jr
John Salvatore Romita (; born August 17, 1956), known professionally as John Romita Jr., is an American comics artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2010s. He is the son of artist John Romita Sr. Early life John Romita Jr. is the son of Virginia (Bruno) and comic book artist John Romita Sr., one of the signature ''Spider-Man'' artists since the 1960s. He studied advertising art and design at Farmingdale State College in East Farmingdale, New York, graduating in 1976. Career Romita Jr.'s first contribution to Marvel Comics was at the age of 13 with the creation of the Prowler in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #78 (Nov. 1969). Romita Jr. began his career at Marvel UK, doing sketches for covers of reprints. His American debut was with a six-page story entitled "Chaos at the Coffee Bean!" in ''The Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #11 (1977). Romita's early popularity began with his run on ''Iron Man'' with writer David Michelinie and artist Bob La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Gibbons
David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". He was an artist for '' 2000 AD'', for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977. Early life Gibbons was born on 14 April 1949, at Forest Gate Hospital in London, to Chester, a town planner, and Gladys, a secretary. He began reading comic books at the age of seven. A self-taught artist, he illustrated his own comic strips. Gibbons became a building surveyor but eventually entered the UK comics industry as a letterer for IPC Media. He left his surveyor job to focus on his comics career. British comics work Gibbons's earliest published work was in British underground comics, starting with ''The Trials of Nasty Tales'', including the main cover illustration, and continuing in ''cOZmic Comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Quitely
Vincent Patrick Deighan (born 1968), better known by the pen name Frank Quitely, is a Scottish comic book artist. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Grant Morrison on titles such as '' New X-Men'', ''We3'', ''All-Star Superman'', and '' Batman and Robin'', as well as his work with Mark Millar on '' The Authority'' and '' Jupiter's Legacy''. Early life Deighan was raised in Rutherglen, although attended St. Bride's High School in East Kilbride (as his father worked there as a PE teacher). He studied at the Glasgow School of Art but did not complete his course in fine art, drawing and painting. Career Deighan worked up the Scottish underground comics title ''Electric Soup'' in 1990, writing and drawing ''The Greens'', a parody of ''The Broons'' strip published by D. C. Thomson. It was in working on this book that he adopted the pseudonym of Frank Quitely (a spoonerism of "quite frankly"), as he did not want his family to know it was his work, worried that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinil Francis Yu
Leinil Francis Yu (born 1977) is a Filipino comic book artist, who began working for the American market through Wildstorm Productions. Career Leinil Francis Yu was first recognized after winning the '' Wizard''s Drawing Board Contest, his first published work. He was first hired by Whilce Portacio to do some work for Wildstorm and started his comic book artist's career on ''Aster: The Last Celestial Knight'' #3 (with Ronaldo Roxas) in the mid-1990s, but that work fell through. Portacio then passed on samples of Yu's work to Marvel Comics, who subsequently hired him to work on ''Wolverine''. After his run on ''Wolverine'' he moved on to work on Marvel's core ''X-Men'' title in 2000, which was being written by Chris Claremont at the time. Yu continued to work on other Marvel titles such as ''Fantastic Four'', ''Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk'' and '' New Avengers''. He also co-created '' High Roads'' with writer Scott Lobdell at Cliffhanger, and '' Superman: Birthright'' with Mark Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Millar
Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer and television producer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series '' The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written extensively for Marvel Comics, including runs on '' The Ultimates'', which has been called "the comic book of the decade" by ''Time'' magazine and described as a major inspiration for the 2012 film '' The Avengers'' by its screenwriter Zak Penn, ''X-Men'', '' Fantastic Four'' and '' Avengers'' for Marvel's Ultimate imprint, as well as '' Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' and ''Wolverine''. In 2006, Millar wrote the ''Civil War'' mini-series that served as the centrepiece for the eponymous company-wide crossover storyline and later inspired the Marvel Studios film '' Captain America: Civil War''. The "Old Man Logan" storyline, published as part of Millar's run on ''Wolverine'', served as the inspiration for the 2017 film ''Logan''. Millar has wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Orange-Nassau
The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has performed acts of special merits for society.” These are people who deserve appreciation and recognition from society for the special way in which they have carried out their activities. Titles, prefixes, or post-nominals are not used in the Netherlands – the only exception being the Military William Order. History In 1841 William II of the Netherlands, as Grand Duke of Luxembourg, created the Order of the Oak Crown. Although this was officially not a Dutch order, honours were regularly conferred on Dutch people. After the death of William III, Luxembourg, according to the Nassau Family Pact, became the domain of the other branch of the House of Nassau. In the Netherlands the need for a third order, beside the Military William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Lodewijk
Martinus Spyridon Johannes Lodewijk (born 30 April 1939) is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist, and advertising adviser. Martin Lodewijk was born in Rotterdam. He dropped out of high school in 1957, and started drawing cartoons, notably of spacecraft and pirates. In 1959, his first cartoon was published in the newspaper ''Het Parool'', after which he specialized in drawing for commercial advertising. For the weekly comics magazine ''Pep'', he co-created with Jan Kruis the ''Agent 327'' comic in 1966, a feature he ended up writing and drawing for close to fifty years. He provided scripts for other strips, such as Don Lawrence's ''Storm''. After ''Pep'' and ''Sjors'' merged into '' Eppo'', Lodewijk became ''Eppo'''s chief editor. In 1999, Lodewijk published the world's smallest comic book; ''Minimum Bug'' (26 mm by 37 mm). It belongs to the ''Agent 327'' series. From 2004 onward, Lodewijk succeeded Willy Vandersteen and Karel Biddeloo as writer for ''De Rode Ridder'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
