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Ace Kilroy
''Ace Kilroy'' is a serialized adventure webcomic that launched on October 31, 2011. In its first season, it ran in daily black-and-white installments, culminating every week with an extra-long "Color Sunday" that also served as a teaser to the events of the upcoming week. The co-creation of artists Rob Kelly and Dan O'Connor (who met while attending the Joe Kubert School of Graphic Art), ''Ace Kilroy'' features the title character — a World War I veteran turned soldier of fortune — who has to defeat supernatural monsters in order to stop plans of the Nazis. Inspired by mid-20th century comics and monster movies, the webcomic was well received. Synopsis ''Ace Kilroy'' takes place in 1937, following President Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide victory to a second term, as the United States Government is secretly preparing for a war in Europe. Thanks to some surveillance work involving the upcoming war, they discover mythological monsters are potentially real, and that they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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An ace is a playing card, Dice, die or domino with a single Pip (counting), pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit (cards), suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the ace of spades. This embellishment on the ace of spades started when James VI and I, King James VI of Scotland and I of England required an insignia of the printing house to be printed on the ace of spades. This insignia was necessary for identifying the printing house and stamping it as having paid the new stamp tax. Although this requirement was abolished in 1960, the tradition has been kept by many card makers. In other countries the stamp and embellishments are usually found on ace cards; clubs in France, diamonds in Russia, and hearts in Genoa because they have the most blank space. Etymology The word "ace" comes from the Old French word ''as'' (from Latin 'as') meaning 'a unit', from the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
