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AfterShock Comics
AfterShock Comics is an American comic book publisher founded in April 2015. AfterShock is described as a "hybrid comic book company combining the creative edge of an independent comic book publisher with the strengths and experience of a traditional powerhouse." Senior executives include Jawad Qureshi. In December 2022, AfterShock Comics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. History The company was co-founded by Joe Pruett, editor of the noted comic anthology ''Negative Burn'' and Mike Marts, the former executive editor in charge of Marvel Comics' X-Men franchise and DC Comics' Batman franchise. Other co-founders include Lee Kramer, Jon Kramer, and Michael Richter. Other senior executives include Jawad Qureshi. AfterShock's published works are creator-owned and its portfolio includes comics by Cullen Bunn, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, and Marguerite Bennett, among others. AfterShock Comics won the New Publisher of the Year Diamond Gem Award in 2017. The label attracted attention i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Pruett
Joe Pruett (January 8, 1966) is an People of the United States, American comic book writer, editor, and publisher. Biography Pruett broke into the industry during the year of 1989 as Bob Burden's assistant on Flaming Carrot Comics, where he inked backgrounds, assisted on lettering, and transcribed scripts. He worked with Burden from issues #23-29. In 1992 Joe joined Gary Reed (comics), Gary Reed's Caliber Comics where he served through 1998 as a writer, an editor, and a creative director. While at Caliber, Joe's anthology title, ''Negative Burn'', was nominated for numerous Harvey Award, Harvey and Eisner Award, Eisner awards. In 1998 he left Caliber to become a freelance writer and became a regular contributor to Marvel Comics, Marvel's X-Men books. In particular he wrote ''Cable (comics), Cable'' during the storylines "Apocalypse: The Twelve" and "Ages of Apocalypse". Pruett formed Desperado Publishing in the summer of 2004 and brought back the second series of ''Negative Burn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite Bennett
Marguerite Bennett (born 1988) is an American comic book writer. She has worked on '' Bombshells'', '' Angela'', ''Josie and the Pussycats'', and her creator-owned books ''InSeXts'' and ''Animosity''. Her work has been recognised for her depiction of female relationships, and her representation of LGBTQ stories and characters earned nominations for a GLAAD Media Award in 2016 and 2017. Biography Marguerite Bennett was born October 21, 1988 in Virginia, and graduated Maggie L. Walker Governor's School in 2006, the University of Mary Washington in 2010, and Sarah Lawrence College, completing a two-year MFA writing program, where her work included working on prose, including children's literature and horror and left with a "couple of finished novels and a collection of short stories". Her first exposure to comics was through '' Batman: The Animated Series'' which she saw in daycare, aged around 6, and recalls it had a 1930s feel with Batman looking like a villain who "had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Kieth
Sam Kieth (born January 11, 1963) is an American comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''The Maxx'' and ''Zero Girl''. Career Comics Kieth's first published work was "a story in the back of a Comico comic" when he was "about seventeen"; it was "about a killer rabbit named Max the Hare".'' Wizard: The Guide to Comics'' #2, October 1991; "Future Stars"; p. 121 He came to prominence in 1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner's ''Mage'', and a year later as the inker of ''Fish Police''. In 1989, he penciled the first five issues (the " Preludes & Nocturnes" story arc) of writer Neil Gaiman's celebrated series '' The Sandman'' and collaborated with Alan Grant on a Penguin story in ''Secret Origins Special'' #1. He illustrated two volumes of writer William Messner-Loebs' ''Epicurus the Sage'', drew an ''Aliens'' miniseries for Dark Horse Comics, and drew ''The Incredible Hulk'' #368, which led to drawing numerous covers for ''Marvel Comics Presents''. In 1993, Kieth left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Layman
John Steele Layman (born August 2, 1969) is an American comic book writer and letterer. Layman is most known for writing ''Chew'', published by Image Comics. Career Once an editor for Wildstorm, a branch of DC Comics, Layman turned to writing comics full-time in 2002, mainly for Marvel Comics. He also worked on several comic books based on licensed properties, such as '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' and '' ThunderCats'', as well as crossovers like ''Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness''. From 2007–2010 he worked as a writer for Cryptic Studios, a video game developer in Los Gatos, California. Layman has written a number of creator-owned titles at Image Comics, such as the graphic novel '' Puffed'', and ''Chew'', with artist Rob Guillory. ''Chew'' has gone on to achieve much success, being nominated for two Harvey Awards, two Eagle Awards, and winning an Eisner Award for Best New Series in 2010. In April 2022, Layman was reported among the more than three dozen comics creato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Waid
Mark Waid (; born March 21, 1962) is an American comic book writer best known for his work on DC Comics titles ''The Flash'', '' Kingdom Come'' and '' Superman: Birthright'' as well as his work on ''Captain America'', ''Fantastic Four'' and '' Daredevil'' for Marvel. From August 2007 to December 2010, Waid served as Editor-in-Chief and later Chief Creative Officer of Boom! Studios, where he also published his creator-owned series ''Irredeemable'' and ''Incorruptible''. In October 2018, Waid joined Humanoids Publishing as Director of Creative Development before being promoted to Publisher in February 2020. In addition to that, Waid has written for a variety of comics publishers, including Fantagraphics, Event, Top Cow, Dynamite and Archie Comics. Early life Waid was born in Hueytown, Alabama. He has stated that his comics work was heavily influenced by '' Adventure Comics'' #369–370 (1968), the two-part "Legion of Super-Heroes" story by Jim Shooter and Mort Weisinger that introd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Seeley
Tim Seeley is an American comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as '' Grayson'', '' Nightwing'', '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''G.I. Joe vs. Transformers'' and ''New Exiles''. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles '' Hack/Slash'' and '' Revival''. Career Seeley has illustrated a variety of comics, including ''Kore'', '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''G.I. Joe vs. Transformers'', and '' Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy''. Seeley is also the author of the comic '' Hack/Slash'' series, and will participate in the production of the ''Hack/Slash'' feature film. It was due to be released by Universal Pictures in 2009. His Image Comics series, '' Loaded Bible'', gained a great deal of attention for its political theme of Jesus vs. Vampires in a post-apocalyptic Christian-run society. Seeley's webcomic ''Colt Noble and the Megalords'' debuted on Nerd City Online on August 3, 2009. He is currently writing ''Wild Game'', a comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Azzarello
Brian Azzarello (born August 11, 1962 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer and screenwriter who first came to prominence with the hardboiled crime series ''100 Bullets'', published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo. Azzarello is best known for his numerous collaborations with artists Eduardo Risso (''100 Bullets'', " Batman: Broken City", '' Spaceman'', '' Moonshine'') and Lee Bermejo ('' Batman/Deathblow'', '' Luthor'', '' Joker'', '' Batman: Damned''), his contributions to the ''Watchmen'' prequel project ''Before Watchmen'' and '' The Dark Knight Returns'' sequel series '' DK III: The Master Race'', as well as for his stints on the long-running Vertigo series ''Hellblazer'' and The New 52 relaunch of the ''Wonder Woman'' title. Early life Azzarello grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where his mother managed a restaurant and his father was a salesman. As a child, he read monster and war comic books, but avoided the superhero genre. He attended the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Olliffe
Patrick Olliffe is an American comic book artist and penciller. His most notable clients include Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Disney Publishing Worldwide, Disney Publishing, and AfterShock Comics, Aftershock Comics. Career Olliffe is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on ''Untold Tales of Spider-Man'' (1995) and ''Spider-Girl (Mayday Parker), Spider-Girl'' (1998). He is also a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits include Spider-Girl (Mayday Parker), Spider-Girl Volume 8: Duty Calls Digest (Spider-Girl), Spider-Man: Saga of the Sandman, JSA Classified: Honor Among Thieves, and Avengers: Galactic Storm, Vol. 2. Other titles he has worked on include ''Excalibur (comics), New Excalibur'' (2007), ''Last Planet Standing'' (2006), ''Last Hero Standing'' (2005), ''Nomad (comics), Nomad'' (1992), ''Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor'' (1991) and ''Adam Warlock, Warlock and the Infinity Watch'' (1994). At DC Comics, he wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Glass
Adam Glass (born August 12, 1968 in Decatur, Georgia) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer best known for his work on the TV series ''Supernatural,'' ''Cold Case'' and ''Criminal Minds''. As a comic writer, he wrote such titles as ''Deadpool'' and ''Luke Cage'' for Marvel Comics, and wrote "The New 52" phase of ''Suicide Squad'' in DC Comics. His work ''Rough Riders'' was published in 2016 by AfterShock. Filmography * '' Blue Collar TV'' writer and supervising producer (2004–2005) * '' The Cleaner'' writer and consulting producer (2008–2009) * ''Cold Case'' writer and producer (2009–2010) * ''Supernatural'' writer and executive producer (2010–2015) * '' Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders'' writer and executive producer (2016–2017) * '' In From the Cold'' writer and executive producer (2022) Bibliography Marvel * ''Luke Cage Noir'' #2-4 (2009) * ''Deadpool: Suicide Kings'' #3-5 (2009) * '' Deadpool Pulp'' #2-4 (2010) * '' Deadpool T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transgender
A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through transitioning, often adopting a different name and set of pronouns in the process. Additionally, they may undergo sex reassignment therapies such as hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery to more closely align their primary and secondary sex characteristics with their gender identity. Not all transgender people desire these treatments, however, and others may be unable to access them for financial or medical reasons. Those who do desire to medically transition to another sex may identify as transsexual. ''Transgender'' is an umbrella term. In addition to trans men and trans women, it may also include people who are non-binary or genderqueer. Other definitions of ''transgender'' also include people who belong to a third gender, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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