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Aliens (Dark Horse Comics Line)
''Aliens'' is a line of several comic books set in the fictional universe of the ''Alien'' films published by Dark Horse Comics from 1988 forward. The stories often feature the company Weyland-Yutani and the United States Colonial Marines. Originally intended as a sequel to James Cameron's 1986 film '' Aliens'', the first mini-series features the characters of Rebecca "Newt" Jorden and Corporal Dwayne Hicks. Later series also included the further adventures of Ellen Ripley, with other stories being unique to the ''Alien'' universe and are often used to explore other aspects of the species, such as their sociology and biology, and also tying into Dark Horse Comics' ''Predator'' and '' Aliens vs. Predator'' lines. Concept The heads of Dark Horse Comics made a decision early on to not publish ongoing or unlimited titles from the license and compose the line as a series of limited series, one-shots and short stories with a main focus on limited series because they believed that i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialogue contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. "Comic Cuts" was a British comic published from 1890 to 1953. It was preceded by "Ally Sloper's Half Holiday" (1884) which is notable for its use of sequential cartoons to unfold narrative. These British comics existed alongside of the popular lurid "Penny dreadfuls" (such as "Spring-heeled Jack"), boys' " Story papers" and the humorous Punch (magazine) which was the first to use the term "cartoon" in its modern sense of a humorous drawing. The interweaving of drawings and the written word had been pioneered by, among others, William Blake (1757 - 1857) in works such as Blake's "The Descent Of Christ" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark A
Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finnish markka ( sv, finsk mark, links=no), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Polish mark ( pl, marka polska, links=no), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany * Lodz Ghetto mark, a special currency for Lodz Ghetto. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Flint
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) * Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Dixon
Charles Dixon (born April 14, 1954) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher and on the DC Comics characters Batman, Nightwing, and Robin in the 1990s and early 2000s. Early life Dixon was born in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Upper Darby, reading comics of all genres. He is a graduate of Upper Darby High School (1972). Career 1980s Chuck Dixon's earliest comics work was writing ''Evangeline'' for Comico Comics in 1984 and then for First Comics. Editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' '' Savage Sword of Conan''. Writing under the name "Charles Dixon", he would eventually take over the lead feature of Conan on a semi-regular basis. He contributed stories to the Hama edited re-boot of ''Savage Tales'' highlighted by a number of western stories illustrated by John Severin. In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing ''Airboy'' which was edited by Timothy Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Stor
Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoeira Della Vedova Júnior, Brazilian footballer In myth * Karl (mythology), in Norse mythology, a son of Rig and considered the progenitor of peasants (churl) * ''Karl'', giant in Icelandic myth, associated with Drangey island Vehicles * Opel Karl, a car * ST ''Karl'', Swedish tugboat requisitioned during the Second World War as ST ''Empire Henchman'' Other uses * Karl, Germany, municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * ''Karl-Gerät'', AKA Mörser Karl, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War * KARL project, an open source knowledge management system * Korean Amateur Radio League, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in South Korea * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Willis
Damon may refer to: Places in the United States * Damon, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Damon, Missouri, a ghost town * Damon, Texas, a census-designated place * Damon, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Lake Damon, Florida * Damon Marsh, Oakland, California * Potsdam Municipal Airport, Potsdam, New York, also known as Damon Field People and fictional characters * Damon (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Damon (surname) Other uses * ''Damon'' (TV series), a sitcom starring Damon Wayans * Damon Records, a record label * ''Damon'' (arachnid), a genus of whip spiders * Damon Prison Al-Dumun was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 30, 1948. It was located 10.5 km southeast of Haifa. History A known cave located in the a ..., an Israeli prison near Haifa See also * Damon House (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Arcudi
John Arcudi is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on '' The Mask'' and '' B.P.R.D.'', and his series '' Major Bummer''. Early life Arcudi grew up in Buffalo, New York. He attended Columbia University as an English major and developed an appreciation for the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and William Faulkner. Career Arcudi worked for Malibu Comics upon its founding in 1986, working on its Eternity line. That same year he started writing for comics, making his first sales to ''Savage Tales'' and '' Savage Sword of Conan'' for Marvel Comics, and becoming a regular contributor to the humor magazine ''Cracked''. Arcudi worked on a number of comic books based on films, including '' RoboCop'', ''Terminator'', ''Predator'', ''Alien'', and '' The Thing''. Two of these graphic works were subsequently adapted as full-length novels published by Bantam Books. Arcudi’s series ''Barb Wire'', featuring bounty hunter and bartendress Barbara Kopetski, was adapted into a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilian Plunkett
Killian or Kilian, as a given name, is an Anglicized version of the Irish name Cillian. The name Cillian was borne by several early Irish saints including missionaries to Artois and Franconia and the author of the life of St Brigid. The name is said to derive from Saint Kilian, an Irish missionary to Germany in the 7th century, who, according to the Acta Sanctorum, was born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland c. 640. He departed for his mission to the continent with 12 apostles from Kilmacologue in the parish of Tuosist, County Kerry, Ireland. In 689 he was martyred in Würzburg, Franconia, Germany, and subsequently became the city's patron saint. The most likely meaning of the name is "little church", a reference to someone prayerful or spiritual, ''cill'' meaning "church" in Gaelic while the suffix "-ín" is used affectionately to indicate a 'pet' or diminutive status. The Rev. Patrick Woulfe wrote that Cillian is the 'pet' diminutive of Ceallach which means "war", "strife" or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Woodring
James William Woodring (born October 11, 1952) is an American cartoonist, fine artist, writer and toy designer. He is best known for the dream-based comics he published in his magazine ''Jim'', and as the creator of the anthropomorphic cartoon character Frank, who has appeared in a number of short comics and graphic novels. Since he was a child, Woodring has experienced hallucinatory "apparitions", which have inspired much of his surreal work. He keeps an "autojournal" of his dreams, some of which have formed the basis of some of his comics. His most famous creation is fictional—the pantomime comics set in the universe he calls the Unifactor, usually featuring Frank. These stories incorporate a highly personal symbolism largely inspired by Woodring's belief in Vedanta from Hindu philosophy. He also does a large amount of surrealist painting, and has been the writer on a number of comics from licensed franchises published by Dark Horse and others. Woodring identified ''Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelley Jones
Kelley Jones (born July 23, 1962) is an American comics artist best known for his work on ''Batman'' with writer Doug Moench and on '' The Sandman'' with writer Neil Gaiman. Early life Kelley Jones was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in Citrus Heights. He began reading comic books when "My brother came home one day, with a stack of comics (from school)...He had in there '' Marvel Collectors' Item Classics'' and ''Marvel's Greatest Comics'', something along those lines, and they were reprints of the '61, '62, '63 period. They knocked me OUT!" In 1979, Jones met artist Marshall Rogers at a San Francisco comics convention. After reviewing Jones' artwork, Rogers praised it and told him "You will make a great Batman artist someday. If you keep doing this, I can see you doing a ''great'' Batman!" Career Kelley Jones entered the comics industry as an inker for Marvel Comics with his first published work appearing in ''Micronauts'' #52 (May 1983). He penciled issue #59 (Aug. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Prosser
Jerry Prosser is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for his work with Dark Horse Comics. Prosser was part of Dark Horse Comics from its early days, and was one of five creators, who as ''Team CGW'' created the Comics' Greatest World line for Dark Horse Comics. Since then, he has written for many Dark Horse titles, and moved into editorial duties, most notably on Frank Miller's ''Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'', and various licensed Aliens and Predator comics. He also penciled part of ''Godzilla'' No. 5, one of Dark Horse's earliest licensed properties, in December 1988. In addition to his work with Dark Horse, Prosser wrote the final ten issues (#80–89) of the Grant Morrison-launched DC/Vertigo series ''Animal Man'' in 1995, and has written comics set in the world of Magic: the Gathering for Armada/Acclaim Comics. Bibliography Writer *''The Mark'' #4–6 (Sep 1988 – Jan 1989) *''Spacehawk'' No. 1 (Nov 1989) *''Mayhem'' #1–4 (Dark Horse, May–Sep 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Simpson (comics)
William "Will" Simpson is a Northern Irish comics artist and film and television storyboard and concept artist. Born in Prehen, County Londonderry,James Meredith"The Art of William Simpson" Culture Northern Ireland, 13 March 2013 he began his career in British comics in the 1980s, drawing "Big Ben" for ''Warrior'' magazine in 1984, ''Transformers'' for Marvel UK, work for '' 2000 AD'', including "Judge Dredd" and "Rogue Trooper", in 1987-91, and "Sex Warrior" for ''Toxic!'' in 1991. This led to work in American comics in the 1990s, including ''Hellblazer'' and '' Vamps'' and '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' for DC Comics. In the 2000s he moved into film and television, providing storyboards and concept art for films like ''24 Hours in London'' (2000), '' Reign of Fire'' (2002), '' Breakfast on Pluto'' (2005) and ''City of Ember'' (2008). From 2011 until 2019 he was a storyboard and concept artist for the HBO TV series '' Game of Thrones'', for which he designed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
