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Arthur Ranson
Arthur James Ranson (born 1939) is an English comic book illustrator, known for his work on ''Look-in'', '' Anderson: Psi Division'', '' Button Man'' and '' Mazeworld''. His work on Cassandra Anderson has been called "photo-realistic". Early life Born in 1939, Ranson's childhood and formative years included access to the influences of art and artists in a mixture of British and American comics, including " heBeano, Knockout, heDandy, Film Fun, Wizard, Hotspur..., The Eagle with Frank Hampson setting new standards. Wayne Boring's Superman, C.C. Beck's Captain Marvel," and others (including, " ter, John Buscema's Silver Surfer and his Conan, Jack Kirby's Thor"). He says that Hampson in particular was an early influence, but that Ranson attended the South West Essex Technical College and School of Art in Walthamstow, Essex, where he studied painting and printmaking. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look-in
''Look-in'' was a children's magazine centred on ITV's television programmes in the United Kingdom, and subtitled "The Junior ''TVTimes''". It ran from 9 January 1971 to 12 March 1994. Briefly in 1985 a BBC-based rival appeared called ''''; another was launched in 1989, '''', which went on to outsell ''Look-in''. Format ''Look-in'' had interviews, crosswords and competitions, and it had pictures and pin-ups ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Buscema
John Buscema (; ; born Giovanni Natale Buscema, December 11, 1927 – January 10, 2002)Social Security Death Index for Buscema, John N., Social Security Number 108-20-9641. was an American comic book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major popular culture, pop-culture Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. His younger brother Sal Buscema is also a comic book artist. Buscema is best known for his run on the series ''The Avengers (comic book), The Avengers'' and ''The Silver Surfer (comic book), Silver Surfer'', and for over 200 stories featuring the sword-and-sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. In addition, he penciller, pencilled at least one issue of nearly every major Marvel title, including long runs on two of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |