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Brandon Easton
Brandon M. Easton is a professional writer, screenwriter, and educator based in Los Angeles, California. Easton was born in Baltimore, Maryland and resides in Southern California. Easton is mainly known for his work on the Warner Bros. Animation reboot of the ThunderCats series as well as critical acclaim for his work in the comic book industry. Educational background Easton earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Ithaca College in 1997, Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting from Boston University College of Communication in 2001 and Masters in Secondary Social Studies Education from the City University of New York-Herbert H. Lehman College in New York City in 2005. Easton often credits his time at Ithaca College as a “major transformative moment” in his life and says it gave birth to his writing voice and sociological perspectives. Easton regularly writes and speaks on issues of race in the comic book industry, and has been published in various articles discussing r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WonderCon
WonderCon is an annual comic book, science fiction, and film convention held in the San Francisco Bay Area (1987–2011), then—under the name WonderCon Anaheim—in Anaheim, California (2012–2015, 2017–present), and WonderCon Los Angeles in 2016."WonderCon Moves To Anaheim With Costumed Avengers In Tow," CBS 2 San Francisco (March 17, 2012). The convention returned to the in 2017 after a one-year stint in Los Angeles due to construction at the Anaheim Convention Center. The convention was conceived by retailer [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thundercats (2011 TV Series)
''ThunderCats'' is an animated television series, developed by Ethan Spaulding and Michael Jelenic for Cartoon Network. A reboot of the original 1980s TV series of the same name (which ran from 1985 to 1989), ''ThunderCats'' was produced and developed by American studio Warner Bros. Animation and animated by Japanese studio Studio 4°C, and combined elements of western animation with Japanese anime. The series began with an hour-long premiere on Cartoon Network on July 29, 2011. It is the final animated collaboration of both Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, as Arthur Rankin Jr. died on January 30, 2014, and Jules Bass died on October 25, 2022. Following the destruction of their home, the kingdom of Thundera, the ThunderCats (a group of humanoid felidaes) are forced to roam the planet Third Earth, in order to find a way to defeat the evil sorcerer Mumm-Ra, who plans on taking over the universe. Story-wise the series attempts to take a much darker and more cinematic approach than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unicron
Unicron is a fictional villain from the Transformers media franchise. Designed by Floro Dery, he was introduced in the 1986 animated film '' The Transformers: The Movie'' and has since reappeared in '' Transformers: Armada'', '' Transformers: Energon'', '' Transformers: Cybertron'', '' Transformers: Prime'', '' Transformers: The Last Knight'' and Atari's 2004 ''Transformers'' video game. Unicron is a prodigiously large robot whose scale reaches planetary proportions, and he is also able to transform into a giant planet. Unicron's origin has expanded over the years from simply being a large robot to being a god of chaos who devours realities. He often employs the help of Decepticons in his work, and in some stories is considered part of the origin of the Decepticon forces. Fictional character biography According to the Transformers lore, before the dawn of time, Order and Chaos exist within an extra-dimensional entity known as The One. To explore the fledgling universe, he cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Transformers (IDW Publishing)
''The Transformers'' (later retitled as ''Transformers'') is a comic book line by IDW Publishing based upon Hasbro's Transformers characters and toy line, featuring many writers and artists across multiple series. It is notable for being the longest continuously running ''Transformers'' continuity to date, beginning in October 2005 with '' The Transformers: Infiltration'' and ending in November 2018, after the six-issue ''Unicron'' event comic. The following year, it would be rebooted and succeeded by Transformers (2019 comic book), a new comic book series on 2019. IDW lost the license rights by the end of 2022. Publication history First era Dreamwave Productions shut down on January 4, 2005, and announced they would cease publication of all their comics, leaving ''Transformers: Generation One (Dreamwave), Transformers: Generation One'' and its prequel series, ''Transformers: The War Within'' incomplete. Chris Ryall, editor-in-chief of IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Trek (IDW Publishing)
''Star Trek'' is a comic book series by IDW Publishing, based on the '' Star Trek'' science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. Since 2007, IDW Publishing has released three ''Star Trek'' ongoing series along with many limited series, crossover series and annuals. Publication history 2006–2010 On November 9, 2006, IDW Publishing announced that they had secured the publishing rights to ''Star Trek'' from CBS Consumer Products. IDW's first title, ''Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between'', is a six-issue limited series launched January 2007. ''The Space Between'' is written by David Tischman and drawn by Casey Maloney. This storyline was collected in trade paperback form in September 2007. The second series ''Star Trek: Klingons: Blood Will Tell'', launched in April, focusing on the Klingons' point of view on various episodes from the original series - the first four issues based around "Errand of Mercy", "The Trouble with Tribbles" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolution (IDW Publishing)
''Revolution'' is a 2016 comic book storyline published by IDW Publishing, that ran from September to November 2016. The story involves characters from various Hasbro franchises. Plot Main story Several months after Optimus Prime's controversial annexation of Earth into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds, the political situation remains volatile as humanity struggles to come to terms with the actions of the Transformers, viewing them with distrust. The tensions heighten after Earth's deposits of Ore-13 start to rapidly destabilize, threatening the planet with nuclear annihilation. Believing the Autobots to be responsible, the President of the United States makes the decision to reactivate America's highly trained special mission force G.I. Joe to counterattack. Unbeknownst to the government, G.I. Joe's ranks have been infiltrated by an entirely different race of alien shapeshifters: the evil wizards known as Dire Wraiths – also drawn to Earth's supplies of Ore-13 – in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge Dredd (IDW Publishing)
''Judge Dredd'' is a comic book series by IDW Publishing, based on the character of Judge Dredd from the British comic magazines '' 2000 AD'' and ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. The series is made up of an ongoing series, ''Judge Dredd'', and occasionally a miniseries. There is also a third series, titled ''Judge Dredd - Classics'', which is a republishing, in color, of the original British stories and is not part of the IDW continuity. ''Judge Dredd'' In November 2012, IDW Publishing began the ''Judge Dredd'' monthly series written by Duane Swierczynski and illustrated by Nelson Daniel. The series ended after 30 issues. The series included several long-term plot elements, such as rebelling robots, a Judge serial killer and the moon Titan, where ex-Judges go. ''Judge Dredd – Year One'' The four-issue mini-series ''Judge Dredd – Year One'' began publishing in March 2013, and is set during Dredd's first year as a judge. ''Judge Dredd – Classics'' Starting with a Free Comic Book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Cornette
James Mark "Jim" Cornette (born September 17, 1961) is an American author and podcaster who has previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, promoter, trainer, and occasional professional wrestler. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest managers in wrestling history, due to his mic skills. During his career, he has worked for the Continental Wrestling Association, Mid-South Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation (now called WWE), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (now called Impact Wrestling), and Ring of Honor. From 1991 to 1994, he was the owner and booker of Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and from 1999 to 2005, was the co-owner, head booker, and head trainer of Ohio Valley Wrestling. During the later years of his career, Cornette focused primarily on backstage positions and transitioned away from his role as an on-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasbro Reconstruction
Hasbro Reconstruction was a 2016 comic book launch by IDW Publishing about its line of comic books based on properties of the toy company Hasbro. Since June 2016, this branding converged most of IDW's Hasbro comics into the Hasbro Comic Book Universe, using the end of ''Revolution'' as its launching pod, which then continued with '' First Strike''. For November 2018, IDW concluded the branding. Background The Hasbro Reconstruction branding serves to converge IDW's own versions of ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' into a shared universe of characters from various Hasbro brands, which had started with Simon Furman and E. J. Su's '' The Transformers: Infiltration'' in October 19, 2005. ''Rom'' and ''Micronauts'' reappeared on 2016 after Hasbro regained their comic book rights from Marvel Comics. ''Action Man'' and ''M.A.S.K.'' were the last additions for the event series ''Revolution''. Between 2017 and 2018, the characters of '' Visionaries'' debuted on the aftermath of the event seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André The Giant
André René Roussimoff (; 19 May 1946 – 28 January 1993), better known by his ring name André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. Roussimoff was known for his great size, which was a result of gigantism caused by excess growth hormone. It also led to him being called "The Eighth Wonder of the World". Beginning his career in 1966, Roussimoff relocated to North America in 1971. From 1973 to the mid-1980s, Roussimoff was booked by World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) promoter Vincent J. McMahon as a roving "special attraction" who wrestled for promotions throughout the United States, as well as in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. During the 1980s wrestling boom, Roussimoff became a mainstay of the WWWF (by then renamed the World Wrestling Federation), being paired with the villainous manager Bobby Heenan and feuding with Hulk Hogan. The two headlined WrestleMania III in 1987, and in 1988, he defeated Hogan to win the WWF Championship, his sole wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armada (comics)
Valiant Comics is an American comic books, comic book publisher. The company was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter along with lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky. In 1994, the company was sold to Acclaim Entertainment. The company was restarted as part of Valiant Entertainment by entrepreneurs Dinesh Shamdasani and Jason Kothari in 2005 after Acclaim declared bankruptcy in 2004. Valiant Entertainment launched its publishing division in 2012 as part of an initiative dubbed the "Summer of Valiant", winning Publisher of the Year and being nominated for Book of the Year at the Diamond Gem Awards. Valiant has set sales records, and was the most nominated publisher in comics at the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Harvey Awards, releasing the biggest-selling independent crossover event of the decade with "Book of Death" in 2015. Valiant was acquired by DMG Entertainment in 2018. In 2015, Valiant announced that they had partnered with Sony Pictures Entertain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
