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Carlson, Gary
Gary S. Carlson is an American comic book writer, editor and publisher, known for his work on his creator-owned comics, such as the 1980s anthology ''Megaton'' and ''Big Bang Comics''. He has also worked on books for Image Comics, such as ''Vanguard'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and '' Supreme'', and on titles for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, such as ''Aquaman'' and ''Nova'', respectively. Career Gary S. Carlson self-published and created the black and white superhero anthology ''Megaton'' in the early 1980s, which introduced many new comic book talents including artists Erik Larsen, Rob Liefeld and Angel Medina (to name a few) as well as featuring the work of Butch Guice, Mike Gustovitch, Sam Grainger, Sam DeLaRosa and the late Gene Day. Carlson co-created Vanguard with comic book artist Erik Larsen. Carlson later wrote ''Vanguard'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and '' Supreme'' for Image Comics. He also co-wrote ''Aquaman'' and ''Nova'' with Erik Larsen. Carlson i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bang Comics
''Big Bang Comics'' is an American comic book anthology series, designed to be an homage to Golden Age and Silver Age comics. Most stories in ''Big Bang Comics'' take place either on "Earth-A," during the 1960s, or on "Earth-B" during the 1940s, featuring characters such as Ultiman, Thunder Girl, and Dr. Weird. ''Big Bang Comics'' first appeared in 1994, with a five-issue limited series (numbered 1–4 and 0), published by Caliber Comics. A second series lasting 35 issues, set in the Image Universe, was published by Image Comics from 1996 to 2001. Publication history Gary Carlson was exposed to Dr. Weird (who originally appeared in the fanzine ''Star-Studded Comics'' #1 in 1963) in one of the character's earliest collected appearances, ''Comic Crusader Storybook'' #1 (Al Greim, 1977), in a story by Howard Keltner and Dennis Fujitake. (''The Comic Crusader Storybook'' was a trade paperback fanzine anthology which included short stories featuring the work of many independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Larsen
Erik J. Larsen (born December 8, 1962) is an American comic book artist, writer, and publisher. He currently acts as the chief financial officer of Image Comics. He gained attention in the early 1990s with his art on Spider-Man series for Marvel Comics. In 1992 he was one of several artists who stopped working for Marvel to found Image Comics, where he launched his superhero series ''Savage Dragon'' – one of the longest running creator-owned superhero comics series – and served for several years as the company's publisher. Early life Larsen was born on December 8, 1962, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has one older brother and two younger sisters. Growing up in Bellingham, Washington, he became interested in comics through his father, a professor of English who read EC Comics, and owned a large collection of ''Captain Marvel Adventures''. Through him, Larsen was exposed to those books and those of Marvel Comics, and began to buy comics in earnest in the mid-1970s. It was Larsen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Editors
a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glossary of comics terminology#Caption, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartoonist, Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; ''Photo comics, fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, Political cartoon, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, Bande d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Comics Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Big Bang Comics Characters
This is a list of major characters appearing in the Big Bang Comics metaverse, which encompasses most fictional characters created for the shared Big Bang universe and those characters owned by Big Bang Comics. Big Bang heroes * The Badge (based on Guardian (DC Comics) and Captain America both created by Simon and Kirby) ** During WWII, he fought the Nazis as the Supreme Allied Commando, later became top agent of B.A.D.G.E., a spin on Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. * The Beacon (based on Green Lantern) ** Beacon (Earth A): Dr Julia Gardner ** Beacon (Earth B): Scott Martin * Blackjack and his Flying Aces (based on Blackhawk) * The Blitz (based on The Flash) ** The Blitz (Earth A): Jimmy Travis ** The Blitz (Earth B): Mack Snelling * Bluebird (appears to be inspired by Black Canary created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino) * Cyclone (based on Kid Flash, the Blitz's sidekick from Earth A) ** Marty Eastman was addicted to the ''Rocket Pills'' that gave him his power. Later bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caliber Comics
Caliber Comics or Caliber Press is an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, Caliber published over 1,300 comics in the decade following its inception and is ranked as one of America's leading independent publishers. Caliber ceased publishing in 2000, but resumed operations in 2015, and continued after Reed died in 2016. History Beginnings Gary Reed, who previously owned a chain of bookstores, began publishing with the release of two titles acquired from Arrow Comics—''Deadworld'' and '' The Realm''. Other initial launches included '' Caliber Presents'', featuring the work of Vince Locke, Mark Bloodworth, Tim Vigil, James O'Barr, and Guy Davis; the first issue of ''Baker Street'', co-created by Reed and Guy Davis; and the initial appearance of O’Barr’s ''The Crow''. Expansion Reed arranged with "Pocket Classics", a series of illustrated books similar in design to Classics Illustrated, to be released to the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Day
Howard Eugene Day (August 13, 1951 – September 23, 1982) was a Canadian comics artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' ''Star Wars'' licensed series and '' Master of Kung Fu''. He was considered a mentor by independent comic writer/artist Dave Sim. Biography Early career Gene Day began his career with Canadian underground and independent comics, for which he published the short-lived title ''Out of the Depths'' in 1974, and collaborated with Dave Sim on ''Oktoberfest Comics'' #1 (Now and Then Publications, 1976). Day also penciled for Skywald Publications' horror comics magazines ''Psycho'' and ''Nightmare'', starting in late 1974, as well as the science fiction-oriented ''Orb''. For Mike Friedrich's early independent-comics company Star Reach, Day variously wrote/drew stories in 1977 and 1978 for the namesake anthology title ''Star Reach'' and its sister magazines ''Imagine'' and ''Quack'', the latter a talking animal comic. Other work includes "Cheating Time!", wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam DeLaRosa
Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictional characters * Sam (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sam (surname), a list of people with the surname ** Cen (surname) (岑), romanized "Sam" in Cantonese ** Shen (surname) (沈), often romanized "Sam" in Cantonese and other languages Religious or legendary figures * Sam (Book of Mormon), elder brother of Nephi * Sām, a Persian mythical folk hero * Sam Ziwa, an uthra (angel or celestial being) in Mandaeism Animals * Sam (army dog) (died 2000) * Sam (horse) (b 1815), British Thoroughbred * Sam (koala) (died 2009), rescued after 2009 bush fires in Victoria, Australia * Sam (orangutan), in the movie ''Dunston Checks In'' * Sam (ugly dog) (1990–2005), voted the world's ugliest do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Grainger
Samuel E. Grainger (June 14, 1930 – July 25, 1990) number 249-34-6798, at the via SortedByName.com. Retrieved on February 12, 2016 Archived from the original on February 12, 2016. Additionally, a Samuel E, Grainger at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Gustovitch
Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documentaries Arts * Mike (miniseries), a 2022 Hulu limited series based on the life of American boxer Mike Tyson * Mike (2022 film), a Malayalam film produced by John Abraham * ''Mike'' (album), an album by Mike Mohede * ''Mike'' (1926 film), an American film * MIKE (musician), American rapper, songwriter and record * ''Mike'' (novel), a 1909 novel by P. G. Wodehouse * "Mike" (song), by Elvana Gjata and Ledri Vula featuring John Shahu * Mike (''Twin Peaks''), a character from ''Twin Peaks'' * "Mike", a song by Xiu Xiu from their 2004 album ''Fabulous Muscles'' Businesses * Mike (cellular network), a defunct Canadian cellular network * Mike and Ike, a candies brand Military * MIKE Force, a unit in the Vietnam War * Ivy Mike, the first te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butch Guice
Jackson "Butch" Guice (born June 27, 1961) is an American comics artist who has worked in the comics industry since the 1980s. Biography Guice was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.. Retrieved March 21, 2008. Growing up in the 1960s, Guice was fond of "the legendary stop-motion animator and filmmaker" Ray Harryhausen, whose influence can be seen in some of Guice's work, most notably the Humanoids project ''Olympus''. 1980s Guice began his career with fanzine work and "designing patches and emblems for a small company in North Carolina." His first credited comics work was penciling and inking the independently published '' The Crusaders'' #1 (November 1982), although he had previously ghosted for Pat Broderick on ''Rom Annual'' #1 (1982). On the strength of his fanzine work, (and, Guice believes, at the behest of ''Rom Annual'' writer Bill Mantlo) Marvel editor Al Milgrom offered him a tryout on the toy-spin-off title ''Micronauts''. Referring to ''Rom Annual'' #1 and ''Micronauts'' # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Medina (artist)
Angel Medina (born March 25, 1964) is an American comic book artist known for his work for various comic book companies, including Megaton Comics, First Comics, Marvel Comics, and Image Comics. Career Medina began his career illustrating such titles as '' Berserker'' and ''Megaton'' at Megaton Comics. He subsequently worked for First Publishing, on such titles as ''Dreadstar'' and '' Hammer Of God'' in the late 1980s, before starting to work for Marvel Comics on ''The Incredible Hulk'', ''Warlock and the Infinity Watch'', ''Blackwulf'', ''Avengers'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' and '' Venom: Dark Origin.'' He then worked for Image Comics, illustrating ''Sam and Twitch'', a spinoff of the title ''Spawn''.Sangiacomo, Michael (Jan. 16, 1999). "Spawn spin-off". ''The Plain Dealer''. Pg. 3E Medina later illustrated ''Spawn'' itself,Szadkowski, Joseph (Nov. 25, 2006). "Plagues pummel Earth, good fights evil in Spawn". ''The Washington Times''. Pg. C9 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
