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Comicraft
Comicraft is a company which provides graphic design and lettering services to various (primarily comic book) companies. History The company was founded by Richard Starkings in 1992. Starkings had been working for Marvel UK for five years, but left London for New York, circa 1990.Starkings, Richard"The Secret Origin of ''Comicraft''" Part 1 Accessed February 10, 2008 Lettering large numbers of pages overnight for Marvel editor Gregory Wright, Starkings decided to move away from the New York Marvel offices to California, partly hoping that the increased distance would mean increased deadlines. A year later, Starkings (now based in Los Angeles) was asked to letter issues of Marvel's premier title ''Uncanny X-Men''. Unable to meet the deadlines of then-editor Bob Harras, he considered faster methods of lettering, and turned to computers.Starkings, Richard"The Secret Origin of ''Comicraft''" Part 2 Accessed February 10, 2008 Digitizing his lettering in readiness, and joining with d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Starkings
Richard Starkings (born 27 January 1962) is a British font designer and comic book letterer, editor and writer. He was one of the early pioneers of computer-based comic-book lettering, and is one of the most prolific creators in that industry. Career Starkings' lettering style was originally inspired by British comic strip letterers Bill Nuttall and Tom Frame. Starkings' UK career began with lettering jobs in '' 2000 ADs ''Future Shocks'' and various strips in ''Warrior''. From there he moved to Marvel UK where he lettered Zoids in ''Spider-Man Weekly'' and ''Transformers'' before becoming an editor for the company in the late 1980s. Titles he edited included ''Death's Head'' and '' Dragon's Claws''. However, by the beginning of the 1990s he devoted himself exclusively to lettering, finding work in the much larger comic-book industry in the United States. His work in the Whoniverse has been mostly confined to two periods. He was variously a writer, editor and letterer during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letterer
A letterer is a member of a team of comic book creators responsible for drawing the comic book's text. The letterer's use of typefaces, calligraphy, letter size, and layout all contribute to the impact of the comic. The letterer crafts the comic's "display lettering": the story title lettering and other special captions and credits that usually appear on a story's first page. The letterer also writes the letters in the word balloons and draws in sound effects. Many letterers also design logos for the comic book company's various titles. History Origins By the time comic books came of age in the 1940s, the huge volume of work demanded by publishers had encouraged an assembly-line process, dividing the creative process into distinct tasks: writer, penciller, letterer, inker, and colorist. By the late 1940s, it became possible to make a living just lettering comic strips and comic books for artists, studios, and companies that didn't have the time or desire to do it in-hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Active Images
Richard Starkings (born 27 January 1962) is a British font designer and comic book letterer, editor and writer. He was one of the early pioneers of computer-based comic-book lettering, and is one of the most prolific creators in that industry. Career Starkings' lettering style was originally inspired by British comic strip letterers Bill Nuttall and Tom Frame. Starkings' UK career began with lettering jobs in '' 2000 ADs '' Future Shocks'' and various strips in ''Warrior''. From there he moved to Marvel UK where he lettered Zoids in '' Spider-Man Weekly'' and ''Transformers'' before becoming an editor for the company in the late 1980s. Titles he edited included ''Death's Head'' and '' Dragon's Claws''. However, by the beginning of the 1990s he devoted himself exclusively to lettering, finding work in the much larger comic-book industry in the United States. His work in the Whoniverse has been mostly confined to two periods. He was variously a writer, editor and letterer duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Flask (comics)
Hieronymous "Hip" Flask is a fictional anthropomorphic hippopotamus who appears in comic books published by Active Images and Image Comics. He was created by Richard Starkings. Overview The character of Hip Flask first appeared in a number of advertisements for Comicraft comic book fonts in the late 1990s in which he was originally depicted as a private detective (this has since changed in the pages of his own comics). The character was created by Starkings when he failed to receive authorization from Marvel or DC Comics to use their characters in his Comicraft ads. He later graduated to his own series of one-shots by writers Richard Starkings, Joe Casey and artist Ladrönn. His strip adventures have placed him firmly in the science fiction genre, in a dystopian future (2262). Much of the imagery of Hip Flask's world is reminiscent of the movie ''Blade Runner'', especially as both are set in Los Angeles. The comics have been published once every one or two years, with three iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvels
''Marvels'' is a four-issue miniseries comic book written by Kurt Busiek, painted by Alex Ross and edited by Marcus McLaurin. It was published by Marvel Comics in 1994. Set in the 1939 to 1974 time period, the series examines the Marvel Universe, the collective setting of most of Marvel's superhero series, from the perspective of an Everyman character, news photographer Phil Sheldon. The street-level series portrayed ordinary life in a world full of costumed superhumans, with each issue featuring events well known to readers of Marvel comics, as well as a variety of minute details and a retelling of the most famous events in the Marvel universe. ''Marvels'' won multiple awards and established the careers of Busiek and Ross, who would both return to the "everyday life in a superhero universe" theme in the Image Comics (later Homage Comics and currently DC Comics) series, ''Astro City''. Warren Ellis's ''Ruins'' returned to this theme in 1995 with a twisted story of an alter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Klein
Todd Klein (born January 28, 1951) is an American comic book letterer, logo designer, and occasional writer, primarily for DC Comics. Biography Early career Todd Klein broke into comics in the summer of 1977, hired by DC Comics as a staff production worker. This job entailed pasting together text pages (such as letter columns), putting logos, display lettering, and type on covers, and doing art and lettering corrections on comics pages. Other staffers included colorists Bob LeRose and Anthony Tollin, writer Bob Rozakis, inker Steve Mitchell, and letterer John Workman. Over the next months and years, Klein tried his hand at all those things, but found lettering suited him best. Workman helped Klein get started with the basic tools and techniques, and Klein studied the work of Gaspar Saladino, Workman, Ben Oda, and John Costanza; as well as Marvel Comics letterers Tom Orzechowski, Jim Novak, and Joe Rosen. Klein landed his first freelance lettering job in the fall of 1977, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Wright (comics)
Gregory Wright (born December 22) is an American comic book editor, writer, and colorist known for his work on such Marvel Comics characters as Spider-Man, the Defenders, the Fantastic Four, Deathlok, and Silver Sable, and such DC Comics characters as Superman and Batman. Biography Wright grew up in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and went to film school in New York.Wright, Gregory"Mark's Remarks,"''West Coast Avengers'' #18 (March 1987). In 1986, thanks to the recommendation of his good friend (and fellow aspiring filmmaker) D.G. Chichester,Mithra, Kuljit"Interview with Gregory Wright,"ManWithoutFear.com (March 1998). and while "editing two films and attempting four separate screenplays," Wright was hired as a secretary for the Marvel imprint Epic Comics. After working with Epic for six months, Wright was hired as Marvel editor Mark Gruenwald's assistant editor. Since then, Wright has worked primarily as a freelance writer and colorist. Some of the titles he has written for includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Ross
Nelson Alexander Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an American comic book writer and artist known primarily for his painted interiors, covers, and design work. He first became known with the 1994 miniseries ''Marvels'', on which he collaborated with writer Kurt Busiek for Marvel Comics. He has since done a variety of projects for both Marvel and DC Comics, such as the 1996 miniseries '' Kingdom Come'', which Ross co-wrote. Since then he has done covers and character designs for Busiek's series ''Astro City'', and various projects for Dynamite Entertainment. His feature film work includes concept and narrative art for '' Spider-Man'' and ''Spider-Man 2'', and DVD packaging art for the M. Night Shyamalan film ''Unbreakable''. He has done covers for ''TV Guide'', promotional artwork for the Academy Awards, posters and packaging design for video games, and his renditions of superheroes have been merchandised as action figures. Ross's style, which usually employs a combination of gouac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elephantmen
''Elephantmen'' is an American ongoing monthly comic book published by Image Comics and written by Richard Starkings with art by Moritat and a number of other artists. Issue #1 was released in July 2006. Overview Some 200 years from now, the MAPPO Corporation, headed by the misanthropic and megalomaniacal Japanese scientist Dr. Kazushi Nikken, breeds human/animal hybrids in a secure, top-secret facility somewhere in North Africa. The Hybrids are composed of numerous African animal species including warthogs, elephants, camels, zebras, rhinos, hippos, giraffes, hyenas and crocodiles. The process involves implanting embryos into the wombs of kidnapped local women who are disposed of after giving birth. Each child is branded after birth, marking them as the property of MAPPO. These Elephantmen are trained from birth to be the perfect emotionless super soldiers and merciless killers, and are indoctrinated with an Orwellian mindset to think of themselves as property of the MAPPO Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics Buyer's Guide
''Comics Buyer's Guide'' (''CBG''; ), established in 1971, was the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry. It awarded its annual Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards from 1983 to circa 2010. The publication ceased with the March 2013 issue.Frankenhoff, Brent (January 9, 2013)"F+W Announces Closure of Comics Buyer’s Guide". ''Comics Buyer’s Guide''Miller, John Jackson (January 9, 2013). ''The Comichron'' The magazine was headquartered in Iola, Wisconsin, after originally being published in the Quad Cities region. History Alan Light years: 1971–1983 ''CBG'' was founded in February 1971 by Alan Light under the title ''The Buyer's Guide for Comic Fandom'' (''TBG'') as a monthly newspaper in a tabloid format. ''TBG'' began primarily as an advertising venue – known in comics fandom as an "adzine", i.e. a fanzine devoted to ads. Ron Frantz, in his book ''Fandom: Confidential,'' traces the lineage of Light's endeavor to ''Stan's Wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Comics Magazine''
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 In Comics
Events and publications January * ''Adventures of Captain America'' #4, the final issue of the limited series (Marvel) February * ''Captain Confederacy'' vol. 2, #4, the final issue of the limited series (Epic Comics) * Jan Bucquoy is sued by Hergé's estate for making a pornographic parody of Tintin titled ''La Vie Sexuelle de Tintin''. He later wins his case. March * March 24: The final issue of the iconic British satirical magazine ''Punch'', which was renowned for its cartoons, is published. It will be briefly revived between 1996 and 2002. * ''Batman'' #475: Introduction of Renee Montoya. * ''Hook'' #4, the final issue of the bi-weekly mini-series (Marvel) April * Scott McCloud's ''Understanding Comics'' is first prepublished. * ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #361: First full appearance of Carnage. May * ''Captain America'' #400: 80-page giant; double gatefold cover; flip-book with a reprint of '' Avengers'' #4 ( Silver Age re-introduction of Captain America) on the oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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