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Crusty Bunkers
Crusty Bunker, or the Crusty Bunkers, was the collective pseudonym of a group of comic book inkers clustered around Neal Adams' and Dick Giordano's New York City-based art and design agency Continuity Studios from 1972 to 1977. The group was also occasionally credited as Ilya Hunch, Chuck Bunker, or The Goon Squad. Theakston, Greg and Nowlan, Kevin, et al., at Many Crusty Bunkers team members went on to successful individual careers in the comics industry. History According to former member Alan Weiss, the name "Crusty Bunker" was first coined by Adams in relation to his children: "It was like calling someone a name that wasn't really dirty. ... It didn't really mean anything, it just sounded good". There were over 60 artists who at one time or another were Crusty Bunker members. The core group consisted of artists who rented space at Continuity or worked up front in the advertising studio itself. Continuity would get the assignment, someone with experience (usually Adams or ... [...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] |
Larry Hama
Larry Hama (; born June 7, 1949) is an People of the United States, American comic-book writer, artist, actor, and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s. During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'' and ''Saturday Night Live'', and appeared on Broadway in two roles in the original 1976 production of Stephen Sondheim's ''Pacific Overtures''. He is best known to American comic book readers as a writer and editor for Marvel Comics, where he wrote the licensed comic book series ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', based on the Hasbro G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, toyline. He has also written for the series ''Wolverine (comic book), Wolverine'', ''Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja'', and ''Elektra (comics), Elektra''. He co-created the character Bucky O'Hare, which was developed into a comic book, a toy line and television cartoon. Early life Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brunner
Frank Brunner (born February 21, 1949) is an American comics artist and illustrator best known for his work at Marvel Comics in the 1970s. Early life Brunner attended Manhattan's High School of Art and Design. He was in the same graduating class as Larry Hama and Ralph Reese. He studied at the New York University Film School. Career Comics Brunner entered the comics profession as a horror writer-artist for the black-and-white comics magazines ''Web of Horror'', ''Creepy'', ''Eerie'', and ''Vampirella''. His first work for Marvel Comics was inking an 11–page Watcher backup story in ''The Silver Surfer'' #6 (June 1969). Brunner's best-known color-comics work is his Marvel Comics collaboration with writer Steve Engelhart on the supernatural hero Doctor Strange in ''Marvel Premiere'' #9–14 (July 1973–March 1974) and in ''Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts'' #1–2 and #4–5 (June–August 1974 and Oct.–Dec. 1974). The two killed Dr. Strange's mentor, the Ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Layton
Bob Layton (born 1953) is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is best known for his work on Marvel Comics titles such as '' Iron Man'' and ''Hercules'', and for co-founding Valiant Comics with Jim Shooter. Early life Bob Layton was born on September 25, 1953. He learned to read comics from the age of four, explaining that his "older sister Sue became bored with reading the same comic to me about fifty times. (It was a ''Showcase'' featuring the Challengers of the Unknown.)" After leaving high school, Layton began "playing comics dealer ... selling them out of his apartment in Indianapolis," through which he met Roger Stern in 1973, while the latter was working for a radio station in Indianapolis. Career CPL Layton and Stern began publishing a fanzine called ''CPL'' (''Contemporary Pictorial Literature'') out of Layton's apartment. Stern recalls that, "''CPL'' started out as Bob's sale catalog. Bob was drawing the covers and including little reviews written b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Broderick
Pat Broderick (born November 26, 1953) is an American comics artist, known for his work on the ''Micronauts'' and ''Alpha Flight'' for Marvel Comics, and ''Legion of Super-Heroes'', ''Captain Atom'' and ''Green Lantern'' for DC Comics. Broderick also pencilled the four-part " Batman: Year Three" storyline, written by Marv Wolfman, which detailed the first meeting of Batman and Dick Grayson as well as Tim Drake's first appearance. Career Comics Soon after graduating from high school in Tampa, Florida, Broderick flew to New York in the early 1970s to compete in DC Comics' junior bullpen program, a nationwide art and writing contest held at the July 4 convention at the Commodore Hotel. Presenting his work to DC editors Sol Harrison and Joe Orlando, Broderick was almost immediately placed in the junior bullpen program and drew filler pages and short stories for various 100 Page Super Spectaculars. During this period, Broderick also worked for Neal Adams and Dick Giordano's Continuity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Austin (comics)
Terry Kevin Austin (born August 23, 1952) is an American comic book creator working primarily as an inker. Early life and career Austin grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Wayne State University. He started inking comics as an assistant to Dick Giordano and Neal Adams, doing " Crusty Bunker" work for Adams' Continuity Associates. Theakston, Greg and Nowlan, Kevin, et al., at Austin came to prominence in 1976–1977, inking Marshall Rogers' pencils on a celebrated run of Batman stories for DC Comics' ''Detective Comics'' collaborating with writer Steve Englehart. During this same period, Austin inked Michael Netzer (Nasser) on DC's Martian Manhunter in ''Adventure Comics'' and Green Arrow/Black Canary in ''World's Finest Comics'', as well as Al Milgrom on Marvel Comics' '' Captain Marvel''. He later teamed with Rogers again on Marvel's ''Doctor Strange''. X-Men In 1977, Austin and penciler John Byrne became the new art team on ''Uncanny X-Men''. With writer Chris Clare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sal Amendola
Sal Amendola (born 1948, in Italy) is an Italian American comics artist and teacher primarily known for his association with DC Comics. Career Sal Amendola graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 1969 with the school’s then offered 3-year certificate. He eventually returned, with Robert McGinnis as his thesis adviser, to earn his MFA in illustration. Sal started his comics career in 1969, drawing stories for editor Dick Giordano's '' The Witching Hour'', and becoming Giordano's assistant editor in 1970. At DC, Amendola worked in the production department, where he did coloring, inking, lettering, and page headings. He provided artwork on such features as "Green Arrow" in ''Action Comics'' and "John Carter, Warlord of Mars" in '' Weird Worlds''. He drew spot illustrations for an Aquaman text story in ''Super DC Giant'' #S-26 (July–August 1971). Amendola left DC for Marvel Comics in 1972, where, as an associate editor, he worked on letters pages, coloring, and background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Alcazar
Vicente Alcazar (born April 4, 1944) is a Spanish comics artist best known for his work for the American comic-book publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics, including a 1970s run on the DC Western character Jonah Hex. His name is sometimes mis-credited as "Vincente" Alcazar.Royal Marines from 40 Commando on patrol in the Sangin area of Afghanistan are pictured A commando is a combatant, or operativ ...''. As of mid-2007, he is married to documentary filmmaker Amanda Lucena. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcazar, Vicente American comics artists Living people 1944 births Marvel Comics people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Abel
Jack Abel (July 15, 1927 – March 6, 1996) at the Lambiek Comiclopedia. November 24, 2009. was an United States of America, American Comic book creator, comic book artist best known as an inker for leading publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He was DC's primary inker on the Superman titles in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and inked penciler Herb Trimpe's introduction of the popular superhero Wolverine (character), Wolverine in ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk'' #181 (Nov. 1974). He sometimes used the pseudonym Gary Michaels. Biography Early life and career Abel's published work stretches to 1951, when he penciled and inked horror fiction, horror stories for such comics anthology, anthology series as Mr. Publications' (Mike Esposito (comics), Mike Esposito & Ross Andru's company)[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swipe (comics)
Swipe is a comics term for the intentional copying of a cover, panel, or page from an earlier comic book or graphic novel without crediting the original artist. Artists Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, Hergé, and Jim Lee are common targets of swipes, though even those artists may not be above reproach; Kirby was known to have swiped from Hal Foster early in his career. Similarly, many Golden Age artists kept "swipe files" of material to be copied as needed.Best, Daniel"A Rose By Any Other Name" 20th Century Danny Boy (June 26, 2006). Certain contemporary artists have become notorious for their swiping, including Rich Buckler (who favors Neal Adams and Jack Kirby), Rob Liefeld (many artists), Keith Giffen (José Antonio Muñoz), and Roger Cruz (Jim Lee and Joe Madureira). There is a long tradition in comics of using fine art as "inspiration" as well. Most observers do not consider this as objectionable as swiping from another cartoonist's work. Examples include Art Spiegelman swiping an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continuity Comics
Continuity Publishing, also known as Continuity Comics, was an American independent comic book company formed by Neal Adams in 1984, publishing comics until 1994. History After years as a freelancer and comics art packager (with his company Continuity Associates), in 1984 Adams ventured into publishing as a way to maximize his creative freedom (and profits). Continuity mainly published a variety of superhero comics developed by Adams. For instance, the title '' Ms. Mystic'' was first published by Pacific Comics, and was revived in 1987 by Continuity. Adams' own detailed, realistic art was the basis of Continuity's "house style"; the company's creators included Dan Barry, Vicente Alcazar, Mike Deodato, Jr., Mark Texeira, Dave Hoover, Richard Bennett, Tom Grindberg, Bart Sears, Esteban Maroto, and Michael Netzer. Adams often provided layouts for the company's titles, as well as inking many faces and contributing other personal touch-up artwork. Adams also plotted many of Continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 1951 and its predecessor, ''Marvel Mystery Comics'', the ''Marvel Comics'' title/name/brand was first used in June 1961. Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in June 1961 with the launch of ''The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
