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Dv8
''DV8'' is a comic book published by Wildstorm. The series revolves around the lives of a group of Gen-Active people (Called DV8, or referred to as "The Deviants"), initially living in New York City under the supervision of Ivana Baiul, who sends them on life-threatening black ops assignments. Publication history The series lasted 32 issues. The story including most DV8 members continued in the pages of ''Gen-Active'', a anthology series featuring various Wildstorm characters. ''Gen-Active,'' lasted 6 issues. Writer Micah Ian Wright pitched a relaunch to WildStorm in 2003, but it was not picked up by the publisher. The artist in the book would have been Mark Robinson. The title returned in June 2010 as an eight-issue limited series called ''DV8: Gods and Monsters'', written by Brian Wood with art by Rebekah Isaacs. The project is something Wood had been trying to get commissioned for years: Fictional team history Rather than saving the world, they use their powers for sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gen-Active
{{Unreferenced, date=November 2008 ''Gen-Active'' is a comic book anthology-series from Wildstorm. It was published quarterly from 2000 to 2001 and ran for six issues. In the comic book series, Gen-Actives are superhuman beings who possess the Gen-Factor. Gen-Active, the comic Gen-Active featured several ongoing storylines, usually starring Gen-Active superheroes and villains in each issue. Many of the stories dealt with the former members of DV8. Though often converging, there were three main storylines, each with their own writer: * Writer Ben Raab with the help of various artists revealed what happened to Evo and Bliss after they left DV8. The two join up and go to New York, where Bliss tries to form her own crime-syndicate. Bliss sacrifices Evo, who is arrested by the police and sent to Purgatory Max, a special prison. A group of Nazi supervillains break into the prison and cause a riot and superhero-group Wildcore is sent to end the riot. This mission would mean the end f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Heisler
Mike Heisler is an American comic book writer known for his work on the series ''DV8'' and ''Union''. He also penned the Gen¹³ mini-series ''Gen¹³: Interactive'' and the one-shot ''Gen¹³: The Unreal World''. Heisler got his start in the industry in the late 1980s as a letterer, primarily for Marvel Comics. From there, he moved into writing and editing. In December 2009, Heisler was announced as the editor of a revived version of the landmark monster movie magazine ''Famous Monsters of Filmland''. IDW Press Release (December 7, 2009). Heisler has also worked for Dark Horse Comics
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Brian Wood (comics)
Brian Wood (born January 29, 1972) is an American writer, illustrator, and graphic designer, known for his work in comic books, television and video games. His noted comic book work includes the series ''DMZ'', ''Demo'', ''Northlanders'', '' The Massive, Marvel Comics' The X-Men'', and ''Star Wars.'' His web series work includes adaptations of his own short stories from the comics series '' The Massive'' and ''Conan the Barbarian'' for ''Geek & Sundry'' and YouTube'','' and his video game work includes three years on staff at Rockstar Games, co-writing '' 1979 Revolution: Black Friday'' and story contributions to '' Aliens: Fireteam Elite.'' His television work includes pilot scripts for AMC'','' Amazon Studios'','' and Sonar Entertainment. He is a contributing writer on HBO Max's ''DMZ'' adaptation of his own work. Wood's work is well known for sociopolitical commentary, particularly on the topics of media and conflicts, climate change, and identity. Much of his work is about o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humberto Ramos
Humberto Ramos (born 27 November 1970) is a Mexican comic book penciller, best known for his work on American comic books such as ''Impulse'', '' Runaways'', ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and his creator-owned series ''Crimson''. Career Humberto Ramos began his career in 1989 at Kaboom Cómics. He was later hired by DC Comics as the regular penciller for their Flash spin-off ''Impulse'', which launched in March 1995. Written by Mark Waid, the superhero/teen comedy series focused on young speedster Bart Allen, the grandson of the second Flash, Barry Allen, and his struggles with growing up in an alienated Alabama suburb. In 1998, Ramos co-founded the imprint Cliffhanger with comic book artists Joe Madureira and J. Scott Campbell. They created the imprint, housed by Jim Lee's Image Comics division Wildstorm, to publish their creator-owned comic books outside the mainstream superhero genre. Both Campbell and Madureira had already built large fanbases w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Rio
Álvaro Araújo Lourenço do Rio (19 May 1962 – 31 January 2012) – known professionally as Al Rio – was a Brazilian comic book artist, best known for his " good girl" illustration work, particularly on the American comic book series ''Gen¹³'' and ''DV8'', published by Wildstorm Comics. Early life Al Rio was born in Fortaleza, Ceará, in northeastern Brazil. Career Rio began his professional art career in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s, illustrating books for a local English school. After then working as animation director for the same company, Rio became an animator for The Walt Disney Company, working on such properties as the syndicated '' ''Aladdin'''' animated series. In the early 1990s he joined the art agency Glass House Graphics. Known primarily for his comic book work, he drew for Wildstorm Comics — particularly on ''Gen¹³'' and ''DV8'', for which he is best known — Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Chaos Comics, Image Comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Raney
Tom Raney is an American comic book artist known for illustrating titles as '' Annihilation: Conquest'', ''Alpha Flight'', ''Ultimate X-Men'' and ''Uncanny X-Men'' for Marvel Comics, ''DV8'' and '' Stormwatch'' for Image Comics, and '' Outsiders'' for DC Comics. Early life Tom Raney attended Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey. In 1986, he met his future wife there, Gina Going. Raney, who was a year ahead of Going in the school's three-year program, was introduced to her by an instructor.Gustines, George Gene (August 22, 2004)"IN PERSON; Pencil, Paper, Lake: At Work in Sparta" ''The New York Times''. Career Raney's first paid work was ''Forgotten Realms'' for DC Comics. His first work with his wife Gina Going-Raney was ''The Warlock Chronicles'', a series that was published by Marvel Comics. Raney is best known for his work on such series as '' Annihilation: Conquest'', ''Alpha Flight'', ''Ultimate X-Men'', ''Uncanny X-Men'', ''DV8'', '' Stormwat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Ian Wright
Micah Ian War Dog Wright (born 1969) is an American writer who has worked in film, television, animation, video games and comic books. He is an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. Early life Wright was born in Lubbock, Texas. He graduated from the University of Arizona with degrees in political science and creative writing. While in college, Wright was involved in a weekly sketch comedy show where he started out as a writer and eventually became a performer. Career Animation and comics After graduating and moving to Los Angeles, Wright started interning at Nickelodeon, before becoming script supervisor and eventually a staff writer on ''The Angry Beavers''. In early 2000, a number of writers working on Nickelodeon cartoons contacted the Writers Guild of America to renegotiate the contracts on their behalf and organize a union. At the time, Wright, who also took part in the union drive, was writing and producing the pilot for his own show, ''Constant Payne'', a steampun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildstorm
Wildstorm Productions, (stylized as WildStorm), is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under the name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC Comics in 1999. Until it was shut down in 2010, the Wildstorm imprint remained editorially separate from DC Comics, with its main studio located in California. The imprint took its name from the combining of the titles of the Jim Lee comic series '' WildC.A.T.S.'' and '' Stormwatch''. Its main fictional universe, the Wildstorm Universe, featured costumed heroes. Wildstorm maintained a number of its core titles from its early period, and continued to publish material expanding its core universe. Its main titles included ''WildC.A.T.S'', ''Stormwatch'', ''Gen¹³'', ''Wetworks'', and '' The Authority''; it also produced single-character-oriented series like '' Deathblow'' and ''Midnighter'', and publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Ellis
Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is a British comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including ''Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002), ''Global Frequency'' (2002–2004) and '' Red'' (2003–2004), which was adapted into the feature films '' Red'' (2010) and '' Red 2'' (2013). Ellis is the author of the novels ''Crooked Little Vein'' (2007) and ''Gun Machine'' (2013) and the novella ''Normal'' (2016). A prolific comic book writer, Ellis has written several Marvel series, including ''Astonishing X-Men'', ''Thunderbolts'', ''Moon Knight'' and the "Extremis" story arc of ''Iron Man'', which was the basis for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Iron Man 3'' (2013). Ellis created '' The Authority'' and '' Planetary'' for WildStorm, and wrote a run of ''Hellblazer'' for Vertigo and ''James Bond'' for Dynamite Entertainment. Ellis wrote the video games ''Hostile Waters'' (2001), ''Cold Winter'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivana Baiul
Ivana ( sr, Ивана) is a feminine given name of Slavic origin that is also popular in southern Ireland, France, French-speaking Canada, the Mediterranean and Latin America. It is the feminine form of the name Ivan, which are both the Slavic cognates of the names Joanna and John. It may also be spelled as Ivanna. In Croatia, the name Ivana was the most common feminine given name between 1970 and 1999. Variants Iva and Ivanka are diminutives derived from Ivana. The name day is celebrated on April 4. In Croatia, the name day is celebrated on December 27. In Slovakia, the name day is celebrated on December 28. In Macedonia, the name day is celebrated on July 07 - also known as ''Ivanden''. People named Ivana Given name Ivana * Ivana (singer) (born 1969), Bulgarian pop-folk singer * Ivana Abramović (born 1983), Croatian professional tennis player * Ivana Alawi (born 1996) Filipina actress, model, YouTuber and singer * Ivana Bacik (born 1968), Czech-Irish politician * Ivana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threshold (comics)
Threshold may refer to: Architecture * Threshold (door), the sill of a door Literature * ''Threshold'' (1990 novel), a science fiction novel by Chris and Janet Morris * ''Threshold'' (Sara Douglass novel), a fantasy novel * ''Threshold'' (Palmer novel), a science fiction novel by David R. Palmer * ''Threshold'', the first volume of the collected short fiction of Roger Zelazny * ''Threshold'' (DC Comics), a comic book published by DC Comics * Threshold (''Doctor Who''), an organization in ''Doctor Who'' comic strips * ''Threshold'', a science-fiction novel by Caitlín R. Kiernan * ''Threshold'', a Christian novel by Bill Myers * ''Threshold'', a science-fiction novel by Ben Mezrich * Threshold Editions, a conservative imprint Media * ''Threshold'' (1981 film) * ''Threshold'', a 2008 film directed by Deepak Rauniyar * ''Threshold'' (TV series), an American science fiction drama series produced during 2005-2006 * "Threshold" (''Stargate SG-1''), an episode of the TV series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Johnson (comics)
Jason Johnson may refer to: Sportsmen *Jason Johnson (baseball) (born 1973), American baseball player *Jason Johnson (Jamaican footballer) (born 1990), Jamaican soccer player for Phoenix Rising FC *Jason Johnson (Australian footballer) (born 1978), retired Australian rules footballer *Jason Johnson (quarterback) (born 1979), former Canadian Football League player *Jason Johnson (offensive lineman) (born 1974), American football player *Jason Johnson (wide receiver) (born 1965), American football player Others *Jason Johnson (actor) (born 1974), American kickboxer and actor * Jason Johnson (professor), Morgan State University professor and political editor of ''The Source'' magazine *Jason Johnson (radio presenter) (born 1967), Canadian radio presenter who works in the radio industry in Singapore *Jason Johnson (University of the Cumberlands), a student expelled from the University of the Cumberlands because he is gay *Jason Johnson (entrepreneur), American technology entrepreneur an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
