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David Lapham
David Lapham is an American comic book writer, artist, and cartoonist, best known for his work on the independent comic book '' Stray Bullets''. Career David Lapham started his career in 1990 as a penciller at Valiant Comics. He went on to work under editor Jim Shooter at Defiant Comics, where they co-created '' Warriors of Plasm'' in 1993. He set up his own publishing company, El Capitan Books, in 1995, to self-publish '' Stray Bullets'' which he wrote, drew and lettered himself. He then took a sabbatical from ''Stray Bullets'' in 2000, to produce his nine-issue period murder mystery ''Murder Me Dead'', also from El Capitan Books. Lapham began working on more mainstream comics work from 2005 onwards, writing a story arc for Top Cow Comics' '' The Darkness'' ("Hell House", vol. 2, #17–20), a 12-part Batman storyline in ''Detective Comics'' (" City of Crime" #801–808 and 811–814) for DC Comics and writing and pencilling the six-part ''Daredevil Vs. Punisher: Means And En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stray Bullets (comics)
''Stray Bullets'' is an independent American comic book series published in black and white (with color covers) by El Capitan Books and Image Comics. It is written and drawn by David Lapham. The story deals with the often criminal and sometimes tragic misadventures of a large cast of characters and takes place from the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s. Published on an irregular basis since 1995, the comic has had close to 100 issues and is a long-time critically acclaimed series. Publication history The first issue was published in 1995 and followed an irregular publishing schedule through its fortieth issue, which was published in 2005. In a 2007 interview with Michael Lorah for the Newsarama website, Lapham revealed that the series, including the final issue of the current story arc, was on hold indefinitely: In 2009, a new ten-page story titled, ''Stray Bullets: Open the Goddamn Box'' appeared in '' Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics'', an anthology book published by Dark H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daredevil (Marvel Comics Series)
''Daredevil'' is the name of several comic book titles featuring the character Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Daredevil and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original ''Daredevil'' comic book series which debuted in 1964. While ''Daredevil'' had been home to the work of comic-book artists such as Everett, Kirby, Wally Wood, John Romita Sr., Gene Colan, and Joe Quesada, among others, Frank Miller's influential tenure on the title in the early 1980s cemented the character as a popular and influential part of the Marvel Universe. Publication history 1960s Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Daredevil debuted in Marvel Comics' ''Daredevil'' #1 (cover date April 1964), created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with character design input from Jack Kirby, who devised Daredevil's billy club. When Everett turned in his first-issue pencils extremely late, Marvel production manager Sol Brodsky and Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko inked a large varie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossed (comics)
''Crossed'' is a comic book written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Jacen Burrows (for the first ten issues), published by Avatar Press. Following volumes ''Crossed: Family Values'', ''Crossed 3D'', and ''Crossed: Psychopath'' were written by David Lapham. A new series, ''Crossed: Badlands'', was written and drawn by rotating creative teams. The franchise has also spawned two webcomics: ''Crossed: Wish You Were Here'', which ran from 2012–2014, and ''Crossed: Dead or Alive'', which began syndication in November 2014. Publication history ''Crossed'' is a creator-owned series from writer Garth Ennis and artist Jacen Burrows. It began with ''Crossed'' #0 on August 27, 2008, and all 10 issues have been released. The second series, ''Crossed: Family Values'', is written by David Lapham and drawn by Javier Barreno. Ennis described how this unusual situation for a creator-owned property came about: Plot synopsis The story follows survivors dealing with a pandemic that causes it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Ennis
Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970) is a Northern Irish–American comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series ''Preacher'' with artist Steve Dillon, his nine-year run on Marvel Comics' Punisher franchise, and '' The Boys'' with artist Darick Robertson. He has collaborated with artists such as Dillon and Glenn Fabry on ''Preacher'', John McCrea on ''Hitman'', Marc Silvestri on '' The Darkness'', and Carlos Ezquerra on both ''Preacher'' and ''Hitman''. His work has won him recognition in the comics industry, including nominations for the Comics Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Early life Ennis is originally from Northern Ireland. Raised with no religion, Ennis's first exposure to the idea of God was as a six-year-old in primary school. Ennis's teacher told the class that God was a being who could see inside their hearts, was always around them, and would ultimately reward or punish them. Ennis described the idea as bewildering, strange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Liars (comics)
''Young Liars'' is a comic book series created by David Lapham. It was published by DC Comics as a part of that company's Vertigo imprint. The first issue was released in March 2008. The book centers around a group of 20-somethings in modern-day New York City, though the story quickly expands to other parts of America and the world. All of them have disturbing secrets about themselves that they keep from the others, and even the readers are left to decide what is true and what are lies. Publication history In April 2009, Lapham announced that the title had been cancelled, with the final issue being #18. Standard Attrition, April 16, 2009 Characters * Danny: The protagonist of the book. He is an aspiring musician who moved to New York from Texas along with Sadie. He obsesses over Sadie, and often fa ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel MAX
MAX Comics is an imprint of Marvel Comics specializing in comic book media aimed at adult-only readers. It was launched in 2001 after Marvel broke with the Comics Code Authority and established its own rating system. The MAX Comics imprint is not Marvel's first effort in featuring explicit content in their titles. The company's Epic Comics imprint in the 1980s and early 1990s often featured stronger content than their mainstream imprint. However, the MAX Comics imprint is the first time Marvel has specifically produced comics with uncensored content. While some works such as ''Alias'' have received acclaim, the imprint has attracted controversy, with some critics considering some of the titles to be gratuitous in its use of mature or vulgar content. Since 2012, the new works under the MAX imprint have been limited to the Punisher series. Marvel now portrays MAX as a rating indicating mature content, rather than a separate brand. History The first series to be published under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terror, Inc
''Terror Inc.'' was an American comic-book horror series from Marvel Comics starring the antihero Terror, an eternal entity that absorbs the talents of others through their dismembered limbs. He was created by writers Dan Chichester and Margaret Clark and artist Klaus Janson as the villain Shreck in ''St. George'' #2 (August 1988), from Marvel's Epic Comics imprint. Publication history Terror was created for Marvel's Epic Comics line as part of writer Dan Chester's ''Shadow-line Saga'' of three interconnected titles. There were no superheroes in this world, but rather powerful, ageless beings known as "Shadows". In ''St. George'' #2 (August 1988), Chesterton and co-writer Margaret Clark introduced a green-skinned killer who acted as the enforcer for the Raven-score crime family, one of the books' recurring villains. According to Chesterton, Marvel contacted him about bringing Shrek from the Shadow-line books into the mainstream Marvel Universe to serve as a platform for rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphic Novel
A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry professionals. It is, at least in the United States, typically distinct from the term ''comic book'', which is generally used for comics periodicals and trade paperbacks (see American comic book). Fan historian Richard Kyle coined the term ''graphic novel'' in an essay in the November 1964 issue of the comics fanzine ''Capa-Alpha''. The term gained popularity in the comics community after the publication of Will Eisner's '' A Contract with God'' (1978) and the start of the ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' line (1982) and became familiar to the public in the late 1980s after the commercial successes of the first volume of Art Spiegelman's '' Maus'' in 1986, the collected editions of Frank Miller's '' The Dark Knight Returns'' in 1986 and Alan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vertigo (comics)
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Vertigo, in comics, may refer an imprint, or a character: * Vertigo (DC Comics), an imprint of DC Comics * Vertigo (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters * Vertigo (Salem's Seven), another Marvel character * Count Vertigo, a DC Comics supervillain See also *Vertigo (other) Vertigo is a form of dizziness. Vertigo may also refer to: * Acrophobia, the fear of heights, often incorrectly called "vertigo" Arts and entertainment Amusement parks and rides * VertiGo (ride), a defunct amusement ride at Cedar Point and Knot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spectre (comics)
The Spectre is the name given to several fictional antiheroes who have appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #52 (February 1940). He was created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Baily, although several sources attribute creator credit solely to Siegel, limiting Baily to being merely the artist assigned to the feature. Publication history Golden Age version The Spectre debuted in ''More Fun Comics'' #52 (February 1940) when hard-boiled cop Jim Corrigan, on his way with his fiancée Clarice to their engagement party, is murdered by thugs who stuff him into a barrel filled with cement and then throw it into a body of water. His spirit is refused entering into the afterlife, however, and he is sent back to Earth by an entity referred to only as "the Voice" to eliminate evil. The Spectre seeks bloody vengeance against Corrigan's murderers in grim, supernatural fashion. One of them was turned into a skeleton upon touc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of The Unexpected (comics)
''Tales of the Unexpected'' was a science fiction, fantasy, and horror comics anthology series published by DC Comics from 1956 to 1968 for 104 issues. It was later renamed '' The Unexpected'' although the numbering continued and it ended at issue #222 in 1982. The title was revived as a limited series in 2006. Publication history Original series In response to the restrictions imposed by the Comics Code Authority, DC began a new science-fiction series in 1956. The series featured artwork by Murphy Anderson, Gil Kane, and many others, with stories by John Broome, Gardner Fox, and additional writers. It was an anthology comic for many years, publishing a variety of science fiction stories. The series featured Space Ranger as of issue #40 and running through #82 (April–May 1964). Other features included the "Green Glob" (issues #83–98, 100, 102, 103) and "Automan" (issues #91, 94, 97). The series' last issue as ''Tales of the Unexpected'' was #104 (December 1967–Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Aja
David Aja (born April 16, 1977) is a Spanish comic book artist, best known for his work on ''The Immortal Iron Fist'' and '' Hawkeye''. Career Aja obtained a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca and served as a member of the faculty of fine arts from 1995 to 2000. He began working as a professional illustrator in Barcelona in 2000. He has conducted public lectures on illustration as Faculty of Fine Arts at both Universidad de Salamanca and Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). His work includes CD covers, as well as computer graphics with collaborator Marcel·lí Antúnez Roca. In November 2006, Aja and writers Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction started the series ''The Immortal Iron Fist''. In 2011 Aja provided art for David Lapham's ''Wolverine (character), Wolverine: Debt of Death'' one-shot. In August 2012 he started a new '' Hawkeye'' series with writer Matt Fraction, as part of Marvel NOW!. The series was released to positive reviews, with critics praising t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
