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Doselle Young
Doselle Young is an American science fiction author, graphic novelist and contributor to both prose and comics anthologies. Biography Doselle Young is a Los Angeles-based author, story consultant and graphic novelist. He has written stories for such iconic DC Comics characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and The Authority. He is the author of the twelve-issue limited series ''The Monarchy (DC/Wildstorm)'' and has also contributed stories to DC Vertigo's critically acclaimed anthologies ''Gangland'', ''Heartthrobs'' and ''Strange Adventures''. In recent years, Doselle has split his creative output between comics, prose fiction and story consulting. His pulp-inspired tale "Housework" appears in the science-fiction/super hero anthology ''The Darker Mask'' (Tor/August 2008) while the noir-inspired "Raymond Chandler Slept Here" appears in the upcoming S''an Diego Noir'' (Akashic Books, July 2011). Doselle is the writer/creator of the upcoming comics series ''Perilous'' and a freq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Fantasy Convention
The World Fantasy Convention is an annual science fiction convention, convention of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of fantasy. The World Fantasy Awards are presented at the event. Other features include an art show, a dealer's room, and an autograph reception. The convention was conceived and begun by T. E. D. Klein, Kirby McCauley and several others. Previous conventions See also * World Fantasy Award References External linksWorld Fantasy Convention {{Authority control Fantasy conventions World Fantasy Awards, Convention 1975 establishments in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Roach (comics)
David Roach is a British comic book artist and writer based in Wales, United Kingdom. Roach actively illustrates for many companies, including '' 2000 AD'', Panini Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Topps, and the gaming company Wizards of the Coast. Career Roach started comic book illustration in the 1980s, self-publishing the ''Hellfire'' fanzine. Since 1988 Roach has worked as an inker and penciller for '' 2000 AD'' on such titles as ''Nemesis the Warlock'', ''Judge Anderson'', ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Synnamon''. In the 1990s, Roach started producing work for DC Comics, drawing ''Batman and Demon'' and inking ''Challengers of the Unknown''. Roach contributed to the Dark Horse Comics' '' Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi''. Roach is associate editor of the U.S. based magazine Comic Book Artist, which is dedicated to the historical representation of comic-book characters. Roach was co-editor of ''The Warren Companion: The Definitive Compendium to the Great Comics o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Graphic Novelists
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Creepy Comics
Creepiness is the state of being creepy, or causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease. A person who exhibits creepy behaviour is called a creep. Certain traits or hobbies may make people seem creepy to others. The internet has been described as increasingly creepy. Adam Kotsko has compared the modern conception of creepiness to the Freudian concept of . The term has also been used to describe paranormal or supernatural phenomena. History and studies In the abstract the feeling of "creepiness" is subjective: for example some dolls have been described as creepy. The adjective "creepy", referring to a feeling of creeping in the flesh, was first used in 1831, but it was Charles Dickens who coined and popularized the term "the creeps" in his 1849 novel David Copperfield. During the 20th century, association was made between involuntary celibacy and creepiness. The concept of creepiness has only recently been formally addressed in social media marketing. The sensation of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Adventures
''Strange Adventures'' is a series of American comic books published by DC Comics, the first of which was August–September 1950, according to the cover date, and published continuously until November 1973. Original series ''Strange Adventures'' ran for 244 issues and was DC Comics' first science fiction title. It began with an adaptation of the film '' Destination Moon''. The sales success of the gorilla cover-featured story in ''Strange Adventures'' #8 (May 1951) led DC to produce numerous comic book covers with depictions of gorillas. The series was home to one of the last superheroes of the pre-Silver Age of Comic Books era, Captain Comet, created by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino in issue #9. A combination of the "Captain Comet" feature with the "gorilla craze" was presented in issue #39 (December 1953). Other notable series included Star Hawkins which began in issue #114 (March 1960) and the Atomic Knights which debuted in issue #117 (June 1960). In "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangland (comics)
Gangland or Gang Land may refer to: * Organized crime, relating to, or carried out by organized criminals * ''Gangland'' (video game), a 2004 computer game from Mediamobsters * ''Gangland'' (TV series), a documentary show on the History Channel that ran from 2007 to 2010 * ''Gangland'' (film), a 1998 Filipino movie directed by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes * ''Gangland'', 1998 4-issue comics anthology from Vertigo at DC Comics * ''Gangland'' (album), a 2001 album by Kool & the Gang * ''Gangland'', a series of mixtapes by Chevy Woods Kevin "Chevy" Woods (born May 13, 1981) is an American rapper and songwriter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Throughout his career he has been affiliated with rapper Wiz Khalifa and his respective Taylor Gang record label, also serving as Khalifa ... * "Gangland", a song by Iron Maiden on the album '' The Number of the Beast'' * "Gangland", a song by Future on the mixtape Monster {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Ormston
Dean Ormston is a British born comic book artist. His most notable work has been for the British comic '' 2000 AD'' and for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Biography Ormston was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England and earned a degree in art and illustration at Leeds University sometime around the mid-1980s. For the following few years he spent his time between playing the drums in various bands, some of which released singles and compilation album tracks (The Silent Scream, The second Coming, This Colossal Youth) and working part-time in a Sheffield comic-book shop with fellow budding artists Nick Percival, Greg Staples and filmmaker Lee Ford. Sometime in 1990 he moved into working full-time as an artist working mainly for ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. Ormston's dark, thick paints were seen in action on the ''Judge Dredd'' strip on numerous occasions, most notably in the ''Judgement Day'' and ''Raptaur'' storylines. For the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' Ormston also created, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Pleece
Warren Pleece is a British comics artist. He is best known for his work at the DC Comics imprint Vertigo and the 2012–16 Irish novel series ''Zom-B''. Biography Warren, with his brother Gary Pleece, wrote and drew three issues of a self-published comics magazine called ''Velocity'' between 1987 and 1989. A satirical collection of stories, there were no recurring characters, but many recognisable caricatures from politics and pop culture. The fourth issue was published by Acme Press in 1990. Their first non-self-published work appeared in ''Escape'' magazine. Warren Pleece also collaborated with Woodrow Phoenix on ''Sinister Romance'', a comic published by Harrier Comics. He then collaborated with Irish writer Garth Ennis on the strip ''True Faith'', serialised in ''Crisis'' and eventually published as a trade paperback. ''True Faith'' sparked some controversy in the UK with an article in the ''Daily Mail'' due to its story being critical about Christianity. Pleece contribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garry Leach
Garry Leach (19 September 1954 – 26 March 2022) was a British comics artist and publisher. Biography Garry Leach's early work for ''2000 AD'' included mainly one-off stories featuring '' Dan Dare'' and '' M.A.C.H. 1''.Garry Leach at Lambiek Comics Encyclopedia He later worked on the series '' The V.C.s''. In 1981 he joined 's company, where he worked as art director and was the first artist on |
John McCrea (comics)
John McCrea (born 1966) is a comic book artist best known for his collaborations with writer Garth Ennis. Career In 1989, after a few years of drawing television and toy tie-ins, he illustrated Ennis's debut, the political series ''Troubled Souls'', in ''Crisis'', as well as its sequel, the farce ''For a Few Troubles More''. He later illustrated the series ''Carla Allison'' in ''Deadline''. He broke into American comics in 1993, drawing Ennis's run on DC Comics's '' The Demon'', followed by its spin-off, ''Hitman'', from 1996 to 2001, on which McCrea developed a versatile drawing style equally at home with goofy humour, action, and subtle characterisation. Hitman issue 34 won the Eisner Award for Best Single Issue in 1999. His wilder, more exaggerated cartooning found an outlet with ''Dicks'', a mini-series spinning off from ''For a Few Troubles More'' into more outrageous dialect, sexual and toilet humour, published by Caliber in 1997, with a sequel, ''Dicks II'', from Avatar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |