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E. R. Cruz
Eufronio Reyes Cruz (born 1934) is a Filipino comics artist best known for his work on mystery comics and war comics for DC Comics in the 1970s and 1980s. Biography E. R. Cruz began his career as an artist by drawing for such publications as ''Liwayway'' in the Philippines. He worked in Tony DeZuniga's studio from 1963 to 1971. His first story for the U.S. comics industry, "Let's Scare Lisa to Death", was published in DC Comics' '' The Unexpected'' #139 (Sept. 1972). From 1972 to 1987, Cruz drew stories for various DC titles such as ''Ghosts'', ''G.I. Combat'', ''House of Mystery'', '' House of Secrets'', ''Our Fighting Forces'', ''The Unexpected'', and '' The Witching Hour''. He collaborated with writer Dennis O'Neil on three issues of ''The Shadow'' as well as a ''Sherlock Holmes'' one-shot. Comics historian Chris Knowles noted that "E. R. Cruz had the most Asian style of the Filipino bunch. His art demonstrated a strong Chinese influence (as opposed to artists like estorRedond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipinos
Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other Philippine languages. Currently, there are more than 185 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines; each with its own language, identity, culture and history. Names The name ''Filipino'', as a demonym, was derived from the term ''Las Islas Filipinas'' ("the Philippine Islands"), the name given to the archipelago in 1543 by the Spanish explorer and Dominican priest Ruy López de Villalobos, in honor of Philip II of Spain (Spanish: ''Felipe II''). During the Spanish colonial period, natives of the Philippine islands were usually known by the generic terms ''indio'' (" Indian") or ''indigenta'' ("indigents"). However, during the early Spanish colonial period the term ''Filipinos'' or ''Philipinos'' was sometimes used by Spanish writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TwoMorrows Publishing
TwoMorrows Publishing is a publisher of magazines about comic books, founded in 1994 by John and Pam Morrow out of their small advertising agency in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Its products also include books and DVDs. List of magazines TwoMorrows publishes the following magazines: * '' Alter Ego'' * ''Back Issue!'' * ''BrickJournal''TwoMorrows Publishing website - magazines webpage Retrieved September 20, 2021. * ''Comic Book Creator'' * '''' * ''Jack Kirby Collector'' * ''RetroFan'' Defunct magazines include * '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Out War (comics)
''All-Out War'' is an American war comics anthology series published by DC Comics from 1979 to 1980. It primarily featured characters created by writer Robert Kanigher with the Viking Commando being the lead feature. Publication history The first issue was published with an September–October 1979 cover date. Joe Kubert drew the cover art for the entire run and Murray Boltinoff was the editor of the series. The series was in the Dollar Comics format and the lead character was the Viking Commando created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist George Evans. Other features included "Black Eagle" by Kanigher and artists Dick Ayers and Romeo Tanghal and "Guerrilla War starring Force 3" by Kanigher and Jerry Grandenetti Charles J. "Jerry" Grandenetti (April 15, 1926 – February 19, 2010) was an American comic book artist and advertising art director, best known for his work with writer-artist Will Eisner on the celebrated comics feature "The Spirit", and for h .... ''All-Out War'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kull Of Atlantis
Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard. The character was more introspective than Howard's subsequent creation, Conan the Barbarian, whose first appearance was in a re-write of a rejected Kull story. His first published appearance was "The Shadow Kingdom" in ''Weird Tales'' (August, 1929). Kull was portrayed in the 1997 film ''Kull the Conqueror'' by actor Kevin Sorbo. Fictional character biography Life in Atlantis Kull was born in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis c. 100,000 BC, depicted as inhabited at the time by barbarian tribes. East of Atlantis lay the ancient continent of Thuria, of which the northwest portion is divided among several civilized kingdoms. The most powerful among these was Valusia; others included Commoria, Grondar, Kamelia, Thule, and Verulia. Note that the word "Thuria" never appears in any of the Kull stories. Howard coined the term while tying Kull's world to Conan's in the 1936 essay "The Hyborian Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conan (Marvel Comics)
Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard was first adapted into comics in 1952 in Mexico. Marvel Comics began publishing Conan comics with the series ''Conan the Barbarian'' in 1970. Dark Horse Comics published Conan from 2003 to 2018, when the rights were reacquired by Marvel Comics. Marvel published Conan comics until 2022, and Titan Comics took over the license from Heroic Signatures to begin publishing its own series. ''La reina de la Costa Negra'' The first comic book adaptation of a Howard Conan story was the feature '' La reina de la Costa Negra'' (taken from the original Conan story, "Queen of the Black Coast") in the miniature-size Mexican anthology title ''Cuentos de Abuelito'' #8 (1952) published by Corporacion Editorial Mexicana, SA. The series features the main characters, Conan and Bêlit, though Conan is depicted as blond rather than black-haired. Issues 8 through 12 adapted the original Howard story, while subsequent issues featured original material. The featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Sword Of Conan
''The Savage Sword of Conan'' was a black-and-white magazine-format comic book series published beginning in 1974 by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of American company Marvel Comics, and then later by Marvel itself. ''Savage Sword of Conan'' starred Robert E. Howard's most famous creation, Conan the Barbarian, and has the distinction of being the longest-surviving title of the short-lived Curtis imprint. As a "magazine", ''Savage Sword of Conan'' did not have to conform to the Comics Code Authority, making it a publication of choice for many illustrators. It soon became one of the most popular comic series of the 1970s and is now considered a cult classic. Roy Thomas was the editor and primary writer for the series' first few years (until issue 60), which featured art by illustrators such as Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Pablo Marcos, and Walter Simonson. Painted covers were provided by such artists as Earl Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pryde Of The X-Men
Pryde is an obsolete spelling of the English word pride now most frequently encountered as a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Bob Pryde (1913–98), Scottish soccer player * David Pryde (footballer) (1913–87), Scottish soccer player * David Johnstone Pryde (1890—1959), Scottish Labour politician * Duncan Pryde (1937–97), Canadian hunter, trapper, lexicographer and politician * James Pryde (1866–1941), Scottish artist working mainly in graphics * Josephine Pryde (born 1967), English artist * Mabel Pryde (1871–1918), Scots-born English artist * Peggy Pryde (1867–1943), British music hall performer * Susy Pryde (born 1973), New Zealand cyclist Business * Neil Pryde Ltd (Pryde Group), Company designing water sport equipment Fictional * Kitty Pryde, otherwise Katherine Pryde, Marvel Comics Superhero * Allegiant General Pryde, Star Wars First Order character See also * Pride (surname) * Pryde Henry Teves Pryde Henry A. Teves (born December 18, 1972) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Transformers (TV Series)
''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformers'' franchise, it depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects. The series was produced by Marvel Productions and Sunbow Productions in association with Japanese studio Toei Animation for first-run syndication. Toei co-produced the show and was the main animation studio for the first two seasons. In the third season, Toei's involvement with the production team was reduced and the animation services were shared with the South Korean studio AKOM. The show's supervising producer (Nelson Shin) was also AKOM's founder. The fourth season was entirely animated by AKOM. The series was supplemented by a feature film, '' The Transformers: The Movie'' (1986), taking place between the second and third seasons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Shop
''Little Shop'' is a 1991 animated fantasy comedy television series that aired on Saturday morning cartoon, Saturday mornings on the Fox Kids, Fox Kids TV network, about a teenager and a giant talking plant. ''Little Shop'' was based on the 1960 Roger Corman film ''The Little Shop of Horrors''; Corman served as a consultant. The concept of the adaptation is credited to Ellen Levy and Mark Edward Edens, and the series was produced by Tom Tataranowicz. The horror film, horror elements in previous versions of the story, in which characters are eaten by the plant, are toned down for children in this series. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Marvel Productions. The series is not available on Disney+. Synopsis Self-proclaimed nerd Seymour Krelborn, an adolescent boy who works in a flower shop, is friends with a talking Venus flytrap named Junior. Junior sprouts from a 200-million-year-old seed and has the abili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes (TV Series)
"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" is an American animated television series based on the 1978 film ''Attack of the Killer Tomatoes'' and its 1988 sequel '' Return of the Killer Tomatoes''. The series aired on Fox Kids from 8 September 1990 to 23 November 1991. Repeats aired on Fox in 1992 and 1996, and on Fox Family from 1998 to 2000. The show, a sequel to the original film, is about mad scientist Dr. Putrid T. Gangreen and his associate Igor Smith turning the tomatoes in the town of San Zucchini into monsters. The evil doctor was battled by young Chad Finletter, and his friends Tara Boumdeay (secretly a human/tomato hybrid pretending to be a teenage girl) and F.T., a "Fuzzy Tomato" pretending to be a dog. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Marvel Productions, although as of 2022 the series is not available on Disney+. Origin The original film ''Attack of the Killer Tomatoes'' was released by Four Square Pr ... [...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] |
Moon Knight
Moon Knight is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, the character first appeared in ''Werewolf by Night'' #32 (August 1975). The son of a rabbi, Marc Spector served as a Force Recon Marine and briefly as a CIA operative before becoming a mercenary alongside his friend Jean-Paul "Frenchie" DuChamp. During a job in Sudan, Spector is appalled when ruthless fellow mercenary Raoul Bushman attacks and kills archeologist Dr. Alraune in front of the man's daughter and colleague, Marlene Alraune. After fighting Bushman and being left for dead, a mortally wounded Spector reaches Alraune's recently unearthed tomb and is placed before a statue of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Spector dies, then suddenly revives, fully healed. He claims Khonshu wants him to be the "moon's knight", the left "Fist of Khonshu", redeeming his life of violence by now protecting and avenging the innocent. Whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
