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Erika Moen
Erika Moen (born 1983) is an American comic book artist, known for her autobiographical comic ''DAR'', and the educational/ erotic comic ''Oh Joy, Sex Toy''. Biography Moen was born in 1983 and based in Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Pitzer College with a BA in Illustrated Storytelling in 2006. She identifies as queer. She and her husband, fellow artist Matthew Nolan, have been married since October 2008. Moen is the creator of the self-published autobiographical online comic ''DAR!'' which has been collected into self-published print volumes. She also has contributed comic work to ''Best Erotic Comics'' 2008 ( Last Gasp), ''True Porn Volume 2'' (Alternative Comics), '' Flight Volume 1''; and ''Unsafe for All Ages'', a collection of erotic short stories by gay and lesbian artists published by Prism Comics in 2005. In 2004, Moen was profiled as a promising new talent "taking over the comic world with her stories about queer culture, sex, humor and cute girls" by Sequentia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DAR!
Erika Moen (born 1983) is an American comic book artist, known for her autobiographical comic ''DAR'', and the educational/ erotic comic ''Oh Joy, Sex Toy''. Biography Moen was born in 1983 and based in Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Pitzer College with a BA in Illustrated Storytelling in 2006. She identifies as queer. She and her husband, fellow artist Matthew Nolan, have been married since October 2008. Moen is the creator of the self-published autobiographical online comic ''DAR!'' which has been collected into self-published print volumes. She also has contributed comic work to ''Best Erotic Comics'' 2008 ( Last Gasp), ''True Porn Volume 2'' (Alternative Comics), '' Flight Volume 1''; and ''Unsafe for All Ages'', a collection of erotic short stories by gay and lesbian artists published by Prism Comics in 2005. In 2004, Moen was profiled as a promising new talent "taking over the comic world with her stories about queer culture, sex, humor and cute girls" by Sequentia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known as Pegasus Books and founded in 1980. Dark Horse Comics has emerged as the fourth largest comic publishing company in the United States of America. Dividing profits with artists and writers, as well as supporting artistic and creative rights in the comic book industry, Dark Horse Comics has become a strong proponent of publishing licensed material that often does not fit into mainstream media. Several titles include: ''Sin City, Hellboy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 300 (comics), 300, and Star Wars comics#Dark Horse (1991–2014), Star Wars.'' In December 2021, Swedish gaming company Embracer Group launched its acquisition of Dark Horse Media, Dark Horse Comics' parent company, and completed the buyout in Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Comics Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the " United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Cartoonists
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Things From Another World
Things or The Things may refer to: Music * ''Things'' (album), by Uri Caine and Paolo Fresu, 2006 * "Things" (Bobby Darin song), 1962; covered by Ronnie Dove, 1975 * "Things", a song by Joe Walsh from '' There Goes the Neighborhood'', 1981 * "Things", a song by John Cale from ''HoboSapiens'', 2003 * "Things", a song by Split Enz, 1979 * "Things", a song by Paul Westerberg from '' 14 Songs'', 1993 * "The Things", a song by Audio Bullys from ''Ego War'', 2003 Other uses * "The Things" (short story), by Peter Watts * ''Things'' (''Chill''), a 1984 role-playing game supplement * ''Things'' (film), a 1989 Canadian horror film * Things (software), task management software * '' Things: A Story of the Sixties'', a 1965 novel by Georges Perec * The Things, recurring characters in the British adult humour comic ''Viz'' * The Things, Thing One and Thing Two from ''The Cat in the Hat'' by Dr Seuss * T.H.I.N.G.S., a line of games marketed by the Milton Bradley Company See also * Our Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coraline (film)
''Coraline'' is a 2009 American stop-motion animated dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Henry Selick and based on Neil Gaiman's novella of the same name. Produced by Laika as the studio's first feature film, it features the voice talents of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr., and Ian McShane. The film tells the story of its titular character discovering an idealized parallel universe behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that it contains a dark and sinister secret. Just as Gaiman was finishing his novella in 2002, he met Selick and invited him to make a film adaptation, as Gaiman was a fan of Selick's ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' and ''James and the Giant Peach''. When Selick thought that a direct adaptation would lead to "maybe a 47-minute movie", the screenplay had some expansions, like the introduction of Wybie, who was not present in the original novel. Selick invited Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Selick
Charles Henry Selick Jr. (; born November 30, 1952) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, production designer, and animator who is best known for directing the stop-motion animation films ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), '' James and the Giant Peach'' (1996), '' Monkeybone'' (2001), '' Coraline'' (2009), and '' Wendell & Wild'' (2022). He studied at the Program in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts, under the guidance of Jules Engel. Selick is also known for his collaborations with voice actor and artist Joe Ranft. Early life Selick was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, the son of Melanie (née Molan) and Charles H. Selick. He was raised in Rumson. Selick did little but draw from ages 3 to 12. His fascination with animation came at a young age, when he saw Lotte Reiniger's stop-motion film '' The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' and the animated creatures of '' The 7th Voyage of Sinbad'' by Ray Harryhausen. He graduated from Rumson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleshbot
Fleshbot is a sex-oriented weblog, founded by Gawker Media. It was launched in November 2003 as the third online title from Gawker. The range of subject matter includes everything from amateur sex blogs and thumbnail gallery posts to news about sex in popular culture and advertising. The blog covers both heterosexual and homosexual Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" to peop ... erotica and users have the ability to filter between the two if they choose. Fleshbot was previously edited by Lux Alptraum, who owned the site from 2012. In February 2014, Fleshbot was purchased by SK Intertainment from Lux Alptraum. It was announced that Alptraum would remain with Fleshbot as a contributing editor. References External links * Internet properties established in 2003 Gawk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitch Media
''Bitch'' was an independent, quarterly alternative magazine published in Portland, Oregon. Its tagline described it as a " feminist response to pop culture", and it was described in 2008 by '' Columbia Journalism Review'' as "a respected journal of cultural discourse". As a feminist publication, it took an intersectional approach. ''Bitch'' was published by the nonprofit feminist media organization ''Bitch Media''. The magazine included analysis of current political events, social, and cultural trends, television shows, movies, books, music, advertising, and artwork. Its print magazine had about 80,000 readers. The magazine's publisher, Kate Lesniak, estimated that it had an online readership of 4.5 million. On April 12, 2022, it was announced that ''Bitch Media'' would cease operations in June 2022. History Founding The first issue of ''Bitch'' was a ten-page feature, ''Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture'', which started as a zine distributed out of the back of a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Love
Savage Love is a syndicated sex-advice column by Dan Savage. The column appears weekly in several dozen newspapers, mainly free newspapers in the US and Canada, but also newspapers in Europe and Asia. It started in 1991 with the first issue of the Seattle weekly newspaper '' The Stranger''. Since October 2006, Savage has also recorded the ''Savage Lovecast'', a weekly podcast version of the column, featuring telephone advice sessions. Podcasts are released every Tuesday. History In 1991, Savage was living in Madison, Wisconsin, and working as a manager at a local video store that specialized in independent film titles. There, he befriended Tim Keck, co-founder of ''The Onion'', who announced that he was moving to Seattle to help start an alternative weekly newspaper titled '' The Stranger''. Savage "made the offhand comment that forever altered islife: 'Make sure your paper has an advice column – everybody claims to hate 'em, but everybody seems to read 'em'." He typed up a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Savage
Daniel Keenan Savage (born October 7, 1964) is an American author, media pundit, journalist, and LGBT community activist. He writes '' Savage Love'', an internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column. In 2010, Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, began the It Gets Better Project to help prevent suicide among LGBT youth. He has also worked as a theater director, sometimes credited as Keenan Hollahan. Born in Chicago to Roman Catholic parents, Savage attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting. After living in West Berlin from 1988 to 1990, he moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where he befriended Tim Keck, co-founder of ''The Onion''. When Keck moved to Seattle, Washington, Savage moved as well to become an advice columnist for '' The Stranger'', which Keck founded; he had offered Savage the position after Savage wrote a sample column which impressed him. Savage has since become a sex columnist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Center For The Performing Arts
Portland's Centers for the Arts (stylized as Portland'5 Centers for the Arts), formerly known as the Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA), is an organization within Metro that runs venues for live theatre, concerts, cinema, small conferences, and similar events in Portland, Oregon, United States. Established in 1987, the PCPA consists of three separate buildings: the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Antoinette Hatfield Hall, and Keller Auditorium. Hatfield Hall itself is sometimes erroneously referred to as the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. PCPA is the fifth-largest center for performing arts in the United States, with more than 1,000 performances and one million patrons annually (as of 2007). PCPA changed its name to "Portland'5 Centers for the Arts" in 2013. The "5" in the brand name is intended to highlight that the organization has five venues, counting separately the three theaters that occupy Antoinette Hatfield Hall. Performance Facilities The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
