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Garth (comic Strip)
''Garth'' was a comic strip in the British newspaper ''Daily Mirror'' that ran from 24 July 1943 – 22 March 1997. It belonged to the action-adventure genre and followed the exploits of the title character, an immensely strong hero who battled various villains throughout the world and in different eras.Maurice Horn, ''The World Encyclopedia of Comics''. New York: Chelsea House,1976. (p.274-5). It was widely syndicated in English-speaking countries. 1960s Australian fast bowler Garth McKenzie was nicknamed after its hero. Book collections of the strip were first published in 2011. Publication history Steve Dowling and Gordon Boshell were the originators of the Garth character. Dowling wanted to create a British adventure comic strip and took inspiration from the American comic strips '' Superman'', '' Flash Gordon'' and '' Terry and the Pirates''.Franco Fossati, "Garth", in ''I Grandi Eroi del Fumetto''. Rome : Gremese Editore, 1990 Dowling and Boshell hired 15-year-old John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Comic Strip
Garth may refer to: Places *Garth, Alberta, Canada *Garth, Bridgend, a village in south Wales :* Garth railway station (Bridgend) *Garth, Ceredigion, small village in Wales *Garth, Powys, a village in mid Wales :* Garth railway station (Powys) *Garth Hill, The Garth, Garth Hill or Garth Mountain, a mountain near Cardiff, Wales *Garth, one of many other minor List of United Kingdom locations: Gao-Gar, place names in the United Kingdom Buildings and structures *Garth (Guilsfield), a historic house in Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire, UK *Castle Garth, a medieval fortification in Newcastle upon Tyne, England *Garth Pier, a Grade II listed structure in Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales *Garth Castle, home to Clan Stewart of Atholl, north-west of Aberfeldy, Scotland Arts and entertainment *Garth (comic strip), ''Garth'' (comic strip), published in the British newspaper ''Daily Mirror'' from 1943 to 1997 *Planet Garth, setting of David Brin's novel ''The Uplift War'' People and fictional charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Asbury
Martin Asbury is a British comic and storyboard artist, best known for drawing the '' Garth'' strip in the ''Daily Mirror'' from 1976 to 1997, and for his colour TV adaptations in ''Look-in''. Biography Asbury was educated at Merchant Taylors School and at Saint Martin's School of Art, London, and started work in strip cartoons, including assisting Dan Barry on '' Flash Gordon'' in Austria. After a period designing greetings cards, he got work at D. C. Thomson, drawing "Secret of the Sheridan Sisters" for ''Bunty'' and "Soldiers of the Jet Age" and "The Crimson Claw" for '' Hotspur'', before moving to ''TV Century 21'', drawing "Joe 90" and the football strip "Forward from the Back-Streets", starting in 1969. He then drew " Captain Scarlet" for ''Countdown'', starting in 1971. When ''Countdown'' was relaunched as ''TV Action'' in 1973, Asbury got an early opportunity to work in colour on "Cannon". From there he moved to ''Look-in'', where he drew more strips based on TV show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Comics
''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics Publications and as National Periodical Publications, before taking on its current name of DC Comics. Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the longest-running comic books with consecutively numbered issues. The second volume of ''Action Comics'' beginning with issue #1 ran from 2011 to 2016. ''Action Comics'' returned to its original numbering beginning with issue #957 (Aug. 2016). Publication history The Golden Age Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster saw their creation, Superman (also known as Kal-El, originally Kal-L), launched in Action Comics 1, ''Action Comics'' #1 on April 18, 1938 (cover dated June), an event which began the Golden Age of Comic Books. Siegel and Shuster had tried for years to find a publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Comics
''Adventure Comics'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues (472 of those after the title changed from ''New Adventure Comics''), making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind '' Detective Comics'', ''Action Comics'', '' Superman'', and '' Batman''. The series was revived in 2009 through a new "#1" issue by artist Clayton Henry and writer Geoff Johns. It returned to its original numbering with #516 (September 2010). The series ended again with #529 (October 2011) prior to a company-wide revision of DC's superhero comic book line, known as "The New 52". Publication history ''Adventure Comics'' began its nearly 50-year run in December 1935 under the title ''New Comics'', which was only the second comic book series published by National Allied Publications, now DC Comics. The series was retitled ''New Adventure Comics'' with its 12th issue in January 1937. Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
