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Here's Johnny (film)
John Hicklenton (8 May 1967 – 19 March 2010), aka John Deadstock, was a British comics artist best known for his brutal, visceral work on flagship '' 2000 AD'' characters like ''Judge Dredd'' (in particular ''Heavy Metal Dredd'') and ''Nemesis the Warlock'' during the Eighties and Nineties. He had multiple sclerosis and recorded an award-winning documentary about living with the condition. On 19 March 2010, Hicklenton chose to end his life at Dignitas in Switzerland. Comics Hicklenton got his first break when he realised a friend at college was Ron Smith's daughter so he made her a Judge Dredd Christmas card. However, regular work remained elusive until, on the advice of his mother, he phoned Pat Mills directly and their working relationship developed from there. He did other work with Mills including a strip in the now defunct CoolBeansWorld site. He also drew ''ZombieWorld'' (as John Deadstock) for Dark Horse Comics, who commissioned him because, as Mills has said "John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin, Texas
Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the Metropolitan statistical area, 26th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the List of United States cities by population, 13th-most populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-most populous city in the state after Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth, and the second-most populous state capital city after Phoenix, Arizona. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately apart, and both fall along the Interstate 35 in Texas, I-35 corridor. This combined metropolitan region of San Antonio–Austin met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grierson Awards
Grierson: The British Documentary Awards, commonly known as The Grierson Awards, are awards bestowed by The Grierson Trust to recognise innovative and exciting documentary films, in honour of the pioneering Scottish documentary filmmaker John Grierson. The inaugural award was given in 1972 and since then the awards have become an annual fixture. In 2000, The Grierson Trust forged a link with the UK Film Council in order to expand and add prestige to the awards. The awards have grown in stature and recognition over the years. Awards trophy The awards trophy is in the form of a bust of John Grierson. Sculpted posthumously by Ivor Roberts-Jones, it was struck in a limited edition of 10, with three copies held by the Trust. Originally, the trophy was given to the award winner for one year before being returned and presented to the next recipient. John Grierson John Grierson was a leading documentary filmmaker, and he has also been attributed to have coined the name "document ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogue Trooper
''Rogue Trooper'' is a science fiction strip in the British comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons in 1981. It portrays the adventures of a "Supersoldier, Genetic Infantryman" named Rogue and three Mind uploading in fiction, uploaded minds mounted on his equipment who search for the Traitor General who betrayed their regiment to the enemy. The series was Reboot (fiction), rebooted in 1989 in the story "The War Machine", featuring a new version of the character called Friday (2000 AD), Friday. This version of the character last appeared in 1996. The original character returned in 1999 and all stories since then have featured the original Rogue. The character has also featured in a number of 2000 AD crossovers#Rogue Trooper, ''2000 AD'' crossovers. Publication history Gibbons left the strip early on to be replaced by a succession of artists and writers who have taken the strip in several different directions over the years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Mitchell (comics)
Alan Mitchell (born 1960 in London, England) was a writer. He died on 22 June 2016. Biography When Mitchell was working as a shop manager for Acme Comics in Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, South London,Brooks, Brad! "International Spotlight: Frank Bellamy: ''Dan Dare'' Artist Exhibited at South London Gallery," ''The Comics Journal'' #131 (Sept. 1989), pp. 13–14. in 1988, he met Pat Mills. The two became writing partners. In ''Crisis'', a political comic from Fleetway, Mitchell worked on Books 2 and 3 of ''Third World War''. The story covered issues including matriarchy, police racism, no-go areas, private police forces, class war, and black resistance. Mitchell also wrote the Amnesty International story "Prisoner of Justice" with artist Glenn Fabry. Mitchell partnered Mills in the first ''ABC Warriors'' novel ''The Medusa War'' for Black Library based on elements changed or removed from the scripts. According to Mills: Bibliography Comics *''Third World War'' (with co-auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisis (comic)
''Crisis'' (also known as ''2000 AD Presents: Crisis'') was a British comics, British comic anthology published by Fleetway Publications from 17 September 1988 to October 1991, initially fortnightly and later monthly. Designed to appeal to older readers than other Fleetway titles in order to take advantage of a boom in interest in 'adult' comics, ''Crisis'' featured overtly political and complex stories; one issue was even produced in conjunction with Amnesty International. Despite being branded under the umbrella of the successful ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', the comic was not a sales success and – despite periodic attempts at revamps – was cancelled after 63 issues. However, it did feature early work by a number of notable British comics creators, including Garth Ennis, John McCrea (comics), John McCrea, Mark Millar, Grant Morrison and John Smith (comics writer), John Smith. Creation Background The breakout success of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' ''Watchmen'' and Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third World War (comics)
"Third World War" is a British political comic story. It was originally published in the adult-orientated anthology comic ''Crisis'' between 17 September 1988 and December 1990. Written primarily by Pat Mills and initially with art from Carlos Ezquerra, the story was set in the near-future and studied the effect of global corporations on the developing world. The story debuted the character of Finn, who was later revisited by Mills in '' 2000 AD''. Creation Pat Mills had written scores of stories for Fleetway Publications' forerunner IPC Magazines throughout the 1970s, including being the creative force behind the titles ''Battle Picture Weekly'', ''Action'' and '' 2000 AD'', but as the 1980s had worn on found himself increasingly unhappy with both the constraints on his writing within the British industry and growing unhappiness with the poor deal given to creators. Steve MacManus' brief to create the adult-orientated ''Crisis'', and the more generous contracts prepared for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narratives, Humanism, humanist philosophy and counterculture, countercultural leanings. Morrison has written extensively for the American comic book publisher DC Comics, penning lengthy runs on ''Animal Man (comic book), Animal Man'', ''Doom Patrol'', ''JLA (comic book), JLA'', ''Action Comics'', and ''Green Lantern (comic book), Green Lantern'' as well as the graphic novels ''Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, Arkham Asylum'', ''JLA: Earth 2'', and ''Wonder Woman: Earth One'', the meta-series ''Seven Soldiers'' and ''The Multiversity'', the mini-series ''DC One Million'' and ''Final Crisis'', both of which served as centrepieces for the eponymous company-wide crossover storylines, and the maxi-series ''All-Star Superman''. Morrison's best known DC work is the seven-year Batman storyline which started in the ''Batman (comic book)# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandman'' (1989–1996) and the novels ''Good Omens'' (1990), ''Stardust (Gaiman novel), Stardust'' (1999), ''American Gods'' (2001), ''Coraline'' (2002), ''Anansi Boys'' (2005), ''The Graveyard Book'' (2008) and ''The Ocean at the End of the Lane'' (2013). He co-created the TV adaptations of ''Good Omens (TV series), Good Omens'' and ''The Sandman (TV series), The Sandman''. Gaiman's awards include Hugo Award, Hugo, Nebula Award, Nebula, and Bram Stoker Award, Bram Stoker awards and Newbery Medal, Newbery and Carnegie Medal (literary award), Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, ''The Graveyard Book''. ''The Ocean at the End of the Lane'' was voted Book of the Year in the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebellion Developments
Rebellion Developments Limited is a British video game developer based in Oxford. Founded by Jason Kingsley (businessman), Jason and Chris Kingsley in December 1992, the company is best known for ''Sniper Elite'' and multiple games in the ''List of Alien, Predator and Alien vs. Predator games, Alien vs. Predator'' series. Sister company Rebellion Publishing has published comic books since 2000, when it purchased ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', the publisher of characters such as Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper. In the 2010s the studio saw growth and success with their ''Sniper Elite'' series of games. The series has spanned 5 mainline installments and multiple spin-offs, including the ''Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army'' entries. Their latest title, ''Atomfall'', was released on March 27, 2025. History Origins (1992–1999) Rebellion was founded on 4 December 1992 by brothers Jason Kingsley (businessman), Jason and Chris Kingsley in Oxford, England. The pair had just finished acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Shocks
''Tharg's Future Shocks'' is a long-running series of short strips appearing in the British weekly comic '' 2000 AD'' since 1977. The name originates from the fictional editor of 2000 AD and the book titled ''Future Shock'', written by Alvin Toffler, published in 1970. Publishing history The series began in issue 25 of ''2000 AD'' titled "Tharg's Future Shocks" in a single short story written by Steve Moore, who also created the format. This established the pattern of the series which would be two- or three-page short stories, which were normally self-contained. These stories would be a testing ground for new artists and writers and creators resulting in the stories having a very mixed level of quality. Authors such as Peter Milligan, Alan Davis, Alan Moore, and Grant Morrison found some of their earliest work published as ''Future Shocks''. Spin-offs Some characters proved popular enough to either appear in their own stories, or have multiple appearances in ''Future Shoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton Argus
''The Argus'' is a local newspaper based in Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England, with editions serving the city of Brighton and Hove and the other parts of both East Sussex and West Sussex. The newspaper covers local news, politics and sport, including the city's largest football club, Brighton & Hove Albion FC. History Founded in 1880, and for many years known as the ''Evening Argus'', the newspaper is owned by Newsquest (since 1999, part of the US Gannett media group) which in 1996 bought ''The Argus'' and its sister Westminster Press titles from the provincial papers group's parent, the Pearson Group. ''The Argus'' reached a peak circulation of 100,000 in the early 1980s but, like most of its counterparts in the British regional press, has since experienced a considerable decline in sales. In the period December 2010 to June 2011, the paper had an average daily circulation of 24,949 but by the period January to June 2013, average daily sales had dropped to 16,622. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dignitas (Swiss Non-profit Organisation)
Dignitas may refer to: *Dignitas (Roman concept), a Roman virtue *Dignitas (non-profit organisation), organization providing physician-assisted suicide *Dignitas International, a humanitarian organisation *Dignitas (esports), a US-based esports team *Dignitas personae, a Vatican instruction on bioethics See also *Dignity (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
