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Hit-Girl
Hit-Girl (Mindy McCreadySpelled Macready in the films.) is a fictional antihero appearing in the comic series '' Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years'' series, published by Marvel Comics under the company's imprint Icon Comics and later Image Comics. The character was created by artist John Romita Jr. and writer Mark Millar. She is a young but effective vigilante, trained by her father Damon McCready (a.k.a. Big Daddy) from an early age to be a costumed superhero and assassin. In '' Kick-Ass'', she is introduced as a supporting character. She featured in her own self-titled comic book series, ''Hit-Girl'', which was first published on February 21, 2018 by Image Comics. She is portrayed by Chloë Grace Moretz in the feature film adaptations '' Kick-Ass'' and '' Kick Ass 2''. Comics ''Kick Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years'' Following her father's death in the first volume of the comic ''The Dave Lizewski Years'', Hit-Girl takes on Kick-Ass (Dave Lizewski) as her crime-fighting pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kick-Ass (comic Book)
''Kick-Ass'' is a creator-owned comic book series written by Mark Millar and illustrated by John Romita Jr. It was initially published by Marvel Comics under the company's Icon imprint and republished under Image Comics. It is the story of Dave Lizewski, a teenager who sets out to become a real life superhero. His actions are publicized on the Internet and inspire other people. He gets caught up with ruthless vigilantes Big Daddy and Mindy "Hit-Girl" McCready, who are on a mission to take down the Genovese crime family. The first volume of the series was adapted into a film directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the title role, released in 2010. A sequel, directed by Jeff Wadlow and adapting the second and third volumes of the series, was released in 2013. Plot Book One The first volume of ''The Dave Lizewski Years'', originally titled ''Kick-Ass'', is set over the course of two years. Dave Lizewski, an otherwise ordinary New York City high scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon McCready
''Kick-Ass'' is a creator-owned comic book series written by Mark Millar and illustrated by John Romita Jr. It was initially published by Marvel Comics under the company's Icon imprint and republished under Image Comics. It is the story of Dave Lizewski, a teenager who sets out to become a real life superhero. His actions are publicized on the Internet and inspire other people. He gets caught up with ruthless vigilantes Big Daddy and Mindy "Hit-Girl" McCready, who are on a mission to take down the Genovese crime family. The first volume of the series was adapted into a film directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the title role, released in 2010. A sequel, directed by Jeff Wadlow and adapting the second and third volumes of the series, was released in 2013. Plot Book One The first volume of ''The Dave Lizewski Years'', originally titled ''Kick-Ass'', is set over the course of two years. Dave Lizewski, an otherwise ordinary New York City high school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hit-Girl In Rome Cover
Hit-Girl (Mindy McCreadySpelled Macready in the films.) is a fictional antihero appearing in the comic series '' Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years'' series, published by Marvel Comics under the company's imprint Icon Comics and later Image Comics. The character was created by artist John Romita Jr. and writer Mark Millar. She is a young but effective vigilante, trained by her father Damon McCready (a.k.a. Big Daddy) from an early age to be a costumed superhero and assassin. In '' Kick-Ass'', she is introduced as a supporting character. She featured in her own self-titled comic book series, ''Hit-Girl'', which was first published on February 21, 2018 by Image Comics. She is portrayed by Chloë Grace Moretz in the feature film adaptations '' Kick-Ass'' and '' Kick Ass 2''. Comics ''Kick Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years'' Following her father's death in the first volume of the comic ''The Dave Lizewski Years'', Hit-Girl takes on Kick-Ass (Dave Lizewski) as her crime-fighting par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hit-Girl (comic Book)
''Hit-Girl'' is a creator-owned comic book sequel series to '' Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years'', created by Mark Millar and illustrated by John Romita Jr. The series was published by Image Comics in 2018. The title, featuring a successive change of writers and artists for each four-issue story arc, follows Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl leaving the United States to carry on her fight for justice on a worldwide scale, depicting events mentioned in the epilogue of Book Four of ''The Dave Lizewski Years''. Synopsis Season One The first series of ''Hit-Girl'' is retroactively referred to as ''Hit-Girl: Season One'' following the release of the second series, titled ''Hit-Girl: Season Two''. ''In Colombia'' ''In Canada'' ''In Rome'' Season Two ''In Hollywood'' In February 2019, the series restarted under the title, ''Hit-Girl: Season 2''. The first issue featured the Kevin Smith storyline spoken about when the first series was first announced. The plot revolves arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kick-Ass 2 (film)
''Kick-Ass 2'' is a 2013 black comedy superhero film written and directed by Jeff Wadlow, based on the graphic novels ''Book Two'' and ''Book Three'' of ''Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years'' by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr., and serving as a sequel to 2010's '' Kick-Ass''. It stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Jim Carrey, with the former trio reprising their roles from the first film. The film follows Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass (Taylor-Johnson), who joins a vigilante team called "Justice Forever", while Mindy Macready / Hit Girl (Moretz) attempts to live a normal life, and Chris D'Amico (Mintz-Plasse) taking up the mantle of The Motherfucker and forming a supervillain team to take revenge on Kick-Ass. ''Kick-Ass 2'' was released on 14 August 2013 in the United Kingdom, 16 August in the United States, and 24 February 2014 in Japan by Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures International, and Toho-Towa, respectively. The film earned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kick-Ass (film)
''Kick-Ass'' is a 2010 superhero action comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn from a screenplay by Jane Goldman and Vaughn. It is based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. It tells the story of an ordinary teenager, Dave Lizewski ( Aaron Johnson), who sets out to become a real-life superhero, calling himself "Kick-Ass". Dave gets caught up in a bigger fight when he meets Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage), a former cop who, in his quest to bring down the crime boss Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong) and his son Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), has trained his eleven-year-old daughter (Chloë Grace Moretz) to be the ruthless vigilante Hit-Girl. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2010, by Universal Pictures, and in the United States on 16 April, by Lionsgate. Despite having generated some controversy for its profanity and violence performed by a child, ''Kick-Ass'' was well received by both critics and audiences. In 2011 it won the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millar, Mark
Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer and television producer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series '' The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written extensively for Marvel Comics, including runs on ''The Ultimates'', which has been called "the comic book of the decade" by ''Time'' magazine and described as a major inspiration for the 2012 film '' The Avengers'' by its screenwriter Zak Penn, ''X-Men'', '' Fantastic Four'' and '' Avengers'' for Marvel's Ultimate imprint, as well as ''Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' and ''Wolverine''. In 2006, Millar wrote the ''Civil War'' mini-series that served as the centrepiece for the eponymous company-wide crossover storyline and later inspired the Marvel Studios film '' Captain America: Civil War''. The "Old Man Logan" storyline, published as part of Millar's run on ''Wolverine'', served as the inspiration for the 2017 film '' Logan''. Millar has wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Millar
Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer and television producer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series '' The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written extensively for Marvel Comics, including runs on ''The Ultimates'', which has been called "the comic book of the decade" by ''Time'' magazine and described as a major inspiration for the 2012 film '' The Avengers'' by its screenwriter Zak Penn, ''X-Men'', '' Fantastic Four'' and ''Avengers'' for Marvel's Ultimate imprint, as well as ''Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' and ''Wolverine''. In 2006, Millar wrote the ''Civil War'' mini-series that served as the centrepiece for the eponymous company-wide crossover storyline and later inspired the Marvel Studios film '' Captain America: Civil War''. The "Old Man Logan" storyline, published as part of Millar's run on ''Wolverine'', served as the inspiration for the 2017 film '' Logan''. Millar has written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kick-Ass (character)
Kick-Ass is the name of two fictional superheroes serving as the title characters and the protagonists of the ''Kick-Ass'' series, published by Marvel Comics under the company’s imprint Icon Comics, and by Image Comics. The duo was created by artist John Romita Jr. and writer Mark Millar. Prior to ''The Dave Lizewski Years'' series, David "Dave" Lizewski is a high school student and comic book fan whose dreams inspire him to become a real-life superhero dubbed "Kick-Ass", training under Hit-Girl, while prior to ''The New Girl'' series, Patience Lee is an Afghanistan war veteran and single mother who dons the Kick-Ass costume and mantle to steal money from various crime bosses for her family before becoming a crime boss herself. The Dave Lizewski version of Kick-Ass appeared in the feature film adaptations '' Kick-Ass'' and '' Kick-Ass 2'' portrayed by Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Fictional character biography Dave Lizewski Dave Lizewski is a simple ordinary New York City high s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloë Grace Moretz
Chloë Grace Moretz (; born February 10, 1997) is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including four MTV Movie & TV Awards, two People's Choice Awards, two Saturn Awards, and two Young Artist Awards. She began acting as a child, with early roles in the supernatural horror film ''The Amityville Horror'' (2005), the drama series ''Desperate Housewives'' (2006–07), the supernatural horror film '' The Eye'' (2008), the drama film ''The Poker House'' (2008), the drama series ''Dirty Sexy Money'' (2007–08), the romantic comedy film ''500 Days of Summer'' (2009) and the children's comedy film ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' (2010). Her breakthrough came in 2010 with her critically acclaimed performances as Hit-Girl in the superhero film '' Kick-Ass'' and as a child vampire in the horror film '' Let Me In''. Moretz starred in Martin Scorsese's historical adventure film ''Hugo'' (2011), Tim Burton's horror comedy film ''Dark Shadows'' (2012), the satirical sitco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Romita Jr
John Salvatore Romita (; born August 17, 1956), known professionally as John Romita Jr., is an American comics artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2010s. He is the son of artist John Romita Sr. Early life John Romita Jr. is the son of Virginia (Bruno) and comic book artist John Romita Sr., one of the signature '' Spider-Man'' artists since the 1960s. He studied advertising art and design at Farmingdale State College in East Farmingdale, New York, graduating in 1976. Career Romita Jr.'s first contribution to Marvel Comics was at the age of 13 with the creation of the Prowler in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #78 (Nov. 1969). Romita Jr. began his career at Marvel UK, doing sketches for covers of reprints. His American debut was with a six-page story entitled "Chaos at the Coffee Bean!" in ''The Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #11 (1977). Romita's early popularity began with his run on '' Iron Man'' with writer David Michelinie and artist Bob La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icon Comics
Icon Comics is an imprint of Marvel Comics for creator-owned titles, designed to keep select "A-list" creators producing for Marvel rather than seeing them take creator-owned work to other publishers. History It was launched in 2004 with Michael Avon Oeming and Brian Michael Bendis' superhero/detective series '' Powers'' and David Mack's ''Kabuki'' moving to the imprint, both from Image Comics. In June 2005 the imprint's third title J. Michael Straczynski's ''Dream Police'' was launched, followed in September by ''The Book of Lost Souls'', also from Straczynski. ''Criminal'' by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is an ongoing crime comic also published by Icon. Mark Millar has described the deal with Icon in relation to his '' Kick-Ass'' series: Titles Following the move of Brian Michael Bendis (as well as all of his comics) to DC Comics in 2017, the Icon imprint has been dormant: * '' Brilliant'' by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mark Bagley * ''Casanova'' by writer Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
