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Ivan Brandon
Ivan Brandon (born 1976) is a comic book writer known for his work on titles such as DC Comics' ''Final Crisis, Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape'' and ''Men of War (comics), Men of War'' as well as creator-owned series ''Viking (comics), Viking'', ''The Cross Bronx'' and ''NYC Mech'', published by Image Comics. He is also the creator and producer of the Eisner Awards, Eisner-nominated anthology series ''24Seven (comics), 24Seven''. Early life Ivan Brandon was born in New York City in 1976 to Cuban people, Cuban immigrants. He has an older brother, two younger brothers and a younger sister. Brandon's earliest exposure to comics came in the early 1980s, from the books that were passed down to him from his older brother, including such Marvel Comis, Marvel publications as ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Uncanny X-Men'' and ''Secret Wars''. Brandon names Bill Sienkiewicz's work on ''New Mutants'' and Frank Miller (comics), Frank Miller's wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Wars
''Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars'', commonly known as ''Secret Wars'' for short, is a twelve-issue American comic book Fictional crossover, crossover limited series published from May 1984 to April 1985 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Jim Shooter, with art by Mike Zeck and Bob Layton. It was tied-in with a Secret Wars (toy line), toy line of the same name from Mattel. Publication history The series was conceived by Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. In the eleventh issue of the ''Marvel Age'' news magazine, published February 1984, a news column announced the series as ''Cosmic Champions''. One month later, the twelfth issue of ''Marvel Age'' featured a cover story on the series with the revised title of ''Secret Wars''. Shooter stated: Shooter further explained Mattel's input for the series: Crossover titles include ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #249–252, ''Avengers (comics), The Avengers'' #242–243, ''Captain America (comic book), Captain America'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy MacDonald (comics)
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Miles Gunter
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a imperial unit, British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of Unit of length, length equal to 5,280 Foot (unit), English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised between the British Commonwealth and the United States by an international yard and pound, international agreement in 1959, when it was formally redefined with respect to SI units as exactly . With qualifiers, ''mile'' is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the #Roman, Roman mile, such as the #Nautical, nautical mile (now exactly), the #Italian, Italian mile (roughly ), and the li (unit), Chinese mile (now exactly). The Romans divided their mile into 5,000 Ancient Roman units of measurement#Length, Roman feet but the greater importance of furlongs in Kingdom of England#Tudor period, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Avon Oeming
Michael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer. Career Oeming is a fan of ancient mythology, having written or drawn several projects centering on the Norse gods. He frequently collaborates with long-time friend Bryan J. L. Glass and with Brian Michael Bendis. He is part of the M.O.B. crew of comic book creators, along with David Mack, Brian Bendis and Daniel Berman. His 1998 comic book ''Bulletproof Monk'' was made into a film of the same name. The previous mentioned collaborations are ''The Mice Templar'' from Image Comics, which he draws and co-authors with Bryan J.L. Glass, and '' Powers'' from Icon Comics which he draws, and sometimes co-authors, with Brian Bendis. His creator-owned projects include ''Rapture'', on which he collaborated with his wife, Taki Soma, and ''The Victories'', both for Dark Horse Comics. As of 2010, he was employed as a staff member of Valve, working on ''Left 4 Dead'', ''Team Fortress 2'' and ''Portal 2'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminator 3
''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' is a 2003 science fiction action film directed by Jonathan Mostow. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, and Kristanna Loken, it is the third installment in the ''Terminator'' franchise and a sequel to '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991). In its plot, the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet sends a T-X (Loken)—a highly advanced Terminator—back in time to ensure the rise of machines by killing top members of the future human resistance as John Connor's (Stahl) location is unknown. The resistance sends back a reprogrammed T-101 (Schwarzenegger) to protect John and Kate. While ''Terminator'' creator James Cameron was interested in directing the third film, he ultimately had no involvement with ''Terminator 3''. Andrew G. Vajna and Mario Kassar, who had produced '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' through their company Carolco Pictures, obtained the rights for the franchise through both Carolco's liquidati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Amano
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Beckett Comics
Beckett is an English language, English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Beckett (born 1950), American animator, special effects artist and teacher, worked on ''Star Wars'' *Alex Beckett (born 1954), Scottish footballer *Allan Beckett (1914-2005), British civil engineer *Andy Beckett (born 1969), British journalist and historian *Ann Beckett (1927–2002), Irish pioneer of occupational therapy *Arnold Beckett (1920–2010), British pharmacist, academic, and expert on doping in sport *Barry Beckett (1943–2009), American musician *Beatrice Beckett (1905–1957), the first wife of the British statesman Anthony Eden *Bernard Beckett (born 1967), New Zealand writer of fiction for young adults *Billy Beckett (1915–1998), English footballer *Bob Beckett (born 1936), former Canadian ice hockey centre *Charles Beckett (cricketer) (born 1794), English first-class cricketer *Charles Beckett (politician) (born 1958), American politician *Charles Edward Beckett (1849†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Mazzucchelli
David John Mazzucchelli (; born September 21, 1960) is an American comics artist and writer, known for his work on seminal superhero comic book storylines '' Daredevil: Born Again'' and '' Batman: Year One'', as well as for graphic novels in other genres, such as ''Asterios Polyp'' and '' City of Glass: The Graphic Novel''. He is also an instructor who teaches comic book storytelling at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. Career Mazzucchelli received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and started working in comics in the early 1980s, first at Marvel Comics where, after a few fill-in jobs, he became the regular artist on '' Daredevil''. He worked with writer Denny O'Neil and culminated his work on this title with the '' Daredevil: Born Again'' (Feb-Aug 1986) story arc, written by Frank Miller. Miller and Mazzucchelli collaborated again on the graphic novel '' Batman: Year One'', serialized in issues #404–407 (Feb-May 1987) of DC Comics' monthly '' Batman'' title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elektra (comics)
Elektra Natchios (, ) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Frank Miller, the character first appeared in '' Daredevil'' #168 (Jan. 1981). She is a love interest of the superhero Matt Murdock / Daredevil, but her violent nature and mercenary lifestyle divide the two, before she ultimately becomes the second Daredevil in 2020. The character is a highly trained assassin of Greek descent who wields a pair of sai as her trademark weapons. Elektra is one of Frank Miller's best-known creations, and has appeared in numerous modern storylines even though Marvel had originally promised not to revive the character without Miller's permission. She has also appeared as a supporting character of the X-Men's Wolverine and in other series and mini-series, as well as adaptations for the screen. Jennifer Garner portrayed Elektra in the films '' Daredevil'' (2003) and '' Elektra'' (2005), while Élodie Yung portrayed the character in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
