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John Freeman (editor)
John Freeman (born 18 January 1960) is a British writer/editor/designer known for his work with Marvel UK, and on ''Doctor Who Magazine'' and '' The Really Heavy Greatcoat''. Biography Freeman began his media career editing the Lancaster University student newspaper ''SCAN'' in 1981. Freeman's first professionally published comics work was ''The Science Service'', drawn by Rian Hughes, which Knockabout reprinted in 2007 as part of a larger collection of work by Hughes titled ''Yesterday's Tomorrows''. ''On the Beat''/''Off the Beat'' After university Freeman launched '' On the Beat'', a listings magazine for Lancaster, England, which eventually morphed into ''Off the Beat'' (not to be confused with the ''a cappella'' group at the University of Pennsylvania). After Freeman left Lancaster to work for Marvel UK in 1988, ''Off the Beat'' was run by a co-operative, until Freeman returned in 1993, where he took up the editorial reins of the title, turning it into a monthly free p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who Magazine
''Doctor Who Magazine'' (abbreviated as ''DWM'') is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Launched in 1979 as ''Doctor Who Weekly'', the magazine became a monthly publication the following year. Now with 13 issues a year, as well as currently producing triannual deluxe Special Editions (2002–) and Bookazines (2013–), the publication features behind the scenes articles on the TV show and other media, as well as producing its own world famous comic strip. Its founding editor was Dez Skinn, and the incumbent editor is Marcus Hearn, who took over from the magazine's longest-serving editor, Tom Spilsbury, in July 2017. ''DWM'' is recognised by ''Guinness World Records'' as the longest running TV tie-in magazine, celebrating 40 years of continuous publication on 11 October 2019. History Originally geared towards children and predominately featuring comic strips, ''DWM'' slowly transformed into a mature magazine, expanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death's Head
Death's Head is the name of several fictional characters appearing in British comics and American comic books both published by Marvel Comics. The original Death’s Head is a robotic bounty hunter (or rather, as he calls himself, a "freelance peace-keeping agent"), and often ends sentences with "yes?". The character was created by writer Simon Furman and artist Geoff Senior for the company's Marvel UK imprint. Furman originally planned to have Death's Head debut in his stories for Marvel's licensed title '' The Transformers'', but believed that characters appearing there "were prone to be absorbed into that title's catchall copyright," allowing Transformers toy-line owner Hasbro to contest its ownership. This led to a one-page strip, "High Noon Tex" (which was subsequently published in various Marvel UK titles) being hastily created to establish Marvel's ownership of the character. Furman said he chose the name Death's Head for the character while being unaware of the "Nazi-co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who (comics)
''Doctor Who'' spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Both during the main run of the series from 1963 to 1989 and after its cancellation, numerous novels, comic strips, comic books and other material were generated based on the characters and situations introduced in the show. These spin-offs continued to be produced even without a television series to support them and helped keep the show alive in the minds of its fans and the public until the programme was revived in 2005. This entry mainly concentrates on "official" spin-offs, that is to say, material sanctioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation, which produces the series, as well as material sanctioned by the copyright holders of characters from the series. One aspect of ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs which makes them different from many spin-offs from other science fiction Media franchise, fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardians Of Space
''G-Force: Guardians of Space'' (1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...) is the second United States, American animation, animated television adaptation of the Japanese anime series ''Science Ninja Team Gatchaman'' (1972 in television, 1972), following Sandy Frank, Sandy Frank Entertainment's initial 1978 effort ''Battle of the Planets'' and preceding A.D. Vision#ADV Films, ADV Films' 2005 attempt, known merely as ''Gatchaman''. With ''G-Force'', Sandy Frank Entertainment collaborated with Turner Broadcasting System, Turner Broadcasting to create a newer, more faithful translation of ''Science Ninja Team Gatchaman'' for a new audience, and such a translation was made possible with the relaxed Standards & Practices, television standards of the 1980s, a luxury that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |