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Joseph Michael Linsner
Joseph Michael Linsner (born December 13, 1968)Creator entry Grand Comics Database. Retrieved Dec. 13, 2021. is an American writer/artist, known as the creator of the mature-audiences supernatural character ,Linsner bio ''Lambiek's Comiclopedia''. Retrieved May 17, 2022. and for his illustrations of female characters. He is a popular cover artist in the comics industry. Early life Linsner was ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long Island to its west, and Nassau County to its east. Queens also shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island (via the Rockaways). With a population of 2,405,464 as of the 2020 census, Queens is the second most populous county in the State of New York, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens became a city, it would rank as the fifth most-populous in the U.S. after New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston. Approximately 47% of the residents of Queens are foreign-born. Queens is the most linguistically diverse place on Earth and is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the United States. Queens was est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 1951 and its predecessor, ''Marvel Mystery Comics'', the ''Marvel Comics'' title/name/brand was first used in June 1961. Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in June 1961 with the launch of ''The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Punisher
The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made his first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #129 (cover-dated February 1974), originally depicted as an assassin and adversary of the superhero Spider-Man. The character is depicted as an Italian-American vigilante who employs murder, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, threats of violence, and torture in his campaign against crime. Driven by the deaths of his wife and two children, who were killed by the mob for witnessing a killing in New York City's Central Park, the Punisher wages a one-man war on crime. A veteran (originally of the Vietnam War''Punisher'' #6 (Marvel Comics, 2000). and later updated alternately to the fictional Siancong War and the Iraq War) U.S. Marine Corps Scout/Sniper in Force Recon, Castle is skilled in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witchblade
''Witchblade'' is a comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, which ran from November 1995 to October 2015. The series was created by Top Cow founder and owner Marc Silvestri, editor David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner. The ''Witchblade'' comic was adapted into a television series in 2001, as well as an anime, a manga and a novel in 2006. A feature film based on the comic, titled ''The Witchblade'', was announced for a 2009 release, but was never produced. A second ''Witchblade'' television series was announced for development in January 2017, but there has been no update since. Top Cow relaunched ''Witchblade'' comic in December 2017 with the creative team of writer Caitlin Kittredge and artist Roberta Ingranata. The series features journalist Alex Underwood as the main character. The first of a new ''Witchblade'' comic series was released in February 2021 featuring new ''Witchblade'' creative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossover (fiction)
A crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, unofficial efforts by fans, or common corporate ownership. Background Official Crossovers often occur in an official capacity in order for the intellectual property rights holders to reap the financial reward of combining two or more popular, established properties. In other cases, the crossover can serve to introduce a new concept derivative of an older one. Crossovers generally occur between properties owned by a single holder, but they can, more rarely, involve properties from different holders, provided that the inherent legal obstacles can be overcome. They may also involve using characters that have passed into the public domain with those concurrently under copyright protection. A crossover story may try to explain its own reason for the crossov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Knowles (comics)
Christopher Knowles (; born 1966) is an American comic book artist, writer and blogger who writes on comic books and broader pop culture topics. Career Knowles began his career in 1996, writing and drawing comics, particularly, ''Halo, an Angel's Story'', a mini-series published by Sirius Entertainment, and contributing to the art in a graphic novel based on the ''Saturday Night Live'' cartoon '' The X Presidents''. He was also the editor of the Top Shelf Productions magazine '' Comic Book Artist'' from 2000–2004 and has written articles for publications such as ''The Jack Kirby Collector'' and sites like Comic Book Resources. Knowles wrote a book called '' Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes'' (2007), which won an Eagle Award for "Favourite Comics-Related Book". He co-authored a book published in 2008 about ''The X-Files'' TV series called ''The Complete X-Files: Behind the Series, the Myths, and the Movies''. In October 2010, Viva Editions publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Gods Wear Spandex
''Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes'' is a 2007 book by Christopher Knowles, the former editor of '' Comic Book Artist'', with illustrations by Joe Linsner. The book examines superheroes as a modern evolution of mythological archetypes and the more modern history, as well as the mystical influences on comics. Overview The book looks at the evolution of the superhero through the early Egyptian, Greek and Roman myths to the modern era. In particular Knowles highlights the significance of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel ''The Coming Race'' and its concept of the Vril-ya, a super human race occupying the hollow earth. This was adopted and adapted by Theosophy into their concept of Ascended Masters which when mixed with Friedrich Nietzsche's Übermensch, became the template for the early superheroes. It then goes on to examine the influences of the pulp magazines on the development of what we would come to view as superheroes, looking at specific examples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
