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My Romance (comics)
''My Own Romance'' is a comic book title originally published by Timely Comics beginning in 1948 to 1951 and later by Atlas Comics from 1951 to 1961, and published by Marvel Comics until 1962. Publication history The title began publication as ''My Romance'' #1–3 (Sep 1948 – Jan 1949), and was renamed ''My Own Romance'' with issues #4–18 (Mar 1949 – Sep 1951) published by Timely, and issues #19–76 (Nov 1951 – Jul 1960) published by Atlas, and the title and continued as ''Teen-Age Romance #77–81 Sep 1960 – May 1961), and issues #82-86 were published by Marvel Comics. Vince Colletta worked at Atlas Comics primarily as a romance comics artist, he drew dozens of stories and covers for the Atlas titles '' Love Romances'', '' Lovers'', ''My Own Romance'', ''Stories of Romance'', and ''The Romances of Nurse Helen Grant''. Matt Baker drew stories prolifically for the romance comics of Atlas, namely '' Love Romances'', ''My Own Romance'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialogue contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. "Comic Cuts" was a British comic published from 1890 to 1953. It was preceded by "Ally Sloper's Half Holiday" (1884) which is notable for its use of sequential cartoons to unfold narrative. These British comics existed alongside of the popular lurid "Penny dreadfuls" (such as "Spring-heeled Jack"), boys' " Story papers" and the humorous Punch (magazine) which was the first to use the term "cartoon" in its modern sense of a humorous drawing. The interweaving of drawings and the written word had been pioneered by, among others, William Blake (1757 - 1857) in works such as Blake's "The Descent Of Christ" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Rule
Christopher Rule (November 23, 1894 – April 1983) was an American comic book artist active from the 1940s through at least 1960, and best known as the first regular Marvel Comics inker for comics artist Jack Kirby during the period fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comic Books. Biography Early life and career After driving an ambulance in France during World War I,Interview with Atlas/Marvel artist Stan Goldberg, '' Alter Ego'' #18 (Oct. 2002), p. 14 Christopher Rule in the 1920s worked in comic strips and fashion illustration. For publisher S. Gabriel & Sons, Rule and Pelagia Doane illustrated a Pinocchio "put together book" in which gummed illustrations could be cut out and mounted on background sheets. Comic books In 1943, Rule was a comic-book inker with the Jack Binder Studio, and also that year inked Fawcett Comics stories featuring the superheroes Mary Marvel and Mr. Scarlet. By 1944 he'd become a staff artist at Timely Comics, the forerunner of Marvel Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known as Pegasus Books and founded in 1980. Dark Horse Comics has emerged as the fourth largest comic publishing company in the United States of America. Dividing profits with artists and writers, as well as supporting artistic and creative rights in the comic book industry, Dark Horse Comics has become a strong proponent of publishing licensed material that often does not fit into mainstream media. Several titles include: ''Sin City, Hellboy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 300, and Star Wars.'' In December 2021, Swedish gaming company Embracer Group launched its acquisition of Dark Horse Media, Dark Horse Comics' parent company, and completed the buyout in March 2022. In June 2022, Dark Horse announced a business partnership with Penguin Rando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Williamson
Alfonso Williamson (March 21, 1931 – June 12, 2010) was an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western, science fiction and fantasy. Born in New York City, he spent much of his early childhood in Bogotá, Colombia before moving back to the United States at the age of 12. In his youth, Williamson developed an interest in comic strips, particularly Alex Raymond's ''Flash Gordon''. He took art classes at Burne Hogarth's Cartoonists and Illustrators School, there befriending future cartoonists Wally Wood and Roy Krenkel, who introduced him to the work of illustrators who had influenced adventure strips. Before long, he was working professionally in the comics industry. His most notable works include his science-fiction/ heroic-fantasy art for EC Comics in the 1950s, on titles including '' Weird Science'' and ''Weird Fantasy''. In the 1960s, he gained recognition for continuing Raymond's illustrative tradition with his work on the ''Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tuska
George Tuska (; April 26, 1916 – October 16, 2009),George Tuska at the Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch. Retrieved on 5 March 2013. Note George Tuska at the Lambiek Comiclopedia erroneously gives death date as October 15 who early in his career used a variety of pen names including Carl Larson, was an American comic book and newspaper comic strip Comics artist, artist best known for his 1940s work on various Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel titles and the crime fiction series ''Crime Does Not Pay (comics), Crime Does Not Pay'' and for his 1960s work illustrating Iron Man and other Marvel Comics characters. He also drew the DC Comics newspaper comic strip ''The World's Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Toth
Alexander Toth (June 25, 1928 – May 27, 2006) was an American cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but he is also known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His work included ''Super Friends'', ''Fantastic Four (1967 TV series), Fantastic Four'', ''Space Ghost (TV series), Space Ghost'', ''Sealab 2020'', ''The Herculoids'' and ''Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, Birdman''. Toth's work has been resurrected in the late-night, adult-themed spin-offs on Cartoon Network’s late night sister channel Adult Swim: ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', ''Sealab 2021'' and ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law''. He was inducted into the comic book industry's List of Harvey Award winners#The Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990. Biography Early life and career Alex Toth was born in 1928 to immigrants from Hungary, who were part of the Slovak minority in Hungary. His father w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
