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Mark London Williams
Mark London Williams is an American author, playwright, journalist, and creator of the Golden Duck-nominated, Los Angeles Times Bestsellin oung adult literature, young adult time travel series '' Danger Boy'', and author of ''Max Random and the Zombie 500''. Biography As a journalist, Williams has written for ''Variety'', ''Los Angeles Times'' online, ''Los Angeles Business Journal'', '' Below the Line'' and others, and was formerly an executive editor for '' Digital Coast Reporter''. Currently, he is a columnist for ''British Cinematographer magazin' , writing a recurring U.S. dispatch, and a contributor to several other sites covering the crafts side of film and TV making. " Williams has also written short fiction and comic books. He worked as a video game script doctor, and has had several plays produced in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London. ''Max Random'' is in development as a series by Event Horizon productions. He lives in Los Angeles. Partial bibliography Danger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Author
An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created''." Typically, the first owner of a copyright is the person who created the work, i.e. the author. If more than one person created the work (i.e., multiple authors), then a case of joint authorship takes place. The copyright laws are have minor differences in various jurisdictions across the United States. The United States Copyright Office, for example, defines copyright as "a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to authors of 'original works of authorship.'" Legal significance of authorship Holding the title of "author" over any "literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, rcertain other intellectual works" gives rights to this person, the owner of the copyright, especially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play (theatre)
A play is a work of drama, usually consisting mostly of dialogue between characters and intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. The writer of a play is called a playwright. Plays are performed at a variety of levels, from London's West End and Broadway in New York City – which are the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world – to regional theatre, to community theatre, as well as university or school productions. A stage play is a play performed and written to be performed on stage rather than broadcast or made into a movie. Stage plays are those performed on any stage before an audience. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference as to whether their plays were performed or read. The term "play" can refer to both the written texts of playwrights and to their complete theatrical performance. Comedy Comedies are plays which are designed to be humorous. Comedies are often filled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margret Rey
Margret Elizabeth Rey (born Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein; May 16, 1906 – December 21, 1996) was a German-born American writer and illustrator, known best for the ''Curious George'' series of children's picture books that she and her husband H. A. Rey created from 1939 to 1966. Life Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein was born on May 16, 1906 in Hamburg, German Empire, the daughter of Gertrude (Rosenfeld) and Felix Waldstein. Her father was a member of the Reichstag. She studied art at Bauhaus in Dessau, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and the University of Munich between 1926 and 1928 and afterward worked in advertising. In 1935 she left Germany for Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil to escape Nazism (Nazi Germany) – and to meet Hans Reyersbach, a salesman and another German Jew from Hamburg, who had been a family friend. They married in 1935 and moved to Paris, France, in 1936. While in Paris, Hans's animal drawings came to the attention of a French publisher, who commissioned him to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houghton Mifflin
The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as star (as, for example, in ''the A* search algorithm'' or '' C*-algebra''). In English, an asterisk is usually five- or six-pointed in sans-serif typefaces, six-pointed in serif typefaces, and six- or eight-pointed when handwritten. Its most common use is to call out a footnote. It is also often used to censor offensive words. In computer science, the asterisk is commonly used as a wildcard character, or to denote pointers, repetition, or multiplication. History The asterisk has already been used as a symbol in ice age cave paintings. There is also a two thousand-year-old character used by Aristarchus of Samothrace called the , , which he used when proofreading Homeric poetry to mark lines that were duplicated. Origen is kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curious George
Curious George is a fictional monkey who is the title character of a series of popular children's picture books written by Margret and H. A. Rey. Various media, including films and TV shows, have been based upon the original book series. George is described as "a good little monkey, and always very curious". Despite being referred to as a monkey throughout the series, he is depicted without a tail. In the first book, George is caught by "The Man in the Yellow Hat" and taken from Africa to America where the two live together. George and the Man in the Yellow Hat become friends and are shown going on adventures together. George's first appearance was as a monkey named "Fifi" in the book ''Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys'', which was first published in France during 1939 in the late years. The popularity of the character led the Reys to feature "George" in his own series. Creation The original series was written by the husband-and-wife team of Hans Augusto (H. A.) Rey and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Comics
Events January * First issue of ''The Sensational Spider-Man'' (Marvel). * In ''ToyFare'' winter’s special, debut of the strip Twisted Mego Theatre. * ''L'homme qui aimait les poupées'' (The dolls lover) – by Jean-Charles Krahen (Glénat Editions); first album of the noir series ''Gill Saint-Andrè''. February * February 10: The final episode of ''Secret Agent X-9'' is published. * February 14: Ilah's ''Cordelia'' debuts in the Flemish newspaper ''De Morgen''. * '' The New Titans'' is canceled by DC with issue #130. * ''Star Trek'' vol. 2 is canceled by DC with issue #80. March * March 2: The Flemish newspapers Het Laatste Nieuws and De Nieuwe Gazet launch a weekly children comics supplement titled ''De Samson en Gert Krant'', based on the popular TV show '' Samson en Gert''. It will run until 1998, after which it is renamed. *March 14: '' Evronians'', by Alessandro Sisti, Ezio Sisto and Alberto Lavoradori, album "number zero" of PKNA ; debut of the principal charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mojo Press
Mojo Press is a now-defunct small press which primarily published science fiction, horror, and western books and graphic novels between 1994 and 1999. History Mojo Press was founded in 1994 by publisher Ben Ostrander and managing editor Richard Klaw ostensibly to publish the Joe R. Lansdale and Klaw co-edited anthology '' Weird Business'' (1995), although the first Mojo Press title was actually the Klaw-edited comic book anthology ''Creature Features'' (1994) featuring the original Lansdale story "Grease Trap", illustrated by Ted Naifeh. In 1994, during the 90s comic-boom, friends Lansdale and Klaw had ruminated over the non-existence of "a comic book anthology with some of the biggest names in fantasy and horror fiction".Klaw's "The Secret History of ''Weird Business''" Part I , SF Site. Retrieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Hester (comics)
Phil Hester (born 1966) is an American comic book artist, penciller and writer. Early life Phil Hester is an alumnus of the University of Iowa. He is originally from North English, Iowa. Career Hester's pencilling credits include ''Swamp Thing, Brave New World, Flinch, Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Clerks: The Lost Scene, The Crow: Waking Nightmares, The Wretch'' (nominated for the 1997 Eisner Award for Best New Series), ''Aliens: Purge'', and ''Green Arrow''. During his run on ''Green Arrow'', he created the characters Mia Dearden and Onomatopoeia with writer Kevin Smith as well as Constantine Drakon with writer Judd Winick. Hester co-created ''Uncle Slam and Firedog'' with his ''Green Arrow'' collaborator, artist Ande Parks. He also created El Diablo, a new character (with a common name in DC Comics) who debuted in an eponymous limited series. His last comic 13 Steps will adapted in a Comedy Horror film. Hester is currently writing the new adventures of Golden Age hero ''The Blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 In Comics
Events and publications January * ''Adventures of Captain America'' #4, the final issue of the limited series (Marvel) February * ''Captain Confederacy'' vol. 2, #4, the final issue of the limited series (Epic Comics) * Jan Bucquoy is sued by Hergé's estate for making a pornographic parody of Tintin titled ''La Vie Sexuelle de Tintin''. He later wins his case. March * March 24: The final issue of the iconic British satirical magazine ''Punch'', which was renowned for its cartoons, is published. It will be briefly revived between 1996 and 2002. * ''Batman'' #475: Introduction of Renee Montoya. * ''Hook'' #4, the final issue of the bi-weekly mini-series (Marvel) April * Scott McCloud's ''Understanding Comics'' is first prepublished. * ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #361: First full appearance of Carnage. May * ''Captain America'' #400: 80-page giant; double gatefold cover; flip-book with a reprint of '' Avengers'' #4 ( Silver Age re-introduction of Captain America) on the oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piranha Press
Piranha Press, an imprint of DC Comics from 1989 to 1994, was a response by DC to the growing interest in alternative comics. The imprint was edited by Mark Nevelow, who instead of developing comics with the established names in the alternative comics field, chose to introduce several unknown illustrators with an eclectic and diverse line of experimental graphic novels and stories. Unusual for the time, Nevelow succeeded in getting DC to agree to contracts giving creator ownership to writers and artists. History DC announced its plan to form the Piranha imprint in 1987. Nevelow's associate editor on the imprint was Karen McBurnie. Designer Dean Motter created the signature Piranha cover format and logo. After the initial 1989 titles were art directed by John Workman, the in-house Piranha production design was by Bhob Stewart from 1989 to 1992, with other design contributions by Dale Crain, Rick Spanier, Richard Bruning, Veronica Carlin, Margaret Clark and Rick Keene. Artist-write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Stelfreeze
Brian Stelfreeze is an American comic book artist. Stelfreeze is a painter, penciller, inker and colorist and has worked for nearly every major American comic book publisher. He is one of the original members of Atlanta's Gaijin Studios. Career Stelfreeze began his career as the artist of the sci-fi miniseries ''CyCops'' in the mid-1980s. While Stelfreeze has been known throughout his career primarily as a cover artist, painting more than fifty cover illustrations for DC Comics' ''Shadow of the Bat'', he's also produced a significant amount of sequential work, most notably of late with the miniseries ''Domino (comics), Domino'' for Marvel Comics and ''Matador (Wildstorm), Matador'' for DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Currently, Stelfreeze acts as art director for 12 Gauge Comics and occasionally has provided artwork for their series ''The Ride (comics), The Ride'', and its prequel, ''Gun Candy''. His latest work can be seen on the Walt Simonson-written The Demon (comics), Demon/Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Comics
Events Year overall * Publishers Cartoon Books, Comic Zone Productions, Personality Comics, and Boneyard Press all enter the arena; First Comics stops publishing. * Egmont UK bought Fleetway Publications and forced to merge with London Editions to form Fleetway Editions. January *'' Checkmate'' is canceled by DC Comics with issue #33. * '' El Diablo'' vol. 2 is canceled by DC with issue #16. * ''Count Duckula'' is canceled by the Marvel Comics imprint Star Comics with issue #15. * '' Alien Legion: On The Edge'' is canceled with issue #3. * ''Avengers Spotlight'' is cancelled with #40. February * ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #344 - First appearance of Cletus Kasady, who later becomes the super-villain Carnage. * ''Frank'' by Jim Woodring debuts in the second issue of Buzz. * ''New Mutants'' #98 - Introduction of Deadpool, Domino, and Gideon. (Marvel Comics) * ''Power Pack'' is canceled by Marvel with issue #62. * '' Heathcliff'' is cancelled with issue #56. March * "Weapon X" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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