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Mike Gustovich
Michael Gustovich (born November 15, 1953 in Warren, Ohio) is an American artist, known for his comic book art and inking in the 1980s and early 1990s for such publishers as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, First Comics, Comico, and Eclipse Comics. He is the creator of the superhero team Justice Machine, which throughout the 1980s and early 1990s was featured in comics from several publishers. Biography In 1976, Gustovich self-published through his company Noble Comics ''The Lands of Prester John'', a 64-page one-shot of his own superhero, science fiction, and horror stories.Gustovich entry . Retrieved Jan. 17, 2023. Gustovich then became the art director for the |
Warren, Ohio
Warren is a city in and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Located in northeastern Ohio, Warren lies approximately northwest of Youngstown and southeast of Cleveland. The population was 39,201 at the 2020 census. The historical county seat of the Connecticut Western Reserve, it is the second largest city in the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area, and anchors the northern part of that area. History Ephraim Quinby founded Warren in 1798, on of land that he purchased from the Connecticut Land Company, as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Quinby named the town for the town's surveyor, Moses Warren. The town was the county seat of the Western Reserve, then became the Trumbull County seat in 1801. In 1833, Warren contained county buildings, two printing offices, a bank, five mercantile stores, and about 600 inhabitants. Warren had a population of nearly 1,600 people in 1846. In that same year, the town had five churches, twenty stores, three newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G-Man Comics
G-Man Comics is a micro-publisher. It began on June 22, 2019 with the publication of the first comic book handbook in September 2019. G-Man Comics is a guild-style publisher featuring Rik Offenberger's ''Simon N. Kirby, the Agent'', ''Sgt. Flag'', and ''Lynx''; Jim Burrows' ''Demon Priest'', ''Champion of Liberty²'', and ''Outrage''; and Eric N. Bennett's ''American Eagle III'', ''Blue Bolt'', and ''Taranis''. Although each creator owns exclusive rights to their creation, they occupy a shared universe. Titles * Black Phantom ('' Steve Perrin, Ronn Foss, John Jennings, Jim Burrows, Mell Ford, David Elis Leary'') - ongoing * Demon Priest Ashcan (''Jim Burrows, Gilbert Monsanto'') - (March 2020) * G-Man Comics 3in1 (''Rik Offenberger, Jim Burrows, Eric N. Bennett, Gilbert Monsanto, Alan Faria, Steven Butler, Michael Netzer, Bill Black, Eric Coile, Justin Vargas, Thomas Florimonte, Hique!, Téo Pinheiro'') - ongoing * G-Man Comics Christmas Special (''Rik Offenberger, Steven But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Coast College
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is related to the Old High German ''nord'', both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the Greek '' boreas'' "north wind, north", which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of ''Ursa Major''. The Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikós'') is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word ''Arctic''. Other languages have other derivations. For example, in Lezgian, ''kefer'' can mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwayne McDuffie
Dwayne Glenn McDuffie (February 20, 1962February 21, 2011) was an American writer of comic books and television, known for producing and writing the animated series ''Static Shock'', '' Damage Control'', ''Justice League Unlimited'' and ''Ben 10'', and co-founding the pioneering minority-owned-and-operated comic book company Milestone Media, which focused on underrepresented minorities in American comics. McDuffie earned three Eisner Award nominations for his work in comics. Early life and education McDuffie was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Leroy McDuffie and Edna (Hawkins) McDuffie Gardner. He attended and graduated from the Roeper School, a school for gifted children in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 1980. Of African-American characters in comics, he later, said: In 1983, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Michigan, followed by a master's degree in physics. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milestone Media
Milestone Media is a company best known for creating Milestone Comics, which were published and distributed by DC Comics and the ''Static Shock'' animated series. It was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African-American artists and writers, consisting of Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis and Derek T. Dingle. The founders felt that minorities were severely underrepresented in American comics and wished to address this. History Development Christopher Priest participated in the early planning stages of Milestone Media, and was originally slated to become the editor-in-chief of the new company, but left the endeavor for personal reasons before any of Milestone's titles were published. Davis left Milestone in 1995, after the imprint had launched, to become president of the new Motown Animation & Filmworks,the comic book line Motown Machine Works was published by Image Comics. Cowan soon joined him to serve as editor in chief. All Milestone Media titles were set in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darryl Banks
Darryl Banks is an American comic book artist. He worked on one of the first painted comic books, ''Cyberpunk'', and teamed with the writer Mark Ellis (American author), Mark Ellis to revamp the long-running ''Justice Machine, The Justice Machine'' series for two publishers, Innovation Publishing, Innovation and Millennium Publications, Millennium. Early life Columbus Eastmoor High School Graduate was born to parents Father Aubrey and Mother Mary Banks (Fowler). A competent artist from central Ohio. He always loved art but decided in high school that he wanted to pursue a career in comics. Darryl Banks studied at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio.''Wizard (magazine), Wizard'' #41 (January 1995). pp 122-123. Comics After Banks graduated from college, he sent copious samples of his art to DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and went to comics conventions to show his work to publishers. On the advice of friends, he began sending samples to smaller, independent companies. Even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ellis (American Author)
Mark Ellis is an American novelist/graphic novelist, journalist, and comics creator who under the pen name James Axler has written scores of books for the ''Outlanders'' and '' Deathlands'' paperback novel series as well as numerous other books under his own name. Career In 1980, Ellis married Melissa Martin, a graphic designer, photographer and writer who served as his business partner. He began working as a full-time writer in 1986. Rafter, Dan"Conquering Comics ... and Marriage, Too" Firefox News, October 9, 2007 A busy comics creator in the 1980s and 90s, Ellis created the popular '' Death Hawk'' character and also developed/created ''Star Rangers'', ''Ninja Elite'', ''The Justice Machine'', as well as working on such popular properties as Doc Savage, ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'', ''H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu'', The Green Hornet, and '' The Wild Wild West.'' Millennium Publications In 1990, Ellis co-founded Millennium Publications, serving as editor, with his wife and co-found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innovation Publishing
Innovation Publishing (also known as Innovation Books and the Innovative Corporation) was an American comic book company based in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was co-founded by David Campiti in 1988 after writing a business proposal and raising US$400,000 to finance its launch. Innovation became #4 in market share, below Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Dark Horse Comics. Overview The company published many adaptations and tie-in series of existing media properties, such as Anne Rice's novels ''Interview with the Vampire'', ''The Vampire Lestat'', and ''Queen of the Damned''. It also published adaptations of novels such as Terry Pratchett's ''The Colour of Magic'' and ''The Light Fantastic'', Piers Anthony's ''On a Pale Horse'', Don Pendleton's '' The Executioner'', Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's ''Lucifer's Hammer'', and Gene Wolfe's ''The Shadow of the Torturer''; the TV series ''Dark Shadows'', ''Quantum Leap'', ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''Lost In Space''; films such as ''For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Isabella
Tony Isabella (born December 22, 1951) is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, artist and critic, known as the creator and writer of Marvel Comics' Black Goliath; DC Comics' first major African-American superhero, Black Lightning; and as a columnist and critic for the ''Comics Buyer's Guide''. Biography Early life and influences Tony Isabella was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He discovered comics at the age of four, when his mother began bringing him I. W. Publications titles she bought at Woolworth. Early influences from the comic book world included Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, Robert Kanigher, and Len Wein; Isabella was also influenced by writers such as William Shakespeare, Harlan Ellison, Ed McBain, Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Lester Dent, Dave Barry, Max Allan Collins, Don Pendleton, and Studs Terkel. As a teenager, Isabella had many letters published in comic book letter columns, primarily in the pages of Marvel titles. He was active in comics fandom as well, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Willingham
William Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series ''Elementals (Comico Comics), Elementals'' and ''Fables (comics), Fables''. Career William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. During his father's military career the family also lived in Alaska, California, and finally three years in Germany. Willingham got his start from the late 1970s to early 1980s as a staff artist for TSR, Inc., where he illustrated a number of their role-playing game products. He was the cover artist for the ''AD&D Player Character Record Sheets'', ''Against the Giants'', ''Secret of Bone Hill'', the Gamma World book ''Legion of Gold'', and provided the back cover for ''Scourge of the Slave Lords, In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords''. He was an interior artist on ''White Plume Mountain'', ''Scourge of the Slave Lords, Slave Pits of the Undercity'', ''Ghost Tower of Inverness'', ''Secret of the Slavers Stockade'', ''Secret of Bone Hill'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elementals (Comico Comics)
''Elementals'' was an American superhero comic book first published in 1984 and created by Bill Willingham, for which he was both writer and artist. Published by Comico Comics, it lasted until 1996, including a series of specials and miniseries. Comico's publisher, Andrew Rev, purchased the ''Elementals'' property from Willingham in the 1990s. Fictional setting When a centuries-old sorcerer named Lord Saker built a machine called the Shadowspear to harness the supernatural powers of the world, he upset the natural order of the universe. In response, the four elements, unimaginably powerful spirits who together formed the foundation of existence, each chose an ordinary human who had been killed by their element, and resurrected him or her. They granted each control of that particular element, eternal youth, and the ability to heal from any wound (given sufficient time). Characters The team consisted of: *Morningstar, aka Jeanette Crane, a Los Angeles homicide detective who had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warp!
''Warp!'', also spelled ''Warp'', was an American science-fiction play created by the Organic Theatre Company of Chicago Illinois, in 1971 by co-authors Stuart Gordon and Lenny Kleinfeld, the latter under the pseudonym Bury St. Edmund. The play moved to Broadway for a short run in February 1973. The play and its backstory became the basis for spin-off comic books and other media. Synopsis David Carson, an everyday bank teller, learns that he is Lord Cumulus, "avenger of the universe". Suddenly transported from an annual employee-awards dinner to the mystical realm Fen-Ra, he finds himself battling for the destiny of the universe against antagonist Prince Chaos. In this world, he encounters the sage Lugulbanda, who sends him on his quest aided by the leather-clad Amazon warrior Sargon. They battle Valaria the insect sorceress and Chaos' henchman, the purple ape Symax. (Abstract; full article requires fee or subscription). Production history Original production Chicago's Organic T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
