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Night Of The Owls
"Batman: Night of the Owls" is a comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics in mid-2012, and featuring the Batman family of characters. Primarily written by Scott Snyder, the arc is the first major crossover storyline of The New 52. The story pits the Batman and his allies against the Court of Owls organization as they attempt to cement their control over Gotham City, which they have been manipulating in secret for centuries. As described by ''Nightwing'' writer Kyle Higgins, the series is the follow up to '' Batman: Gates of Gotham'' and divulges more of the history of the city before the turn of the century. The crossover has been described by writer Scott Snyder as the first story arc of a Batman trilogy that he is planning. According to Snyder, in terms of internal chronology, the story arc takes place in a single night within his full ''Batman'' arc "The Court of Owls." Plot summary The story arc stretches across various comic books, each building the story for th ...
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David Finch (comics)
David Finch is a comics artist known for his work on Top Cow Productions' '' Cyberforce'', as well as numerous subsequent titles for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, such as '' The New Avengers'', '' Moon Knight'', ''Ultimatum'', and ''Brightest Day''. He has provided album cover art for the band Disturbed, and done concept art for films such as ''Watchmen''. Career David Finch started his comics career drawing Top Cow Productions' '' Cyberforce'', after series creator and studio founder Marc Silvestri ceased his run as writer/artist on that book. Finch co-created '' Ascension'' with Matt "Batt" Banning. He later worked on the first three issues of '' Aphrodite IX'' with David Wohl. In 2003, Finch returned to comics for a year-long arc on ''Ultimate X-Men'' with writer Brian Michael Bendis. Following that, the duo moved on to '' The Avengers'', where they destroyed Marvel's premiere superhero team and then relaunched it as '' The New Avengers'' featuring a radically different cast. ...
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Court Of Owls
The Court of Owls is a criminal organization and secret society appearing in DC Comics continuity as adversaries of the superhero Batman. The Court is described as an organization of the wealthiest and most influential citizens of the city of Gotham, having existed since the city's founding and completely unknown among its general population outside of an urban legend centered around their reputation for grisly assassinations carried out by indoctrinated agents known as Talons. The 2015–2016 " Robin War" story line details their international expansion, with the group renaming itself the Parliament of Owls. The Court of Owls made their on-screen debut in 2015's ''Batman vs. Robin'' as part of the DC Animated Movie Universe before making their live-action debut later that same year in the '' Gotham'' television series. Publication history The Court of Owls was created by writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo and feature as Batman's main antagonists in the first two-story a ...
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Rafael Albuquerque (artist)
Rafael Albuquerque (born April 12, 1981) is a Brazilians, Brazilian comic book creator primarily for his artwork on titles such as DC Comics' ''Jaime Reyes, Blue Beetle'' and as illustrator and co-creator of ''American Vampire''. Though primarily a penciler and inker of interior comic art, he has also done work as a cover artist, colorist and writer. Early life and influences Rafael Albuquerque was born in 1981 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Career Albuquerque begun his professional career working in advertising, doing work for local companies. He began his comic book career in 2002, after posting his portfolio on the Internet, doing work for the Egyptian publishing company AK Comics, which published books for the Middle East. In 2005, Albuquerque published the Alternative comics, creator-owned graphic novel crime story ''Rumble in La Rambla''. It would be published in the United States in 2007 by Image Comics under the title ''Crimeland''. He collaborated with writers Keith Giffen and ...
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Judd Winick
Judd Winick (born February 12, 1970) is an American cartoonist, comic book writer and screenwriter, as well as a former reality television personality. He first gained fame for his stint on MTV's ''The Real World: San Francisco'' in 1994, before finding success as a comic book creator with ''Pedro and Me'', an autobiographical graphic novel about his friendship with ''The Real World'' castmate and AIDS educator Pedro Zamora. Winick wrote lengthy runs on DC Comics' ''Green Lantern (comic book), Green Lantern'' and ''Green Arrow'' series and created ''The Life and Times of Juniper Lee'' animated TV series for Cartoon Network, which ran for three seasons. As part of his run on ''Batman (comic book), Batman'', Winick wrote the 2005 storyline "Batman: Under the Hood, Under the Hood", which featured the return of Jason Todd, the second Robin (character), Robin (who was murdered by the Joker (comics), Joker in the 1988 storyline "Batman: A Death in the Family, A Death in the Family"), now ...
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Peter Tomasi
Peter J. Tomasi is an American comic book editor and writer, best known for his work for DC Comics. As an editor, he oversaw numerous comic books featuring the Justice League, including series starring various members of that team such as Batman, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, and the Flash. As a writer, he has written titles featuring Batman-related characters, such as '' Batman and Robin'' and '' The Outsiders'', and Green Lantern-related series such as ''Blackest Night'' (alongside Geoff Johns), ''Brightest Day'' and ''Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors''. He also wrote the screenplay for the animated movie ''The Death of Superman''. Early life Peter Tomasi became a fan of comics at a young age through the '' Batman'' comic books his father bought him, and through TV shows such as the ''Super Friends'' animated series and the Adam West '' Batman'' series. Batman was the first superhero who entered his consciousness, as it was the first character he dressed up as for H ...
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Duane Swierczynski
Duane Louis Swierczynski (born February 22, 1972) is an American crime writer known for his work in non-fiction books, novels and comic books. Early life Duane Swierczynski was born and raised in Frankford, a neighborhood in lower Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. After leaving in the late 1990s and making several stops elsewhere, he moved to another neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia from 2002 until 2016. He currently resides with his family in the Los Angeles area.An interview with Rhawnhurst graphic novelist Duane Swierczynski
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Showrunner
A showrunner (or colloquially a helmer) is the top-level executive producer of a television series production who has creative and management authority through combining the responsibilities of employer and, in comedy or dramas, typically also the head writer, script and story editor. They consult with network and studio bosses and lead the artistic vision of the show, including the writers room, editing department, as well as select the set design, staff, cast members, and each actor's wardrobe and hairstyle. In many instances, the showrunner also created the show, and subsequent seasons could feature different showrunners. While the director has creative control over a film's production, and the executive producer's role is limited to investing, in television shows, the showrunner outranks the episodic directors. History In a January 1990 submission to the United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Adminis ...
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Scott Snyder
Scott Snyder is an American author. He is known for his 2006 short story collection ''Voodoo Heart'', and his comic book writing, including ''American Vampire'', ''Detective Comics'', ''Batman (comic book)#The New 52, Batman'', ''Wytches (comics), Wytches'', ''Swamp Thing#Relaunch, Swamp Thing,'' and Justice League#DC Universe, ''Justice League''. Early life At the age of nine, Snyder attended a summer camp where one of the counselors read Stephen King's ''Eyes of the Dragon'' to him over the summer, an experience that Snyder says "really jump-started my love of story-telling." He was also influenced by the writing of Denis Johnson, Raymond Carver, Rick Bass, Joy Williams (American writer), Joy Williams, Elizabeth McCracken, Elizabeth McKracken, Stephen King, Tobias Wolff, and George Saunders. In comics, he has named Alan Moore and Frank Miller (comics), Frank Miller as his favorite writers. Snyder graduated from Brown University in 1998 with a degree in creative writing, and the ...
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Gail Simone
Gail Simone (aka Gladys Simonetti) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC's ''Birds of Prey'', ''Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female writer on Wonder Woman to date. Other notable works include ''Clean Room'', ''Secret Six'', ''Welcome to Tranquility'', '' The All-New Atom'', and ''Deadpool''. She enjoyed a long-running stint on The Simpsons comics, and has also written for television and video games. Her work has been nominated for a number of awards including the GLAAD Media Award, and she is the recipient of a 2017 San Diego Comic Con Inkpot Award. Career Early work Gail Simone was born and raised in Oregon. A former hairdresser who studied theater in college, Housel, Rebecca (March 3, 2013)"Gail Simone!"Dr. Rebecca Housel. Simone first came to public notice through ''Women in Refrigerators'', a website founded in 1999 by comics fans in response to a scene in ''Green Lantern'' #54, in which the titula ...
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Justin Gray
Justin Gray is an American comic book writer working mostly for DC Comics. Career Gray has often collaborated with fellow writer Jimmy Palmiotti on series such as '' Hawkman'', ''Jonah Hex'', ''Power Girl'', '' 21 Down'', '' Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters'' and '' The Resistance''. The two also co-wrote '' Jonah Hex: No Way Back'', an original graphic novel to coincide with the release of the film. Currently, along with Palmiotti, Gray is writing the monthly ''Jonah Hex'' and '' Freedom Fighters'' for DC Comics, as well as the miniseries ''Time Bomb'' for Radical Publishing. In addition he has also worked on comic books based on video games like '' Prototype'', as well as writing the screenplay for the ''Dead Space'' prequel animated film '' Dead Space: Downfall''. Bibliography Comics Wildstorm *''Gen 13'' vol. 3 #0, "21 Down" and "The Resistance" (with Jimmy Palmiotti, Jesús Saiz and Juan Santacruz, July 2002) *'' 21 Down'' #1-12 (September 2002-September 2003) **' ...
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Jimmy Palmiotti
James Palmiotti (born August 14, 1961) is an American writer and inker of comic books, who also does writing for games, television and film. Early life Palmiotti attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City. Career Palmiotti started at Marvel Comics in 1991. He inked titles such as the ''Punisher'', ''Ghost Rider'', '' The Nam'' and the Marvel 2099 line, and has accumulated extensive inking and writing credits. He often inked the work of his friend and collaborator Joe Quesada. Together, they created ''Ash'' and ''Painkiller Jane''. For Marvel, Palmiotti worked on the established '' Daredevil'', a run especially known for the "Guardian Devil" arc scripted by Kevin Smith. Palmiotti also worked for Dark Horse Comics, as the inker during the Doug Mahnke run on ''X''. He inked Paul Gulacy on '' Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu'', ''Punisher'' and ''Catwoman''. He inked Steve Dillon on ''Punisher'', as well as Brad Walker's pencil's on the DC Comics miniseries '' Se ...
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Scott Lobdell
Scott Lobdell (; born 1960) is an American comic book writer and screenwriter known for his work on numerous ''X-Men'' series for Marvel Comics in the 1990s, various work for DC Comics in the 2010s, namely ''Red Hood and the Outlaws, Teen Titans,'' and ''Superman'', and comics for other publishers including the ''Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers'' series by Papercutz or '' Fathom'' by Aspen MLT. He also wrote the script to the 2017 slasher film ''Happy Death Day''. Career Early career Lobdell did not begin to read comics until he was 17 years old, while lying in bed after lung surgery. Later, he went to college to study psychology, but quit two years later when he began to write. While in college, he wrote for the college newspaper and interviewed Marvel editor Al Milgrom. Lobdell started submitting various stories to Marvel, but was systematically rejected by various editors, including Tom DeFalco. Later, DeFalco started editing Marvel Comics Presents (a bi-weekly book) requiri ...
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