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North Texas Comic Book Show
The North Texas Comic Book Show was a quarterly comic book convention that is held in Dallas. The event was created in October 2011 as an alternative to the larger comic conventions. Initially held in Arlington, TX the event moved to Dallas in November 2013. It has also been referred to as the Dallas Comic Book Show in marketing and the media. Started as a comic collectors event the show grew to play host to a number of nationally know comic artists and celebrities. Guests included Tom DeFalco, Rich Buckler, Ron Frenz, Mike Grell, Paul Coker Jr., Scott Hanna, Mark Morales, Ron Marz, Danny Fingeroth, Tom Raney, Michael Golden, Tom Richmond, Randy Emberlin, James O'Barr, Keith Pollard, Arvell Jones, Craig Rousseau, Victor Gischler, Carlo Barberi, Lou Ferrigno, Gigi Edgley Gigi Edgley (born 16 November 1977) is an Australian actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her roles as Chiana on the series ''Farscape'' and Lara Knight in '' Rescue: Special Ops''. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Convention
A comic book convention or comic-con is an event with a primary focus on comic books and comic book culture, in which comic book fans gather to meet creators, experts, and each other. Commonly, comic conventions are multi-day events hosted at convention centers, hotels, or college campuses. They feature a wide variety of activities and panels, with a larger number of attendees participating in cosplay than most other types of fan conventions. Comic book conventions are also used as a vehicle for industry, in which publishers, distributors, and retailers represent their comic-related releases. Comic book conventions may be considered derivatives of science-fiction conventions, which began in the late 1930s. Comic-cons were traditionally organized by fans on a not-for-profit basis,Siegel, Howard P. "Made in America," '' BEM'' #16 (Dec. 1977): "These early conventions were run by purists for panelologists, and not meant to be commercially overbearing or expensive to go to." though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Emberlin
Randy Emberlin is a comic book inker best known for his ink work on the Spider-Man comic books. Per the bio on his website, he currently lives in Portland, Oregon. He has spent the past 30 years working in a variety of creative fields, including as an illustrator of educational books and an animator on over fifty television commercials. Over the last 20 years he is probably best known for his work as an inker in comics, with a résumé that includes long runs on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', '' G.I. Joe'', ''Doctor Strange'', ''Alien Legion'', ''Ghost'', and recently the ''Left Behind'' series for Tyndale House. He has worked with a wide range of pencilers. Bibliography (selected) *''Web of Spider-Man'' (including #117 and many more) *''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (including #345, #347, #362,#390, and many more) * Dark Horse's ''Ghost'' (issues 12–16, 18–25, 28–31, 33–36) *''Mr. T'' (the whole 2005 British APComics series) *''Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics Conventions In The United States
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; ''fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, and ' have become increasingly common, while online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century. The history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Comics Conventions
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Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hatch (actor)
Richard Lawrence Hatch (May 21, 1945 – February 7, 2017) was an American actor, writer, and producer. Hatch began his career as a stage actor before moving on to television work in the 1970s. Hatch is best known for his role as Captain Apollo in the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series. He is also widely known for his role as Tom Zarek in the reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica''. Early life Hatch was born on May 21, 1945, in Santa Monica, California, to John Raymond Hatch and Elizabeth Hatch (née White). He grew up with four siblings. While in high school, he aspired to become an athlete in pole vaulting, and only had a passing interest in acting, as he considered himself too shy and insecure. The assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, while Hatch had just started college, turned him towards acting; he had been enrolled in a required oral interpretation course at the time, and following the assassination, presented an article written about Kennedy upon wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Edgley
Gigi Edgley (born 16 November 1977) is an Australian actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her roles as Chiana on the series ''Farscape'' and Lara Knight in '' Rescue: Special Ops''. Early life Edgley was born in Perth. She is the daughter of theatre, concert and circus promoter Michael Edgley, known for bringing the Moscow State Circus to Australia during the 1980s. Her mother, Jeni Edgley, was formerly involved in managing a 250-acre (101 hectare) health retreat. As a child, Gigi Edgley performed both in and out of school. She also took several years of ballet, jazz, and character dance. She became mainly interested in acting and had her first professional theatrical engagement at the Twelfth Night Theatre. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Queensland University of Technology in 1998. As a believer in the school of method acting, Gigi has developed a broad set of skills and experiences for her roles. Edgley is proficient in ballet, jazz, character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Ferrigno
Louis Jude Ferrigno Sr. (; born November 9, 1951) is an American actor and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles; and appeared in the documentary film '' Pumping Iron''. As an actor, he is best known for his title role in the CBS television series '' The Incredible Hulk'' and vocally reprising the role in subsequent animated and computer-generated incarnations. He has also appeared in European-produced fantasy-adventures such as ''Sinbad of the Seven Seas'' and ''Hercules'', and as himself in the sitcom '' The King of Queens'' and the 2009 comedy '' I Love You, Man''. Early life Ferrigno was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Victoria and Matt Ferrigno, a police lieutenant. He is of Italian descent. Soon after he was born, Ferrigno says he believes he had series of ear infections and lost 75 to 80% of his hearing, though his condition was not diagnosed until he was three years ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Barberi
Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Charles. *A former member of Dion and the Belmonts best known for his 1964 song, Ring A Ling. *Carlo (submachine gun), an improvised West Bank gun. * Carlo, a fictional character from Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp * It can be confused with Carlos * Carlo means “man” (from Germanic “karal”), “free man” (from Middle Low German “kerle”) and “warrior”, “army” (from Germanic “hari”). See also *Carl (name) *Carle (other) *Carlos (given name) {{disambig Italian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Gischler
Victor Gischler is an American author of humorous crime fiction. Career Gischler's debut novel ''Gun Monkeys'' was nominated for the Edgar Award, and his novel ''Shotgun Opera'' was an Anthony Award finalist. His work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese. He earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Southern Mississippi. His fifth novel ''Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse'' was published in 2008 by the Touchstone/Fireside imprint of Simon & Schuster. He has also written American comic books like ''The Punisher: Frank Castle'', ''Wolverine (comic book), Wolverine'' and ''Deadpool'' (including ''Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth'' and ''Deadpool Corps'') for Marvel Comics. Gischler worked on X-Men "Curse of the Mutants" starting in the ''Death of Dracula'' one-shot (comics), one-shot and continued in ''X-Men (vol. 3), X-Men'' #1. ''Gun Monkeys'' has been optioned for a film adaptation, with Lee Goldberg writing the script and Ryuhei Kitamura penciled in to dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Rousseau
Craig Rousseau is an American comic book artist. During his career Rousseau has worked for various comic book companies, but is best known for his work on DC Comics titles like ''Harley Quinn'', ''Batman Beyond'' and ''Impulse''. He also worked for Disney Adventures ('' Kim Possible''), Beckett ('' Ruule: Kiss and Tell'', '' Ronin Hood of the 47 Samurai'', '' The Cobbler’s Monster''), Image Comics ('' Tellos: The Last Heist'', '' Tales of Tellos'', '' Invincible Handbook'', '' Monster Pile-up'') and Marvel Comics' Creative Services. He has additionally drawn, and co-created with Todd DeZago, ''The Perhapanauts'' for Dark Horse and Image Comics (''Perhapanauts: First Blood'' and ''Perhapanauts: Second Chances''). More recently, he has drawn Marvel's ''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane''. Early career Growing up Craig Rousseau never saw comic books as a viable career option, instead wanting to explore a career as a commercial artist. "(I) wasn't planning on doing comics for a livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvell Jones
Arvell Jones (whose earliest work is billed Arvell Malcolm Jones) is an American comics artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for DC Comics and its imprint Milestone Media. Biography Jones and his brother, Desmond, were raised in Detroit, Michigan, and were both active in early comic book fandom. Along with fellow Detroiters and future comics professionals Rich Buckler, Tom Orzechowski, Keith Pollard, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Michael Netzer, and others, Jones worked on the Detroit Triple Fan Fair, one of the earliest comic book conventions, and published the local fanzine ''Fan Informer''; it lasted into 1971. Jones in 2006 recalled how he and his compatriots "would take a 13-hour drive and spend the night with Al Milgrom and his roommate, hang at Rich ucklers, then go see rt director John Romita at Marvel, get our butts spanked, and go back to Detroit to work on our samples again." Jones entered the comics industry as an assistant for Buckler, the first o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Pollard
Keith Pollard (; born January 20, 1950) is an American comic book artist. Originally from the Detroit area, Pollard is best known for his simultaneous work on the Marvel Comics titles ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Fantastic Four'', and ''Thor'' in the late 1970s–early 1980s. Career Keith Pollard made his professional comics debut in 1974 with stints on such titles as '' Master of Kung Fu'', ''Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'', ''Astonishing Tales'', and '' Black Goliath''. In the mid 1970s he also drew original covers for some of the weekly titles in the Marvel UK imprint. He was the regular penciller of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' from issue #186 (Nov. 1978) through issue #205 (June 1980) and pencilled the backup feature in ''The Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #15 (1981). With writer Marv Wolfman, Pollard introduced the Black Cat in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #194 (July 1979). Wolfman and Pollard were the creative team for both ''Fantastic Four'' #200 (Nov. 1978) and ''The Amazing Spider-M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
