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Pandora (comics)
Pandora is a fictional character created by William A. Christensen, Editor-in-Chief of Avatar Press comics. Background From Avatar Press' site: Pandora comics * Pandora #0–2 * Pandora Special * Pandora: Demonography (drawn by Mike Wolfer, oneshot) * Pandora: Devil's Advocate * Pandora: Nudes * Pandora: Pandemonium * Pandora Pinup * Pandora's Chest * Pandora: Love and War TPB (collection of Pandora stories from Threshold) Crossovers: * Pandora/Razor * Pandora/Shotgun Mary * Pandora/Widow (written by Mark Seifert, drawn by Mike Wolfer, oneshot) * Pandora/Widow: Arachnephobia * Avengelyne/Pandora #1 * Hellina vs Pandora #1–3 * Lady Death: Lost Souls #0–2 (crossover between Lady Death, War Angel War Angel is a fictional character created by Brian Pulido for his new line of post-Chaos comics at Avatar Press. She exists in the same universe as the rest Pulido's new line including Lady Death and Unholy. Background War Angel is supposedly t ..., Pandora, and Unholy) * Lady ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avatar Press
Avatar Press is an independent American comic book publisher founded in 1996 by William A. Christensen, and based in Rantoul, Illinois. Avatar Press is most notable for publishing Bad girl art, bad girl comics, such as ''Faust (Avatar Press), Faust'', ''Pandora (comics), Pandora'', ''Hellina'', ''Lookers'', ''The Ravening'', and Brian Pulido's ''Lady Death''. Such comics are currently published under the "Boundless Comics" imprint. Avatar has a strong web presence, anchored by Warren Ellis' ''FreakAngels'' webcomic, as well as the comics news site Bleeding Cool, helmed by Rich Johnston. History Publisher Christensen had been a freelance contributor to ''Wizard (magazine), Wizard'' magazine before founding Avatar Press. The company initially published only Limited series (comics), limited series. Avatar subsequently expanded to other formats. As part of an effort to expand beyond its reputation as a Bad girl art, bad girl publisher, Avatar offered a number of noted creators an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics
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 histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Wolfer
Mike Wolfer was a comic book writer and artist. He attended The Kubert School for two years. He started his career in 1987 by forming his own publishing company, Ground Zero Comics, and self-published "Daikazu" (8 issues) and "Daikazu Vs. Gugoron" (3 issues). In 1992, Wolfer began publishing "Widow," an erotic horror title that ran a total of 14 issues, through various mini-series: "Widow: Flesh And Blood," "Widow: Kill Me Again," "Widow: Metal Gypsies" and "Widow: Bound By Blood." Simultaneously, Wolfer began freelancing with other companies such as Dark Horse Comics ("Dark Horse Presents," "Godzilla"), London Night Studios ("Razor"), Chaos! Comics ("Lady Death Swimsuit/Lingerie"), Re-Visionary Press' Carnal Comics, and others. As they formed their initial line-up of comics in 1996, new publisher Avatar Press incorporated "Widow" into their line-up and began reprinting the old Ground Zero Comics work as "Widow X," while also publishing new Widow material. Wolfer soon began w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razor (character)
Razor is a fictional character from the London Night Studios series ''Razor''. She was introduced in ''Razor'' #1 in October 1992, by writer/creator Everette Hartsoe. Fictional character biography Initially a victim of both of her father and her sister's deaths, the young Nicole Mitchell vowed to clean up the scum of Chinatown by herself as the superheroine Razor, named for the blades she wears on her arms, which evidently brings her into the eye of Roman Van Drake, the man who destroyed her family. In a twist of fate, it is revealed that not only is Nicole's sister, in fact, alive, but also she is Drake's favorite assassin, Stryke. In a play of power, Drake sends Stryke after Razor, who in the following battle comes to the conclusion that Razor is her sister. Angered at Drake's treachery, Stryke kills him, hoping to reconnect with her sister. But when Nicole shuns her like a stranger, Stryke kills her out of anger. Eventually resurrected by her descendant Poizon, Razor is called u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avengelyne
Avengelyne h-van'-jah-leenis a fictional Image Universe comic book character created by Rob Liefeld and Cathy Christian. Avengelyne is an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters. Publication history The original character design for Avengelyne was based on the likeness of former ''Vampirella'' model Cathy Christian. Originally published in 1995 by Maximum Press, she was also inspired by Ben Dunn's comic Warrior Nun Areala from Antarctic Press. By the end of the 1990s, Avengelyne had been used in comics by Awesome Entertainment (only one issue published) and Avatar Press. Avengelyne returned to comics in the Arcana Studio one-shot ''Avengelyne vs. Koni Waves'' in February 2010. In July 2011, a new ongoing ''Avengelyne'' series debuted at Image Comics under the creative team of Mark Poulton and Owen Gieni. Character biography As described in an article in ''Deadline Hollywood'': In other media In July 2013, co-creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Death
Lady Death is a fictional goddess appearing in American comic books published by Coffin Comics. Created by Brian Pulido, Lady Death first appeared in ''Evil Ernie'' #1 in December 1991. Lady Death then reappeared in the ''Evil Ernie: The Resurrection'' miniseries published by Pulido under his now-defunct company Chaos! Comics in 1994. The character was also the subject of a full-length animated feature film released in July 2004 by ADV Films. Incarnations of the character have been illustrated by such comic book artists as Steven Hughes, Mike Deodato, Jr., Romano Molenaar, Dheeraj Verma and Ivan Reis. Brian Pulido has optioned publishing licenses through various independent companies such as Avatar Press. , Lady Death was published by Pulido's Coffin Comics, LLC. In addition, Lady Death has been depicted in artworks by a number of well-known fantasy artists such as Dorian Cleavenger, Gerald Brom, Boris Vallejo, Joe Jusko and Julie Bell. Publication history Lady Death was ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Angel
War Angel is a fictional character created by Brian Pulido for his new line of post-Chaos comics at Avatar Press. She exists in the same universe as the rest Pulido's new line including Lady Death and Unholy. Background War Angel is supposedly thousands of years old, having appeared in the distant future in her own series, and having fought alongside Lady Death in her time. Little is known about her past, but she has no conscience, a quick temper and a taste for mayhem. More will be revealed about her as Pulido's new universe develops. Fictional Biography War Angel is, literally, a "war angel", created by God to do one thing, make war. In the 2005 three issue mini series War Angel, set in the future in the year 2232 AD, Serenity (her real name), travels to what is left of Nevada to hide out and get some cash before heading off to Xexico. She gets in the middle of a drug war between vampires, warlocks and werewolves. She kills all parties involved, but doesn't get any money to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics Characters Introduced In 1996
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] |
Avatar Press Titles
Avatar (, ; ), is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means "descent". It signifies the material appearance or incarnation of a powerful deity, goddess or spirit on Earth. The relative verb to "alight, to make one's appearance" is sometimes used to refer to any guru or revered human being. The word ''avatar'' does not appear in the Vedic literature; however, it appears in developed forms in post-Vedic literature, and as a noun particularly in the Puranic literature after the 6th century CE. Despite that, the concept of an avatar is compatible with the content of the Vedic literature like the Upanishads as it is symbolic imagery of the Saguna Brahman concept in the philosophy of Hinduism. The ''Rigveda'' describes Indra as endowed with a mysterious power of assuming any form at will. The ''Bhagavad Gita'' expounds the doctrine of Avatara but with terms other than ''avatar''. Theologically, the term is most often associated with the Hindu god Vishnu, though the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Goddesses
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, "fiction" refers to written narratives in prose often referring specifically to novels, novellas, and short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly marketed and so the audience expects the work to deviate in some ways from the real world rather than presenting, for instance, only factually accurate portrayals or characters who are actual people. Because fiction is generally understood to not fully adhere to the real world, the themes and conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
