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Pat Mills
Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfather of British comics". His comics are notable for their violence and anti-authoritarianism. He is best known for creating '' 2000 AD'' and playing a major part in the development of ''Judge Dredd''. Biography Mills started his career as a sub-editor for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, where he met Wagner. In 1971 both left to go freelance, and were soon writing scripts for IPC's girls' and humour comics. After D.C. Thomson launched ''Warlord'', a successful war-themed weekly, Mills was asked in 1975 to develop a rival title for IPC. Based in the girls' comics department to avoid the attention of the staff of the boys' department, Mills, along with Wagner and Gerry Finley-Day, worked in secret to create ''Battle Picture Weekly''. ''Battles stories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Finley-Day
Gerry Finley-Day (born 1947, Broughty Ferry, Dundee) is a Scottish comics writer, prolific from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known as the creator of "Rogue Trooper". Career He began his career at D.C. Thomson & Co., before becoming the editor of IPC Media's girls' title '' Tammy'' in 1971, for which he wrote strips such as ''Ella on Easy Street'' and ''The Camp on Candy Island''. Tammy's stories were full of cruelty and adversity, based on research showing that girls wanted stories that made them cry. Finley-Day rose to become deputy managing editor of IPC's girls' comics department, but quit to become a freelance writer. In 1974 he was drafted in by Pat Mills to help develop characters for ''Battle Picture Weekly'', launched the following year,David Bishop, ''Blazing Battle Action part 1'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #209, 26 August 2003 for which he wrote ''Rat Pack'', ''The Sarge'', ''The Bootneck Boy'', ''D-Day Dawson'', ''Return of the Eagle'', ''Sergeant Without Stripes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sláine (comics)
Sláine (sometimes anglicized as Slaine) is an Irish given name. People Notable people with this name include: * Slaine (rapper), hiphop MC from Boston * Sláine ingen Briain (fl. 1014), daughter of Brian Boru and wife of Sigtrygg, king of Dublin * Sláine mac Dela Sláine (Sláinge, Slánga), son of Dela, of the Fir Bolg was the legendary first High King of Ireland, who cleared the forest around Brú na Bóinne. He reportedly came ashore at Wexford Harbour at the mouth of the River Slaney. The Fir Bolg in ... of the Fir Bolg, the first legendary High King of Ireland * Slaine Kelly (born 1982), Irish actress Fictional characters Fictional characters include: * Sláine (comics), comic book hero inspired by Celtic mythology ** Sláine: The Roleplaying Game of Celtic Heroes, role-playing game based on the setting {{given name Irish-language unisex given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starlord (comics)
''Starlord'' was a short-lived weekly British science fiction comic book magazine published by IPC in 1978 as a sister title to '' 2000 AD'', which had been launched the previous year in anticipation of a science fiction boom surrounding ''Star Wars''. ''Starlord'' was planned as a fortnightly title for older readers, with longer stories and higher production values than ''2000 AD'' and the rest of the IPC boys' comics stable, but this proved too ambitious. Episodes were shortened, the number of colour pages was reduced, although the better quality paper and printing were retained, and ''Starlord'' was published weekly at a higher cover price than ''2000 AD''. Stories Stories included: * ''Strontium Dog'', a series about a mutant bounty hunter created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. * ''Ro-Busters'', a robot disaster squad created by writer Pat Mills and artist Kevin O'Neill, although it was more usually drawn by Carlos Pino or Dave Gibbons. * ''Mind Wars'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisis (comic)
''Crisis'' was a British comic magazine published from September 1988 to October 1991 as an experiment by Fleetway to see if intelligent, mature, politically and socially-aware comics were saleable in the United Kingdom. The magazine was initially published fortnightly, and was one of the most visible components of the late-1980s British comics boom, along with ''Deadline'', ''Revolver'', and ''Toxic!''. History Conceived by editor Steve MacManus, ''Crisis'' would offer to make the work creator-owned, which might lead to the chance for royalties and greater copyright control, which was a departure from the way they had done business up until then. They also planned to turn the stories into American comic books which would sell better on the other side of the Atlantic, although ultimately only the first few titles got this treatment and the title moved to shorter stories after issue #14. David Bishop ''Thrill Power Overload'', page 127 As a '' 2000 AD'' spin-off, it was initiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diceman (comics)
''Diceman'' was a short-lived British comic which ran for five issues in 1986. It was a spin-off from ''2000 AD (comic), 2000 AD'' and was devised by Pat Mills, who also wrote almost all of the stories. It was edited by Simon Geller (comics), Simon Geller, but purported to be edited by a monster called Mervyn. The stories were designed to be played like gamebooks. Each issue contained two or three such stories and was published every two months. Stories The comic mostly contained stories based on characters who already appeared regularly in ''2000 AD''. Its eponymous character Diceman, also known as Rick Fortune, was created specially for the comic (by Pat Mills and Graham Manley), but did not appear until the second issue. Fortune was a "psychic investigator", a 1930s American private detective with psionics, psionic powers. He also had a pair of stone dice, recovered from the ruins of Atlantis, which he could use to summon various powers including a three-headed lizard demon c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinty (comics)
''Jinty'' was a weekly British comic for girls published by Fleetway in London from 1974 to 1981, at which point it merged with '' Tammy''. It had previously merged with '' Lindy'' and ''Penny''Comics UK Family Tree for ''Jinty'' and ''Penny'' in a similar fashion, illustrating the 'hatch-match-dispatch' process practiced by editorial staff in the London comics publisher. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misty (comics)
''Misty'' was a weekly British comic magazine targeted at girls and published by Fleetway in the late 1970s. Focusing on horror stories, it was one of the few British girls' comics that was also popular with boys.Rayner, Jac"Paper Worlds: Why girls' comics were wonderful,"BBC (18 June 2014). Although ''Misty'' lasted less than two years it is remembered and admired to this day. Publication history ''Misty'' #1 was published on 4 February 1978. The final issue, #101, came out on 12 January 1980. The following week, ''Misty'' merged with Fleetway stablemate '' Tammy,'' which then adopted the title ''Tammy and Misty'' until September 1981. Summer and holiday specials were published between 1978 and 1980, as well as eight annuals from 1979 until 1986, long after the weekly ''Misty'' had ceased to exist. Content ''Misty'' was a collection of serial and one-off stories. Both types — complete stories and story instalments — were usually four pages long. While ''Misty'' had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiller (comics)
A chiller is a machine that removes heat from a liquid coolant via a vapor-compression, adsorption refrigeration, or absorption refrigeration cycles. This liquid can then be circulated through a heat exchanger to cool equipment, or another process stream (such as air or process water). As a necessary by-product, refrigeration creates waste heat that must be exhausted to ambience, or for greater efficiency, recovered for heating purposes. Vapor compression chillers may use any of a number of different types of compressors. Most common today are the hermetic scroll, semi-hermetic screw, or centrifugal compressors. The condensing side of the chiller can be either air or water cooled. Even when liquid cooled, the chiller is often cooled by an induced or forced draft cooling tower. Absorption and adsorption chillers require a heat source to function. Chilled water is used to cool and dehumidify air in mid- to large-size commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities. Water co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Girls' Comics
British girls' comics flourished in the United Kingdom from the 1950s through the 1970s, before beginning to decline in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. Publishers known for their girls' comics included DC Thomson and Fleetway/ IPC. Most titles appeared weekly, with the content primarily in picture-story format. The majority of the stories were serialized, with two or three pages per issue, over eight to twelve issues. They were marketed toward young teen girls. British girls' comics were often titled after common girls' names. Examples include ''Judy'', ''Diana'', ''Jackie'', ''June'', ''Penelope'', ''Mandy'', ''Tina'', ''Sally'', ''Tammy'', ''Sandie'', ''Debbie'', ''Misty'', ''Emma'', ''Penny'', ''Tracy'', ''Suzy'', and ''Nikki''. Long-running titles included '' Bunty'', '' Mandy'', and '' Judy'' (all DC Thomson) and '' Tammy'' ( IPC). History Origin Girls' comics were the natural evolution of a trend that started with story papers. As boys' story papers like '' The Magnet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Butterfly Children
''The Butterfly Children'' is the title of a series of children's books created by husband and wife team Pat and Angela Mills. The books were published during the 1990s by Peter Haddock Ltd. In 1990 a musical based on the characters was staged featuring songs written by Martin Lee, Paul Curtis and David Kane. A corresponding album was recorded in 1992 by pop group Brotherhood of Man. Books The books are short picture books, illustrated by Angela Mills and written by her and her then husband Pat Mills. Some of the later books were written by other writers such as Greta Landen and Elisabeth Sackett. The stories concern a group of elf-like figures called the Butterfly Children who perform good deeds within a forest. Other characters include the overseeing birds, D.C., and Jack the Lad, and the villainous Moth Gang. A number of books were produced such as ''Ice and Lullabies'', ''The Big Race'', ''Shrieks and Showers'', ''Summer Sleep'', ''Whizzing Through the Woods'' and ''Find ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Kincaid
Angela Kincaid, formerly known by her married name of Angela Mills, is a children's book illustrator best known for ''The Butterfly Children'' series of picture books. In 1983, with her then husband, Pat Mills, she created the Celtic 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 ... character Sláine for '' 2000 AD''. External links2000 AD profile British illustrators Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-comics-creator-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo-paganism
Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, is a term for a religion or family of religions influenced by the various historical pre-Christian beliefs of pre-modern peoples in Europe and adjacent areas of North Africa and the Near East. Although they share similarities, contemporary pagan movements are diverse, and do not share a single set of beliefs, practices, or texts. Scholars of religion may characterise these traditions as new religious movements. Some academics who study the phenomenon treat it as a movement that is divided into different religions while others characterize it as a single religion of which different pagan faiths are denominations. Because of these different approaches there is disagreement on when or if the term ''pagan'' should be capitalized, though specialists in the field of pagan studies tend towards capitalisation. Prominent modern pagan religions include Wicca, Druidry, Heathenry, Rodnovery, and the Goddess movement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
