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Rafael Aura León
Rafael Aura León (22 December 1939 - 24 June 1993) was a Spanish comics artist, known primarily as Auraleón, which is how he signed his work. Biography Born in Barcelona, Auraleón's career began in 1959 when he joined the Spanish agency Selecciones Ilustradas, through which he worked in British comics in the 1960s, drawing westerns for ''Lone Star (comics), Lone Star'', war stories for ''Commando (comics), Commando'', ''Air Ace (comics), Air Ace'', ''Combat (comics), Combat'' and ''Conflict (comics), Conflict'', romance stories for ''Romance in Pictures'', and science fiction stories for ''Space Ace (comics), Space Ace''. Auraleón joined American company Warren Publishing in 1971, becoming one of their most prolific artists, with 69 stories in total. This would rank him fourth among all artists at Warren after José Ortiz (comics), José Ortiz, Esteban Maroto and Luis Bermejo. Auraleón worked primarily in ''Vampirella'', with approximately 20 stories appearing in ''Creepy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creepy (magazine)
''Creepy'' was an American horror (genre), horror-comics magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Like ''Mad (magazine), Mad'', it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and did not carry the seal of the Comics Code Authority. An anthology magazine, it initially was published quarterly but later went bimonthly. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host character, Uncle Creepy. Its sister publications were ''Eerie'' and ''Vampirella''. Launch Illustrator and editor Russ Jones, the founding editor of ''Creepy'' in 1964, said he approached ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' magazine publisher James Warren (publisher), Jim Warren with the idea of horror comics similar to the 1950s' EC Comics comic books. Warren also choose not to use the comics industry's voluntary self-censorship Comics Code Authority for his black and white magazines. Warren eventually agreed. Jones recalled that: Joe Orlando was not only an illustrator for ''Creepy'' but also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conflict (comics)
Conflict may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Conflict'' (1921 film), an American silent film directed by Stuart Paton * ''Conflict'' (1936 film), an American boxing film starring John Wayne * ''Conflict'' (1937 film), a Swedish drama film directed by Per-Axel Branner * ''Conflict'' (1938 film), a French drama film directed by Léonide Moguy * ''Conflict'' (1945 film), an American suspense film starring Humphrey Bogart * ''Catholics: A Fable'' (1973 film), or ''The Conflict'', a film starring Martin Sheen * ''Judith'' (1966 film) or ''Conflict'', a film starring Sophia Loren * ''Samar'' (1999 film) or ''Conflict'', a 1999 Indian film by Shyam Benegal Games * ''Conflict'' (series), a 2002–2008 series of war games for the PS2, Xbox, and PC * ''Conflict'' (video game), a 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System war game * '' Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator'', a 1990 strategy computer game Literature and periodicals * ''Conflict'' (novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Barcelona
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Deaths
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Oslo I Accord rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis rect 400 0 600 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Births
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Bermejo
Luis Bermejo Rojo (12 August 1931 – 12 December 2015) was a Spanish illustrator and comics artist known for his work published in Spain, Italy, Great Britain, and the United States. He has illustrated a number of novels, and worked for a while with DC Comics. Biography Bermejo initially learned the trade as the assistant of Manuel Gago, before he began his comic book artist career in Britain in the late 1950s when through the agency A.L.I., he worked in the titles '' Girls' Crystal'' and ''Tarzan Weekly''. He worked on ''Thriller Picture'', ''John Steel'', ''War'', ''Battle Picture Libraries'', and ''Pike Mason'' in the early 1960s. In 1962 he started drawing the war-themed comic strip ''Mann of Battle'' for ''The Eagle'', and would draw the strip ''Heros the Spartan'' for that title in 1963. Later in the 1960s he would draw the super hero '' Johnny Future''. For much of the 1960s, Bermejo worked out of a studio in Valencia, Spain for the agency Bardon Arts with other artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esteban Maroto
Esteban Maroto (born 1942) is a Spanish comic book artist. Career Born in Madrid, he began his career in the 1960s with series like ''Cinco por infinito'', published in English by Continuity Comics as '' Zero Patrol'' (heavily retouched by editor Neal Adams). 'Wolff' by Maroto was published in the UK by New English Library in the magazine ''Dracula''. Dracula was published in the US by the Warren Publishing Company under the title ''Dracula Book 1'' in 1972; the cover was by Esteban Maroto. In the 1970s he started to be known in his own country when the magazine'' Trinca (comic)'' published ''Alma de Dragón''. He designed the "metal bikini" for the character Red Sonja, in ''Savage Tales'' #3, ''Comixscene'' #5, and in the first issue of ''The Savage Sword of Conan'' and pencilled her first solo story, which was inked by Neal Adams and Ernie Chan. He also redesigned Satana for Marvel Comics and drew her second solo story in ''Vampire Tales ''#3. In issue 4 of the same serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ortiz (comics)
José Ortiz Moya (1 September 1932 – 23 December 2013) was a Spanish comics artist, best known for several collaborations with Antonio Segura, such as the series '' Hombre''. Biography José Ortiz was born in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia. His career began at an early age, winning an artistic tournament held by the Spanish magazine ''Chicos''. After a period of making pocket sized comics, he created the series ''Sigur el Vikingo'' and ''Johnny Fogata'' in 1959, and ''Carolynn Baker'' for the English newspaper '' Daily Express'' in 1962. Ortiz joined Warren Publishing in 1974 due to his connections with the Valencia studio of Selecciones Ilustradas. He would remain with Warren until 1983 and drew more stories for that company (approximately 120) than any other artist. His work included the series ''Apocalypse'', ''Night of the Jackass'' and ''Coffin'' in Eerie, as well as ''Pantha'' in Vampirella and numerous stand alone stories. Ortiz would also draw Vampirella hersel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Publishing
Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren (publisher), James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades. Magazines published by Warren include ''After Hours (magazine), After Hours'', ''Creepy (magazine), Creepy'', ''Eerie'', ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'', ''Help! (magazine), Help!'', and ''Vampirella''. Initially based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company moved by 1965 to New York City. Publishing history Founding Begun by James Warren, Warren Publishing's initial publications were the horror fiction, horror-fantasy--science fiction movie magazine ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' and ''Monster World'', both edited by Forrest J Ackerman. Warren soon published ''Spacemen (magazine), Spacemen'' magazine and in 1960 ''Help! (magazine), Help!'' magazine, with the first employee of the magazine being Gloria Steinem. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Ace (comics)
''Space Ace'' is a LaserDisc video game produced by Bluth Group, Cinematronics and Advanced Microcomputer Systems (later renamed RDI Video Systems). It was unveiled in October 1983, just four months after the ''Dragon's Lair (1983 video game), Dragon's Lair'' game, followed by a limited release in December 1983 and then a wide release in Spring 1984. Like its predecessor, it featured film-quality animation played back from a LaserDisc. The gameplay is similar to ''Dragon's Lair'', requiring the player to move the joystick or press the fire button at key moments in the animated sequences to govern the hero's actions. There is also the occasional option to either temporarily have the character transform into his adult form or remain as a boy with different styles of challenge. The arcade game was a commercial success in North America, but was unable to achieve the same level of success as ''Dragon's Lair''. It was later ported to a number of home systems. Gameplay Like ''Drago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance In Pictures
Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings * Romance languages, a subgroup of the Italic languages ** Romance studies, an academic discipline studying the languages, literatures, and cultures of areas that speak a Romance language Places * Romance, Arkansas, U.S. * Romance, Missouri, U.S. * Romance, West Virginia U.S. * Romance, Wisconsin, U.S. Arts, entertainment, and media Film * Romance film, a genre of film of which the central plot focuses on the romantic relationships of the protagonists ** Romantic comedy ** Romantic thriller * ''Romance'' (1920 film), silent film, directed by Chester Withey * ''Romance'' (1930 film), starring Greta Garbo * ''Romance'' (1936 film), an Austrian film starring Carl Esmond * ''Romance'' (1983 film), a Bollywood film produced and directed by Ramanand Sag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combat (comics)
Combat (French for ''fight'') is a purposeful violent conflict meant to physically harm or kill the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons) or unarmed ( not using weapons). Combat is sometimes resorted to as a method of self-defense, or can be used as a tool to impose one's will on others. An instance of combat can be a stand-alone confrontation or a small part of a much larger violent conflict. Instances of combat may also be benign and recreational, as in the cases of combat sports and mock combat. Combat may comply with, or be in violation of local or international laws regarding conflict. Examples of rules include the Geneva Conventions (covering the treatment of people in war), medieval chivalry, the Marquess of Queensberry rules (covering boxing) and several forms of combat sports. Hand-to-hand combat Hand-to-hand combat ( melee) is combat at very close range, attacking the opponent with the body (striking, kicking, strangling, etc.) and/or with a melee we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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