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Razorline
Razorline was an imprint of American comic book company Marvel Comics that ran from 1993 to 1995. It was created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker, with its characters existing in one of the many alternate universes outside the mainstream continuity known as the Marvel Universe. Publication history The Razorline imprint consisted of four interrelated titles, based on Barker's detailed premises, titles and lead characters. These were: * ''Ectokid'' — written first by James Robinson, then by Lana Wachowski, and pencilled by Steve Skroce * ''Hokum & Hex'' — written by Frank Lovece, penciled by Anthony Williams * ''Hyperkind'' — written by Fred Burke, pencilled by Paris Cullins and inked by Bob Petrecca * '' Saint Sinner'' — written by Elaine Lee, pencilled and inked by Max Douglas Marcus McLaurin was the editor. The four titles were preceded by a one-shot sampler cover-titled: ''Razorline: First Cut''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus McLaurin
Marcus McLaurin is an American comic-book writer and editor known for developing and editing the influential Marvel Comics series ''Marvels''. Biography Marc McLaurin joined Marvel as an assistant editor. He rose to become a full editor working on the Epic Comics imprint and on other Marvel projects. These included Epic's various Alien Legion limited series, its "Heavy Hitters" line of action comics by Peter David, Howard Chaykin and others, and licensed titles such as the manga '' Akira'' and filmmaker and fantasy novelist Clive Barker's ''Nightbreed'' and ''Hellraiser''. He also edited the ''Razorline'' imprint of superheroes created by Barker for Marvel. As a writer, McLaurin did the entire 20-issue run of the Luke Cage revival series ''Cage'' (1992–1993). He also wrote issues of ''The Punisher'' (1987–1995 series) and occasional features in ''Marvel Comics Presents''. Selected bibliography Editor *''Alpha Flight'' #80–82 (Marvel Comics, January 1990 – March 1990) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokum & Hex
''Hokum & Hex'' is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint that ran from 1993 to 1994. Created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker as one of the imprint's four interconnected series, it starred Trip Monroe, a failing stand-up comic who, through apparently random circumstances, is given powers in order to become Earth's protector against the fundamentalist warriors of an extradimensional god attempting to convert the planet. Publication history ''Hokum & Hex'' was created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker, written by Frank Lovece and penciled by Anthony Williams, with most issues inked by Andy Lanning. It ran nine issues (cover-dated Sept. 1993 - May 1994) before being discontinued with the rest of the Razorline titles. A subsequent one-shot, ''Hyperkind Unleashed'' #1 (cover-dated Sept. 1994, dated Aug. 1994 in indicia), featuring the Razorline's superhero team, included a "Hokum & Hex" prose short story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectokid
''Ectokid'' is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint that ran from 1993 to 1994. Created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker as one of the imprint's four interconnected series, it starred teenaged Dexter Mungo, the child of a mortal and a ghost, who is able to see and interact with the dangerous, interdimensional Ectosphere. Publication history ''Ectokid'' was one of Clive Barker's four Razorline titles, all set in the newly introduced "Barkerverse". Razorline published a preview comic in July 1993 called "First Cut", which covered the four titles, each one having a written introduction by Barker, a short prequel comic strip, and a description by the series writer (in the case of ''Ectokid'', written by Lana Wachowski, credited as Larry Wachowski). The main series ran for nine issues (cover-dated Sept. 1993 – May 1994) before being discontinued with the rest of the Razorline titles. All art was by penciller Steve Skroce an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyperkind
''Hyperkind'' is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint that ran from 1993 to 1994. Created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker as one of the imprint's four interconnected series, it starred a team of four young adults whose superpowers represent aspects of human consciousness. It was created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker, with its characters existing in one of the many alternate universes outside the mainstream continuity known as the Marvel Universe. Publication history Created by Clive Barker, the series was written by Fred Burke, penciled by Paris Cullins and inked by Bob Petrecca. ''Hyperkind'' ran nine issues (cover-dated Sept. 1993 - May 1994). A 48-page one-shot, ''Hyperkind: Unleashed'' (cover-dated Sept. 1994, dated Aug. 1994 in indicia), also contained a prose short story by Frank Lovece Frank Lovece () is an American journalist and author, and a comic book writer primarily for Marv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Sinner (comics)
''Saint Sinner'' is a superhero horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint that ran from 1993 to 1994. Created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker as one of the imprint's four interconnected series, it starred Philip Fetter, a man possessed by both a demon and an angel. Aside from the title, it is unrelated to the Barker-produced telefilm '' Saint Sinner''. Publication history Created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker, ''Saint Sinner'' was published for seven issues (cover-dated Oct. 1993 - April 1994). Written by Elaine Lee, it was drawn by Max Douglas for the first four issues. Richard Pace penciled issue #5, with inks by Douglas. Larry Brown drew the final two issues. Lee also wrote a ''Saint Sinner'' prose short story in the final release of the Razorline imprint, ''Ectokid Unleashed'' (Oct. 1994), a 48-page one-shot starring the title character of another Razorline comic. Clive Barker Clive Barker (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 1951 and its predecessor, ''Marvel Mystery Comics'', the ''Marvel Comics'' title/name/brand was first used in June 1961. Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in June 1961 with the launch of ''The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multiverse (Marvel Comics)
Within Marvel Comics, most tales take place within the fictional Marvel Universe, which in turn is part of a larger multiverse. Starting with issues of ''Captain Britain'', the main continuity in which most Marvel storylines take place was designated Earth-616, and the Multiverse was established as being protected by Merlyn. Each universe has a Captain Britain designated to protect its version of the British Isles. These protectors are collectively known as the Captain Britain Corps. This numerical notation was continued in the series ''Excalibur'' and other titles. Each universe of the Multiverse in Marvel also appears to be defended by a Sorcerer Supreme at nearly all times, appointed by the mystic trinity of Vishanti to defend the world against threats primarily magical in nature from within and beyond and bearing the Eye of Agamotto. Later on, many writers would use and reshape the Multiverse in titles such as '' Exiles'', ''X-Men'', and ''Ultimate Fantastic Four''. New un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Douglas
Max Douglas (born September 15, 1970) is a Canadian comic book creator. Since approximately 1996, he has worked under the pen name of Salgood Sam which is derived from a reverse spelling of his name. Published works ''Early Career'' Douglas started drawing in his late teens, producing zines. His first formally published work appeared in a co-created black-and-white comic book for Caliber Comics, titled ''Nature of the Beast''. It was written with Al Roy who also penned a short story that Douglas drew called ''Captain Censored Vs. Dr. Goingtofar'for ''True North 2'', published by the Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund. ''1992–2000'' In 1992, Douglas started working at Marvel Comics on Clive Barker's ''Nightbreed'' No. 20, from the company's Epic Comics imprint. After that he was hired to draw ''Nightbreed'' No. 23, and then assigned '' Saint Sinner'', a new title under the short-lived Razorline imprint, created for Marvel by Clive Barker. Douglas designed the characters, pencil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Cullins
Paris Cullins is an Americans, American comics artist best known for his work on DC Comics' ''Blue Devil (DC Comics), Blue Devil'' and ''Ted Kord, Blue Beetle'' and Marvel Comics' ''Hyperkind''. Career Early career Cullins had sent DC Comics samples of his comic art since 1976, finally meeting with Dick Giordano in the last week of 1979. Cullins recalled in 2007 that, Cullins' first known credited comics work was as penciler-inker of the six-page story "Mystic Murder", by writer Steve Skeates, in the DC Comics supernatural anthology ''Secrets of Haunted House'' #42 (Nov. 1981). He drew four "I ... Vampire" stories in the ''House of Mystery'' series and pencilled stories in such similar DC titles as ''Ghosts (comics), Ghosts'', ''The Unexpected (1968 comic book), The Unexpected'', and ''Weird War Tales'' through the early 1980s, and made his superhero debut penciling an eight-page "Green Lantern Corps, Tales of the Green Lantern Corps" backup feature in ''Green Lantern (comic bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Williams (comics)
Anthony Williams is a Welsh comic book artist. Biography He broke into comics at Marvel UK, drawing for the series ''Action Force,'' ''The Real Ghostbusters'' and ''Transformers'', among others. Subsequent British work has included the venerable science fiction comic '' 2000 AD'', for which he has drawn features including ''Kola Commandos,'' ''Mean Arena'', '' PJ Maybe'' and ''Robo-Hunter''. His best-known work includes DC Comics' Doctor Fate series ''Fate''; writer Mark Millar's ''The Unfunnies'' for Avatar Press; and for Marvel Comics, the first ''X-Men'' movie adaptation, and the nine-issue run of ''Hokum & Hex'', a superhero title created by author Clive Barker for Marvel's Razorline imprint. Williams has additionally drawn issues of comics starring Batman, Spider-Man, Superman and Scooby-Doo, with notable work that includes Marvel's '' Squadron Supreme: New World Order'' bookshelf-format one-shot (Sept. 1998); DC's ''Elseworlds'' prestige-format one-shot "The Superman M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Skroce
Steve Skroce () is a Canadian comic book and film storyboard artist. He is of Croatian descent. Biography Skroce broke into comics in 1993 on the Clive Barker series ''Ectokid'' for Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint. He went to work on the Marvel series ''Cable'' and ''X-Man'' before moving onto ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' in 1996. He briefly worked on Rob Liefeld's '' Youngblood'' comics, and returned to Marvel Comics to pencil ''Gambit''. Having worked with authors Lana and Lilly Wachowski on ''Ectokid,''Only Lana was credited on the book, as " Larry Wachowski" Skroce was contacted to create storyboards for ''The Matrix'', which were used by the writing-producing-directing Wachowskis team to help pitch their movie to Warner Bros. Skroce briefly returned to Marvel in 2000 to write and pencil four issues of ''Wolverine'' before drawing storyboards for the rest of the ''Matrix Trilogy''. Skroce often works on movies with the Wachowskis, and has done storyboards for ''I, Robot'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lana Wachowski
Lana Wachowski (born June 21, 1965, formerly known as Larry Wachowski) and Lilly Wachowski (born December 29, 1967, formerly known as Andy Wachowski) are American film and television directors, writers and producers. The sisters are both trans women. Together known as the Wachowskis (), the sisters have worked as a writing and directing team through most of their careers. They made their directing debut in 1996 with ''Bound'' and achieved fame with their second film, ''The Matrix'' (1999), a major box office success for which they won the Saturn Award for Best Director. They wrote and directed its two sequels, ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix Revolutions'' (both in 2003), and were involved in the writing and production of other works in the ''Matrix'' franchise. Following the commercial success of the ''Matrix'' series, the Wachowskis wrote and produced the 2005 film ''V for Vendetta'', an adaptation of the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, and in 2008 rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
