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Richard Isanove
Richard Isanove (born 1968) is a French artist and painter working in the American comic book industry. Early life Richard Isanove was born in the south of France, studied film and animation at the Ecole nationale superieure des arts decoratifs in Paris, and moved to the United States in 1994 to study animation at the California Institute of the Arts.Interview With Richard Isanove Retrieved 3 October 2011. Career While in school, he was hired by Brian Haberlin as a staff colorist for where, one year later, he became Art Director. He went on to free-lance for mult ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gunslinger Born
''The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born'' is a seven-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. It is the first comic book miniseries based on Stephen King's '' The Dark Tower'' series of novels. It is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove. Stephen King serves as Creative and Executive Director of the project. The first issue was published on February 7, 2007. Overview The first issue of ''The Gunslinger Born'' was released at midnight on February 7, 2007. Creators Peter David and Jae Lee, and Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada appeared at a midnight signing at a Times Square, New York City comic book store to promote it. ''The Gunslinger Born'' is an expansion and interpretation of events covered in The Dark Tower series, beginning with Roland Deschain's manhood test against Cort and ending with the last events of the flashback sequences in ''Wizard and Glass''. Furth indicated that later arcs would "cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treachery
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Treachery is the betrayal or violation of trust. Treachery may also refer to: *Treachery (law), an offence in several countries, related to treason * Treachery (''Revenge''), the eighth episode of the American television series ''Revenge'' * ''Treachery'' (film), a film written and directed by Travis Romero and starring Michael Biehn *'' The Dark Tower: Treachery'', the Stephen King comic book series *An Old Norse word for Sköll, a wolf in Norse mythology See also *Treacherous (other) *Treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcanum (comics)
''Arcanum'' was an American comic book published by Image Comics in 1996, under the Top Cow banner. The series was created by artist Brandon Peterson Brandon Peterson is an American comic book writer and artist, known for his work on Marvel Comics from Paterson New Jersey and Top Cow's '' Codename: Strykeforce'' in the 1990s. Career Peterson's early works for Marvel include a ''New Warriors'' ..., in what was his first attempt at writing a series. It was vaguely a fantasy title, relying heavily on magical themes that were similar to other series Top Cow was publishing at the time. Peterson kept the title going for eight issues plus a 1/2 issue published by Wizard Entertainment, but the series was cancelled by Top Cow. Peterson wrapped up all plotlines in the final issue. ReferencesArcanum @ comicbookdb Top Cow titles {{Image-Comics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant-Man
Ant-Man is the name of several superheroes appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, Ant-Man's first appearance was in ''Tales to Astonish'' #27 (January 1962) but first appeared in costume in ''Tales to Astonish'' #35 (September 1962). The persona was originally the brilliant scientist Hank Pym's superhero alias after inventing a substance that can change size, but reformed thieves Scott Lang and Eric O'Grady also took on the mantle after the original changed his superhero identity to various other aliases, such as Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket. Pym's Ant-Man is also a founding member of the super hero team known as the Avengers. The character has appeared in several films based on the Marvel character, such as ''Ant-Man'' (2015), '' Captain America: Civil War'' (2016), ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' (2018), '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019) and upcoming '' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania''. Fictional character biography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminator (franchise)
''Terminator'' is an American media franchise created by James Cameron. The franchise encompasses a series of science fiction action films, comics, novels and additional media, concerning a total war between Skynet (Terminator), Skynet's synthetic intelligence – a self-aware military machine network – and John Connor's Resistance forces comprising the survivors of the human, human race. Skynet's most famous products in its genocidal goals are Terminator (character concept), the various terminator models, such as the Terminator (character), T-800, who was portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger from the The Terminator, original ''Terminator'' film in 1984. By 2010, the franchise had generated $3 billion in revenue. Setting The central theme of the franchise is the battle for survival between the nearly-extinct human race and the world-spanning synthetic intelligence that is Skynet (Terminator), Skynet. Skynet is positioned in the first film, ''The Terminator'' (1984), as a U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man With No Name (comics)
The Man with No Name ( it, Uomo senza nome) is the antihero character portrayed by Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone's "''Dollars Trilogy''" of Italian Spaghetti Western films: ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964), ''For a Few Dollars More'' (1965), and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966). He is recognizable by his poncho, brown hat, tan cowboy boots, fondness for cigarillos, and the fact that he rarely talks. The "Man with No Name" concept was invented by the American distributor United Artists, looking for a strong angle to sell the films as a trilogy. Eastwood's character does indeed have a name and a different one in each film: "Joe", "Manco" and "Blondie", respectively. When Clint Eastwood was honored with the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996, Jim Carrey gave the introductory speech and said: The Man with No Name' had no name, so we could fill in our own." In 2008, ''Empire'' chose the Man with No Name as the 33rd greatest movie character of all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Trips
Captain Trips may refer to: *The first part of Stephen King's novel ''The Stand'', named for the fictional disease outbreak described therein **'' The Stand: Captain Trips'', the first volume of ''The Stand'' comic adaptation * Captain Trips (''Wild Cards''), a fictional character from the book series ''Wild Cards'' *A nickname of American musician Jerry Garcia (1942–1995) *The nickname of a hippie character in Stephen King's miniseries '' Golden Years'' *Alfred Matthew Hubbard Alfred Matthew Hubbard (July 24, 1901 – August 31, 1982), was an early proponent for the drug LSD during the 1950s. He is reputed to have been the "Johnny Appleseed of LSD" and the first person to emphasize LSD's potential as a visionary or tra ... (1901–1982), proponent for the drug LSD *" Captain Trips", a 2014 episode of the TV series ''Revolution'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Tales
''Savage Tales'' is the title of three American comic book, American comics series. Two were black-and-white comics-magazine anthologies published by Marvel Comics, and the other a color comic book anthology published by Dynamite Entertainment. Publication history Marvel The first of the two volumes of ''Savage Tales'' ran 11 issues, with a nearly 2-year hiatus after the premiere issue (May 1971, then Oct. 1973 - July 1975). It marked Marvel's second attempt at entering the comics-magazine field dominated by Warren Publishing (''Creepy (magazine), Creepy'', ''Eerie'', ''Vampirella''), following the two-issue superhero entry ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' in 1968. Starring in the first issue were: * Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery Pulp magazine, pulp-fiction character Conan the Barbarian, adapted by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith (as Barry Smith) * the futuristic, Amazons, Amazon-like Femizons, by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist John Romita Sr., John Romita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sonja
Red Sonja is a fictional sword and sorcery comic-book superheroine created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel Comics in 1973, partially inspired by Robert E. Howard's character Red Sonya of Rogatino. Marvel Comics published stories featuring Red Sonja until 1986, and returned to the character for a one-shot story in 1995. In 2005, Dynamite Entertainment began publishing stories of the heroine, during which the original Sonja was killed and replaced by a "reincarnation". The series was rebooted by writer Gail Simone in 2013, telling an altered version of Red Sonja's early life story via flashbacks. Subsequent writers of ''Red Sonja'' have included Amy Chu, Mark Russell, Luke Lieberman, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Amanda Conner, among others. Red Sonja has appeared in numerous titles, both as a solo protagonist and together with Conan, as well as in crossovers with characters from Marvel Comics and Dynamite Comics. A total of six Red Sonja novels were publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shop Till You Drop Dead
''Army of Darkness: Shop till You Drop Dead'' is a four-part comic book spin-off published by Devils Due Publishing & Dynamite Entertainment, continuing the comic book saga of ''The Evil Dead'' series. Plot The story takes place exactly where its predecessor ''Ashes 2 Ashes'' finishes, only there is quite a bit of time hopping involved to keep things confusing. Ash returns from Egypt, believing the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis destroyed for good. However, the evil tome has managed to hitch-hike all the way back to S-Mart and wound up in the hands of Mister Smart himself, Ash's cheerfully irritating boss. When Deadites infest the aisles and consumers start consuming, Ash must team up with his fellow co-workers to start the ultimate wage slave war against evil. See also *List of Devil's Due Publishing publications Devil's Due Productions is an American comic book company. This is a list of their publications. Titles A * ''Aftermath: Blade of Kumori'' #1–5 * ''Aftermath: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashes 2 Ashes
''Army of Darkness'' comics are based on the film of the same name published originally by Dark Horse Comics, and later by Dynamite Entertainment who initially published them through Devil's Due Publishing. The stories follow the adventures of the ''Evil Dead'' series, Ash Williams, and has included a number of crossovers with a wide variety of characters such as Marvel Zombies, Darkman, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Dracula, Xena, Danger Girl, and Re-Animator. First series Film adaptation (#1-3) In 1992, Dark Horse published an adaptation of the film with the original ending intact. John Bolton adapted the story from the script written by Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi, in addition to providing the artwork. It was published as a three-issue miniseries and was released as a trade paperback by Dynamite in 2006 (). ''Ashes 2 Ashes'' (#1-4) *Originally published in: ''Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes'' #1-4 (July 2004 - October 2004) *Plot outline: The plot picks up right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Origins
''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and contained only reprinted material. The title became an ongoing reprint series in February–March 1973 which ran for seven issues and ended in October–November 1974. The title was used on various compilations of origin stories, including ''Limited Collectors' Edition'' #C-39: ''Secret Origins Super-Villains'' (October–November 1975) and #C-45: ''More Secret Origins Super-Villains'' (June–July 1976) as well as ''DC Special Series'' #10 (1978) and 19 (Fall 1979). Its most well-known incarnation was a 50-issue series that ran from April 1986 to August 1990, plus three ''Annual''s and one ''Special''. Typically, an issue would clarify the Post-''Crisis'' origins of a number of characters, usually two as most of the issues were double- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
