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Roswell, Little Green Man
''Roswell, Little Green Man'' was a Bongo Comics series created by Bill Morrison (comics), Bill Morrison. It was nominated for four Eisner Awards. The series debuted in 1996 and ran for six issues. In an interview with ''Neatorama'', Morrison said, "''Roswell, Little Green Man'' was inspired by the story of the Roswell UFO crash, but also by my desire to draw vintage cars, fashions, architecture, etc. from the 1940's. I was also influenced heavily by Dave Stevens' wonderful ''Rocketeer'' strip." References External linksRoswell: Little Green Manat Beek's Books at The Simpsons Archive Bongo Comics titles Comics about extraterrestrial life Roswell incident in fiction {{Comics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bongo Comics
Bongo Comics Group was a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Matt Groening along with Steve & Cindy Vance and Bill Morrison. It published comics related to the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama'', as well as the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' comics, along with original material. The company was named after Bongo, a rabbit character in Groening's comic strip ''Life in Hell''. Bongo, at some time in its history, printed ''Simpsons Comics'', '' Simpsons Comics and Stories'', ''Futurama Comics'', '' Krusty Comics'', ''Lisa Comics'', '' Bart Simpson'', '' Bartman'', '' Itchy & Scratchy Comics'' and '' Radioactive Man''. Zongo Comics, also created by Groening, was Bongo Comics' counterpart geared towards mature audiences. History Groening launched Bongo Comics Group in 1993, perceiving a lack of funny books in the comic book industry at the time: "I go into comic book stores and look at all the stuff, and, for the most part, it looks like fairly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Morrison (comics)
Bill Morrison (born 1959) is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is a co-founder of Bongo Comics (along with Matt Groening and Steve and Cindy Vance). Early life Morrison is a native of Lincoln Park, Michigan, a Downriver suburb of Detroit. He attended the College for Creative Studies. Career At the beginning of his career in the early 1980s, Morrison worked as a technical illustrator for Artech, Inc. (Livonia, Michigan) before going to work as an illustrator for Disney, where he created promotional art for: * ''Lady and the Tramp'' * ''Cinderella'' * ''Bambi'' * ''Peter Pan'' * ''The Jungle Book'' * ''Robin Hood'' * ''The Rescuers'' * ''The Fox and the Hound'' * ''Oliver & Company'' * ''The Little Mermaid'' (including a controversial image) * “Roller Coaster Rabbit” * “The Prince and the Pauper” * ''The Rescuers Down Under'' Subsequently, he worked as an illustrator and occasional writer for ''The Simpsons'' and created his own comic '' Roswell''. He a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eisner Awards
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner, who was a regular participant in the award ceremony until his death in 2005."The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards" Comic-con.org WebCitation archive (requires scrolldown). The Eisner Awards include the Comic Industry's |
The News-Herald (Southgate, Michigan)
''The News-Herald'' is a bi-weekly newspaper serving the Downriver suburbs of Detroit. It is based in Southgate, Michigan, and owned by Digital First Media as part of its Detroit region. The newspaper is published every Wednesday and Sunday. History The ''News-Herald''s history dates back to the 1870s, when the Rev. George W. Owen established the Wyandotte ''Herald'' in Wyandotte, MI. After merging with the Wyandotte ''Daily News'', from 1944 it was known as the Wyandotte ''News-Herald.''Bacon Memorial District Library Local history. Accessed 25 May 2017. The Mellus Newspapers started in the 1920s, subsequently flourished for decades under famous publisher/editor William Mellus. The current ''News-Herald'' format was established under the Heritage Newspapers brand in 1986, when the late industrialist [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roswell UFO Crash
The Roswell incident was an event that occurred in 1947, pertaining to the recovery of mundane metallic and rubber debris from a military balloon that crashed near Corona, New Mexico by United States Army Air Forces officers from Roswell Army Air Field. Decades later, conspiracy theories began claiming that the debris involved a flying saucer and that the truth had been covered up by the United States government.: "Flight 4 was launched June 4, 1947, from Alamogordo Army Air Field and tracked flying northeast toward Corona. It was within of the Brazel ranch when contact was lost." On July 8, 1947, Roswell Army Air Field issued a press release stating that they had recovered a "flying disc". The Army quickly retracted the statement and said instead that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon. In 1994, the United States Air Force published a report identifying the crashed object as a nuclear test surveillance balloon from Project Mogul. The Roswell incident wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Stevens
Dave Lee Stevens (July 29, 1955 – March 11, 2008) was an American illustrator and comics artist. He was most famous for creating ''Rocketeer, The Rocketeer'' comic book and film character, and for his pin-up style "glamour art" illustrations, especially of model Bettie Page. He was the first to win Comic-Con International's Russ Manning Award, Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award in 1982, and received both an Inkpot Award and the Kirby Award for Best Graphic Album in 1986. Early life Stevens was born July 29, 1955, in Lynwood, California, but grew up in Portland, Oregon. His family relocated to San Diego, where he attended San Diego City College for two years, and attended the then-new annual San Diego Comic-Con (now Comic-Con International). Career Early work Stevens's first professional comic work was inking Russ Manning's pencils for the ''Tarzan'' newspaper comic strip and two European ''Tarzan'' graphic novels in 1975; he later assisted Manning on the ''Star Wars'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
