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Steven Grant (character)
Moon Knight is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, the character first appeared in '' Werewolf by Night'' #32 (August 1975). The son of a rabbi, Marc Spector served as a Force Recon Marine and briefly as a CIA operative before becoming a mercenary alongside his friend Jean-Paul "Frenchie" DuChamp. During a job in Sudan, Spector is appalled when ruthless fellow mercenary Raoul Bushman attacks and kills archeologist Dr. Alraune in front of the man's daughter and colleague, Marlene Alraune. After fighting Bushman and being left for dead, a mortally wounded Spector reaches Alraune's recently unearthed tomb and is placed before a statue of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Spector dies, then suddenly revives, fully healed. He claims Khonshu wants him to be the "moon's knight", the left "Fist of Khonshu", redeeming his life of violence by now protecting and avenging the innoc ... [...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] |
Chuck Dixon
Charles Dixon (born April 14, 1954) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher and on the DC Comics characters Batman, Nightwing, and Robin in the 1990s and early 2000s. Early life Dixon was born in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Upper Darby, reading comics of all genres. He is a graduate of Upper Darby High School (1972). Career 1980s Chuck Dixon's earliest comics work was writing ''Evangeline'' for Comico Comics in 1984 and then for First Comics. Editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' '' Savage Sword of Conan''. Writing under the name "Charles Dixon", he would eventually take over the lead feature of Conan on a semi-regular basis. He contributed stories to the Hama edited re-boot of ''Savage Tales'' highlighted by a number of western stories illustrated by John Severin. In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing ''Airboy'' which was edited by Timothy Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Warner (comics)
Chris Warner (born 1955) is an American comic book writer, artist, and editor for Dark Horse Comics. He worked extensively on their mid-1990s line of Comics' Greatest World and Dark Horse Heroes. Warner has also worked sporadically for other companies, such as DC Comics and Marvel Comics. Career Warner illustrated several comics based on the ''Predator'' franchise and came up with the idea for an ''Aliens vs. Predator'' crossover. He is listed as the creator of ''Barb Wire'' and the developer of the setting of Steel Harbor for these lines. His work on this line includes writing and penciling the mini-series ''Barb Wire: Ace of Spades'' (#1–4), penciling issues #10–12 of ''X'', being the image illustrator (i.e., the visual creator) of characters like ''Ghost'' and is given creator credit on Wolf Gang', '' Pit Bulls'' and '' Motorhead''. He also worked on ''Will to Power'' (issues #4–6 as writer & #10–12 as penciler) and the second volume of ''Ghost'', on which he acted as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Hampton
Bo Hampton (born 1954 in North Carolina) is an American comic book and cartoon artist. He is the older brother of fellow comics-creator Scott Hampton. Andelman, Bob"Scott Hampton & Bo Hampton Interview,"''A Spirited Life'' (July 17, 2006). He graduated from the School of Visual Arts, New York City, where he studied under Will Eisner and Al Williamson. (Hampton later worked as Eisner's studio assistant.) He drew, wrote, and painted comics and graphic novels for 15 years, always with a bent toward realism that was fairly uncommon in the medium. Some art highlights from that period include ''Viking Glory'' a 96-page graphic novel for DC Comics, ''Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' for Tundra Publishing and ''Verdilak'', a horror story co-written and painted for NBM Publishing. Hampton spent a year as a professor at Savannah College of Art and Design, helping to develop the original incarnation of their Sequential Arts program before moving into the realms of storyboarding animated shows and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Nowlan
Kevin Nowlan (born 1958) is an American comics artist who works as a penciler, inker, colorist, and letterer. He has been called "one of the few artists who can be called 'artists's artist'", a master of the various disciplines of comic production, from "design to draftsmanship to dramatics". Early life Nowlan was born in 1958 in Nebraska. He has four older brothers and sisters. His brother read comic books, particularly DC Comics titles, and Nowlan has had comics around him since he can remember. As an illustrator, Nowlan is mostly self-taught, but did attend a trade school for approximately a year and a half to learn design and layout. Career Nowlan first came to the industry's attention in the early 1980s ''via'' illustrations in the fan press, most notably ''The Comics Journal'' and ''Amazing Heroes''. Nowlan's first published work for Marvel Comics was ''Doctor Strange'' #57 (Feb. 1983). He has worked for DC Comics and other comics publishers. He contributed to the adult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Sienkiewicz
Boleslav William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz ( ; born May 3, 1958) is an American artist known for his work in comic books—particularly for Marvel Comics' ''New Mutants'', '' Moon Knight,'' and '' Elektra: Assassin''. Sienkiewicz's work in the 1980s was considered revolutionary in mainstream US comics due to his highly stylized art that verged on abstraction and made use of oil painting, photorealism, collage, mimeograph, and other forms generally uncommon in comic books. Early life Sienkiewicz was born May 3, 1958, in Blakely, Pennsylvania. When he was five years old, he moved with his family to the Hainesville, New Jersey section of Sandyston Township, New Jersey, where he attended elementary and secondary school. Sienkiewicz began drawing "when ewas about four or five", and continued doing and learning about art throughout his childhood. His early comic book influences include artist Curt Swan Superman comics, and artist Jack Kirby's ''Fantastic Four''. Sienkiewicz received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Bemis
Maxim Adam Bemis (born April 6, 1984) () is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, primary composer and primary lyricist of the band, Say Anything (band), Say Anything, before their hiatus in 2018. He sang alongside Chris Conley in the Supergroup (music), supergroup Two Tongues (which featured band members from Say Anything and Saves the Day). He plays alongside his wife Sherri DuPree, Sherri Dupree-Bemis under the name Perma, and is a comic book writer, chiefly for Marvel Comics. Early life Bemis was born in New York City in 1984. His family moved to Hollywood, California when he was a child. Bemis took piano lessons which he credits for the realization that he wanted to make music. In addition, Bemis was raised "in a strong Jewish environment," which has influenced his music. His maternal grandparents were survivors of the Holocaust, which was the inspiration for the song, "Alive with the Glory of Love." Bemis attended high school at Windward Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Lemire
Jeff Lemire (; born March 21, 1976) is a Canadian comic book writer, artist, and television producer. He is the author of critically acclaimed titles including the '' Essex County Trilogy'', '' Sweet Tooth'', and '' The Nobody''. His written work includes '' All-New Hawkeye'', ''Extraordinary X-Men'', '' Moon Knight'' and ''Old Man Logan'' for Marvel; ''Superboy'', ''Animal Man'', ''Justice League Dark'', and '' Green Arrow'' for DC; '' Black Hammer'' and ''Mazebook'' for Dark Horse; ''Descender'' and '' Gideon Falls'' for Image Comics; and ''Bloodshot Reborn'' for Valiant. In 2021, ''Sweet Tooth'' was adapted as a Netflix television series through Susan and Robert Downey Jr.'s production company Team Downey, with Lemire serving as an on-set consultant. Lemire has also collaborated with musicians such as Eddie Vedder on hi''Matter of Time'' animated videoand Gord Downie on ''Secret Path,'' a multimedia storytelling project. Early life Lemire was born and raised in Woodslee, O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cullen Bunn
Cullen Bunn is an American comics writer, novelist, and short story writer, best known for his work on comic books such as ''Uncanny X-Men'', '' X-Men: Blue'', ''Magneto'' and various ''Deadpool'' miniseries for Marvel Comics, and his creator-owned series '' The Damned'' and ''The Sixth Gun'' for Oni Press and '' Harrow County'' for Dark Horse Comics, as well as his middle reader horror novel ''Crooked Hills'', and his short story work collection ''Creeping Stones & Other Stories''. As of 2018, Bunn writes ''X-Men: Blue'' and '' Venomized'' for Marvel, ''PumpkinHead'' for Dynamite, ''Subspecies'' for Action Lab, ''Shadow Roads'' for Oni Press, ''Regression'' for Image, '' Unholy Grail'', ''Brothers Dracul'' and ''Dark Ark'' for Aftershock Comics, and ''Harrow County'' for Dark Horse. Early life Cullen Bunn grew up in rural North Carolina. He lived there until he was 19, when his parents moved to Thayer, Missouri to run a cattle farm. After a couple years, his parents moved back t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wood (comics)
Brian Wood (born January 29, 1972) is an American writer, illustrator, and graphic designer, known for his work in comic books, television and video games. His noted comic book work includes the series ''DMZ'', ''Demo'', ''Northlanders'', '' The Massive, Marvel Comics' The X-Men'', and ''Star Wars.'' His web series work includes adaptations of his own short stories from the comics series '' The Massive'' and ''Conan the Barbarian'' for ''Geek & Sundry'' and YouTube'','' and his video game work includes three years on staff at Rockstar Games, co-writing '' 1979 Revolution: Black Friday'' and story contributions to '' Aliens: Fireteam Elite.'' His television work includes pilot scripts for AMC'','' Amazon Studios'','' and Sonar Entertainment. He is a contributing writer on HBO Max's ''DMZ'' adaptation of his own work. Wood's work is well known for sociopolitical commentary, particularly on the topics of media and conflicts, climate change, and identity. Much of his work is about o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Ellis
Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is a British comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including ''Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002), ''Global Frequency'' (2002–2004) and '' Red'' (2003–2004), which was adapted into the feature films '' Red'' (2010) and '' Red 2'' (2013). Ellis is the author of the novels ''Crooked Little Vein'' (2007) and ''Gun Machine'' (2013) and the novella ''Normal'' (2016). A prolific comic book writer, Ellis has written several Marvel series, including ''Astonishing X-Men'', ''Thunderbolts'', ''Moon Knight'' and the "Extremis" story arc of ''Iron Man'', which was the basis for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Iron Man 3'' (2013). Ellis created '' The Authority'' and '' Planetary'' for WildStorm, and wrote a run of ''Hellblazer'' for Vertigo and ''James Bond'' for Dynamite Entertainment. Ellis wrote the video games ''Hostile Waters'' (2001), ''Cold Winter'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Michael Bendis (; born August 18, 1967) is an American comic book writer and artist. He has won five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books.Bendis, Brian Michael and Oeming, Michael Avon, ''Powers'' TPB Vol. 9 – ''Psychotic'' (Icon, 2006), Starting with crime and noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero work. With Bill Jemas and Mark Millar, Bendis was the writer on the first book of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, launching ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' in 2000. He relaunched the Avengers franchise with '' New Avengers'' in 2004, and also wrote the Marvel storylines " Secret War" (2004–2005), "House of M" (2005), "Secret Invasion" (2008), "Siege" (2010) and "Age of Ultron" (2013). Though Bendis has cited comic book writers such as Frank Miller and Alan Moore, his own writing influences are less rooted in comics, drawing on the work of David Mamet, Richard Price, and Aaron Sorkin, whose dialogue, Bendis sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
