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Sanho Kim
Sanho Kim (born 1939 in Korea) is a South Korean comic book artist, considered the first artist working in a manhwa style to be published regularly in the United States. The bulk of Kim's American work was for Charlton Comics' horror comics, as well as the Kung fu title ''House of Yang''. In South Korea, Kim is known for the bestselling title ''Lifi'', as well as his more recent ''History of Great Korean Empire''. ''Lifi'' encouraged the Korean people to rise from the destruction of the Korean War, and is still imprinted in the minds of many people as Korea's first science fiction comic. Though Kim has worked in many styles and genres, the common theme that runs through his work is the pride and spirit of the Korean people. Biography Early life and education While a child during the Korean War, Kim lived in a refugee camp, where he read the comic strip "Mr. Manhong," featured in a Busan newspaper. Inspired to become a cartoonist himself, Kim studied fine arts (including W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Manor (comics)
''Ghost Manor'' was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics (in two volumes) from 1968 to 1984 (though it was primarily a reprint title from 1978 onward). Volume one was "hosted" by the Old Witch (not to be confused with the Old Witch who hosted the 1950s EC title, ''Haunt of Fear''), while volume two was hosted by Mr. Bones. ''Ghost Manor'' was part of a wave of new horror and suspense comics published by Charlton during this period. Its sister titles, with many of the same creators, were the Charlton anthologies ''The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves'' (with host Dr. M. T. Graves), ''Haunted'' (with hosts Impy and then Baron Weirwulf), and '' Ghostly Tales'' (with host Mr. L. Dedd, later I. M. Dedd). Charlton's low page-rates and slapdash production values resulted in few notable characters or stories; ''Ghost Manor'' was typical in this regard. Publication history ''Ghost Manor'' volume one debuted in July 1968 and was bimonthly during its run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skywald Publications
Skywald Publications was an American publisher of black-and-white comics magazines, primarily the horror anthologies ''Nightmare'', ''Psycho'', and ''Scream''. It also published a small line of comic books and other genre magazines. Skywald's original comics were similar in appearance and quality to rival black-and-white publisher Warren Publishing, and even employed many of the same creators. Skwyald operated from 1970 to 1975. Comics professionals who produced work for the Skywald magazines include writers T. Casey Brennan, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Gardner Fox, Gary Friedrich, Doug Moench, Dave Sim, Len Wein, and Marv Wolfman; and artists Rich Buckler, Gene Day Vince Colletta, Bill Everett, Bruce Jones, Pablo Marcos, Syd Shores, Chic Stone, and Tom Sutton. Many who also contributed to rival Warren employed pseudonyms. Future industry star John Byrne published his first professional story, a two-pager written by editor Al Hewetson, in Skywald's ''Nightmare'' #20 (Aug. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kung Fu (TV Series)
''Kung Fu'' is an American action-adventure martial arts Western drama television series starring David Carradine. The series follows the adventures of Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin monk who travels through the American Old West, armed only with his spiritual training and his skill in martial arts, as he seeks Danny Caine, his half-brother. Many of the aphorisms used in the series are adapted from or derived directly from the ''Tao Te Ching'', a book of ancient Taoist philosophy attributed to the sage Lao-tzu. Plot Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine) is the orphaned son of an American man, Thomas Henry Caine (Bill Fletcher), and a Chinese woman, Kwai Lin, born in mid-19th-century China. After his maternal grandfather's death he is accepted for training at a Shaolin Monastery, where he grows up to become a Shaolin priest and martial arts expert. In the pilot episode, Caine's beloved mentor and elder, Master Po, is murdered by the Emperor's nephew; outraged, Caine reta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kung Fu
Chinese martial arts, often called by the umbrella terms kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (), are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common traits, identified as "families" of martial arts. Examples of such traits include ''Shaolinquan'' () physical exercises involving All Other Animals () mimicry or training methods inspired by Old Chinese philosophies, religions and legends. Styles that focus on qi manipulation are called '' internal'' (; ), while others that concentrate on improving muscle and cardiovascular fitness are called '' external'' (; ). Geographical association, as in ''northern'' (; ) and ''southern'' (; ), is another popular classification method. Terminology ''Kung fu'' and ''wushu'' are loanwords from Cantonese and Mandarin respectively that, in English, are used to refer to Chinese martial arts. However, the Chinese terms '' kung fu'' and ''wushu'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Yang (comics) , a Chinese legend
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House of Yang may refer to: * Sui dynasty (581–618), a Chinese dynasty ruled by a Yang family * Yang Wu (907–937), a dynasty in eastern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period *Chiefdom of Bozhou (876–1600), an autonomous polity in modern Guizhou, China, ruled by a Yang family * Chiefdom of Kokang (1739–1959), an autonomous polity in modern Shan State, Myanmar, ruled by a Yang family from China * ''House of Yang'' (comics), see Sanho Kim See also *Generals of the Yang Family ''The Generals of the Yang Family'' is a collection of Chinese folklore, plays and novels on a military family from the earlier years of imperial China's Song Dynasty (960–1279). The stories recount the unflinching loyalty and the remarkable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Comics
War comics is a genre of comic books that gained popularity in English-speaking countries following World War II. History American war comics Shortly after the birth of the modern comic book in the mid- to late 1930s, comics publishers began including stories of wartime adventures in the multi-genre omnibus titles then popular as a format. Even prior to the U.S. involvement in World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, comic books such as ''Captain America Comics'' #1 (March 1941) depicted superheroes fighting Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Golden Age publisher Quality Comics debuted its title '' Blackhawk'' in 1944; the title was published more or less continuously until the mid-1980s. In the post-World War II era, comic books devoted solely to war stories began appearing and gained popularity in the United States and Canada through the 1950s, the 1960s, and 1970s, i.e. covering the time periods of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The titles tended to concentrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gravett
Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981. He is the founder of ''Escape Magazine'', and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appearing in the UK magazine '' Comics International'', together with a monthly column for ''ArtReview''. He has written for various periodicals including ''The Guardian'', ''The Comics Journal'', ''Comic Art'', ''Comics International'', ''Time Out'', ''Blueprint'', ''Neo'', ''The Bookseller'', ''The Daily Telegraph,'' and '' Dazed & Confused''. Biography His career began in 1981, as he managed the Fast Fiction table at bi-monthly Comic Marts held in Westminster Hall. Gravett invited artists to send him their homemade comics, which he would sell from the Fast Fiction table with all proceeds going to the creator. His role in the British indie comics scene is depicted in Eddie Campbell's '' Alec'' comics, in which Gravett is called "The Man at the Crossroads." Late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy The Kid (Charlton Comics)
''Billy the Kid'' is a Western comic book series published by Charlton Comics, with stories of a fictional character based on the historical Billy the Kid. Taking over the numbering of a previous Western comic, ''Masked Raider'', ''Billy the Kid'' was published from issues #9-153 (Nov. 1957 - March 1983). The Billy the Kid character made his first appearance in ''Masked Raider'' #6. Regular backup features in the book included Bounty Hunter Shawn O'Meara, Tenderfoot Sheriff John Lind, Mr. Young Of The Boothill Gazette, and Apache Red. Regular contributors to the title included writer Joe Gill, and artists Pat Boyette, José Delbo, Jack Keller, Sanho Kim, Rocke Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, Warren Sattler, and Carl Wessler. Publication history The book's first five issues (June 1955 - Aug. 1956) were titled ''Masked Raider'' (not to be confused with the Timely Comics character), starring a masked gunfighter and his pet golden eagle The golden eagle (''Aquila chrysa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Comics
Western comics is a comics genre usually depicting the American Old West frontier (usually anywhere west of the Mississippi River) and typically set during the late nineteenth century. The term is generally associated with an American comic books genre published from the late 1940s through the 1950s (though the genre had continuing popularity in Europe, and persists in limited form in American comics today). Western comics of the period typically featured dramatic scripts about cowboys, gunfighters, lawmen, bounty hunters, outlaws, and Native Americans. Accompanying artwork depicted a rural America populated with such iconic images as guns, cowboy hats, vests, horses, saloons, ranches, and deserts, contemporaneous with the setting. Origins Western novels, films, and pulp magazines were extremely popular in the United States from the late 1930s to the 1960s. Western comics first appeared in syndicated newspaper strips in the late 1920s. Harry O'Neill's '' Young Buffalo Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haunted (comics)
''Haunted'' was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1971 to 1984 (though it was primarily a reprint title from 1978 onward). The book was "hosted" by Impy, a pint-sized ghost dressed in an all-white superhero costume. With issue #21, the book's host became Baron Weirwulf (who first appeared in ''Ghost Manor'' #19, published in July 1974). From that point forward, ''Haunted'''s title was changed to ''Baron Weirwulf's Haunted Library'' (though it was still known as ''Haunted'' in the indicia). ''Haunted'' was part of a wave of new horror and suspense comics published by Charlton during this period. Its sister titles, with many of the same creators, were the Charlton anthologies ''The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves'' (with host Dr. M. T. Graves), '' Ghostly Tales'' (with host Mr. L. Dedd, later I. M. Dedd), ''Ghost Manor'' (with host Mr. Bones), '' Ghostly Haunts'' (with host Winnie the Witch), and ''Scary Tales'' (with host Countess R. H. Von ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghostly Tales
''Ghostly Tales'' was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1966 to 1984 (though it was primarily a reprint title from 1978 onward). The book was "hosted" by Mr. L. Dedd (later changed to I. M. Dedd), a middle-aged gentleman with purplish skin and horns who dressed like a vampire. Mr. Dedd spun his "ghostly tales" from the parlor of his "haunted house". ''Ghostly Tales'' was part of a wave of new horror and suspense comics published by Charlton during this period. Its sister titles, with many of the same creators, were the Charlton anthologies ''The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves'' (with host Dr. M. T. Graves), ''Haunted'' (with hosts Impy and then Baron Weirwulf), ''Ghost Manor'' (with host Mr. Bones), and '' Ghostly Haunts'' (with host Winnie the Witch). Publication history ''Ghostly Tales'' debuted with issue #55, taking over the numbering of ''Blue Beetle'' vol. 3 (which itself had continued the numbering of '' Unusual Tales''). ''Gho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghostly Haunts
''Ghostly Haunts'' was an American horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by Charlton Comics from 1971 to 1978. The book was "hosted" by Winnie the Witch, a " moddish" blue-skinned witch. ''Ghostly Haunts'' was part of a wave of new horror and suspense comics published by Charlton during this period. Its sister titles, with many of the same creators, were the Charlton anthologies ''The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves'' (with host Dr. M. T. Graves), ''Ghostly Tales'' (with host Mr. L. Dedd, later I. M. Dedd), ''Ghost Manor'' (with host Mr. Bones), ''Haunted'' (with hosts Impy and then Baron Weirwulf), and ''Scary Tales'' (with host Countess R. H. Von Bludd). Although Charlton's low page-rates and slapdash production values typically resulted in few notable characters or stories; ''Ghostly Haunts'' featured some memorable stories in the old EC Comics vein, especially in its later issues (one theory for this being that the Charlton line was so obscure that it often evaded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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