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Steve Rolston
Steve Rolston (born 8 February 1978) is a Canadian artist and writer of comic books and graphic novels currently living in Vancouver, British Columbia. After working in story boards for various animated series, he got his first break from Oni Press as the penciler and inker of the first four issues of their on-going ''Queen & Country'' comic series by praised author Greg Rucka. From 2005 to 2017, Rolston taught a course at Vancouver Institute of Media Arts entitled "Introduction to Comic Book Production". Biography Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Rolston was raised in Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast. Bibliography ;Comics *''Assorted Meats'' (1996, Biohazard Publishing) *''Jack Spade and Tony Two-Fist'' (2000, Cartoon Militia) *''Queen & Country'' #1-4, 25 (with Greg Rucka, 2001, Oni Press) *''Gumbo #2'' (2001, Syndicate Publishing) *''Jingle Belle Jubilee one-shot'' (with Paul Dini, 2001, Oni Press) *''9-11: Artists Respond'' (2002, Dark Horse Comics) *''Oni Press Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Greater Vancouver, Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley Regional District, Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3 million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,700 people per square kilometre, and fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jingle Belle
Jingle Belle is a fictional comics character created by Paul Dini. The spoiled teenage daughter of Santa Claus, she has a humorously contentious relationship with her famous father. She is usually motivated by feeling unappreciated or being jealous of the attention her father pays to all the children of the world. The stories are episodic and mostly self-contained. The plots include battles against the Blizzard Wizard, who considers Christmas and the Kringle family his enemies; Jingle's attempts to make her own mark on the holiday independently of her father; her efforts to help people she meets who are in trouble or in need; and her adventures with her friends Polly, Ida and Tashi. Jingle Belle has appeared in a number of creator-owned comic books, short stories, strips, and a graphic novel, most written by Dini and illustrated by a variety of artists, including Stephen DeStefano, Jose Garibaldi, Bill Morrison, J. Bone, Sergio Aragonés, Kyle Baker and Stephanie Gladden. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra Credit
''Extra Credit'' is a 2009 children's novel written by Andrew Clements. The work was first published on June 23, 2009 through Simon & Schuster and follows a young schoolgirl who is given the option of receiving extra credit by writing to an overseas pen pal in a small Afghanistan village. The book won a '' Christopher Award for Books for Young People'' in 2010. Plot The protagonist of ''Extra Credit'' is a 6th grade girl named Abby who is falling behind in her classes. In order to improve her grades so that she will be able to go to Junior High, Abby has to write to a pen pal in another country for extra credit. The teachers of the Afghani town Abby writes to want Sadeed to respond because his English is the best, but the head elder does not think it would be right for a boy and girl to write to one another. Instead, Sadeed's sister Amira is chosen to write with Abby. However, Sadeed secretly writes the letters and Amira just signs them. Eventually Sadeed gets annoyed that Amira g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirage Studios
Mirage Studios was an American comic book company founded in 1983 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in Dover, New Hampshire. The company was best known for the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') comic book series and the subsequent franchise it has spawned. History Mirage Studios was started back in 1983, in Dover, New Hampshire. The company was named "Mirage" because there was no actual company. Less than a year before TMNT #1 was published in May 1984, Eastman and Laird began experimenting with numerous series. Mirage then moved to Sharon, Connecticut, and stayed there for two years before ending up in Northampton. With the success of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Eastman and Laird hired a core group of artists to help with the increasing workload. The first addition to the studio roster was Eastman's high school friend Steve Lavigne, brought on in 1984 as a letterer. In 1985, Eastman and Laird hired artist Ryan Brown to assist them as an inker for the Turtles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Murphy (comics)
Stephen Murphy is an American comic book writer and editor known for his work on the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series. With Michael Zulli, he was co-creator of the critically acclaimed 1980s independent comic ''The Puma Blues''. Education Murphy graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BA in Communication Studies. Career Murphy wrote ''The Puma Blues'', which ran from 1986–1989, first published by Aardvark One International and later by Mirage Studios. In 1988, Murphy was an initial signatory of the Creator's Bill of Rights. Murphy's relationship with Mirage (operated by ''TMNT'' creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird) led to him coming on as a staff member at the studio, where he eventually became Managing Editor and Creative Director. Alongside fellow Mirage staffer Ryan Brown, the two men revamped the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures'' title for Archie Comics, beginning in 1989 with issue #5. In their hands the comic immediately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of The TMNT
''Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', called ''Tales of the TMNT'' in its later Volume 2 incarnation, is an anthology comic book series published by Mirage Studios, starting in May 1987, presenting additional stories featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and their supporting cast as a companion book to the main ''Turtles'' comic series filling in the gaps of continuity in the ''TMNT'' universe. It was published in two distinct volumes''.'' Volume 1 (1987–1989) The title's first run was from 1987 to 1989, released in alternating months with the regular Eastman & Laird book, with Ryan Brown and Jim Lawson handling the writing and artwork. Although only seven issues of Volume 1 of Tales were published, it provided an opportunity to expand the TMNT character roster to include characters such as Nobody, Leatherhead, Rat King, Complete Carnage, and Radical – most of whom went on to feature in the main title. Tales is also notable for borrowing a unique tradition th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian K Vaughan
Brian K. Vaughan (born July 17, 1976) is an American comic book and television writer, best known for the comic book series '' Y: The Last Man'', '' Ex Machina'', '' Runaways'', ''Pride of Baghdad'', '' Saga'', and '' Paper Girls''. Vaughan was a writer, story editor and producer of the television series ''Lost'' during seasons three through five. He was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the fourth season. The writing staff was nominated for the award again at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the fifth season. He was formerly the showrunner and executive producer of the TV series '' Under the Dome''. Wolk, Douglas (August 5, 2013). "Masters of the Universe. The space story ''Saga'' is the comic world's big hit". ''Time''. p. 54. ''Wired'' describes Vaughan's comics work as "quirky, acclaimed stories that don't pander and still pound pulses". His creator-owned comics work is also ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Image Comics
Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-owned properties, in which comics creators could publish material of their own creation without giving up the copyrights to those properties. Normally this isn't the case in the work for hire-dominated American comics industry, where the legal author is a publisher, such as Marvel Comics or DC Comics, and the creator is an employee of that publisher. Its output was originally dominated by superhero and fantasy series from the studios of the founding Image partners, but now includes comics in many genres by numerous independent creators. Its best-known publications include ''Spawn'', ''Savage Dragon'', ''Witchblade'', ''Bone'', '' The Walking Dead'', ''Invincible'', ''Saga'', '' Jupiter's Legacy'', '' Kick-Ass'' and '' Radiant Black''. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Faerber
Jay Faerber (born 1972) is an American comic book and television writer. Faerber is known for his work on ''Generation X'' and ''New Warriors'' for Marvel Comics, and '' The Titans'' and '' Connor: Spotlight'' for DC Comics. He later wrote his own creator-owned titles for Image Comics, including ''Noble Causes'', ''Dynamo 5'', '' Near Death'' and ''Copperhead''. He was also a writer on the TV series '' Ringer'', ''Star-Crossed'' and ''Zoo''. Currently he writes for The CW TV series ''Supergirl''. Early life and influences Faerber grew up in northeastern Pennsylvania, and spent a considerable amount of his childhood in the Seattle area."About" jayfaerber.com. Retrieved September 1, 2014.Faerber, Jay. "Under the Influence", '' |
Four Letter Worlds
''Four Letter Worlds'' is a comics anthology published by American company Image Comics in 2005; it tells 16 stories revolving around four lettered words: Love, Hate, Fear, and Fate. Organized by Image Comics' Executive Director Eric Stephenson (comics), Eric Stephenson, contributors to the book include Amber Benson, R'John Bernales, Joe Casey, Chynna Clugston, Kieron Dwyer, Jay Faerber, Matt Fraction, Steven Griffin, Mike Hawthorne, Phil Hester (comics), Phil Hester, Mike Huddleston, Antony Johnston, Robert Kirkman, Steve Lieber, Jim Mahfood, Jamie McKelvie, B. Clay Moore, Scott Morse, Mike Norton, Jeff Parker (comics), Jeff Parker, Jamie S. Rich, Mark Scott Ricketts, Mark Ricketts, Matt Roberts, Steve Rolston, Eric Stephenson (comics), Eric Stephenson, J. Torres & Andi Watson. ReferencesFour Letter Worlds @ comicbookdb Image Comics graphic novels Comics anthologies {{Image-Comics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WildStorm Productions
Wildstorm Productions, (stylized as WildStorm), is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under the name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC Comics in 1999. Until it was shut down in 2010, the Wildstorm imprint remained editorially separate from DC Comics, with its main studio located in California. The imprint took its name from the combining of the titles of the Jim Lee comic series '' WildC.A.T.S.'' and '' Stormwatch''. Its main fictional universe, the Wildstorm Universe, featured costumed heroes. Wildstorm maintained a number of its core titles from its early period, and continued to publish material expanding its core universe. Its main titles included ''WildC.A.T.S'', ''Stormwatch'', ''Gen¹³'', ''Wetworks'', and '' The Authority''; it also produced single-character-oriented series like '' Deathblow'' and ''Midnighter'', and publish ... [...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] |
