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Strip AIDS
''Strip AIDS'' and ''Strip AIDS U.S.A.'' are comics anthology volumes published in 1987 in the UK, and 1988 in the US (respectively). They combined short comics with educational and sometimes comedic themes, to educate readers about HIV disease and safer sex, and to raise funds for the care of people with AIDS. ''Strip AIDS'' Strip AIDS was edited by Don Melia, and published by Willyprods/Small Time Ink. Proceeds of the project went to London Lighthouse, England's first residential and day-care facility for people with AIDS. It was 56 pages. The book was released in conjunction with an art exhibition in London, which brought the number of artists involved to nearly 90. Contributors include Steven Appleby, Bill Belcher, Steve Bell, Mark Buckingham, Daniel Clowes, Richard Coles, Alan Davis, Kim Deitch, Frank Dickens, Hunt Emerson, Melinda Gebbie, Dave Gibbons, David Hine, Rian Hughes, Gray Joliffe, Raymond Jackson, Nick Kamen, Larry Marder, Jay Lynch, Peter Milligan, Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HIV/AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual may not notice any symptoms, or may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. Typically, this is followed by a prolonged incubation period with no symptoms. If the infection progresses, it interferes more with the immune system, increasing the risk of developing common infections such as tuberculosis, as well as other opportunistic infections, and tumors which are rare in people who have normal immune function. These late symptoms of infection are referred to as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This stage is often also associated with unintended weight loss. HIV is spread primarily by unprotected sex (including anal and vaginal sex), contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hine
David Hine (born 1956) is an English comic book writer and artist, known for his work on ''Silent War'' and ''The Bulletproof Coffin''. Career Hine has been working in comics since the early 1980s. For ''Crisis'', he drew the series ''Sticky Fingers'' (written by Myra Hancock) in 1989, and wrote and drew a number of short pieces in 1990 and 1991. For '' 2000 AD'' he drew ''Tao De Moto'' in 1991 (again written by Hancock) and wrote and drew the futuristic police series ''Mambo'' from 1994 to 1996. He wrote and drew the black and white horror comic '' Strange Embrace'', originally published as a mini-series by Atomeka Press in 1993, and later as a collected graphic novel by Active Images in the US, reprinted again as a colour series by Image Comics. Hine is currently best known as a writer on Marvel Comics titles, like '' X-Men: The 198'' and '' Civil War: X-Men''. One of his projects there was ''Silent War'' a six-issue mini-series featuring the Inhumans with art by Frazer Irv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spitting Image
''Spitting Image'' is a British satirical television puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. First broadcast in 1984, the series was produced by 'Spitting Image Productions' for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV network. The series was nominated and won numerous awards, including ten BAFTA Television Awards, and two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category. The series features puppet caricatures of contemporary celebrities and public figures, including British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major and the British royal family. The series was the first to caricature Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (as an elderly gin-drinker with a Beryl Reid voice). One of the most-watched shows of the 1980s, ''Spitting Image'' satirised politics, entertainment, sport and British popular culture of the era. At its peak, the show was watched by 15 million people. The popularity of the show saw colla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posy Simmonds
Rosemary Elizabeth "Posy" Simmonds MBE, FRSL (born 9 August 1945) is a British newspaper cartoonist, and writer and illustrator of both children's books and graphic novels. She is best known for her long association with ''The Guardian'', for which she has drawn the series ''Gemma Bovery'' (2000) and ''Tamara Drewe'' (2005–06), both later published as books. Her style gently satirises the English middle classes and in particular those of a literary bent. Both ''Gemma Bovery'' and ''Tamara Drew'' feature a "doomed heroine", much in the style of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century gothic romantic novel, to which they often allude, but with an ironic, modernist slant. Early life Posy Simmonds was born in Berkshire on 9 August 1945, the daughter of Reginald A. C. Simmonds and Betty Cahusac. Her brother is the Conservative politician Richard Simmonds. She was educated at Queen Anne's School, Caversham. She studied at the Sorbonne before returning to London to attend Central S ... [...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] |
David Shenton
David Shenton (May 20, 1949) is a British cartoonist who specializes in queer comics. Shenton is known for his work “Controlled Hysteria,” ''Stanley and The Mask of Mystery,'' and ''Phobia Phobia.'' His comic strips have been featured in the collections ''Strips Aids'', ''No Straight Lines'', and '' ''AARGH''.'' Biography Shenton was born on May 20, 1949, in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. In 1965 he attended Ashton-under-Lyne College of Further Education and in 1967 he studied printed textiles at Loughborough College of Art. He received his teaching certificate at Leeds University in 1971. Shenton has been an illustrator of LGBTQ comics since the 1970s and has addressed social issues including same-sex marriage and the aids crisis. His early comics can be found in gay newspapers like ''Gay News, Him,'' and ''Capital Gay''. As a freelance artist, his work has been featured in the ''Guardian Building Design, Gay News, Disability Now, Solicitors' Journal'', and ''Opticians''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin O'Neill (comics)
Kevin O'Neill ( – 3 November 2022) was an English comic book illustrator who was the co-creator of ''Nemesis the Warlock'', ''Marshal Law'' (with writer Pat Mills), and ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (with Alan Moore). Career Early career O'Neill began working for the publishing company IPC at the age of 16 as an office boy for '' Buster'', which was a children's humour title. In 1975 he started publishing, as a personal side project, the fanzine ''Just Imagine: The Journal of Film and Television Special Effects'' which lasted five regular issues and one special issue through 1978. By 1976 he was working as a colourist on Disney comics reprints and British children's comics such as ''Monster Fun'' and ''Whizzer and Chips''. Tired of working on children's humour titles, he heard that a new science fiction title was being put together at IPC and went to see Pat Mills and asked to be transferred to the new comic which was to be called '' 2000 AD''. ''2000 AD'' O' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Moore
Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and ''From Hell''. He is widely recognised among his peers and critics as one of the best comic book writers in the English language. Moore has occasionally used such pseudonyms as Curt Vile, Jill de Ray, Brilburn Logue, and Translucia Baboon; also, reprints of some of his work have been credited to The Original Writer when Moore requested that his name be removed. Moore started writing for British underground and alternative fanzines in the late 1970s before achieving success publishing comic strips in such magazines as '' 2000 AD'' and ''Warrior''. He was subsequently picked up by DC Comics as "the first comics writer living in Britain to do prominent work in America", where he worked on major characters such as Batman ('' Batman: The Killing Joke'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Milligan
Peter Milligan (born 24 June 1961) is a British comic book writer who has written extensively for both British and American comic book industries. In the UK, Milligan has contributed to numerous anthology titles including '' 2000 AD'', ''Revolver'', ''Eagle'' and '' A1'', and helped launch the influential magazine ''Deadline''. In the US, he is best known for his frequent contributions to DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, which include the revamped DC properties ''Shade, the Changing Man'' and ''Human Target'', a four-year run on the imprint's premier title ''Hellblazer'', and original series ''Enigma'', ''The Extremist'', ''Egypt'' and ''Greek Street'', as well as the Marvel series ''X-Statix'', co-created by Milligan and artist Mike Allred. Career Milligan started his comic career with ''Sounds'' music paper's comic strip ''The Electric Hoax'', with Brendan McCarthy, with whom he went to art school. Milligan later moved to write short stories for '' 2000 AD'' in the early 1980s. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Lynch
Jay Patrick Lynch (January 7, 1945 – March 5, 2017) was an American cartoonist who played a key role in the underground comix movement with his ''Bijou Funnies'' and other titles. He is best known for his comic strip ''Nard n' Pat'' and the running gag ''Um tut sut''.Lynch bio Lambiek's Comiclopedia. Accessed Mar. 8, 2017. His work is sometimes signed Jayzey Lynch. Lynch was the main writer for '' Bazooka Joe'' comics from 1967 to 1990; he contributed to '' Mad'', and in the 2000s expanded into the children's book field. Biography Lynch was born in |
Larry Marder
Larry Marder (born May 29, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American cartoonist and writer, best known as the creator of comic book ''Tales of the Beanworld'', which began as an "essentially self-published title" in 1984. Wiater, Stanley & Bissette, Stephen R. (ed.s) "Larry Marder Building Bridges" in ''Comic Book Rebels: Conversations with the Creators of the New Comics'' (Donald I. Fine, Inc. 1993) pp. 17–27 Beginning in 2009, Dark Horse Books began to reprint Tales of the Beanworld, in two volumes, and then went on to publish two more volumes of new Beanworld stories by Larry Marder. Early life Marder was educated at the Hartford Art School in Connecticut in the early 1970s, earning a BFA degree in 1973. He earned "his living as an art director in the high-pressure world of advertising" in Chicago from 1976, balancing his time in that profession with "a remarkable interior landscape of the imagination that coalesced into the vivid ecology of ''Beanworld''". He cites as hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Kamen
Ivor Neville "Nick" Kamen (15 April 1962 – 4 May 2021) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and model. He was best known for "Turn It Up" from 1989, the singles "Each Time You Break My Heart" from 1986 and "I Promised Myself" from 1990, as well as for appearing in a 1985 Levi's advert. Early life Kamen was born in Harlow, Essex, England, where he attended St Marks RC Comprehensive School. He was the seventh of eight children, with four sisters and three brothers, Ronald Kamen, Chester Kamen and Barry Kamen. Career In 1982, Kamen appeared in the video for ''The Damned Don't Cry'' by British synthpop band Visage. He first came to the public's attention in 1984 when Ray Petri featured him on the front cover of ''The Face''. The cover showed him wearing a ski-hat, lipstick, orange roll-neck sweater and aviator sunglasses. He is best known in the UK for his appearance in the 1985 Levi's "Launderette" commercial, where he strips down to wash his blue jeans in a 1950s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
