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Trial By Fire (comics)
''Trial by Fire'' is a five-issue mini-series published in 2003 by CrossGen. The story was plotted by R. A. Salvatore and Scott Ciencin, scripted by Scott Ciencin, with art by Ron Wagner and colors by Caesar Rodriguez. It is based on Salvatore's ''The DemonWars Saga The DemonWars Saga is a series of high fantasy novels by R. A. Salvatore. It is set in the world of Corona, primarily in the kingdoms of Honce-the-Bear and Behren, and amongst the nomadic To-gai-ru. The series is separated into two trilogies conn ...'' and focuses on the elven trained barbarian ranger Andacanavar. Plot In ''Trial by Fire'', a young Andacanavar embarks on one of his earliest adventures. With his Elven-forged blade and improbable allies, the ranger fights to save a world of magic from the ravages of a DemonWar. Collected editions The series has been collected into a trade paperback: *''Demon Wars: Trial by Fire'' (160 pages, CrossGen, May 2003, ) References * * External linksRasalvatore.com - ...
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The DemonWars Saga is a series of high fantasy novels by R. A. Salvatore. It is set in the world of Corona, primarily in the kingdoms of Honce-the-Bear and Behren, and amongst the nomadic To-gai-ru. The series is separated into two trilogies connected by a single book, ''Mortalis''. The saga has an accompanying roleplaying game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ... entitled ''Demon Wars''. The first trilogy ''The Demon Awakens'' Divided by the catastrophe and the destruction of their village, Dundalis, Elbryan Wyndon and Jilseponie "Pony" Ault struggle to sort out their lives. Elbryan is taken in by the Touel'alfar, the winged elves of Corona, while Pony makes her way to the city of Palmaris where she is raised by the Chilichunks, a husband and wife who own a tavern in ...
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Cross Generation Entertainment or CrossGen was an American comic book publisher and entertainment company that operated from 1998 to 2004. The company's assets were acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2004, and designated to Disney Publishing Worldwide. In July 2010, Disney re-established the brand through Marvel Comics, who announced plans to revive CrossGen titles. History CrossGen Comics, Inc., was founded in 1998, in Tampa, Florida, by entrepreneur Mark Alessi. In 1999, the company acquired the Orlando-based multi-genre fan convention MegaCon, from founder James Breitbiel. Breitbiel became CrossGen's Marketing and Distribution Director. In January 2000, CrossGen Comics, Inc. debuted with ''CrossGenesis'', a sneak-peek at the CrossGen universe. It provided an outline of the universe, worlds, and characters of CrossGen's flagship titles that would be released six months later. Gina M. Villa, head of creative departments, and Mark Alessi wrote a history of the Sigilverse bef ...
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CrossGen
Cross Generation Entertainment or CrossGen was an American comic book publisher and entertainment company that operated from 1998 to 2004. The company's assets were acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2004, and designated to Disney Publishing Worldwide. In July 2010, Disney re-established the brand through Marvel Comics, who announced plans to revive CrossGen titles. History CrossGen Comics, Inc., was founded in 1998, in Tampa, Florida, by entrepreneur Mark Alessi. In 1999, the company acquired the Orlando-based multi-genre fan convention MegaCon, from founder James Breitbiel. Breitbiel became CrossGen's Marketing and Distribution Director. In January 2000, CrossGen Comics, Inc. debuted with ''CrossGenesis'', a sneak-peek at the CrossGen universe. It provided an outline of the universe, worlds, and characters of CrossGen's flagship titles that would be released six months later. Gina M. Villa, head of creative departments, and Mark Alessi wrote a history of the Sigilverse be ...
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Scott Ciencin
Malcolm Scott Ciencin (September 1, 1962 – August 5, 2014) was an American author of adult and children's fiction. He co-authored several books with his wife Denise Ciencin. Biography Malcolm Scott Ciencin was born in 1962. He was a New York Times bestselling author who wrote adult and children's fiction and works in a variety of mediums including comic books. Among his works are novels written for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role playing game campaign settings. He also wrote books for the ''Dinotopia'' series. was a New York Times best-selling novelist of 90+ books from Simon & Schuster, Random House, Scholastic, Harper and many more. He had also written comic books, screenplays, and worked on video games. He created programs for Scholastic Books, designed trading cards, consulted on video games, directed and produced audio programs & TV commercials, and wrote in the medical field about neurosurgery and neurology. He first worked in TV production as a writer, producer and ...
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Ron Wagner
Ron J. Wagner is an American comics artist who has drawn for titles such as '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''The Punisher'', '' Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja'', and '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight''. He is also an animation storyboard artist, games designer, and portrait artist. He attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, in a class which also included Lee Weeks, Andy Kubert, and Adam Kubert. Wagner's earliest work in professional comics, while in his third and final year at the Kubert School, was drawing backgrounds for Stan Woch in World's Finest Comics. While penciler on ''Morbius, the Living Vampire'', Wagner repeatedly came into conflict with the Comics Code Authority due to his insertion of sexually explicit content into his backgrounds. Bibliography In roughly chronological order, comics work includes: *''New Talent Showcase'' #15, DC Comics, 1985 *''Savage Tales'' (vol 2) (pencils and inks for "Camerone!", Marvel Comics, 1986) *'' G.I. Joe: ...
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Caesar Rodriguez
Caesar Rodriguez is an artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry. Biography Rodriguez has been a regular comics reader since he was four years old. In 1989, he opened a comic and magazine shop in Los Angeles. There he met several artists and was doing work painting, creating graphics, sculpture, etc. in a studio in the store. One of these artists included J. D. Smith, a freelance artist who later got work with Dark Horse Comics on their Dracula series. His first published work was as a penciller for Click Comics, where he worked with Joe Casey on ''The Chosen''. Shortly thereafter, he was working with J. D. Smith as his assistant on ''Fathom (comics), Fathom'', ''Spirit of the Tao'', and ''Witchblade'' as a production artist and background colorist. He also worked with Steve Firchow and Richard Isanove doing production work on ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'', ''Daredevil: Father'', ''X-Men'', ''Ultimate X-Men'', ''Wolverine: Origin'', ''Aphrodite ...
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Ron Marz
Ron Marz (born November 17, 1965) is an American comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as ''Batman/Aliens'', ''DC vs. Marvel'', ''Green Lantern'', ''Silver Surfer'', and ''Witchblade''. Career Marz is known for his work on ''Silver Surfer'' and ''Green Lantern,'' as well as the ''DC vs. Marvel'' crossover and ''Batman/Aliens''. He co-created Genis-Vell in ''Silver Surfer Annual'' #6 (1993). Marz worked on the CrossGen Comics series ''Scion'', '' Mystic'', '' Sojourn'', and '' The Path''. At Dark Horse Comics he created '' Samurai: Heaven and Earth'' and various ''Star Wars'' comics. He has written for Devil's Due Publishing's Aftermath line including ''Blade of Kumori''. In 1995, he had a brief run on ''X-O Manowar'' for Valiant Comics. The following year, Marz wrote the '' DC/Marvel: All Access'' limited series which was an intercompany crossover between DC and Marvel characters. While writing ''Green Lantern'', Marz wrote the "Emerald Twilight" storyline, in whi ...
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Limited Series (comics)
In the field of comic books, a limited series is a comics series with a predetermined number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is finite and determined before production, and it differs from a One-shot (comics), one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues. The term is often used interchangeably with miniseries (mini-series) and maxiseries (maxi-series), usually depending on the length and number of issues. In Dark Horse Comics' definition of a limited series, "this term primarily applies to a connected series of individual comic books. A limited series refers to a comic book series with a clear beginning, middle and end". Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics refer to limited series of two to eleven issues as miniseries and series of twelve issues or more as maxiseries, but other publishers alternate terms. Characteristics A limited series can "vary widely in length, but often run from three to ten issues. They can usually be ...
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2003 In Comics
Events Year overall * The AOL name was finally dropped from Time Warner, reverted to the Time Warner name. * Peter van Straaten wins his third ''Inktspotprijs'' for ''Best Political Cartoon''. March * March 16: The final Sunday comic episode of '' Flash Gordon'' is published, which also marks the end of the series overall, which had been in continuous production since 1934. April * ''Action Comics'' #800: Double-sized anniversary issue, "A Hero's Journey," by Joe Kelly, Pascual Ferry, and Duncan Rouleau. (DC Comics) * April 19: Webcomic '' Bigtime Consulting'' comes to a conclusion June * ''Wolverine'' vol. 2 is canceled by Marvel with issue #189. * June 10 - Manhwa ''Dragon Hunter'' begins publication July * July 18: The first issue of the Croatian comics magazine '' Q strip'' is published. It will last until 2013. September * September 24: Albert Uderzo is honoured as Commandeur des Arts et Lettres. October * October 18-19: During the Stripdagen in Alphen aan den ...
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The DemonWars Saga
The DemonWars Saga is a series of high fantasy novels by R. A. Salvatore. It is set in the world of Corona, primarily in the kingdoms of Honce-the-Bear and Behren, and amongst the nomadic To-gai-ru. The series is separated into two trilogies connected by a single book, ''Mortalis''. The saga has an accompanying roleplaying game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ... entitled ''Demon Wars''. The first trilogy ''The Demon Awakens'' Divided by the catastrophe and the destruction of their village, Dundalis, Elbryan Wyndon and Jilseponie "Pony" Ault struggle to sort out their lives. Elbryan is taken in by the Touel'alfar, the winged elves of Corona, while Pony makes her way to the city of Palmaris where she is raised by the Chilichunks, a husband and wife who own a tavern in ...
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Trade Paperback (comics)
In comics in the United States, a trade paperback (shortened: TPB or trade) is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually presenting either a complete miniseries, a story arc from a single title, or a series of stories with an arc or common theme. A trade paperback may reproduce the stories either at the same size in which they were originally presented (in comic book format), in a smaller "digest-sized" format, or a larger-than-original hardcover. This article applies to both paperback and hardcover collections. In the comics industry, the term "trade paperback market" may refer to the market for any collection, regardless of its actual cover. A trade paperback differs from a graphic novel in that a graphic novel is usually original material. It is also different from the publishing term '' trade paperback'', which is a book with a flexible cardstock cover that is larger than the standard mass market paperback format. Histor ...
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Comics Based On Fiction
a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glossary of comics terminology#Caption, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartoonist, Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; ''Photo comics, fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, Political cartoon, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, Bande d ...
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