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The Flash (comic Book)
''The Flash'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero of the same name. Throughout its publication, the series has primarily focused on two characters who have worn the mantle of the Flash: Barry Allen, the second Flash (1959–1985, 2010–2020), and Wally West, the third Flash (1987–2006, 2007–2008, 2021–present). The series began at issue #105, picking up its issue numbering from the anthology series '' Flash Comics'' which had featured Jay Garrick as the first Flash. Although the Flash is a mainstay in the DC Comics stable, the series has been canceled and restarted several times. The first volume, starring Barry Allen, was canceled at issue #350 prior to the character's death in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''. A new series began in June 1987 with a new issue #1, starring Wally West as the new Flash. The second volume was briefly canceled in 2006 at issue #230 in the wake of the ''Infinite Crisis'' event in which Wally disappeared, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Infantino
Carmine Michael Infantino (; May 24, 1925 – April 4, 2013) was an American comics artist and editor, primarily for DC Comics, during the late 1950s and early 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books. Among his character creations are the Black Canary and the Silver Age version of DC superhero the Flash with writer Robert Kanigher, the stretching Elongated Man with John Broome, Barbara Gordon the second Batgirl with writer Gardner Fox, Deadman with writer Arnold Drake, and Christopher Chance, the second iteration of the Human Target with Len Wein. He was inducted into comics' Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2000. Early life Carmine Infantino was born via midwife in his family's apartment in Brooklyn, New York City. His father, Pasquale "Patrick" Infantino, born in New York City, was originally a musician who played saxophone, clarinet, and violin, and had a band with composer Harry Warren. During the Great Depression he turned to a career as a licensed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Strazewski
Len Strazewski (born February 16, 1955) is a comic book author who wrote '' Starman'' after Roger Stern. He has also worked on ''The Flash'', ''Justice Society of America'', '' Phantom Lady'', '' The Fly'', and many other titles for DC comics. He also worked on a comic version of Speed Racer for NOW Comics. His ''Street Fighter II'' comic for Malibu Comics was canceled after three issues by Capcom because of his choice to have Ken Masters murdered in the second issue. Also on Malibu, he wrote ''Prime'', '' Elven'' and ''Prototype''. He is a professor of journalism at Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago is a private art college in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, it has 5,928https://about.colum.edu/effectiveness/pdf/spring-2021-student-profile.pdf students pursuing degrees in more than 60 undergraduate and gradua ... and a member of the school's Board of Trustees. References 1955 births American comics writers American educators Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Peyer
Tom Peyer (born February 23, 1954) is an American comic book creator and editor. He is known for his 1999 revisioning of Golden Age super-hero Hourman, as well as his work on the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 1990s. An editor at DC Comics/Vertigo from 1987 to 1993, he served as assistant editor on Neil Gaiman's ''Sandman''. Peyer has also worked for Marvel Comics, Wildstorm, and Bongo Comics. With John Layman, he wrote the 2007–2009 '' Tek Jansen'' comic book, based on the Stephen Colbert character. Biography Peyer started drawing political cartoons and illustrations for various student underground newspapers in his hometown of Syracuse, New York, while in high school. His professional career began as a newspaper cartoonist for The '' Syracuse New Times'', an alternative weekly newspaper in Syracuse, New York. In this role, he came to the attention of Roger Stern, a Syracuse resident. Peyer was an editor at DC Comics/Vertigo during the same time as Mark Waid, and the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Champagne
Keith Champagne (born August 4, 1970) is an American comic artist, who has also moved into writing, and is known for his work at DC Comics. Biography Keith graduated from Montville High School in Oakdale, Connecticut in 1988. He is a 1994 graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. Keith began working professionally as a comic book inker during his second year at the Kubert School. Titles he has contributed to (as writer) include: JSA, Green Lantern Corps, and World War III. As an artist/inker, his work has appeared in many titles, most notably JSA, Firestorm, and Superboy. Recently he wrote '' Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters'', when the license was acquired by Dynamite Entertainment. Upcoming work includes ''Ghostbusters'' for IDW Publishing and ''The Mighty'', a creator-owned title for DC Comics, co-written with Peter Tomasi. Keith currently lives in Mansfield Center, Connecticut. Bibliography Comics work includes: *'' Aztek'' (pencils ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Cavalieri
Joey Cavalieri is an American writer and editor of comic books. He is best known for his work on the characters Green Arrow and Huntress as well as the co-creation of Helena Bertinelli, the third Huntress, for DC Comics. Career Joey Cavalieri attended the School of Visual Arts, graduating with a BFA in Media Arts in 1979. Cavalieri first joined DC Comics full-time in 1982 after working three years as a freelancer. His writing credits for DC include the Green Arrow back-up feature in ''Detective Comics''; both the pre- Crisis version of the '' Huntress'' in a back-up feature in ''Wonder Woman'' and the post-Crisis version of the character in an ongoing series; ''Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!'' and its spinoff ''The Oz-Wonderland War''; ''The Flash''; and ''World's Finest Comics''. A ''New Teen Titans'' drug awareness comic book sponsored by IBM and scripted by Cavalieri was published in cooperation with The President's Drug Awareness Campaign in 1984. That same yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Immonen
Kathryn Immonen (; Kuder) is a Canadian comic book and webcomic writer. She has written a number of comic books for Marvel Comics since 2007, in collaboration with her husband Stuart. Biography In 2007 Immonen began working for Marvel Comics writing a Hellcat story, with Stuart providing the art, for the first four issues of ''Marvel Comics Presents''. This was followed in 2008 by a five issue ''Patsy Walker: Hellcat'' mini-series, this time with artist David Lafuente. In May 2009, Immonen became writer for the Marvel Comics' award-winning series, '' Runaways'' with artist Sara Pichelli. Kathryn and Stuart Immonen have been creating various webcomics alongside their print work for Marvel Comics. Their first webcomic was '' Never as Bad as You Think'', which was published by Boom! Studios in December 2008. The webcomic was followed by '' Moving Pictures'', which saw a print publication by Top Shelf Productions in April 2010. The latter webcomic took on a darker tone than the hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Immonen
Stuart Immonen () is a Canadian comics artist. He is best known for his work on '' Nextwave'', '' Ultimate X-Men'', '' The New Avengers'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', and '' Ultimate Spider-Man''. His pencils are usually inked by Wade Von Grawbadger. Early life Stuart Immonen grew up in a Finnish Canadian family in Canada. The first comics he read as a child were Disney comics and Harvey Comics. He would later seek out superhero comics from Marvel Comics. Sporadic distribution in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of an eclectic sense of taste in titles, as he was often only able to find a few issues available per series. A later increase in self-publishing in Toronto spurred him to pursue a career in comics following his studies at university. Career In 1988, he self-published a series titled ''Playground''; it was his first published work. From 1990 through 1992, he drew several issues of ''Rock 'N' Roll Comics'' for Revolutionary Comics, including issues on Prince, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Johns
Geoffrey Johns (born January 25, 1973) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and film and television producer. Johns's work on the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash and Superman, has drawn critical acclaim. He served as Chief Creative Officer (CCO) of DC Entertainment from 2010 to 2018 and as President and CCO from 2016 to 2018. He is the co-founder and former co-chairman of DC Films and former co-runner of DC Extended Universe until 2018. In film, he was a producer or executive producer of '' Green Lantern'' (2011), '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' (2016), '' Suicide Squad'' (2016), ''Wonder Woman'' (2017), '' Justice League'' (2017), '' Shazam!'' (2019), '' Birds of Prey'' (2020), co-wrote and produced the story for ''Aquaman'' (2018) and wrote the screenplay for '' Wonder Woman 1984'' (2020). Johns' involvement with DC Entertainment as producer, writer and executive has helped turn the DC Extended Universe franchise into the eleventh-hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Casey
Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as '' Wildcats 3.0'', ''Uncanny X-Men'', '' The Intimates'', '' Adventures of Superman'', and '' G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series ''Ben 10''. Career Starting his professional writing career at Marvel Comics, Casey wrote for several titles, including ''Cable'', ''The Incredible Hulk'' and ''Uncanny X-Men''. Casey wrote many titles for Wildstorm, like the highly experimental '' Automatic Kafka'' with artist Ashley Wood. Casey took over ''Wildcats'' and gave the series a new direction, moving it from the superhero genre to incorporate elements of corporate espionage. He wrote a ''Mister Majestic'' series with artist Ed McGuiness, after which they subsequently collaborated on '' Adventures of Superman'', which Casey wrote for three years. Casey wrote 2005's ''Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Hero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison, MBE (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narratives, humanist philosophy and countercultural leanings. Morrison has written extensively for the American comic book publisher DC Comics, penning lengthy runs on ''Animal Man'', ''Doom Patrol'', '' JLA'', ''Action Comics'', and '' The Green Lantern'' as well as the graphic novels ''Arkham Asylum'' and '' Wonder Woman: Earth One'', the meta-series ''Seven Soldiers'' and '' The Multiversity'', the mini-series '' DC One Million'' and ''Final Crisis'', both of which served as centrepieces for the eponymous company-wide crossover storylines, and the maxi-series ''All-Star Superman''. Morrison's best known DC work is the seven-year Batman storyline which started in the ''Batman'' ongoing series and continued through ''Final Crisis'', '' Batman and Robin'', '' Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne'' and two volumes of '' Batman Incorporated''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Millar
Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer and television producer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series '' The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written extensively for Marvel Comics, including runs on '' The Ultimates'', which has been called "the comic book of the decade" by ''Time'' magazine and described as a major inspiration for the 2012 film '' The Avengers'' by its screenwriter Zak Penn, ''X-Men'', '' Fantastic Four'' and '' Avengers'' for Marvel's Ultimate imprint, as well as '' Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' and ''Wolverine''. In 2006, Millar wrote the ''Civil War'' mini-series that served as the centrepiece for the eponymous company-wide crossover storyline and later inspired the Marvel Studios film '' Captain America: Civil War''. The "Old Man Logan" storyline, published as part of Millar's run on ''Wolverine'', served as the inspiration for the 2017 film ''Logan''. Millar has wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Augustyn
Brian Augustyn (November 2, 1954 – February 1, 2022) was an American comic book editor and writer. He often worked as editor or co-writer with writer Mark Waid, such as on ''The Flash'' in the 1990s. He wrote ''Gotham by Gaslight –'' which imagines Batman tracking Jack the Ripper – the prototype of DC's Elseworlds imprint, which featured versions of their characters in alternate settings. Career Editing Augustyn got his start in the industry in 1986 as an editor for Tru Studios' ''Trollords''. He then edited ''Syphons'' and ''Speed Racer'' for NOW Comics in 1987. In 1988, he joined DC Comics, starting out as a co-editor on ''Action Comics'' during its period as a weekly title, and later ''The Flash'', ''Justice League'', and the Impact Comics line of titles. As editor of ''The Flash'' beginning in 1989, Augustyn hired Mark Waid as writer in 1992, which led to an acclaimed eight-year run. Other Augustyn/Waid editor/writer partnerships included '' The Comet'' (DC/Impact, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
