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War Games (comics)
"War Games" is a 2004-2005 major storyline comic book story arc published by DC Comics that ran in its '' Batman'' family of titles, '' Detective Comics'', '' Legends of the Dark Knight'', '' Nightwing'', '' Batman: Gotham Knights'', '' Robin'', '' Batgirl'', ''Catwoman'', '' Batman'', and '' Gotham Central''. The storyline, which was published from October 2004 until January 2005, was preceded by a prologue that appeared in '' Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure''. Synopsis The plot revolves around a gang war involving all the major criminal groups in Gotham. It starts with one of Batman's most ambitious contingency plans for a possible outbreak of uncontrollable gang violence, Batman developed an elaborate scenario that would unite all of Gotham's underworld under a single crime boss: Matches Malone, who is really an alias of Batman himself. This plan is discovered by Stephanie Brown, who was serving as Batman's sidekick, Robin, at the time, and who was unaware that Malone and Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Jean
James Jean is a Taiwanese-American visual artist working primarily in painting and drawing. He lives and works in Los Angeles, where he moved from New York in 2003. Early life Jean was born in Taiwan and raised in New Jersey. During his early education, he explored various forms of artistic expression, including the piano and trumpet. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, from which he graduated in 2001.Jennings, Dana"The Power of Fairy Tales" "Comics Canonization". ''The New York Times''. August 18, 2011 Early career In 2001, Jean became a cover artist for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, garnering seven Eisner awards, three consecutive Harvey awards, two gold medals and a silver from the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, and a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators of New York. He also worked in advertising, and has contributed to many national and international publications. His clients included ''Time Magazine'', ''The New York Times'', ''Rolling Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Willingham
William Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series ''Elementals (Comico Comics), Elementals'' and ''Fables (comics), Fables''. Career William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. During his father's military career the family also lived in Alaska, California, and finally three years in Germany. Willingham got his start from the late 1970s to early 1980s as a staff artist for TSR, Inc., where he illustrated a number of their role-playing game products. He was the cover artist for the ''AD&D Player Character Record Sheets'', ''Against the Giants'', ''Secret of Bone Hill'', the Gamma World book ''Legion of Gold'', and provided the back cover for ''Scourge of the Slave Lords, In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords''. He was an interior artist on ''White Plume Mountain'', ''Scourge of the Slave Lords, Slave Pits of the Undercity'', ''Ghost Tower of Inverness'', ''Secret of the Slavers Stockade'', ''Secret of Bone Hill'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Nixey
Troy Nixey (born 12 April, 1972) is a Canadian comic book artist and film director. Comic books Nixey has written and illustrated for comic books such as '' Neil Gaiman's Only the End of the World Again'', ''Harley Quinn'', and ''The Matrix Comics''. Film After submitting his 2007 short ''Latchkey's Lament'' to filmmaker Guillermo del Toro looking for guidance and feedback, Nixey received an offer to direct his first full-length film, '' Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'', a remake of a 1973 ABC made-for-television horror film that originally starred Kim Darby. Retrieved September 5, 2011 The 2011 version starred |
Cam Smith
Cam Smith is a British comic book artist and inker known to British comic book readers for his work on '' 2000 AD'' and in the American comic book market for his collaborations with Gary Frank, inking that would earn him an Eisner Award nomination. Biography Smith started out at Marvel UK providing the art for a number of stories, something he would continue to do over the years, moving over to '' 2000 AD''. However, he got his big break inking the pencils of fellow British artist Gary Frank on the ''Motormouth'' title, that would be renamed ''Motormouth and Killpower''. Their art team would quickly move on to join writer Peter David for a long run on ''The Incredible Hulk'' at Marvel Comics in 1993, and then in 1997 they reunited over to DC Comics for the start of the ''Supergirl'' series. The artists then moved on to the Image Comics imprint Wildstorm where they began work on ''Gen¹³'' in late 1997. His other work includes ''Action Comics'', ''Bishop Vol.1'', ''Detective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Massengill
Nathan Massengill is an American comic book artist, most known for his work as a brush inker. His work includes Marvel Comics' ''Deadpool'' and DC Comics' the ''Justice Society of America''. He is best known for inking Ed McGuinness, penciler on the ''Deadpool'' series. He is also known for his inking work over pencilers Mike Wieringo (Image Comics' ''Tellos''), Dale Eaglesham (DC Comics ''JSA''), Steve Scott (''Marvel Adventures Hulk''), and Sanford Greene (''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man''). Early life Nathan Massengill was born in 1970 in Hickory, North Carolina.http://nathanmassengill.com/blog/?p=30 He says, "I was always drawing. I have comic book pages with panels and superhero characters that I was working on in kindergarten." His only formal education comes from the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Arts, which he attended for two years ('89-90). Of the school, he says, " twas, and remains, a fantastic school." Career He started his professional career in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gulacy
Paul Gulacy (; born August 15, 1953) is an American comics artist best known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and for drawing one of the first graphic novels, Eclipse Enterprises' 1978 '' Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species'', with writer Don McGregor. He is most associated with Marvel's 1970s martial-arts and espionage series '' Master of Kung Fu''. Biography Early life and career Paul Gulacy was raised in Youngstown, Ohio, and as a teen was inspired by art of Jim Steranko on Marvel Comics' ''Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.''Gulacy in He went on to study at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Fellow Youngstown resident Val Mayerik, a Marvel artist, introduced him to another local Marvel artist, Dan Adkins of East Liverpool, Ohio, for whom Gulacy would work as an assistant, and who suggested Gulacy prepare a six-page sample for Marvel. "He sent it to an editor named Roy Thomas", Gulacy recalled, "and two weeks later I got the phone call telling me I was hired." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Camuncoli
Giuseppe Camuncoli (born March 2, 1975) is an Italian comic book artist best known for his work on the Marvel Comics titles ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and ''The Superior Spider-Man'' and the DC Comics/Vertigo series ''Hellblazer'' as well as his work illustrating ''The Storms of Chai'', the last installment in the ''Lone Wolf'' gamebook series published before the death of author Joe Dever. Bibliography DC Comics * ''Swamp Thing'' (Vol. 3) #12–20 (pencils, with writer Brian K. Vaughan, 2001) * ''Hellblazer'' (Vol. 1) #168, 169, 206, 243, 244, 250–253, 256–258, 261–264, 267–275, 277–279, 281, 283, 285–290, 293–300 (pencils, with writers Brian Azzarello, Mike Carey, Andy Diggle and Peter Milligan, 2002–13) * ''Vertigo Pop! Bangkok'' #1–4 (pencils, with writer Jonathan Vankin, 2003) * '' Robin'' (Vol. 4) #129, 137 (pencils, with writer Bill Willingham, 2004–5) * ''Batman'' (Vol. 1) #643–644 (pencils, with writer Bill Willingham, 2005) * '' 52'' #41, 47 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Phillips
Sean Phillips (born 27 January 1965) is a British comic book artist, best known for his collaborations with Ed Brubaker on comics including '' Sleeper'', ''Incognito'', the '' Criminal'' series of comics, '' Fatale'', '' The Fade Out'', and '' Kill or Be Killed''. He has also worked on the DC Comics' series '' WildC.A.T.s'' and ''Hellblazer''. Early life Phillips grew up in the U.K. fascinated by American comics, particularly those published by Marvel Comics. As he got older, his influences included Jim Baikie, Simon Bisley, Jamie Hewlett, Duncan Fegredo, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave McKean, and Jaime Hernandez.Thomas, Ian“We Get to Do Whatever We Want!”: An Interview with Sean Phillips,"''The Comics Journal'' (Jan. 26, 2022). Career Phillips began his career in 1980 in British girls' comics such as ''Bunty'', '' Judy'' and ''Nikki'' while still at school. After graduating art college (Lowestoft Polytechnic) in 1988 he started working with John Smith on '' New Statesmen' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Lilly
Mike Lilly is an American comic book artist known for his work on books such as ''Annihilation: Conquest'', ''Quasar'', ''Vampirella'', ''Dick Grayson, Nightwing'', ''Batman'', ''Detective Comics'', ''Marvel Knights'', ''Punisher'', ''Catwoman'', ''Green Lantern'', ''X-Men Unlimited'', and ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Career In 2005 Lilly and writer Vito Delsante produced the creator owned World War II pulp adventure, ''The Mercury Chronicles''. He has collaborated with the interior design company Kreiss Enterprises. Lilly designed life size panels to depict an entire comic book story installed onto the walls of designer Loren B. Kreiss, Loren Kreiss's New York City apartment. This pop-art piece was featured in The ''New York Times'' Real Estate section, The Financial Times Style section, ''Ocean Drive'' Magazine, ''Wizard Magazine'' and The ''New York Post''. Lilly also illustrated ''Star Wars Heritage'' original art sketch cards from Topps, Inc. Lilly’s original art sketch cards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Woods
Peter Woods is an American comic book artist, known for his work on titles such as ''Backlash'', ''Deadpool'', '' Robin'', ''Catwoman'', '' Amazons Attack'', and ''Action Comics''. Career Woods worked as an intern for Wildstorm comics in April 1996 working under artist Jim Lee. Here he got his first major comics work filling in on '' Stormwatch'' and ''Wetworks'' in 1996, before getting a short run on ''Backlash'' in 1997. He moved over to Marvel Comics to draw a few issues of ''Excalibur'' before starting a critically acclaimed run on ''Deadpool'' with Joe Kelly. He was then picked up by DC Comics for a four-year stint on '' Robin'', from 2000–2004, followed by an exclusive contract in 2001 and further work in DC titles. He later partnered with other Portland, Oregon area artists and formed Mercury Studio in 2002. Mercury Studio increased in membership and changed its name to "Periscope Studios" in June 2007, but remains a collective of cartoonists, illustrators, writers, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Rucka
Gregory Rucka (born November 29, 1969) is an American writer known for the series of novels starring his character Atticus Kodiak, the creator-owned comic book series '' Whiteout'', ''Queen & Country'', '' Stumptown'' and '' Lazarus'', as well as lengthy runs on such titles as '' Detective Comics'', ''Wonder Woman'' and '' Gotham Central'' for DC Comics, and '' Elektra'', ''Wolverine'' and ''The Punisher'' for Marvel. He has written a substantial amount of supplemental material for a number of DC Comics' line-wide and inter-title crossovers, including " No Man's Land", "Infinite Crisis" and "New Krypton". Rucka made his debut as a screenwriter with the screenplay for the 2020 film '' The Old Guard'', based on his comic book series of the same name. Early life Greg Rucka was born in San Francisco and raised on the Monterey Peninsula of California, in an area known to the locals as "Steinbeck Country". Rucka is Jewish. He first discovered comics at the Nob Hill Market in Salinas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Brubaker
Ed Brubaker (; born November 17, 1966) is an American comic book writer, cartoonist and screenwriter who works primarily in the crime fiction genre. He began his career with the semi-autobiographical series '' Lowlife'' and a number of serials in the ''Dark Horse Presents'' anthology, before achieving industry-wide acclaim with the Vertigo series '' Scene of the Crime'' and moving to the superhero comics such as ''Batman'', ''Catwoman'', '' The Authority'', ''Captain America'', ''Daredevil'' and '' Uncanny X-Men''. Brubaker is best known for his long-standing collaboration with British artist Sean Phillips, starting with their Elseworlds one-shot '' Batman: Gotham Noir'' in 2001 and continuing with a number of creator-owned series such as ''Criminal'', '' Incognito'', '' Fatale'', ''The Fade Out'' and '' Kill or Be Killed''. Brubaker has won numerous awards for his comics work, including seven Eisner Awards, two Harvey Awards, an Ignatz Award, and a GLAAD Media Award. In addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
