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War Crimes (comics)
"War Crimes" is a comic book fictional crossover, crossover storyline published by DC Comics. The event ran during the month of August 2005 in the ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' and ''Detective Comics'' series, and is the sequel to another Batman crossover, ''Batman: War Games, War Games''. While originally released by itself in trade paperback format, the later trade paperback release in 2016 would have this event as part of ''Batman: War Games Vol. 2''. Plot summary In the wake of Gotham's recent brutal gang war, Black Mask controls the criminal underworld. Batman patrols the streets alone, as Robin (Tim Drake), Batgirl (Cassandra Cain), and Oracle (Barbara Gordon) have all left Gotham in the wake of the death and destruction and his own culpability in the chaos. The police, under Commissioner Akins, hunt him. In Bludhaven, Tim and Cassandra train, fight crime, and attempt to deal with the death of Spoiler (comics character), Stephanie Brown. They are shocked to hear Stephani ... [...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] |
Andersen Gabrych
Andersen Gabrych is an American comic book writer and actor. Early life Gabrych grew up in Chico, California. He's been a fan of comics since childhood, having read an issue of ''Justice League of America'' at the age of 7. Gabrych was active in drama at Chico Senior High School before graduating in 1991. Career As an actor, Gabrych has appeared in ''Edge of Seventeen (film), Edge of Seventeen'', ''Boys Life 4: Four Play'', ''Gypsy 83'', ''Hit and Runway'', ''Another Gay Movie'' and Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!, its sequel. Off-Broadway, he has appeared in productions at The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Ensemble Studio Theater, Westbeth Theatre Center and Here!. Gabrych has directed the one-woman show "Tied Up in Knotts" for stand-up comedy, stand-up comic and SAG/AFTRA actor Karen Knotts, a story of growing up with her Don Knotts, comedian father. He performs regularly for the ''Sit n' Spin'' reading series held at the Comedy Central Stage. As a writer, Gabr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spoiler (comics Character)
Stephanie Brown is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, most commonly associated with Batman. The character first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #647 (June 1992) and was created by Chuck Dixon and Tom Lyle. The daughter of the criminal Cluemaster, the character originated as the amateur crime-fighter named the Spoiler. Later, she briefly became the fourth Robin and the third Batgirl. She has also served as the love interest/girlfriend of the third Robin, Tim Drake. From 2009 to 2011, she was the star of her own ongoing ''Batgirl'' comic book series. In 2014, following a company-wide relaunch of all DC Comics titles as the New 52 in 2011, the character returned to the Spoiler identity in ''Batman Eternal'', completely resetting her to the beginning of her crime fighting career. She is the only character to have been both Robin and Batgirl in mainstream continuity. Stephanie Brown appeared in the second season of the Arrowverse series ''Batwoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Games
War Games is a song by Australian singer John Paul Young, released in 1984. It was released as the second single from One Foot in Front ''One Foot in Front'' is the seventh studio album by Australian pop singer John Paul Young, released in March 1984. The album spawned four singles, " Soldier of Fortune" in 1983, and "War Games", "L.A. Sunset" and "Call the Night" in 1984. For Eu ... and it was written by John Capek and Marc Jordan. The song reached number 87 in Australia. Track listings 7 Inch single 12 Inch single Charts References John Paul Young songs 1984 songs 1984 singles Songs written by John Capek Songs written by Marc Jordan {{1980s-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Crossover
A crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, unofficial efforts by fans, or common corporate ownership. Background Official Crossovers often occur in an official capacity in order for the intellectual property rights holders to reap the financial reward of combining two or more popular, established properties. In other cases, the crossover can serve to introduce a new concept derivative of an older one. Crossovers generally occur between properties owned by a single holder, but they can, more rarely, involve properties from different holders, provided that the inherent legal obstacles can be overcome. They may also involve using characters that have passed into the public domain with those concurrently under copyright protection. A crossover story may try to explain its own reason for the crossover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialogue contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. "Comic Cuts" was a British comic published from 1890 to 1953. It was preceded by "Ally Sloper's Half Holiday" (1884) which is notable for its use of sequential cartoons to unfold narrative. These British comics existed alongside of the popular lurid "Penny dreadfuls" (such as "Spring-heeled Jack"), boys' " Story papers" and the humorous Punch (magazine) which was the first to use the term "cartoon" in its modern sense of a humorous drawing. The interweaving of drawings and the written word had been pioneered by, among others, William Blake (1757 - 1857) in works such as Blake's "The Descent Of Christ" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jock (artist)
Mark Simpson, known by the pen name Jock, is a Scottish cartoonist, best known for his work in '' 2000 AD'', '' The Losers'', and more recently ''Batman'' and ''Wolverine''. He is also known for '' Wytches'' by Image Comics. Career Comics Jock began his professional career at British comics magazine '' 2000 AD'', on series including ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Lenny Zero'', the latter with writer Andy Diggle. It was with Diggle that he got his big break in the American comic book market at DC Comics and their Vertigo imprint, working on '' The Losers'' and '' Green Arrow: Year One''. Also at Vertigo and with Mike Carey, another former ''2000 AD'' writer, Jock worked on an issue of ''Hellblazer'' and the '' Faker'' limited series, returning the character John Constantine in the graphic novel '' Hellblazer: Pandemonium'' with Jamie Delano. Following his run on ''Green Arrow'' he got more work on main DC universe titles, in particular two storylines on ''Detective Comics'', the first ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Cyborg. It is widely known for some of the most famous and recognizable teams including the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans. The universe also features a large number of well-known supervillains such as the Joker, Lex Luthor, the Cheetah, the Reverse-Flash, Black Manta, Sinestro, and Darkseid. The company has published non-DC Universe-related material, including ''Watchmen'', '' V for Vendetta'', '' Fables'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Thompkins
Leslie Maurin Thompkins (sometimes spelled Tompkins) is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, usually as a supporting character in stories featuring Batman, of whom she is an ally. Created by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Dick Giordano, she first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #457 (March 1976). She debuted in-live action in 2015 on Fox's television series '' Gotham'', where she was portrayed by Morena Baccarin. On the HBO Max series ''Titans'', she was portrayed by Krista Bridges in the third season. Publication history Created by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Dick Giordano, she first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #457 (March 1976). She was based on the Catholic pacifist Dorothy Day. A close friend and medical colleague of Thomas Wayne, Leslie serves as a surrogate parent to his son Bruce after his parents are murdered, and later becomes a confidant in his crusade as Batman. In addition to being one of Batman's allies, Leslie is also a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
