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Sirius Entertainment
Sirius Entertainment was an American comic book company which operated from 1994 to 2007. Sirius Entertainment was founded by Robb Horan, Joseph Michael Linsner, and Larry Salamone, Fassbender, Tom. "A Sirius Interview: With Two Sirius Guys," '' Capital Comics Internal Correspondance'' (May 1995), pp. 1–3. and was dedicated from the outset to publishing creator-owned properties. Originally based in Stanhope, New Jersey, Sirius later moved to Unadilla, New York. Sirius published popular titles such as Linsner's ''Dawn'', Drew Hayes' ''Poison Elves'', Mark Crilley's '' Akiko'', Jill Thompson's '' Scary Godmother'', and Mark Smylie's epic fantasy '' Artesia''. Linsner left the company around 2001. In the early 2000s, Sirius signed a bookstore distribution agreement with Diamond Comic Distributors. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 In Comics
Events Year overall * Huge changes in the marketplace (mostly due to the collapse of the speculation market) force many retailers and small publishers out of business. Aircel Comics, Apple Comics, Attic Books, Axis Comics, Blackball Comics, Comic Zone Productions, Continuity Comics, Continüm Comics, Dagger Enterprises, Eternity Comics, Fantagor Press, NOW Comics, Revolutionary Comics, Imperial Comics, Innovation Corporation, Majestic Entertainment, Ominous Press, Silver Moon Comics, and Triumphant Comics all cease publishing. All the same, a number of publishers debut, including Axis Comics, Big Bang Comics, Chaos! Comics, Crusade Comics, Event Comics, Les 400 coups, Mojo Press, Ominous Press, Re-Visionary Press, and Sirius Entertainment. January * January 2: Peter de Wit's gag-a-day comic '' Sigmund'', which debuted a year earlier in the Flemish newspaper ''Het Laatste Nieuws'' under the different title ''Mijnheerke Psi'', is now published in the Dutch new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artesia (comics)
''Artesia'' is an epic fantasy comic book series authored and illustrated by American artist Mark Smylie. Artesia is also the name of the heroine of the cycle, described by the author as a "Pagan Joan of Arc," while noting that the closest historical model is the Irish Queen Medb. The series includes themes such as feudal politics, intrigue, power struggles, complex mythology, and world history, with strong female characters. Currently the series is composed of four "books": ''Artesia'', ''Artesia Afield'', ''Artesia Afire,'' and ''Artesia Besieged''. Each book is composed of six episodes, or fairly American standard comic book-sized episodes. Each book has been followed by an annual compendium including short stories and details of the history, geography, and mythology of Artesia's universe. The books together constitute part of a cycle called ''The Book of Dooms''. Noting that it would take 22 books to tell Artesia's story in full, the author has committed to at least 7 for com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcana Studio
Arcana Studio is a Canadian animation studio in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Founded as a comic book publisher by former Coquitlam, British Columbia school teacher Sean O'Reilly in 2004, in 2012 Arcana opened its animation division. Overview Arcana is Canada's largest publisher of comics and graphic novels, with over 300 titles in its library covering all genres and age groups. Arcana's titles have been translated into different languages, including French, Italian, Greek, Spanish and Polish. Arcana formed in 2004 when Sean O'Reilly first published and wrote the comic book series ''Kade'' starting with Kade #1. Sean wrote the issue, with artist Eduardo Garcia drawing and coloring the series. With Diamond Comics as the distributor, Arcana's first comic went on shelves December 31, 2003. In 2004, Arcana Studio was the only comic book company in Canada to participate in Free Comic Book Day, selling 100,000 copies and went on shelves: July 3, 2004. The Joe Shuster Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Tortosa
Wilson "Wunan" Tortosa is a Filipino comic book artist best known for his works on ''Tomb Raider'' and the American re-launch of ''Battle of The Planets'' for Top Cow Productions. Wilson studied in the Philippine Cultural High School and graduated in the University of Santo Tomas in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, majoring in advertising. Bibliography *''Exposure: Second Coming'', a 13-page backup story (Avatar Press) *''Jade'' #2-4, four issue miniseries (Chaos! Comics) *''Jade: Redemption'' #1-4, four issue miniseries (Chaos! Comics) *Co-artist for ''Banzai Girl'' #1-4 ( Sirius Entertainment) *''Battle of the Planets'' #1-12 maxiseries (Top Cow Productions) *''Tomb Raider'' #38-39, #41-44 (Top Cow Productions) *''Battle of the Planets: Princess'' #1-6 (Top Cow Productions) *''City of Heroes'' #4-6 (Top Cow Productions Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, an imprint of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992. History During the early yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinky Coronado
James Connolly Johnstone (30 September 1944 – 13 March 2006) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right. Known as "Jinky" for his elusive dribbling style, Johnstone played for Celtic for 13 years, and was part of the ' Lisbon Lions', the team who won the 1967 European Cup Final, as well as winning nine consecutive Scottish championships. He scored 129 goals for Celtic in 515 appearances and was voted the club's greatest ever player by fans in 2002. Johnstone also won 23 caps for Scotland. He finished third in voting for the 1967 Ballon d'Or, and was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame when it was inaugurated in 2004. Rodger Baillie called Johnstone a "genius who lived by magic and mischief", while Hugh McIlvanney wrote that no other player "besieged opponents with such a complex, concentrated swirl of deceptive manoeuvres or ever conveyed a more exhilarating sense of joy in working wonders with the ball." Early life and youth career Johnst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banzai Girl
''Banzai Girl'' is a full-color comic book series created, written and drawn by Jinky Coronado. The series was originally published by Sirius Entertainment with the first volume's full-color trade released by Sirius Entertainment in 2005. A black-and-white manga expanded version of that material was released by Arcana Studio Arcana Studio is a Canadian animation studio in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Founded as a comic book publisher by former Coquitlam, British Columbia school teacher Sean O'Reilly in 2004, in 2012 Arcana opened its animation division. Ov ... in 2007. 2007 also saw the release of the second series in full color by Arcana Studio entitled Banzai Girls. The second storyline has also been collected, into a follow-up manga black-and-white trade released summer 2009. Volume 1 Banzai Girl, Jinky Coronado, is a girl of three parallel worlds. The problem is she just doesn't know it yet. The first volume tells the story of Jinky Coronado, a sexy Asian sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archaia Studios Press
Archaia Entertainment, LLC, commonly known as Archaia (formerly known as Archaia Studios Press), is an imprint of American comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios. Archaia Entertainment, LLC was originally an American comic book publishing company established by Mark Smylie in 2002. On June 24, 2013, Archaia was acquired by Boom! Studios and became a wholly owned imprint. History Mark Smylie formed the company as a home for his comic book series '' Artesia''. The original Artesia publisher, Sirius Entertainment, published the first 6 issue mini-series ''Artesia'' in 1999 and the second 6 issue mini-series ''Artesia Afield'' in 2000 in full color. In an attempt to keep costs down, Sirius wanted to print the third series ''Artesia Afire'' in black and white. Smylie decided to take the series back from the publisher and open his own publishing outfit to finance the full color publication of the third series. In April 2006 the company announced they would be expanding t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Williams (comics)
''Animal Mystic'' is a comic book series by Greg "Dark One" Williams. Publication history ''Animal Mystic'' debuted in 1993 and ran through 1995, originally published by Cry For Dawn Productions and then by Sirius Entertainment. Other appearances For 1998's ''Crypt of Dawn'' #5, Kevin J. Taylor wrote and illustrated a crossover story which featured Safety-Belt Man traveling through several Sirius Entertainment-published titles, including ''Animal Mystic'', wherein he met Klor and Queen Jatarri. Synopsis The daughter of a wealthy philanthropist, southern California native Nikki Ranoakke dreamed of becoming a great warrior. Trained since youth in martial arts by the secret order of Glass Mantas, she became a student of ancient civilizations and their ways of combat. Traveling to the Brazilian rainforest, Ranoakke befriends a white tiger that she names Mingus, discovers the secret temple of Thalk, and is initiated as lost amazonian tribe's true champion and leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Mystic
''Animal Mystic'' is a comic book series by Greg "Dark One" Williams. Publication history ''Animal Mystic'' debuted in 1993 and ran through 1995, originally published by Cry For Dawn Productions and then by Sirius Entertainment. Other appearances For 1998's ''Crypt of Dawn'' #5, Kevin J. Taylor wrote and illustrated a crossover story which featured Safety-Belt Man traveling through several Sirius Entertainment-published titles, including ''Animal Mystic'', wherein he met Klor and Queen Jatarri. Synopsis The daughter of a wealthy philanthropist, southern California native Nikki Ranoakke dreamed of becoming a great warrior. Trained since youth in martial arts by the secret order of Glass Mantas, she became a student of ancient civilizations and their ways of combat. Traveling to the Brazilian rainforest, Ranoakke befriends a white tiger that she names Mingus, discovers the secret temple of Thalk, and is initiated as lost amazonian tribe's true champion and leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pied Piper Comics
Pied Piper Comics was a short-lived American comic book publishing company that ran from 1986 to 1988. Most of the company's titles were picked up from other publishers, and then most later moved to David Campiti's Innovation Publishing. Pied Piper's black-and-white titles were published under its "Amazing Comics" imprint. Pied Piper's headquarters shifted frequently during its existence, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Wyoming, Michigan, and finally to Wheeling, West Virginia. David Campiti, before founding Innovation Publishing, packaged comics for Pied Piper Press through his studio Campiti and Associates, as well as personally editing the publisher's comics and writing titles like ''Hero Alliance'', ''Erin'', ''Ex-Mutants'', and ''Victor''. ''Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999''. Retrieved Dec. 25, 2021. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eclipse Comics
Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book specialty store market. It was one of the first to offer royalties and creator ownership of rights, and it was the first comics company to publish trading cards. History The company was founded as Eclipse Enterprises by brothers Jan and Dean Mullaney in 1977. Eclipse published one of the first original graphic novels, and the first to be sold through the new " direct market" of comic-book stores, '' Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species'' by Don McGregor and Paul Gulacy. Published in August 1978, it led to a 14-issue spin-off series for Eclipse. McGregor went on to write two additional early graphic novels for Eclipse, each set in contemporary New York City and starring interracial-buddy private eyes Ted Denning and Bob Rainier: '' Detectives, Inc.: A Remembrance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger McKenzie (comics)
Roger McKenzie (born November 8) is an American comic book writer best known for his work on ''Daredevil'' with Frank Miller. Biography Roger McKenzie's first comics work was a seven-page short story titled "Ground Round" in ''Vampirella'' #50 (April 1976) published by Warren Publishing. He wrote stories for Warren's black and white magazine titles '' Creepy'', '' Eerie'', and ''Vampirella'' from 1976–1982. He worked for DC Comics as well, creating the western character Cinnamon and several stories for the company's horror titles. McKenzie and Frank Miller's first collaboration was on a two-page story entitled "Slowly, painfully, you dig your way from the cold, choking debris..." published in DC Comics' ''Weird War Tales'' #68 (Oct. 1978). McKenzie became the writer on Marvel Comics' ''Daredevil'' with issue #151 (March 1978), and gave the series a dark tone reminiscent of his horror writings. Miller joined McKenzie on the series starting with #158 (May 1979). In 1979, he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
