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Danijel Žeželj
Danijel Žeželj is a People of Croatia, Croatian comic book artist, animator, painter and illustrator and author of a number of graphic novels. Biography Žeželj studied classical painting, sculpting and printing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Croatia. His work has been published and exhibited in Croatia, Slovenia, UK, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Sweden, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and the USA. His comics and illustrations have been published abroad by DC Comics/Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo, Marvel Comics, ''The New York Times Book Review'', ''Harper's Magazine'', ''San Francisco Guardian'', Editori del Grifo, Edizioni Charta and others. Since 1999, in collaboration with musician/composer Jessica Lurie, he has created a series of multimedia performances merging live music with live painting. These have been presented at festivals and in clubs, churches and squats throughout Europe and the USA. In 2005 he became the first comic book artist ever to ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Of Croatia
The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Croatia, culture, History of Croatia, history and Croatian language, language. They also form a sizeable minority in several neighboring countries, namely Croats of Slovenia, Slovenia, Burgenland Croats, Austria, the Croats in the Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Croats in Germany, Germany, Croats of Hungary, Hungary, Croats of Italy, Italy, Croats of Montenegro, Montenegro, Croats of Romania, Romania, Croats of Serbia, Serbia and Croats in Slovakia, Slovakia. Due to political, social and economic reasons, many Croats migrated to North and South America as well as New Zealand and later Australia, establishing a Croatian diaspora, diaspora in the aftermath of World War II, with grassroots assistance from earlier communities an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of Duty (comics)
''The Call of Duty'' was a series of short-lived Marvel Comics series featuring firefighters and emergency service workers dealing with paranormal phenomena in the Marvel Universe. It was conceived in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attack and consists of three limited series (''The Call of Duty: The Brotherhood'' #1–6, by Chuck Austen and David Finch; ''The Call of Duty: The Precinct'' #1–5, by Bruce Jones and Tom Mandrake Tom Mandrake (born 1956) is an American comics artist, perhaps best known for his collaborations with writer John Ostrander on several series, including ''Grimjack'' (from First Comics) and ''Firestorm (comics), Firestorm'', ''The Spectre (DC Comi ...; ''The Call of Duty: The Wagon'' #1–4 by Chuck Austen and Danijel Zezelj) and a short unsuccessful run as an ongoing series in 2002–2003, that lasted four issues (by Chuck Austen and Pat Olliffe). References Marvel Comics titles 2002 comics debuts {{Marvel-title-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Animators
Croatian may refer to: *Croatia *Croatian language Croatian (; ) is the standard language, standardised Variety (linguistics)#Standard varieties, variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by Croats. It is the national official language and literary standard of Croatia, o ... * Croatian people * Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (other) * Croatia (other) * Croatoan (other) * Hrvatski (other) * Hrvatsko (other) * Serbo-Croatian (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. * January 17 ** The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambiek
Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (, – Bussum Bussum () is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the province of North Holland in the Netherlands near Hilversum. Since 2016, Bussum has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren. Bussum had a ..., ). His son Boris Kousemaker has been the owner since 2007. From 1968 to 2015, it was located in the Kerkstraat, but in November 2015, the store moved to Koningsstraat 27. As of 2018, Lambiek is the oldest comics store in Europe, and the oldest worldwide still in existence. The name "Lambiek" originated as a misspelling of the name of the comics' character Lambik, from the popular '' Suske & Wiske'' comic book series created by Belgian artist Willy Vandersteen. The logo of the shop is an image from the ''Suske en Wiske'' album ''Prinses Zagemeel'' (''Princess Sawdust''). History Only two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Cunningham (comics)
Scott Douglas Cunningham (June 27, 1956 – March 28, 1993) was an American writer. Cunningham is the author of several books on Wicca and various other alternative religious subjects. His work ''Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner'', is one of the most successful books on Wicca ever published; he was a friend of notable occultists and Wiccans such as Raymond Buckland, and was a member of the Serpent Stone Family, and received his Third Degree Initiation as a member of that coven. Early life Scott Cunningham was born at the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA, the second son of prolific author Chester Grant "Chet" Cunningham and Rose Marie Wilhoit Cunningham. The family moved to San Diego, California in the fall of 1959 due to Rose Marie's health problems. The doctors in Royal Oak declared the mild climate in San Diego ideal for her. Outside of many trips to Hawaii, Cunningham lived in San Diego all his life. Cunningham had one older brother, Greg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congo Bill
Congorilla (originally in human: William "Congo Bill" Glenmorgan) is a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and Vertigo Comics. Originally co-created by writer Whitney Ellsworth and artist George Papp, he was later transformed into Congorilla by Robert Bernstein and Howard Sherman. The character first appeared in '' More Fun Comics'' #56 (June 1940). Publication history ''Congo Bill'' was a long-running DC Comics adventure comic strip, often reminiscent of Alex Raymond's '' Jungle Jim'' newspaper strip. Originating in ''More Fun Comics'' #56, the strip was a moderate success and ran there until issue #67 (May 1941), after which it moved to ''Action Comics'' from issue #37 (June 1941). ''Action Comics'' #191 (April 1954) introduced Janu the Jungle Boy, a young boy brought up in the jungle after his father had been killed by a tiger. In 1954, DC gave Congo Bill a solo series, published on a bi-monthly schedule, which lasted for seven issues (August/Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Azzarello
Brian Azzarello (born August 11, 1962) is an American comic book writer and screenwriter who first came to prominence with the hardboiled crime series ''100 Bullets'', published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo. Azzarello is best known for his numerous collaborations with artists Eduardo Risso (''100 Bullets'', ''Batman: Broken City'', ''Spaceman (comics), Spaceman'', ''Moonshine (comics), Moonshine'') and Lee Bermejo (''Deathblow (comics), Batman/Deathblow'', ''Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, Luthor'', ''Joker (graphic novel), Joker'', ''Batman: Damned''), his contributions to the ''Watchmen'' prequel project ''Before Watchmen'' and ''The Dark Knight Returns'' sequel series ''The Dark Knight III: The Master Race, DK III: The Master Race'', as well as for his stints on the long-running Vertigo series ''Hellblazer'' and The New 52 relaunch of the ''Wonder Woman (comic book), Wonder Woman'' title. Early life Azzarello grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Diablo (comics)
El Diablo is a name shared by several characters appearing in media published by DC Comics: Lazarus Lane, Rafael Sandoval, and Chato Santana. Santana appears in the 2016 ''Suicide Squad'' film, set in the DC Extended Universe. Publication history The Lazarus Lane incarnation of El Diablo first appeared in '' All-Star Western'' #2 (October 1970), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Gray Morrow. The character starred in a four-issue miniseries published by DC Comics through their Vertigo imprint as a mature readers title; ''El Diablo'' #1 (March 2001) was written by Brian Azzarello and drawn by Danijel Zezelj. The Rafael Sandoval incarnation of El Diablo first appeared in ''El Diablo'' #1 (August 1989), and was created by Gerard Jones and Mike Parobeck. The Chato Santana incarnation of El Diablo first appeared in ''El Diablo'' #1 (September 2008) and was created by Jai Nitz, Phil Hester and Ande Parks. Fictional character biography Lazarus Lane Lazarus Lane is the origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinthian (comics)
The Corinthian is a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's comic book series '' The Sandman''. He first appeared in ''The Sandman'' #10 (October 1989), which is part of the second story arc, '' The Doll's House''. The Corinthian is an anthropomorphized living nightmare created by Dream, who destroys him in the same collection for going rogue and failing to fulfill his original design. Dream later recreates him with "some changes", though the exact nature of these changes is not explicit. His most notable physical feature is his lack of eyes: in their place, two rows of small, jagged teeth line each eye socket, which he often covers with sunglasses. He can speak, eat, see, and even breathe through these mouths. Boyd Holbrook portrayed the Corinthian in the first season of the Netflix television series '' The Sandman''. Abilities The first Corinthian claims excellent eyesight, and is shown driving a car even while wearing sunglasses at night. In the same volume, he is shown cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
