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John Sinclair (German Fiction)
John Sinclair is a fictional character and the protagonist of a popular German horror detective series (of the dime novel or penny dreadful variety). The full title is ''Geisterjäger John Sinclair'', (lit. ''Ghost Hunter John Sinclair''), and the official English title is ''John Sinclair: Demon Hunter''. The long-running series has been ongoing since 1973 and is released weekly since 1978. In the stories, Scotland Yard chief inspector John Sinclair battles all kinds of undead and demonic creatures, such as vampires, witches, ghouls, and Werewolf, werewolves. While falling into the category of 'Pulp magazine, pulp fiction', the ongoing series is yet remarkable for the relatively wide range of its vocabulary and the inventiveness of its plots. The novels have been a commercial success in Germany, with over 250 million copies sold as of 2020. A recent milestone was the release of issue 2400 of the regular novel series in July 2024. Most ''John Sinclair'' stories in the series have b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Dark
Helmut Rellergerd (born 25 January 1945), known by the pen name Jason Dark, is a prolific author of Horror fiction, horror detective fiction in the German language. He is known for creating the long-running dime novel series ''John Sinclair (German fiction), Geisterjäger John Sinclair'', which has been ongoing since 1973 and is released weekly since 1978. As of 2020, the ''John Sinclair'' series sold more than 250 million novel copies and over 5 million radio drama, audio drama units. His work has been favourably compared to that of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Jason Dark is one of the most read authors in Germany in his genre. Career Helmut Rellergerd was born in 1945 in Altena, Dahle, the Sauerland and grew up in Dortmund. He wrote his first novel after he had finished school and the Bundeswehr. However, this debut release was rejected by the publishers. The first novel published at Bastei Publishing House was ''Im Kreuzfeuer des Todesdrachen'' for the crime series ''Cliff Corne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin-off (media)
A spinoff or spin-off is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work. History One of the earliest spin-offs of the modern media era, if not the first, happened in 1941 when the supporting character Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve from the old time radio comedy show '' Fibber McGee and Molly'' became the star of his own program '' The Great Gildersleeve'' (1941–1957). Description A spin-off (also spelled spinoff) is derived from already existing works that focus on more details and different aspects from the original work (e.g. particular topics, characters or events), and includes books, radio programs, television programs, films, video games, or any narrative work in any medium. In genre fiction, the term parallels its usage in television; it is usually meant to indicate a substantial change in narrative viewpoint and activity from that (previous) storyline based on the activities of the series' principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Warren (artist)
Jim Warren (born November 24, 1949, in Long Beach, California) is an American artist best known for book cover illustrations and surrealistic fantasy art. He has worked in surrealistic fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ... since about 1969. He has collaborated on paintings with marine life artist Wyland, and artist Michael Godard. Warren currently lives in Clearwater, Florida. A self-taught artist, Warren uses traditional oil paint and brushes on stretched canvas. Early life and career Warren was born in Long Beach to Don and Betty Warren, and began painting as a child. His choice of an artistic career path was made in high school. Books * ''The Art of Jim Warren: An American Original'' (Art Lover Products, 1997). . * ''Painted Worlds'' ( Paper Tiger Book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan (born June 29, 1950) is an Americans, American artist of imaginative Realism (arts), realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Since the mid-1990s, he has pursued a fine art career, selling non-commissioned paintings through contemporary art gallery, galleries in the United States and through his website. The EMP Museum#Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Whelan in June 2009, the first living artist so honored. According to his Hall of Fame citation His paintings have appeared on the covers of more than 350 books and magazines, including many Stephen King novels, most of the Del Rey Books, Del Rey editions of Anne McCaffrey's ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series, Piers Anthony's ''Incarnations of Immortality'' series, the Del Rey edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' ''Barsoom, Mars'' series, Melanie Rawn's ''Dragon Prince and Dragon Star'' series, the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan M
Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Kurdish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name ** List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' * Alan (Chinese singer) (born 1987), female Chinese singer of Tibetan ethnicity, active in both China and Japan * Alan (Mexican singer) (born 1973), Mexican singer and actor *Alan (wrestler) (born 1975), a.k.a. Gato Eveready, who wrestles in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración * Alan (footballer, born 1979) (Alan Osório da Costa Silva), Brazilian footballer * Alan (footballer, born 1998) (Alan Cardoso de Andrade), Brazilian footballer *Alan I, King of Brittany (died 907), "the Great" * Alan II, Duke of Brittany (c. 900–952) *Alan III, Duke of Brittany(997–1040) * Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (c. 1063–1119), a.k.a. Alan Fergant ("the Younger" in Breton language) * Alan of Tewkesbury, 12th century abbott * Alan of Lynn (c. 1348–1423), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Walotsky
Ron Walotsky (21 August 1943 – July 29, 2002) was an American science fiction and fantasy artist who studied at the School of Visual Arts. Born in Brooklyn, he began a long and prolific career painting book and magazine covers starting with the May 1967 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. His first book cover was for ''Living Way Out'' by Wyman Guin. He would go on to do covers for Stephen King, Anne Rice, Bruce Sterling, Roger Zelazny, Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is a prolific American science fiction author and editor. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo Award, Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a SFWA Grand ..., John Varley and many others. He was also nominated for the Chesley Awards twelve times. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Segrelles
Vicente Segrelles (born 9 September 1940) is a Spanish comic book artist and writer. Segrelles gained popularity in Europe for his painted comic book epic ''The Mercenary'' ('' El Mercenario''), started in 1980. Set in a medieval fantasy world, ''El Mercenario'' follows the adventures of a mercenary in his fight against evil. Unusual for the craft of comic books, every panel of his work for this series—which has reached 14 issues so far—is painted in oil, a time-consuming process. Segrelles was also the cover artist for the Italian science fiction magazine ''Urania'' from 1988 to 1991. Bibliography * 1970 ''Lazarillo de Tormes/El licenciado Vidriera'' scripted by María Teresa Díaz * 1981 El Mercenario 1-''El Pueblo del Fuego Sagrado'' for " Cimoc" * 1983 El Mercenario 2-''La Fórmula'' * 1984 El Mercenario 3-''Las Pruebas'' * 1988 El Mercenario 4-''El Sacrificio'' * 1991 El Mercenario 5-''La Fortaleza'' * 1992 ''Histoires Fantastiques: Une Histoire du Mercenaire'' * 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Royo
Luis Royo (born 1954) is a Spanish artist. He is best known for his fantasy illustrations published in numerous art books, magazines such as '' Heavy Metal'' and various other media including book and music CD covers, video games and Tarot cards. Beginning his career as a furniture designer, he was attracted to the comics industry in the late 1970s by the work of artists like Enki Bilal and Moebius, and in 1979 he turned to art as a full-time career. Within a few years, he was publishing art within and on the covers of such magazines as ''Comix Rambla Internacional'', '' El Vibora'', '' Heavy Metal'', '' National Lampoon'', and '' Comic Art'' as well as providing cover illustrations for several American publishers. Biography Royo was born in Olalla, a village in the Aragonese province of Teruel. In 1983, Royo began working as an illustrator for publishers in the United States such as Tor Books, Berkley Books, Avon and Bantam Books. As his reputation grew, other publishers c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Edwards
Les Edwards (born 7 September 1949) is a British illustrator known for his work in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres, and has provided numerous illustrations for book jackets, posters, magazines, record covers and games during his career. In addition to working under his actual name, he also uses the pseudonym Edward Miller to paint in a different style and to overcome restrictions placed on him by his association with horror. He has won the British Fantasy Society award for Best Artist seven times, and was awarded the World Fantasy Award in 2008. Life and career Edwards studied at Hornsey College of Art between 1968 and 1972, where he says he was "firmly advised that he would never be an illustrator" due to a general perception in the department that the job was too difficult, and later claiming that the experience failed to provide much of use in later years. After graduating, Edwards was taken on by the Young Artists agency in London, and began working as a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim White (artist)
Tim White (4 April 1952 – 6 April 2020) was a British painter, best known for his science fiction and fantasy book covers, record covers and magazine illustrations.The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction', 2014''A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists'' by Robert E. Weinberg, p. 293-294, Greenwood Press 1988. He also designed jewellery to complement some of his paintings. Born in Erith, Kent, White studied at the Medway College of Art between 1968 and 1972. Following this, he spent two years working for various advertising studios, until he received his first book cover commission in 1974, for Arthur C Clarke's ''The Other Side of the Sky''. He later provided covers for authors including Robert A. Heinlein, Frank Herbert, August Derleth, H. P. Lovecraft, Piers Anthony and Bruce Sterling Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the ''Mirrorshades'' antholog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicenç Badalona Ballestar
Vicenç Badalona Ballestar (1929 – 7 July 2014) was a Spanish painter and author. Life and work Vicenç Badalona Ballestar, born in 1929, studied at the School of Art at La Lotja and at Baixas Academy in Barcelona. Among the best known works of Ballestar are certainly his titles to images for the Dime novels series called John Sinclair. Over the decades he has also created numerous other designs and illustrations, including for the Western bestselling series GF Unger, another imprint of the German '' Bastei Lübbe'' publishing house. Ballestar was a member of the Catalan painter Watercolor Association and received an honorary medal of the association. 1988 one of his paintings was accepted into the City Museum of Nimes, where he often exhibited, besides the cities of Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
