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Black Kiss
''Black Kiss'' is a hardboiled erotic American comic book limited series written and drawn by Howard Chaykin, which was originally published in 1988 by Vortex Comics. Publication history ''Black Kiss'' became one of the most controversial North American comics of the late 1980s, due to the comic having the sort of explicit scenes of sex and violence unseen in most comics published at the time. The twelve-issue series was written and drawn by Howard Chaykin, author of the ''American Flagg!'' series which often hinted at the sort of sexual content which ''Black Kiss'' showed in detail. In fact, Vortex Comics' usual printer refused to print the book due to its content. To help retailers who had worries over selling what could be described as pornography, Vortex released the series sealed in a plastic bag. This meant that casual browsers could not open the comic, or obviously see the internal content (however, this was not done when Vortex released a series of collected editions ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vortex Comics
Vortex Comics is a Canadian independent comic book publisher that began operation in 1982. Under the supervision of president, publisher, and editor Bill Marks, Vortex was known for such titles as Dean Motter's ''Mister X (Vortex), Mister X'', Howard Chaykin's ''Black Kiss'', and Chester Brown's ''Yummy Fur (comics), Yummy Fur'', the last of which was a pioneer of alternative comics. Vortex also earned a reputation for publishing Canadian comic book creators such as Brown, Ty Templeton, Ken Steacy, and Jeffrey Morgan (writer), Jeffrey Morgan. History Vortex was founded by 20-year-old high school dropout William P. "Bill" Marks of Toronto in 1982, with its first title being an anthology comic of the same name. Marks recalled, "[Comic books] had a lot of potential for growth that I could see. I could see a revolution happening. By this time ''Cerebus the Aardvark, Cerebus'' was doing extremely well. ''Elfquest'' was a runaway success in the bookstores and on the best-seller lists. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planeta Komiksów
Planeta or El Planeta means (the) planet in multiple languages. It may refer to: Film, TV and publications * ''El Planeta'', a Boston-based Spanish language newspaper * ''El Planeta'' (Ecuador), an Ecuadorian newspaper, see List of newspapers in Ecuador * ''El Planeta'' (film), a 2021 film directed by Amalia Ulman * Moya Planeta, a Russian television channel * Planeta Group, a Spanish media group based in Madrid ** Planeta DeAgostini, a subsidiary of Grupo Planeta specializing in collectable books * Planeta.ru, a Russian crowdfunding site * Planeta TV, a Bulgarian music television channel * Premio Planeta de Novela, a Spanish literary prize * RTR-Planeta, the international service of the Russian broadcaster VGTRK Music * ''El Planeta'', an album by London-based theatre music band Von Magnet *''El Planeta Imaginario'', an album by La Oreja de Van Gogh * " Planeta Água", a song by Guilherme Arantes * '' Planeta Azul'', an album by Ruth Lorenzo * ''Planeta Eskoria'', an album by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devir (publisher)
Process philosophy, also ontology of becoming, or processism, is an approach to philosophy that identifies processes, changes, or shifting relationships as the only true elements of the ordinary, everyday real world. In opposition to the classical view of change as illusory (as argued by Parmenides) or accidental (as argued by Aristotle), process philosophy posits transient occasions of change or becoming as the only fundamental things of the ordinary everyday real world. Since the time of Plato and Aristotle, classical ontology has posited ordinary world reality as constituted of enduring substances, to which transient processes are ontologically subordinate, if they are not denied. If Socrates changes, becoming sick, Socrates is still the same (the substance of Socrates being the same), and change (his sickness) only glides over his substance: change is accidental, and devoid of primary reality, whereas the substance is essential. Philosophers who appeal to process rather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book publisher founded by Nick Barrucci in 2004 at Mount Laurel, New Jersey. It is best known as the owners of '' The Boys'' franchise across several IP medias. Dynamite primarily publishes adaptations of franchises from other media. These include licensed adaptations of film properties such as ''Army of Darkness'', '' Terminator,'' and ''RoboCop'', and licensed or public domain literary properties such as Zorro, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, ''Alice in Wonderland'', Red Sonja, Tarzan (as ''Lord of the Jungle'') and John Carter of Mars (as ''Warlord of Mars''). It also publishes superhero books such as ''Project Superpowers''. Creators who have produced Dynamite's books include Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Matt Wagner, Garth Ennis, Howard Chaykin and Frank Miller. Dynamic Forces, a distribution of Dynamite's comics and books, announced a partnership with Diamond Distribution in 2008, when Diamond had the rights to publishing the interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Editorial
Norma Editorial is a Spanish comics publisher, with its headquarters in Barcelona. Norma Editorial. Retrieved on 1 May 2011. "Passeig de Sant Joan 7. 08010 Barcelona. Spain" Founded in 1977 by Rafael Martínez, Norma Editorial publishes both original Spanish comics (such as ''''), Spanish translations of Japanese (such as work of , Clamp, |
Delcourt (publisher)
Delcourt is a French publishing house that specializes in comics and manga. It was founded in 1986 through the fusion of the magazines ''Charlie Mensuel'' and ''Pilote''. Guy Delcourt, chief editor of the latter, named the new publishing house Guy Delcourt Productions. Delcourt is the third largest publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, behind Média-Participations and Glénat, and produces some 480 comics a year. Publications Bandes Déssinées (Franco-Belgian comics) Delcourt * '' A l'Ombre de l'Echafaud'' (since 2001) * '' Aquablue'' (since 1988) * '' Amenophis IV'' (since 2000) * '' Asphodèle'' * '' Angela'' * '' Après la Nuit'' (since 2008) * '' Baker Street'' * '' Beowulf'' * '' Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis'' * '' Bienvenue en Chine'' * '' C.O.P.S.'' * '' Ceux qui rampent'' * '' Chasseurs de Dragons'' * '' Chronicles of The Dragon Knights'' * '' CryoZone'' (from 1996 to 2005) * '' De Cape et de Crocs'' (since 1995) * ''Desk'' * ''Donjon'' (since 1998) * ''Dwarves'' * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eros Comix
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint. History Founding Fantagraphics was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Michael Catron in College Park, Maryland. The company took over an adzine named ''The Nostalgia Journal'', which it renamed ''The Comics Journal''. As comics journalist (and former Fantagraphics employee) Michael Dean writes, "the publisher has alternated between flourishing and nearly perishing over the years." Kim Thompson joined the company in 1977, using his inheritance to keep the company afloat.Dean, Michael"Comics Community Comes to Fantagraphics' Rescue," ''The Comics Journal'', Posted July 11, 2003. (He soon became a co-owner.) The company moved from Washington, D.C. to Stamford, Connecticut, to Los Angeles over its early years, before settling in Seattle in 1989.Matos, Michelangelo"Saved by the Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Hamm
Sam Hamm (born November 19, 1955) is an American screenwriter and comic book writer. Hamm is known for co-writing the screenplay for Tim Burton's ''Batman''. He also received a story credit for ''Batman Returns'' (though the final version of the movie differs significantly from his ideas). DC Comics invited Hamm to write for ''Detective Comics''. The result was ''Batman: Blind Justice'', which introduced Bruce Wayne's mentor, Henri Ducard. Hamm's other screen credits include ''Never Cry Wolf ''Never Cry Wolf'' is an account of the author's experience observing wolves in subarctic Canada by Farley Mowat, first published in 1963 by McClelland and Stewart. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1983. It has been credited for dra ...'' and '' Monkeybone''. In February 2021, DC Comics announced that Hamm would return to the 1989 Batman film universe with the limited series '' Batman '89'', which will be a direct continuation of both the 1989 film and ''Batman Returns''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Paperback (comics)
In comics in the United States, a trade paperback (shortened: TPB or trade) is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually presenting either a complete miniseries, a story arc from a single title, or a series of stories with an arc or common theme. A trade paperback may reproduce the stories either at the same size in which they were originally presented (in comic book format), in a smaller " digest-sized" format, or a larger-than-original hardcover. This article applies to both paperback and hardcover collections. In the comics industry, the term "trade paperback market" may refer to the market for any collection, regardless of its actual cover. A trade paperback differs from a graphic novel in that a graphic novel is usually original material. It is also different from the publishing term '' trade paperback'', which is a book with a flexible cardstock cover that is larger than the standard mass market paperback format. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited while they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century. Vampiric entities have been recorded in cultures around the world; the term ''vampire'' was popularized in Western Europe after reports of an 18th-century mass hysteria of a pre-existing folk belief in the Balkans and Eastern Europe that in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism. Local variants in Eastern Europe were also known by different names, such as '' shtriga'' in Albania, '' vrykolakas'' in Greece and '' strigoi'' in Romania. In modern times, the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, Los Angeles
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures, are located near or in Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, having developed first on the East Coast. Eventually it became the most recognizable in the world. History Initial development H.J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. They agreed on a price and shook hands on the deal. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times'', and Ivar Weid, a prominent businessman in the area. Daeida Wilcox, who donated land to hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
