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David Pugh (comics)
David Pugh is a British comics artist best known for his work on ''Sláine'' at '' 2000 AD''. Early life and career Pugh attended Art College at Brighton and Kingston upon Thames. On leaving, he joined the American company Pier 1 Imports, as a company artist and photographer, he worked with the London-based advertising agency Brockie, Haslam and Allen. After two years he returned to Wales, to work for the Thomson Organization as a visualizer in various advertising and promotional departments. His first published comic strip was "''Looking Glass Library"'' in the Thomson weekly newspaper the ''Merthyr Express'' in 1976. In 1979, he also created Captain Classified: Star Ranger for the weekly ''Glamorgan Star'', it was this work that brought him to the attention of Pat Mills and the beginning of his professional comics career. Comics Pugh began drawing ''Sláine'' for '' 2000 AD'' in 1984, helping to remold the character into his current incarnation and create the look of the lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sláine (comics)
Sláine (sometimes anglicized as Slaine) is an Irish language, Irish given name. People Notable people with this name include: * Slaine (rapper), hiphop MC from Boston * Sláine ingen Briain (fl. 1014), daughter of Brian Boru and wife of Sigtrygg, king of Dublin * Sláine mac Dela of the Fir Bolg, the first legendary High King of Ireland * Slaine Kelly (born 1982), Irish actress Fictional characters Fictional characters include: * Sláine (comics), comic book hero inspired by Celtic mythology **Sláine: The Roleplaying Game of Celtic Heroes, role-playing game based on the setting See also * List of Irish-language given names {{given name Irish-language unisex given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien (film)
''Alien'' is a 1979 Science fiction film, science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon, based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. It follows a spaceship crew who investigate a derelict spaceship and are hunted by a Xenomorph, deadly extraterrestrial creature. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill (director), Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions and was distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script; Shusett was the executive producer. The alien creatures and environments were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while the concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the other sets. ''Alien'' premiered on May 25, 1979, the opening night of the fourth Seattle International Film Festival. It received a wide release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rishikesh
Rishikesh, also spelt as Hrishikesh, is a city near Dehradun in the Indian state Uttarakhand. The northern part of Rishikesh is in the Dehradun district while the southern part is in the Tehri Garhwal district. It is situated on the right bank of the Ganges River and is a pilgrimage town for Hindus, with ancient sages and saints meditating there in search of higher knowledge. There are numerous temples and ashrams built along the banks of the river. It is known as the "''Gateway to the Garhwal Himalayas''" and "''Yoga Capital of the World''". The city has hosted the annual International Yoga Festival on the first week of March since 1999. Rishikesh is a vegetarian-only and alcohol-free city. The Tehri Dam is located away from Rishikesh. Uttarkashi, a popular yoga destination, is uphill on the way to Gangotri Dham, Gangotri. Rishikesh is the starting point for travelling to the four Chota Char Dham pilgrimage places: Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri. It is also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh
Dharamshala (, ; also spelled Dharamsala) is a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It serves as the winter capital of the state and the administrative headquarters of the Kangra district since 1855. The town also hosts the Tibetan Government-in-exile. Dharamshala was a municipal council until 2015, when it was upgraded to a municipal corporation. The town is located in the Kangra Valley, in the shadow of the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas at an altitude of . References to Dharamshala and its surrounding areas are found in ancient Hindu scriptures such as Rig Veda and Mahabharata. The region was under Mughal influence before it was captured by the Sikh Empire in 1785. The East India Company captured the region for the British following the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1846, from when it became part of the British Indian province of the Punjab. Post Indian Independence in 1947, it remained as a small hill station. In 1960, the Central Tibetan Administration was mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Moench
Douglas Moench (; born February 23, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer of comics, novels, short stories, newspaper feature articles, weekly newspaper comic strips, film screenplays and teleplays. He is notable for his ''Batman'' work and as the creator of Moon Knight, Deathlok, Black Mask, Harvey Bullock, '' Electric Warrior'', and '' Six from Sirius''; he is also known for his critically acclaimed eight-year run on ''Master of Kung Fu''. Early life Moench's first published work was ''My Dog Sandy'', a comic strip printed in his elementary school newspaper. Moench had a fan letter printed in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' issue #17 (Oct. 1964) in which he praised the art of Steve Ditko and others printed in '' Avengers'' #51 (April 1968), ''Captain America'' #102 (June 1968), and ''Silver Surfer'' #14 (March 1970). He began his professional writing career with scripts for '' Eerie'' #29 and '' Vampirella'' #7 (both cover dated September 1970) and articles for the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Haward
Jon Haward (b. 1965, Norwich, UK; d. 2024) was a British comics artist. He illustrated ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', ''Judge Dredd'', ''Sinister Dexter'' and ''Biker Mice from Mars'', among others. Biography Haward was born in Norwich and, while at art college in Lowestoft, he sent out samples of his comics to publishers. Dez Skinn put him in touch with David Lloyd who provided advice on his art and he also met artist David Pugh, who would suggest him as a fill-in artist on ''Dan Dare'' where he started in 1990. He first got his break at '' 2000 AD'' in 1993 on a ''Judge Dredd'' story written by Garth Ennis. Haward was also the artist on Classical Comics' adaptations of Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' and ''The Tempest'', moved into the role of art direction for the ''Hamlet'' adaptation, providing character designs and rough page outlines for artist David Lorenzo to work with. Outside of comics he provided illustrations for a range of projects, including the 2009 British Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Mirror
The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national daily Tabloid journalism, tabloid newspaper. Founded in 1903, it is part of Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), which is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its Masthead (British publishing), masthead was simply ''The Mirror''. It had an average daily print circulation of 716,923 in December 2016, dropping to 587,803 the following year. Its Sunday sister paper is the ''Sunday Mirror''. Unlike other major British tabloids such as ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun'' and the ''Daily Mail'', the ''Mirror'' has no separate Scottish edition; this function is performed by the ''Daily Record (Scotland), Daily Record'' and the ''Sunday Mail (Scotland), Sunday Mail'', which incorporate certain stories from the ''Mirror'' that are of Scottish significance. The ''Mirror'' publishes an Irish edition, the ''Irish Mirror''. Originally pitched to the middle-class reader, it was converted into a worki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Library
The Black Library is a division of Games Workshop (formerly a part of BL Publishing) which is devoted to publishing List of Black Library novels, novels and audiobooks (and has previously produced art books, background books, and graphic novels) set in the ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000'' fictional universes. Some of Black Library's best known titles include the Gaunt's Ghosts and Eisenhorn series of novels by Dan Abnett and the Gotrek and Felix series by William King (author), William King and Nathan Long (author), Nathan Long. The authors of these novels, graphic novels, and comics created original storylines and characters that are based on playable armies in the main ''Warhammer 40,000'' game and its many Warhammer 40,000#Spin-offs, spin-offs (such as ''Inquisitor (game), Inquisitor'' or ''Epic (tabletop game), Epic''). These works are then promoted with contributions of stories, plot synopses, and rules in the White Dwarf (magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
