Dick Giordano
Richard Joseph Giordano (; July 20, 1932 – March 27, 2010) was an American comics artist and editor whose career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics. Early life Dick Giordano, an only child, was born in New York City on July 20, 1932, in the borough of Manhattan to Josephine Labruzzi and Graziano "Jack" Giordano. He attended the School of Industrial Art. Career Charlton Comics Beginning as a freelance artist at Charlton Comics in 1952, Giordano contributed artwork to dozens of the company's comics, including such Western titles as '' Annie Oakley'', '' Billy the Kid'', and '' Wyatt Earp'', the war comic '' Fightin' Army'', and scores of covers. Giordano's artwork from Charlton's '' Strange Suspense Stories'' was used as inspiration for artist Roy Lichtenstein's 1965/1966 Brushstroke series, including '' Brushstroke'', '' Big Painting No. 6'', '' Little Big Painting'' and '' Yellow ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michael Netzer
Michael Netzer (; born 9 October 1955) is an American-Israeli artist best known for his comic book work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics in the 1970s, as well as for his online presence. Early life Michael Nasser (later Netzer) was born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. His father was Adel Nasser a-Din, a Druze doctor of philosophy who worked most of his life in a Ford factory. His mother, Adele Ghazali, is a daughter to a Druze-Lebanese father and a Jewish-Lebanese mother who settled in New York in the 1920s. He contracted polio at the age of eight months which partially paralyzed his left hip and leg. After two years of medical treatment, he was sent with his mother and siblings to his father's Druze hometown, Dayr Qūbil in Lebanon. In 1967, at the age of 11, he returned to Detroit. In school, he became interested in comic book illustration and storytelling, and began developing skills as an artist. He used his art for a campaign that won him election of vice-president of his seni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manhattan
Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, largest, and average area per state and territory, smallest county by area in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located almost entirely on Manhattan Island near the southern tip of the state, Manhattan constitutes the center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area. Manhattan serves as New York City's Economy of New York City, economic and Government of New York City, administrative center and has been described as the cultural, financial, Media in New York City, media, and show business, entertainment capital of the world. Present-day Manhattan was originally part of Lenape territory. European settlement began with the establishment of a trading post by Dutch colonization of the Americas, D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Little Big Painting
''Little Big Painting'' is a 1965 oil and Magna (paint), Magna on canvas pop art painting by the American artist Roy Lichtenstein. It is part of the Brushstrokes series, ''Brushstrokes'' series of work of art, artworks that include several paintings and sculptures. It is located at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. As with all of his ''Brushstrokes'' works, it is in part a satirical response to the gestural painting of abstract expressionism. Background Measuring , ''Little Big Painting'' is part of the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. It was acquired by purchase. The source for the entire ''Brushstrokes'' series was Charlton Comics' ''Strange Suspense Stories'' 72 (October 1964) by Dick Giordano. Like the rest of the 1960s elements of the series, this work is a response to the Abstract Expressionism of the prior two decades and was interpreted as a "wry commentary" in the Whitney Museum's accompanying statement plaque for its inaugural exhibit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Big Painting No
Big or BIG may refer to: * Big, of great size or degree Film and television * ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks * ''Big'', a 2023 Taiwanese children's film starring Van Fan and Chie Tanaka * ''Big!'', a Discovery Channel television show * ''Richard Hammond's Big'', a television show presented by Richard Hammond * ''Big'' (TV series), a 2012 South Korean TV series * "Big" (''My Hero''), a 2003 television episode * ''Banana Island Ghost'', a 2017 fantasy action comedy film Music * '' Big: the musical'', a 1996 musical based on the film * Big Records, a record label * ''Big!'' (Betty Who album) * ''Big'' (album), a 2007 album by Macy Gray * "Big" (Brassmunk song) * "Big" (Dead Letter Circus song) * "Big" (Fontaines D.C. song) * "Big" (Juice Wrld song) * "Big" (Sneaky Sound System song) * "Big" (Rita Ora and Imanbek song) * "Big" (Young M.A song) * "Big", a 1990 song by New Fast Automatic Daffodils * "Big", a 2021 song by Jade Eagleson from ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brushstroke
''Brushstroke'' is a sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein. There are two copies. The original was created in 2001 for the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain. The second was delivered to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2003, and dedicated on October 25, 2003. See also * 1996 in art Events from the year 1996 in art. Events *8 January – Shortly after publication of the Italian edition of his book ''The Art Forger's Handbook'', English-born art forger Eric Hebborn is found lying in a street in Rome, his skull crushed wi ... * List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2 References External links ''Brushstroke, 1996'' ''Roy Lichtenstein Foundation'' Sculptures by Roy Lichtenstein 1996 sculptures Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Sculptures in the Smithsonian Institution Abstract sculptures in Washington, D.C. Aluminum sculptures in Washington, D.C. Outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C. Scu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brushstroke Series
''Brushstrokes'' series is the name for a series of paintings produced in 1965-1966 by Roy Lichtenstein. It also refers to derivative sculptural representations of these paintings that were first made in the 1980s. In the series, the theme is art as a subject, but rather than reproduce masterpieces as he had starting in 1962, Lichtenstein depicted the gestural expressions of the painting brushstroke itself. The works in this series are linked to those produced by artists who use the gestural painting style of abstract expressionism made famous by Jackson Pollock, but differ from them due to their mechanically produced appearance. The series is considered a satire or parody of gestural painting by both Lichtenstein and his critics. After 1966, Lichtenstein incorporated this series into later motifs and themes of his work. Background In the early 1960s, Lichtenstein reproduced masterpieces by Cézanne, Mondrian and Picasso before embarking on the ''Brushstrokes'' series in 1965 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Fox Lichtenstein ( ; October27, 1923September29, 1997) was an American pop artist. He rose to prominence in the 1960s through pieces which were inspired by popular advertising and the comic book style. Much of his work explores the relationship between fine art, advertising, and consumerism. ''Whaam!'', ''Drowning Girl'', and ''Look Mickey'' proved to be Lichtenstein's most influential works. His most expensive piece is ''Masterpiece (Lichtenstein), Masterpiece'', which was sold for $165 million in 2017. Lichtenstein's paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City, which represented him from 1961 onwards. His artwork was considered to be "disruptive". Lichtenstein described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting". Early years Lichtenstein was born on October 27, 1923, into an upper middle class German-Jewish family in New York City. His father, Milton, was a real estate broker, and his mother, Beatrice (née Werne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Strange Suspense Stories
''Strange Suspense Stories'' is a comic book that was published in two volumes by Fawcett Comics and Charlton Comics in the 1950s and 1960s. Starting out as a Horror comic, horror/Suspense (genre), suspense title, the first volume gradually moved toward eerie Fantasy comics, fantasy and weird Science fiction comics, science fiction, before ending as a vehicle for the Superhero comics, superhero Captain Atom. The title's second volume was more in the horror/suspense vein. Altogether, 72 issues of ''Strange Suspense Stories'' were published. Notable contributors included Steve Ditko, Vince Alascia, Jim Aparo, Pat Boyette, George Evans (cartoonist), George Evans, Joe Gill, Frank McLaughlin (artist), Frank McLaughlin, Bill Molno, Rocke Mastroserio, Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Wojtkoski, Charles Nicholas, Denny O'Neil, Joe Shuster, and Steve Skeates. Publication history Vol. 1 Fawcett Comics debuted ''Strange Suspense Stories'' in June 1952, featuring artwork by (among others) George ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fightin' Army
''Fightin' Army'' is a bimonthly war comic that was published by Charlton Comics from 1956–1984 (though it was primarily a reprint title from 1978 to the end of its run). Telling fictional stories of the United States Army, it was a sister title of the other Charlton war comics '' Fightin' Air Force'', ''Fightin' Marines'', and ''Fightin' Navy''. In the late 1960s, ''Fightin' Army'' was the host of the ongoing feature " The Lonely War of Willy Schultz", written by Will Franz and illustrated by Sam Glanzman. Other notable contributors to ''Fightin' Army'' included Jon D'Agostino, Sanho Kim, Jack Keller, Rocke Mastroserio, and Warren Sattler. Don Perlin drew a majority of covers in 1972–1973. Editors Pat Masulli (1957–1966) and George Wildman (1971–1984) both had long tenures in charge of the title. Publication history As with many comic book titles published at the time, ''Fightin' Army'' did not start with issue number one; it was a renaming of a series called ''Soldie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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War Comic
War comics is a genre of comic books that gained popularity in English-speaking countries following World War II. History American war comics Shortly after the birth of the modern comic book in the mid- to late 1930s, comics publishers began including stories of wartime adventures in the multi-genre omnibus titles then popular as a format. Even prior to the Military history of the United States during World War II, U.S. involvement in World War II after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, comic books such as ''Captain America Comics'' #1 (March 1941) depicted superheroes fighting Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Golden Age publisher Quality Comics debuted its title ''Blackhawk (DC Comics), Blackhawk'' in 1944; the title was published more or less continuously until the mid-1980s. In the post-World War II era, comic books devoted solely to war stories began appearing and gained popularity in the United States and Canada through the 1950s, the 1960s, and 1970s, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman in the American West, including Dodge City, Kansas, Dodge City, Wichita, Kansas, Wichita, and Tombstone, Arizona, Tombstone. Earp was involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which he and some other lawmen killed three outlaw Cochise County Cowboys.Ward, Derrick S.; Wishart, David S. (editor)"Earp, Wyatt (1848-1929),"''Encyclopedia of the Great Plains,'' retrieved April 3, 2023 While Wyatt is often depicted as the key figure in the shootout, his brother Virgil Earp, Virgil was both Deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone City Marshal that day and had considerably more experience in law enforcement as a sheriff, constable, and marshal than did Wyatt. Virgil made the decision to enforce a Cochise County Cowboys#Weapon ordinance, city ordinance prohibiting carrying weapons in town and to disarm the Cowboys. Wyatt was only a temporary assistant marshal to his brother. In 1874, Earp arrived in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Billy The Kid (Charlton Comics)
''Billy the Kid'' is a Western comic book series published by Charlton Comics, with stories of a fictional character based on the historical Billy the Kid. Taking over the numbering of a previous Western comic, ''Masked Raider'', ''Billy the Kid'' was published from issues #9-153 (Nov. 1957 - March 1983). The Billy the Kid character made his first appearance in ''Masked Raider'' #6. Regular backup features in the book included Bounty Hunter Shawn O'Meara, Tenderfoot Sheriff John Lind, Mr. Young Of The Boothill Gazette, and Apache Red. Regular contributors to the title included writer Joe Gill, and artists Pat Boyette, José Delbo, Jack Keller, Sanho Kim, Rocke Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, Warren Sattler, and Carl Wessler. Publication history The book's first five issues (June 1955 - Aug. 1956) were titled ''Masked Raider'' (not to be confused with the Timely Comics character), starring a masked gunfighter and his pet golden eagle The golden eagle (''Aquila chrys ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |