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Laurence Campbell
Laurence Campbell is a British comics artist best known for his work in '' 2000 AD'', but he has also recently received attention from his work for Marvel. Biography Campbell started evening courses at the London Cartoon Centre and then studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.Maximum Punishment Broken Frontier, December 4, 2007 He got early comics work at , on their anthology '' |
Punisher
The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made his first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' The Amazing Spider-Man 129, #129 (cover-dated February 1974), originally depicted as an Assassination, assassin and List of Spider-Man enemies, adversary of the superhero Spider-Man. The character is depicted as an Italian-American vigilante who employs murder, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, Assault (tort), threats of violence, and torture in his campaign against crime. Driven by the deaths of his wife and two children, who were killed by the American Mafia, mob for witnessing a killing in New York City's Central Park, the Punisher wages a one-man war on crime. A veteran (originally of the Vietnam War''Punisher'' #6 (Marvel Comics, 2000). and later Retroactive continuity, updated altern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Spurrier
Simon "Si" Spurrier (born 2 May 1981) is a British comics writer and novelist, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller, and an art director for the BBC. Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write his own series for '' 2000 AD'', like '' Lobster Random'', '' Bec & Kawl'', '' The Simping Detective'' and '' Harry Kipling'', as well as a number of stories for the flagship character '' Judge Dredd''. In recent years he has broken into the American comic book industry, writing mainly for Marvel Comics. He also wrote Marvel's '' X-Force'' in 2014 and 2015, which starred the characters Cable, Psylocke, Marrow and Fantomex. He started co-writing '' Star Wars: Doctor Aphra'' from Marvel Comics with Kieron Gillen in November 2017 on issues #14-19, taking over with issue #20 in May 2018. Simon has also written a number of novels, initially on other people's properties, but in 2006 he signed a two-book contract with Hodder Headline, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wagner
John Wagner (born 1949) is an American-born British comics writer. Alongside Pat Mills, he helped revitalise British comics in the 1970s, and continues to be active in the British comics industry, occasionally also working in American comics. He is best known as the co-creator, with artist Carlos Ezquerra, of the character Judge Dredd. Wagner started his career in editorial with D. C. Thomson & Co. in the late 1960s before becoming a freelance writer and a staff editor at IPC in the 1970s. He has worked in children's humour and girls' adventure comics, but is most notable for his boys' adventure comics; he helped launch '' Battle Picture Weekly'' (1975), for which he wrote "Darkie's Mob", and '' 2000 AD'' (1977), for which he created numerous characters, including Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Robo-Hunter and Button Man. In the 1980s, he and co-writer Alan Grant wrote prolifically for IPC's ''2000 AD'', ''Battle'', ''Eagle'', '' Scream!'' and ''Roy of the Rovers''. They als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of '' 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology comic. He is the magazine's longest-running character. He also appears in a number of film and video game adaptations. Judge Dredd is a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One, which covers most of the east coast of North America. He is a " street judge", empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals. In Great Britain, the character of Dredd and his name are sometimes invoked in discussions of police states, authoritarianism, and the rule of law. Over the years, ''Judge Dredd'' has been hailed as one of the best satires of American and British culture with an uncanny trend to predict upcoming trends and events such as mass surveillance, the rise of populist leaders, and the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2011, IGN ranked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Shuput
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment * Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer *Larry Boone, American country singer * Larry Collins, American musician, member of the rockabilly sibling duo The Collins Kids *Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning American actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director *Larry Emdur, Australian TV host *Larry Feign, American cartoonist working in Hong Kong *Larry Fine, of the Three Stooges * Larry Gates, American actor *Larry Gatlin, American country singer *Larry Gelbart (1928–2009), American screenwriter, playwright, director and author * Larry Graham, founder of American funk band Graham Central Station * Larry Hagman, American actor, best known for the TV series ''I Dream of Jeannie'' and ''Dallas'' *Larry Henley (1937–2014), American singer and songwriter, member of The Newbeats * Larr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Reed (comic Writer)
Gary Reed (May 21, 1956 – October 3, 2016) was an American comic book writer, and the publisher of Caliber Comics, an independent comic book company that released 1,300 titles in the 1990s and published early work by many popular creators. Reed wrote over 200 comics and graphic novels, sometimes under assumed names (including Kyle Garrett, Brent Truax, and Randall Thayer). He was also Vice President of McFarlane Toys when the company launched in 1993. His comics writing credits include '' Saint Germaine,'' '' Baker Street'' and '' Deadworld''. In addition to comics, Reed wrote a role-playing game for Palladium and wrote some of the storyline scenarios for '' Final Fight: Streetwise'' for Capcom. Biography Early life and education Gary Reed was born in 1956Reed entry ''Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Diaries
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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