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Robin Wood (environmental Organisation)
Robin Wood may refer to: * Robin Wood (artist) (1953–2021), Michigan-based fantasy artist *Robin Wood (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), character of the American TV show ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * Robin Wood (comics) (1944–2021), Paraguayan comics writer * Robin Wood (critic) (1931–2009), British-Canadian film critic * Robin Wood (environmental organisation), German environmental advocacy group *Robin Wood, archaic name for Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary noble outlaw, heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions o ... See also * Robin Woods (1914–1997), English dean {{hndis, Wood, Robin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Wood (artist)
Robin Wood (November 1953 – April 19, 2021) was an American artist specializing in game art and fantasy. She is best known for her portraits of characters from Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, the Robin Wood Tarot Deck and the cover art for several of Scott Cunningham's books on neo-Paganism. Biography Robin Wood was born in November 1953, and graduated from Michigan State University in 1976 with a degree in Special Education for the Visually Impaired. Her interest in fantasy and science fiction art stemmed from a visit to Detroit Triple Fanfair in 1972. After being a " convention artist" for a number of years, she got her first professional commission in 1983 from Mayfair Games to design the character cards for their Dragonriders of Pern board game. In 1984, Robin Wood met Anne McCaffrey at a convention. Wood wrote that, "In 1987, knowing that Anne McCaffrey was going to be at the same con I was, I did a picture of Robinton, hoping that she would buy it. She did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Wood (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
Robin Wood is a recurring character on the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. The character, present for most of the seventh and final season, is played by D. B. Woodside. Biography In season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Robin is the first (and only) principal of the newly rebuilt Sunnydale High School when Buffy's sister Dawn Summers begins her sophomore year. At first, Buffy wonders if he may be evil, but nevertheless accepts a job offer from him. For much of the season, hints are dropped that Robin is aware of the mystical situation in Sunnydale — he finds and buries Jonathan Levinson's body, for example — but the viewer is left without any indication as to which side he fights for. The character is portrayed as having a good sense of humor and communicating well with students. He is a vegetarian and claims to have once been suspended for threatening to attack another student who bullied him during high school. Robin's easygoing attitude and confid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Wood (comics)
Robin Wood (24 January 1944 – 17 October 2021) was a Paraguayan comic book writer and author. He is mostly known for his classical work in Argentine comics and his later work in European comics. Biography Born to a family of Australian-Paraguayan origins in 1944, Wood spent his childhood between Paraguay and Argentina with his mother, before leaving to do various jobs, such as dishwasher, truck driver, salesman, wood chopper, journalist and factory worker in those two countries as well as in Brazil. Anne Whitehead's 1997 book on New Australia, ''Paradise Mislaid'', provides a chapter on Robin Wood's childhood with his extended Australian-Paraguayan family. Wood settled in Buenos Aires while working as a correspondent for Argentine newspaper ''El Territorio'', and worked a series of unqualified jobs before he started writing scripts for popular comic book publishing company Columba. His first published work was ''Aquí la retirada'', illustrated by his friend Lucho Oliver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Wood (critic)
Robert Paul "Robin" Wood (23 February 1931 – 18 December 2009) was an English film critic and educator who lived in Canada for much of his life. He wrote books on the works of Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, Satyajit Ray, Ingmar Bergman, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Arthur Penn. Wood was a longtime member—and co-founder, along with other colleagues at Toronto's York University—of the editorial collective which publishes '' CineACTION!'', a film theory magazine. Wood was also York professor emeritus of film. Biography Early life Wood was born in Richmond, Surrey, England. According to ''Contemporary Authors'' he attended Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was influenced by F. R. Leavis and A. P. Rossiter, and graduated in 1953 with a BA in English and a diploma in education. From 1954 to 1958, Wood taught in schools in both England and Sweden. After a year in Lille, France, teaching English, Wood returned to schools in England, and again in Sweden, where he met Aline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Wood (environmental Organisation)
Robin Wood may refer to: * Robin Wood (artist) (1953–2021), Michigan-based fantasy artist *Robin Wood (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), character of the American TV show ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * Robin Wood (comics) (1944–2021), Paraguayan comics writer * Robin Wood (critic) (1931–2009), British-Canadian film critic * Robin Wood (environmental organisation), German environmental advocacy group *Robin Wood, archaic name for Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary noble outlaw, heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions o ... See also * Robin Woods (1914–1997), English dean {{hndis, Wood, Robin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary noble outlaw, heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depicted as being of noble birth, and in modern retellings he is sometimes depicted as having fought in the Crusades before returning to England to find his lands taken by the Sheriff of Nottingham (position), Sheriff. In the oldest known versions, he is instead a member of the yeoman class. He is traditionally depicted dressed in Lincoln green. Today, he is most closely associated with his stance of "redistribution of income and wealth, robbing the rich to give to the poor". There exists no canonical version of the Robin Hood mythos, which has resulted in different creators imbuing their adaptations with different messages over the centuries. Adaptations have often vacillated between a libertarian version of Robin Hood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
