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Rick Leonardi
Rick Leonardi (born August 9, 1957) is an American comics artist who has worked on various series for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including ''Cloak and Dagger'', ''The Uncanny X-Men'', ''The New Mutants'', '' Spider-Man 2099'', ''Nightwing'', ''Batgirl'', '' Green Lantern Versus Aliens'' and ''Superman''. He has worked on feature film tie-in comics such as ''Star Wars: General Grievous'' and ''Superman Returns Prequel'' #3. Early life Rick Leonardi was born August 9, 1957 in Philadelphia, and grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Leonardi's interest in becoming an artist was inspired by the work of Joe Kubert, which he discovered in the second grade when he read ''Star Spangled War Stories'' #139 (July 1968). Leonardi commented in a 2017 interview, "Top of page 8 is still one of the best-designed panels I've ever seen." Leonardi graduated from Dartmouth College in 1979, and started drawing for Marvel Comics the following year. Career Rick Leonardi's first published comics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006. History The New York Comic Con is a for-profit event produced and managed by ReedPop, a division of Reed Exhibitions and Reed Elsevier, and is not affiliated with the long running non-profit San Diego Comic-Con, nor the Big Apple Convention, later known as the Big Apple Comic-Con, owned by Wizard Entertainment. ReedPop is involved with other events, including Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) and PAX Dev/PAX East/ PAX Prime. ReedPop and New York Comic Con were founded by Greg Topalian, former senior vice president of Reed Exhibitions. The first con was held in 2006 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Due to Reed Exhibitions' lack of experience with comic conventions (they primarily dealt with professional trade shows prior to 2006), attendance was far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superman Returns
''Superman Returns'' is a 2006 American superhero film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris from a story by Singer, Dougherty and Harris based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the sixth and final installment in the original ''Superman'' film series and serves as an homage sequel to ''Superman'' (1978) and '' Superman II'' (1980), while ignoring the events of '' Superman III'' (1983), '' Supergirl'' (1984), and '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' (1987). The film stars Brandon Routh as Clark Kent/Superman, Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane, Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, with James Marsden, Frank Langella, and Parker Posey. The film tells the story of the title character returning to Earth after a five-year absence. He finds that his love interest Lois Lane has moved on with her life, and that his archenemy Lex Luthor is plotting a scheme to kill Superman and reshape North America. After a series of unsuccessful projects to resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He has since been featured in films, television shows, novels, video games, and plays. Spider-Man is the alias of Peter Parker, an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker died in a plane crash. Lee and Ditko had the character deal with the struggles of adolescence and financial issues and gave him many supporting characters, such as Flash Thompson, J. Jonah Jameson, and Harry Osborn; romantic interests Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, and the Black Cat; and foes such as Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin, and Venom. In his origin story, Spider-Man gets superhuman spider-powers and abilities from a bite from a radioactive spider; these include cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Zeck
Michael J. Zeck (born September 6, 1949), is an American comics artist. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on such series as ''Captain America'', ''Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars'', '' Master of Kung-Fu'', and ''The Punisher'' as well as the "Kraven's Last Hunt" storyline in the Spider-Man titles. Early life Mike Zeck was born in Greenville, Pennsylvania. He attended the Ringling School of Art in 1967, and after graduation worked at the Migrant Education Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Career Zeck began his comics career in 1974, doing illustration assignments for the text stories in Charlton Comics' animated line of comics, which led to work on their horror titles. During this period he lived briefly in the Derby, Connecticut, area where Charlton was headquartered. In 1977, Zeck started working for Marvel Comics on '' Master of Kung Fu'' with writer Doug Moench. In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Moench and Zeck's work on ''Master of Kung-Fu'' sixth on its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including DK Eyewitness travel), history, geography, science, space, nature, sports, gardening, cookery and parenting. The worldwide co-CEOs of DK is Paul Kelly and Rebecca Smart. DK has offices in New York, Melbourne, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto, Madrid, Beijing, and Jiangmen. DK works with licensing partners such as Disney, LEGO, DC Comics, the Royal Horticultural Society, MasterChef, and the Smithsonian Institution. DK has commissioned Mary Berry, Monty Don, Robert Winston, Huw Richards, and Steve Mould for a range of books. History DK was founded in 1974 by Christopher Dorling and Peter Kindersley in London as a bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Mantlo
William Timothy Mantlo (born November 9, 1951) is an American comic book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics. He is best known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the Marvel Universe: ''Micronauts'' and ''Rom'', as well as co-creating the characters Rocket Raccoon and Cloak and Dagger. An attorney who worked as a public defender, Mantlo was the victim of a hit-and-run accident in 1992 and has been in institutional care ever since. Early life Bill Mantlo was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the oldest of three sons of William W. and Nancy Mantlo. Growing up as a comics fan, Mantlo attended Manhattan's High School of Art & Design. In college at the Cooper Union School of Art,"Micromails: Meet the Micro-Makers: Bill Mantlo," ''Micronauts'' #7 (Marvel Comics, July 1979). he focused on painting and photography. Following his graduation, Mantlo held various civil service positions and worked as a portrait photographer. Career Comics A connect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thor (Marvel Comics)
Thor Odinson is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is based on the Thor, Norse mythological god of the same name, the Asgard (comics), Asgardian List of thunder gods, god of thunder whose enchanted hammer Mjolnir (comics), Mjolnir enables him to fly and manipulate weather, among his #Powers and abilities, other superhuman attributes. A founding member of the superhero team the Avengers (comics), Avengers, Thor has a host of List of Thor (Marvel Comics) supporting characters, supporting characters and List of Thor (Marvel Comics) enemies, enemies. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''Journey into Mystery'' #83 (August 1962) and was created by artist Jack Kirby, writer Stan Lee, and scripter Larry Lieber. The character has starred in several ongoing series and Limited series (comics), limited series, and appears in all volumes of the Avengers se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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