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Twisted Toyfare Theatre
''Twisted ToyFare Theatre'' (''TTT'') was a popular, humorous comic strip in the monthly magazine ''ToyFare''. Originally titled ''Twisted Mego Theatre'', it predominantly featured scale action figures made by the Mego Corporation (a line very popular in the 1970s, during the childhood years of much of the magazine's staff), and principally those based on Marvel Comics characters, such as Spider-Man ("Mego Spidey") and the Incredible Hulk. The artwork was done in the fumetti style by photographing toys on sets built by the magazine's staff, and using Photoshop to add effects and word balloons. The series was known for its bizarre humor and pop-culture references. Publication history ''Twisted Mego Theatre'' debuted in ''ToyFare'''s 1996 Winter Special. The strip ended when ''ToyFare'' published its final issue in January 2011.Melrose, Kevin (January 24, 2011)"Breaking: Wizard and ToyFare magazines fold" ''Comic Book Resources''. Plot and characters Collectively, the strips ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Root
Tom Root (born September 20, 1973) is an American writer, producer, director and voice actor for ''Robot Chicken''. Early life Root was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Central Michigan University, graduating with a degree in journalism. While at CMU, Root edited the student newspaper ''CM Life''. Career Root was one of the original staffers of ''ToyFare'' magazine, and was a staff writer and copy editor for Wizard Entertainment's family of publications. While at ''ToyFare'' he was a co-writer of the magazine's 's popular ''Twisted ToyFare Theatre'' feature. Root co-wrote '' Writers on Comics Scriptwriting'', vol. 2, with Andrew Kardon in 2004. He also wrote Archie Comics' 200th issue of '' Jughead'' in 2010. Root and ''Robot Chicken'' co-creator Matthew Senreich created the Adult Swim series '' Titan Maximum'' which premiered on September 27, 2009. He was a writer on Lucasfilm's ''Star Wars Detours'' animated series. Root also wrote ''The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Goldstein
Douglas Goldstein (born September 12, 1971) is an American screenwriter and television producer and director, primarily known for his work as co-head writer on the late-night animated series '' Robot Chicken''. He won three Emmy Awards for episodes of ''Robot Chicken'' and has won three Annie Awards including one for '' Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II''. Life and career Born to a Jewish family, Goldstein was a founding member of Wizard Entertainment. During his 13 years at Wizard he was an editor, senior editor, and vice president of special projects, overseeing publications including ''Anime Insider'', ''Toy Wishes'', ''ToyFare'', ''Toons'', ''Sci-Fi Invasion'', and numerous custom publishing works. Goldstein was an editor and writer of ToyFare's humor strip '' Twisted ToyFare Theater'' for much of its run from 1997–2011. It has been compiled into several collected volumes. He is one of the founding members of ''Robot Chicken'', which hired a number of other writers fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Trek
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into various films, television series, video games, novels, and comic books. With an estimated $10.6 billion in revenue, it is one of the most recognizable and highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The franchise began with '' Star Trek: The Original Series'', which debuted in the US on September 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons on NBC. It was first broadcast on September 6, 1966 on Canada's CTV network. It followed the voyages of the crew of the starship USS ''Enterprise'', a space exploration vessel built by the United Federation of Planets in the 23rd century, on a mission "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before". In creating ''Star Trek'', Roddenber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caricatures
A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon). Caricatures can be either insulting or complimentary, and can serve a political purpose, be drawn solely for entertainment, or for a combination of both. Caricatures of politicians are commonly used in editorial cartoons, while caricatures of movie stars are often found in entertainment magazines. In literature, a ''caricature'' is a distorted representation of a person in a way that exaggerates some characteristics and oversimplifies others. Etymology The term is derived for the Italian ''caricare''—to charge or load. An early definition occurs in the English doctor Thomas Browne's ''Christian Morals'', published posthumously in 1716. with the footnote: Thus, the word "caricature" essentially means a "loaded portrait". Until the mid 19th century, it was commonly and mistakenly be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Legends
Marvel Legends is an action figure line based on the characters of Marvel Comics, initially produced by Toy Biz, then by Hasbro. This line is in the scale, with spin-off lines in the , , and scale. The line initially began as a spin-off of the Spider-Man Classics line, which were also produced by Toy Biz. At its inception in 2002, the Marvel Legends line copied the clam-shell packaging and the included comic book that had shipped with the Spider-Man Classics line. The first wave of Marvel Legends included the heroes of Iron Man, Captain America, and the Hulk, with the villain being Toad. Beginning January 1, 2007, Hasbro became the new license holder to the rights to produce toys and games based upon the Marvel Universe. The new Hasbro packaging did not include a comic book and the new molds eliminated finger joints, which were a mainstay during the Toy Biz era, but the company did continue with the theme of Build-A-Figure pieces. During the late 2000s, production on the Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobots
GoBots is a line of transforming robot toys produced by Tonka from 1983 to 1987, similar to Hasbro's Transformers. Although initially a separate and competing line of toys, Tonka's Gobots became the intellectual property of Hasbro after their buyout of Tonka in 1991. Subsequently, the universe depicted in the animated series ''Challenge of the GoBots'' and follow-up film '' GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords'' was established as an alternate universe within the Transformers multiverse. While Hasbro now owns the fictional side of the property (character names, bios, storyline), the actual toys and their likenesses were only licensed from Bandai in the 1980s, were not covered by the Tonka acquisition, and are not available for Hasbro use. History The GoBot toy line was based on figures produced by Popy of Japan (the now-defunct character division of Bandai), named Machine Robo. In another similarity to Transformers, Tonka decided to make the figures sentient robots, rather than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
