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1996 In Comics
Notable events of 1996 in comics. Events January * The first issue of ''The Sensational Spider-Man'' (Marvel). * In '' ToyFare'' winter's special, the debut of the strip Twisted Mego Theatre. * ''L'homme qui aimait les poupées'' (The dolls lover) – by Jean-Charles Krahen ( Glénat Editions); the first album of the noir series ''Gill Saint-Andrè''. February * February 10: The final episode of ''Secret Agent X-9'' is published. * February 14: Ilah's ''Cordelia'' debuts in the Flemish newspaper '' De Morgen''. * '' The New Titans'' is canceled by DC with issue #130. * ''Star Trek'' vol. 2 is canceled by DC with issue #80. March * March 2: The Flemish newspapers Het Laatste Nieuws and De Nieuwe Gazet launch a weekly children comics supplement titled ''De Samson en Gert Krant'', based on the popular TV show '' Samson en Gert''. It will run until 1998, after which it is renamed. * March 14: '' Evronians'', by Alessandro Sisti, Ezio Sisto and Alberto Lavoradori, album "numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Comics (Italy)
Star Comics is an Italian comic book publisher founded in December 1987 that publishes Italian editions of manga and Italian comics in Italy. Until the establishment of Marvel Italia (now an imprint of Panini Comics) in 1994, it also published Italian editions of many Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...'s comic books. Star Comics has twenty-eight publishing branches and as of 2007 has published a total of 316 manga series in Italy. Publishing branches # Action # Amici # Anime comics # Dragon # Dragon Quest # Express # Fan # Ghost # Greatest # Gundam universe # Hot # Kappa extra # Kappa magazine # Kappa magazine speciale # KM Presenta # Must # Mitico # Neverland # Point break # Shot # Starlight # Storie di kappa # Techno # Turn over # Up # Up Speciale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Lutes
Jason Lutes (born December 7, 1967) such as unit portraits for the open-source video game Battle for Wesnoth (2006), a map for ''Dominions 3: The Awakening'' (2006), and website illustration for ''City of Heroes'' (2005). References External links ''Coyote vs. Wolf'' Jason Lutes' Blog Jason Lutes at ''Drawn & Quarterly'' * ''Jar of Fools'' at Drawn & Quarterly. Stories at The Center for Cartoon Studies * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lutes, Jason People from New Jersey Artists from Missoula, Montana Rhode Island School of Design alumni Living people 1967 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin (comics)
''Berlin'' is a comic book series by Jason Lutes, published by Black Eye Productions and then Drawn & Quarterly. Planned as a series of 24 magazines, since reduced to 22, INTERVIEW: Jason Lutes Talks the Final Days of "Berlin" , July 28, 2015 then re-released in book form, it describes life in from 1928 to 1933, during the decline of the |
Chief O'Hara (Disney Comics)
The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional universe, fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving The Walt Disney Company, Disney cartoon characters, including Mickey Mouse, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Donald and Daisy Duck, Goofy and Pluto (Disney), Pluto as the primary members (colloquially known as the "Sensational Six"), and many other characters related to them, most of them being Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animals. The universe originated from the ''Mickey Mouse (film series), Mickey Mouse'' animated short films produced by Disney starting in 1928, although its first consistent version was created by Floyd Gottfredson in the Mickey Mouse (comic strip), ''Mickey Mouse'' newspaper comic strip. Real-world versions also exist in Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland, called Mickey's Toontown. Since 1990, the city in which Mickey lives is typically called #Mouseton, Mouseton in American comics. In modern continuity, Mouseton is often depicted as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romano Scarpa
Romano Scarpa (27 September 1927 – 23 April 2005) was one of the most famous Italian creators of Disney comics. Biography Growing up in Venice he developed a particular love for American cartoons and Disney comics, that, at the time, were published in the big format of the Topolino giornale which was then printing now classic Floyd Gottfredson's stories. In the 1940s he opened an Animation Studio in Venice in which he produced his first works: some commercials, a short titled ''E poi venne il diluvio'' and another one titled ''La piccola fiammiferaia'' (1953, based on Hans Christian Andersen's '' The Little Match Girl''), distributed in Italy together with Robert Aldrich's '' Attack!'' (1956). Right after that he stopped working in animation for a while and dedicated wholly to creating Disney comics. When in 1956 Italian editors had no more new Floyd Gottfredson's stories to reprint, he was given the responsibility to continue Gottfredson's stories about Mickey Mouse. Also infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topolino
''Topolino'' (from the Italian language, Italian name for Mickey Mouse) is an Italian digest-sized comic series featuring Disney comics. The series has had a long running history, first appearing in 1932 as a comics magazine. Since 2013, it has been published by Panini Comics. Topolino ''giornale'' (1932–1949) In 1932 the editor Mario Nerbini decided to open a new weekly newspaper for kids, containing illustrated tales with Mickey Mouse. The first issue of ''Topolino'' was published on December 31, 1932: it contained Mickey's first Italian story drawn by Giove Toppi. In this story, Mickey Mouse was chased by an elephant. However, Nerbini had not correctly secured the publication rights, so when Emmanuel (Disney's representative in Italy) protested, Nerbini changed the title of the comic book with issue #3 into ''Topo Lino'' (Mouse Lino), replacing Mickey Mouse with ''Topo Lino'', another mouse. When Nerbini bought the publication rights from Disney and King Features Syndicate, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Van Straaten
Peter van Straaten (25 March 1935 – 8 December 2016) was a Dutch cartoonist and comics artist. He is best known for his political cartoons as well as his satirical observations of everyday people. He also had a newspaper comic strip '' Vader & Zoon'', which ran in ''Het Parool'' for almost two decades. Biography Van Straaten was born in Arnhem in the Netherlands on 25 March 1935.Paul Steenhuis,Tekenaar Peter van Straaten (81) overleden, ''NRC Handelsblad'', 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016. His elder brother Gerard also became a well-known illustrator. Van Straaten studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and started his career on 26 July 1958 for the Dutch newspaper ''Het Parool'', where he illustrated news reports.Peter van Straaten stopt in Parool NOS, 25 februari 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Kruis
Johannes Andries "Jan" Kruis (; 8 June 1933 – 19 January 2017) was a Dutch comics artist best known for the family strip '' Jack, Jacky and the Juniors'' (''Jan, Jans en de Kinderen''). Biography He began creating comics as a child. Later he worked for the Dutch comics pioneer Marten Toonder. Kruis started his own comics career drawing ''Prins Freddie'' for the magazine ''De Havenloods'', but became famous thanks to his series of one-pagers called '' Jan, Jans en de Kinderen'' (''Jack, Jacky and the Juniors''). It first appeared in the woman's magazine ''Libelle'' on December 12, 1970. In German-speaking Switzerland it appeared in the magazine ''Spick'' which targeted children and teenagers; and in Germany ''Favorit'' published it for some time under the name "Ulli, Ulla und die Kinder". He also had a gag comic named ''Gregor'' running in ''Tintin'', between 1965 and 1966, which was later reprinted in '' Pep''. Kruis took over '' Sjors en Sjimmie'' from Frans Piët in 1969 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Mystère
''Martin Mystère'' is an Italian comic book whose protagonist is Martin Mystère. Created by writer Alfredo Castelli and artist Giancarlo Alessandrini, it was first published in Italy by Sergio Bonelli Editore in 1982. Dark Horse Comics has published the English version of the series in the United States. It is still published in Italy and has been translated in many other languages, sometimes with the name changed (''e.g.'', in Germany, the series is named ''Alan Dark''; in the United States, '' Martin Mystery''; in Croatia, ''Martin Mystery''/''Martin Mystère''; in Serbia, ''Marti Misterija''; in Turkey, ''Atlantis''; and in Tamil Nadu, ''Marma Manithan Martin''). The series is one of Bonelli's most popular comic books in Italy, selling over 20,000 copies each month. It has been adapted to various other media, such as an animated television series, video games, and books. Overview Martin Mystère is an art historian, archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Never
''Nathan Never'' is a black-and-white, science fiction Italian comics, Italian comic book, published monthly in Italy since 1991 by Sergio Bonelli Editore. It is written by Michele Medda, Antonio Serra (comics), Antonio Serra and Bepi Vigna. Artists who worked to series include Claudio Castellini, Roberto De Angelis, Dante Bastianoni, Nicola Mari, Pino Rinaldi, Giancarlo Olivares and Onofrio Catacchio. Plot The title character Nathan Never is a special agent in a semi-dystopian near future where crime-fighting is shared between the police and corporate detective agencies such as Never's employer Agenzia Alfa. Stories typically merge classic urban crime, Noir fiction, noir, and drama, with occasional forays into political thriller, survival horror, and space opera. Many issues quote classic science fiction film and literature, for example in names, locations, technology, etc. Primary sources of inspiration are ''Blade Runner'' and Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation (book series), Founda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Castellini
Claudio Castellini (born 3 March 1966) is an Italian comic book artist. Biography Castellini's first published work was the March 1989 episode of the Italian horror series ''Dylan Dog'', published by Sergio Bonelli Editore. This was followed by a second ''Dylan Dog'' story in September 1990. In 1991 Castellini collaborated in the graphic elaboration of science fiction series ''Nathan Never'', and continued drawing covers for the series until issue #59. His first work for Marvel Comics was ''Silver Surfer: Dangerous Artifacts'', a Silver Surfer graphic novel written by Ron Marz, published in June 1996. He produced covers for ''Cosmic Powers Unlimited'' and ''Elektra Magazine'', drew ''Fantastic Four Unlimited'' from 1993 to 1995, and worked on the intercompany crossover miniseries ''DC vs. Marvel''. Castellini's other work includes ''Spider-Man'', ''Conan the Barbarian'' and '' Batman: Gotham Knights''. He drew the 100-page comic book one-shot ''Man and Superman'' in 2019 wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
