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All-American Men Of War
''Men of War'' is the name of several American comic book series published by DC Comics. For the most part, the series was a war comics anthology featuring fictional stories about the American military during World War II. The original series, ''All-American Men of War'', published 118 issues from 1956 to 1966. Contributors to ''All-American Men of War'' included writers Robert Kanigher, Hank Chapman, and France Herron; and artists Alex Toth, Gene Colan, Mort Drucker, Mike Esposito, Jerry Grandenetti, Sheldon Moldoff, Russ Heath, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Kubert, and Irv Novick. Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein's famous 1963 work '' Whaam!'' is based on a Jerry Grandenetti panel from the cover of ''All-American Men of War'' #89 (January–February 1962). A second series, simply titled ''Men of War'', published 26 issues from 1977-1980. Regular contributors included writers Kanigher, Roger McKenzie, Cary Burkett, Jack C. Harris, and Paul Kupperberg; and artists Grandenetti, Dic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Grandenetti
Charles J. "Jerry" Grandenetti (April 15, 1926 – February 19, 2010) was an American comic book artist and advertising art director, best known for his work with writer-artist Will Eisner on the celebrated comics feature " The Spirit", and for his decade-and-a-half run on many DC Comics war series. He also co-created the DC comic book '' Prez'' with Joe Simon. Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein's 1962 drawing '' Jet Pilot'' is based on a Grandenetti comic-book panel on the cover of DC's '' All-American Men of War'' #89 ( cover-dated Feb. 1962), and Lichtenstein's 1964 triptych " As I Opened Fire" is based on panels by Grandenetti in "Wingmate of Doom" in issue #90 (April 1962). Biography Early life and career Grandenetti was born in the village of Bronxville in the town of Eastchester, New York, a suburb of New York City. While some biographies claim he studied art and architectural drawing at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (later named the School of Visual Arts), i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Kubert
Joseph Kubert (; September 18, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was a Poland, Polish-born Americans, American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. He is also known for working on his own creations, such as Tor (comics), Tor, Son of Sinbad, and the Viking Prince, and, with writer Robin Moore, the comic strip ''Tales of the Green Beret''. Two of Kubert's sons, Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert, themselves became recognized comic book artists, as did Andy's daughter Emma Kubert and many of Kubert's former students, including Stephen R. Bissette, Amanda Conner, Rick Veitch, Eric Shanower, Steve Lieber, and Scott Kolins. Kubert's other grand-daughter, Katie Kubert, became an editor for both DC and Marvel Comics. Kubert was inducted into the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1997, and the List of Eisner Award winners#The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, Will Eisner Comic Book Hall o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Fox Lichtenstein ( ; October27, 1923September29, 1997) was an American pop artist. He rose to prominence in the 1960s through pieces which were inspired by popular advertising and the comic book style. Much of his work explores the relationship between fine art, advertising, and consumerism. ''Whaam!'', ''Drowning Girl'', and ''Look Mickey'' proved to be Lichtenstein's most influential works. His most expensive piece is ''Masterpiece (Lichtenstein), Masterpiece'', which was sold for $165 million in 2017. Lichtenstein's paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City, which represented him from 1961 onwards. His artwork was considered to be "disruptive". Lichtenstein described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting". Early years Lichtenstein was born on October 27, 1923, into an upper middle class German-Jewish family in New York City. His father, Milton, was a real estate broker, and his mother, Beatrice (née Werne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics Anthology
A comics anthology collects works in the medium of comics, typically from multiple series, and compiles them into an anthology or magazine. The comics in these anthologies range from comic strips that are too short for standalone publication to comic book chapters that might later be compiled into collected comic book volumes (such as manga tankobon and comic albums). United States Asia Japan Malaysia Thailand Europe Belgium and France United Kingdom Britain has a long tradition of publishing comic anthologies, usually weekly (hence ''The Dandy'' going past 3,000 published issues). See also *British comics, the majority of which are anthologies *British small press comics, many of which are also anthologies *History of comics *List of manga magazines, the majority of which are anthologies References {{DEFAULTSORT:Comics anthology Comics anthologies, Comics terminology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Comics
War comics is a genre of comic books that gained popularity in English-speaking countries following World War II. History American war comics Shortly after the birth of the modern comic book in the mid- to late 1930s, comics publishers began including stories of wartime adventures in the multi-genre omnibus titles then popular as a format. Even prior to the U.S. involvement in World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, comic books such as ''Captain America Comics'' #1 (March 1941) depicted superheroes fighting Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Golden Age publisher Quality Comics debuted its title '' Blackhawk'' in 1944; the title was published more or less continuously until the mid-1980s. In the post-World War II era, comic books devoted solely to war stories began appearing and gained popularity in the United States and Canada through the 1950s, the 1960s, and 1970s, i.e. covering the time periods of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The titles tended to concentrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Comic Book
An American comic book is a thin periodical literature originating in the United States, commonly between 24 and 64 pages, containing comics. While the form originated in 1933, American comic books first gained popularity after the 1938 publication of ''Action Comics'', which included the debut of the superhero Superman. This was followed by a superhero boom that lasted until the end of World War II. After the war, while superheroes were marginalized, the comic book industry rapidly expanded and genres such as horror, crime, science fiction and romance became popular. The 1950s saw a gradual decline, due to a shift away from print media in the wake of television and the impact of the Comics Code Authority. The late 1950s and the 1960s saw a superhero revival and superheroes remained the dominant character archetype throughout the late 20th century into the 21st century. Some fans comic book collecting, collect comic books, helping drive up their value. Some have sold for mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Cavalieri
Joey Cavalieri is an American writer and editor of comic books. He is best known for his work on the characters Green Arrow and Huntress as well as the co-creation of Helena Bertinelli, the third Huntress, for DC Comics. Career Joey Cavalieri attended the School of Visual Arts, graduating with a BFA in Media Arts in 1979. Cavalieri first joined DC Comics full-time in 1982 after working three years as a freelancer. His writing credits for DC include the Green Arrow back-up feature in ''Detective Comics''; both the pre- Crisis version of the '' Huntress'' in a back-up feature in ''Wonder Woman'' and the post-Crisis version of the character in an ongoing series; '' Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!'' and its spinoff ''The Oz-Wonderland War''; '' The Flash''; and '' World's Finest Comics''. A '' New Teen Titans'' drug awareness comic book sponsored by IBM and scripted by Cavalieri was published in cooperation with The President's Drug Awareness Campaign in 1984. That sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Levitz
Paul Levitz (; born October 21, 1956) is an American comic book writer, editor and executive. The president of DC Comics from 2002 to 2009, he worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles. Along with publisher Jenette Kahn and managing editor Dick Giordano, Levitz was responsible for hiring such writers as Marv Wolfman and Alan Moore, artists such as George Pérez, Keith Giffen, and John Byrne, and editor Karen Berger, who contributed to the 1980s revitalization of the company's line of comic book heroes. Early life Levitz was born and raised in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. His father was a clerk for an industrial hardware store, and his mother was a bookkeeper. He was an avid reader as a child, and read the works of writers including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ed McBain. He also read comics, citing the first he could remember buying off of a newsstand being the first team-up between the Justice League and the Justice Society. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Winslade
Phil Winslade (born 1965) is a British comic book artist. Biography Winslade was born in Surrey in 1965 and spent a lot of time indoors as a child because of a heart murmur. His main source of entertainment were Marvel Comics, Marvel Comics such as ''Howard the Duck'' and ''Deathlok''. After he attended UCE Birmingham, Birmingham Polytechnic, to study art, he had the idea of working in the comics industry. Here he met Steve Pugh who was already active in comic art.Bookend in ''Goddess'' #2 by Archie Goodwin (comics), Archie Goodwin He produced commercial artwork after college before showing his portfolio to Garth Ennis at a comic convention in Coventry, where he got the job drawing ''Goddess (comic), Goddess''. Before that project started he worked on ''Crisis (comic), Crisis'' and ''Revolver Comic (UK), Revolver'' as well as inking Steve Dillon's work on ''Car Warriors (comics), Car Warriors'' for Epic Comics, Epic. During this period he also worked on Elaine Lee's ''Skin Tight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvell Jones
Arvell Jones (whose earliest work is billed Arvell Malcolm Jones) is an American comics artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for DC Comics and its imprint Milestone Media. Biography Jones and his brother, Desmond, were raised in Detroit, Michigan, and were both active in early comic book fandom. Along with fellow Detroiters and future comics professionals Rich Buckler, Tom Orzechowski, Keith Pollard, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Michael Netzer, and others, Jones worked on the Detroit Triple Fan Fair, one of the earliest comic book conventions, and published the local fanzine ''Fan Informer''; it lasted into 1971. Jones in 2006 recalled how he and his compatriots "would take a 13-hour drive and spend the night with Al Milgrom and his roommate, hang at Rich ucklers, then go see rt director John Romita at Marvel, get our butts spanked, and go back to Detroit to work on our samples again." Jones entered the comics industry as an assistant for Buckler, the first of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
