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Dope (novel)
''Dope'' is a 1919 novel by Sax Rohmer set in the Limehouse area of London. It is not a Fu Manchu novel, and concerns itself with opium and cocaine. It is based on the story of Billie Carleton, a young English actress whose scandalous lifestyle ended with her death from a drug overdose in 1918. Adaptations The novel was adapted into comics by Trina Robbins between 1981 and 1983 in '' Eclipse Magazine'' and '' Eclipse Monthly''. IDW Publishing published a collected edition of this work in 2017, with a postface by Jon B. Cooke. See also * List of works by Sax Rohmer References External links * Dope: Sax Rohmerat the Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including web ... Sax Rohmer's Dopegraphic novel on Google Books * Novels adapted into comics Novels by Sax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sax Rohmer
Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward (15 February 1883 – 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Fu Manchu."Rohmer, Sax" by Jack Adrian in David Pringle, ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers''. London: St. James Press, 1998; (pp. 482–484). Life and work Born in Birmingham to working class Irish parents William Ward (c. 1850–1932), a clerk, and Margaret Mary (née Furey; c. 1850–1901), Arthur Ward initially pursued a career as a civil servant before concentrating on writing full-time. He worked as a poet, songwriter and comedy sketch writer for music hall performers before creating the Sax Rohmer persona and pursuing a career writing fiction. Like his contemporaries Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen, Rohmer claimed membership to one of the factions of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Rohmer also claimed ties to the Rosicrucians, but the validity o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limehouse
Limehouse is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is east of Charing Cross, on the northern bank of the River Thames. Its proximity to the river has given it a strong maritime character, which it retains through its riverside public houses and steps, such as The Grapes and Limehouse Stairs. The area gives its name to Limehouse Reach, a section of the Thames which runs south to Millwall after making a right-angled bend at Cuckold's Point, Rotherhithe. The west-to-east section upstream of Cuckold's Point is properly called the Lower Pool. History Etymology The name relates to the local lime kilns or, more precisely, lime oasts, by the river. The name is from Old English ''līm-āst'' "lime-oast", and appears in a 1335 record. The name is found used in 1417:Inquisicio capta sup' litus Thomisie apud Lymhosteys pro morte Thome Frank. ("''Inquest held on the shore of the Thames by Lymhosteys for the death of Thomas Frank''") 17 Aug, 5 Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Manchu ( zh, t=傅滿洲/福滿洲, p=Fú Mǎnzhōu) is a supervillain who was introduced in a series of novels by the English author Sax Rohmer beginning shortly before World War I and continuing for another forty years. The character featured in cinema, television, radio, comic strips and comic books for over 100 years, and he has also become an archetype of the evil criminal genius and mad scientist, while lending his name to the Fu Manchu moustache. Background and publication According to his own account, Sax Rohmer decided to start the Dr. Fu Manchu series after his Ouija board spelled out Chinaman, C-H-I-N-A-M-A-N when he asked what would make his fortune. Clive Bloom argues that the portrait of Fu Manchu was based on the popular music hall magician Chung Ling Soo, "a white man in costume who had shaved off his Victorian moustache and donned a Mandarin costume and pigtail". As for Rohmer's theories concerning "Eastern devilry" and "the unemotional cruelty of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opium
Opium (also known as poppy tears, or Lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the seed Capsule (fruit), capsules of the opium poppy ''Papaver somniferum''. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade. Opium's main psychoactive alkaloids, primarily morphine, act on μ-opioid receptors, causing analgesia and addiction with long-term use leading to tolerance, dependence, and increased cancer risk. The latex also contains the closely related opiates codeine and thebaine, and non-analgesic alkaloids such as papaverine and noscapine. The traditional, labor-intensive method of obtaining the latex is to scratch ("score") the immature seed pods (fruits) by hand; the latex leaks out and dries to a sticky yellowish residue that is later scraped off and dehydrated. The English word for opium is loan word, borrowed fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Carleton
Billie Carleton (4 September 1896 – 28 November 1918) was an English musical comedy actress during the First World War. She began her professional stage career at age 15 and was playing roles in the West End by age 18. She appeared in the hit musical '' The Boy'' (1917), which led to a starring role in '' The Freedom of the Seas'' in 1918. At the age of 22, she was found dead, apparently of a drug overdose. Life and career Born Florence Leonora Stewart in Bloomsbury, London, daughter of a chorus singer named Margaret Stewart and an unknown father, Carleton was raised by her aunt, Catherine Joliffe. Carleton left home at 15 to work on the stage and received her first break when the impresario C.B. Cochran promoted her from the chorus to a role in his 1914 revue ''Watch Your Step''. According to Cochran, despite having a weak voice, Carleton had a good stage presence, and her delicate beauty charmed the audience. When he was informed during the run of the show that Carleton was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trina Robbins
Trina Robbins ( Perlson; August 17, 1938 – April 10, 2024) was an American cartoonist. She was an early participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the first women in the movement. She co-produced the 1970 underground comic '' It Ain't Me, Babe'', which was the first comic book entirely created by women. She co-founded the Wimmen's Comix collective, wrote for Wonder Woman, and produced adaptations of '' Dope'' and '' The Silver Metal Lover''. She was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2013 and received Eisner Awards in 2017 and 2021. As a scholar and historian, Robbins researched the history of women in cartooning. She wrote several nonfiction books including ''Women and the Comics'' (1985), ''A Century of Women Cartoonists'' (1993), ''The Great Women Superheroes'' (1996), ''From Girls to Grrrlz'' (1999), ''Pretty In Ink'' (2013), and ''Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age'' (2020). She co-founded the organization Friends of Lulu in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eclipse Magazine
''Eclipse, The Magazine'' (renamed ''Eclipse'' from the second issue) was a black-and-white comics anthology magazine published bi-monthly by Eclipse Comics from 1981 to 1983. It was the company's first ongoing title, Eclipse having previously published graphic novels, and was designed as a competitor to the likes of ''Epic Illustrated'' and '' Heavy Metal''. Overview Like the rest of Eclipse's output at the time, the anthology allowed creators to retain ownership of their material. The format attracted an eclectic mix of contributors, from mainstream industry veterans such as Steve Englehart, Don McGregor, Steve Gerber and Gene Colan to underground comix figures including Howard Cruse, Rick Geary, Hunt Emerson and Harvey Pekar, as well as newcomers to the medium like Max Allan Collins and Charles Vess. There was no set format for contributions, which ranged from a single page to 11 pages in length, and mixed serialised stories with one-offs. Further freedom was permitted by Ecli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eclipse Monthly
''Eclipse Monthly'' was a full color comics anthology title published from 1983 to 1984 by Eclipse Comics. It was a successor to the company's previous anthology title ''Eclipse''. Publishing history Unlike its predecessor, ''Eclipse Monthly'' had the same page format as a standard US comic, albeit consisting of 52 pages per issue; each edition was priced at US$2.00, a large price for a regular title at the time. It was also in full colour, and creators again retained ownership of their creations featured in the magazine. Three features - B.C. Boyer's ''The Masked Man'', ''Ragamuffins'' by Don McGregor and Gene Colan and Trina Robbins' adaptation of Sax Rohmer's novel ''Dope'' - continued from ''Eclipse''. New additions included Steve Ditko's '' Static'' and Doug Wildey's Western ''Rio''. ''Eclipse Monthly'' largely had a stable line-up, with most features recurring; however, from #4 it dropped to 36 pages and a $1.50 cover price, with the number of features reduced accordingly. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic book publisher in the United States, behind Marvel Comics, Marvel, DC Comics, DC, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse, and Image Comics, ahead of other comic book publishers such as Archie Comics, Archie, Boom! Studios, Boom!, Dynamite Entertainment, Dynamite, Valiant Comics, Valiant, and Oni Press. The company is known for its licensed comic book adaptations of films, television shows, video games, and Cartoon, cartoons. History 1990s Idea and Design Works (IDW) was formed in 1999 by a group of comic book managers and artists (Ted Adams, Robbie Robbins, Alex Garner, and Kris Oprisko) that first met while working at Wildstorm Productions. Each of the four was equal partners, owning 25%. When Jim Lee sold Wildstorm to DC Comics in 1999, Lee turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon B
Jonathan David Buck (born November 11, 1974) is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. His debut album ''Bonafide (Jon B. album), Bonafide'' (1995) spawned the hit singles "Pretty Girl (Jon B. song), Pretty Girl" and "Someone to Love (Jon B. song), Someone to Love" (featuring Babyface (musician), Babyface), the latter of which reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was nominated at the Grammy Awards, Grammys Awards for Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. The following year, he co-wrote the single "Say You'll Be There" for the Spice Girls. His second album ''Cool Relax'' (1997), was certified Music recording certification, platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). ''Cool Relax'' included the hit singles "Are U Still Down" (featuring Tupac Shakur) and "They Don't Know (Jon B. song), They Don't Know". His third album, ''Pleasures U Like'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Works By Sax Rohmer
Sax Rohmer (pseudonym of Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward; 1883–1959) was a British writer of songs sketches, plays and stories. Born in Birmingham to Irish immigrant parents, the family moved to London in about 1886, where Rohmer was schooled. His formal education finished in 1901, following the death of his alcoholic mother. After attempting careers in the Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil service, as well as the banking, journalism and gas industries, Rohmer began writing comic songs, monologues and sketches for music hall performers, including Little Tich and George Robey. Rohmer's first book was ''Pause!'', a series of sketches conceived by Robey and written by Rohmer, which was published anonymously in 1910; his second book was the Ghostwriter, ghost-written biography of Little Tich, published with Tich's real name, Harry Relph. In 1913 ''The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu'' was published, a novel that introduced Dr. Fu Manchu, described by Rohmer as "the yellow peril incarn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including websites, Application software, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. The Archive also advocates a Information wants to be free, free and open Internet. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge". The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive also oversees numerous Internet Archive#Book collections, book digitization projects, collectively one of the world's largest book digitization efforts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
