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''Heavy Metal'' is an American science fantasy comics magazine, first published in 1977. The magazine is known primarily for its blend of dark fantasy, science fiction, erotica, and steampunk comics. Following a brief hiatus in 2023, it plans to relaunch in 2024 with new owners and a new editorial team consisting of Dave Kelly, Frank Forte, and Chris Thompson. Unlike the traditional American comic books of that time bound by the restrictive Comics Code Authority, the magazine-format ''Heavy Metal'' featured explicit nudity, sexual situations, and graphic violence. The magazine started out primarily as a licensed translation of the French science-fantasy magazine ''Métal hurlant'', marking for many Americans their first introduction to the work of European cartoonists like Enki Bilal, Philippe Caza, Guido Crepax, Philippe Druillet, Jean-Claude Forest, Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Moebius), Chantal Montellier, and Milo Manara. Publication history National Lampoon After a 1975 European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Kelly (writer)
Seán Kelly (July 22, 1940 – July 11, 2022) was a Canadian humorist and writer. Biography Sean was born on a farm in Cushing, Quebec, on July 22, 1940. After graduating from Loyola College he worked as a radio actor, advertising copywriter, schoolteacher and on a quiz show. In 1967, he co-wrote ''Expo Inside Out'', a bestselling but highly unofficial guide to the Montreal World's Fair. In 1972, he migrated to New York City to co-write the infamous off-Broadway mock rock musical ''Lemmings.'' He received the Drama Desk Award for his lyrics. He worked at '' National Lampoon'' from 1971 until 1978, becoming an editor and later co-editor-in-chief in 1975. While at the ''National Lampoon'', he co-wrote with Michel Choquette the satirical comic strip ''Son-O-God'', about "a WASP superhero who fights Catholicism", illustrated by Neal Adams. In 1977, Kelly was a founding editor of the "adult fantasy magazine" '' Heavy Metal'' (which was published by National Lampoon), lasting as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enki Bilal
Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilal; born 7 October 1951) is a French comic book creator and film director. Biography Early life Bilal was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, to a Czech mother, Ana, who came to Belgrade as child from Karlovy Vary, and a Bosnian Muslim father, Muhamed Hamo Bilal, from Ljubuški, who had been Josip Broz Tito's tailor. When he was five years old, his father managed to take a trip and stay in Paris as a political émigré. Enki and the rest of the family, his mother Ana and sister Enisa, stayed in Yugoslavia, and four years later they followed. Enki Bilal has no sense of belonging to any ethnic group and religion, nor is he obsessed with soil and roots. He said in one interview: "I also feel Bosnian by my father's origin, a Serb by my place of birth and a Croat by my relationship with a certain one to my childhood friends, not to mention my other Czech half, who I am inherited from mother". Education and career At age 14, he met René Goscinny an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaughn Bodē
Vaughn Bodē (; July 22, 1941 – July 18, 1975) was an American underground comics, underground cartoonist and illustrator known for his character Cheech Wizard and his artwork depicting voluptuous women. A contemporary of Ralph Bakshi, Bodē has been credited as an influence on Bakshi's animated films ''Wizards (film), Wizards'' and ''The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), The Lord of the Rings''. Bodē has a huge following among graffiti artists, with his characters remaining a popular subject. Bodē was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame for comics artists in 2006. Career He was born Vaughn Bode on July 22, 1941. In 1963, at age 21, and while living in Utica, New York, Bodē self-published ''Das Kämpf'', considered one of the first underground comic books. Created after Bodē's stint in the U.S. Army, ''Das Kampf'' has been called "a war-themed spoof on Charles Schulz's 1962 book ''Happiness Is a Warm Puppy''." With money borrowed from his brother Vincent, Bodē ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Dionnet
Jean-Pierre Dionnet (; born 25 November 1947) is a French comics writer and TV presenter. He has also worked as an editor-in-chief (in ''Métal Hurlant''), journalist, editor, film producer/distributor, and blogger. He was the co-founder of the comics magazine ''Métal Hurlant'' in 1974. His works include '' Exterminateur 17'', with art by Enki Bilal. Biography Jean-Pierre Dionnet was born on 25 November 1947 in Paris, and at that time there was still rationing, so he spent the first five years in the Creuse. He fell behind in school and focused solely on his goal of working in comics. While pursuing his dream of becoming a comics writer, he worked as a broker on the weekend, and he was also a bookstore clerk in the first rendition of Futuropolis. In the year of 1968, Jean-Pierre Dionnet began working for Pilote where he wrote scripts for Jean Solé, Yves Got, Philippe Druillet, Moebius, Annie Goetzinger, and Enki Bilal Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilal; born 7 October 1951) is a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Humanoïdes Associés
Les Humanoïdes Associés (or Humanoids) is a French- American publishing house specializing in comics and graphic novels, founded in December 1974 by comic artists Mœbius, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet, and financial director Bernard Farkas. Its initial goal was to publish the magazine '' Métal hurlant,'' which focused on science fiction. It later expanded to include works from other comic book genres. Considered revolutionary in the comic book form at the time, chiefly due to its focus on the science fiction genre, the work found in Humanoïdes inspired many generations of authors and filmmakers. History ''Métal Hurlant'' and early works In December 1974, critic and scriptwriter Jean-Pierre Dionnet, writer-artists Philippe Druillet and Mœbius, along with businessman Bernard Farkas, decided to create ''Les Humanoïdes Associés'' in order to publish a quarterly science-fiction magazine. The first issue of ''Métal hurlant'' was published in January 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Hendra
Anthony Christopher Hendra (10 July 1941 – 4 March 2021) was an English satirist and writer who worked mostly in the United States. He was probably best known for being the head writer and co-producer in 1984 of the first six shows of the long-running British satirical television series '' Spitting Image'' and for starring in the film '' This Is Spinal Tap'' as the band's manager Ian Faith. Early life and education Hendra was born in Hertfordshire. His surname is Cornish, and he also had Irish ancestry. Educated at St Albans School (where he was a classmate of Stephen Hawking) and at St John's College, Cambridge, he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights revue in 1962, alongside John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor. Comedy performer In 1964, Hendra moved to America, with actor and comedian Nick Ullett. For the next five years they worked successfully as a comedy team, appearing at the Cafe Au Go Go in New York with Lenny Bruce, at the hungry i i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milo Manara
Maurilio Manara (; born 12 September 1945), known professionally as Milo Manara, is an Italian comic book writer and artist. Career After architecture and painting studies, he made his comics debut in 1969 drawing for ''Genius'', a fumetti neri series of pocket books from publisher Furio Vanio in the wake of the popularity of '' Kriminal'' and '' Satanik''. In 1970, he illustrated for the magazine ''Terror'', and starting in 1971 drew the erotic series ''Jolanda de Almaviva'' written by Francisco Rubino, issued in small format by publisher Erregi. Joining the youth magazine ', he worked with Rubino, Carlo Barbieri, Mino Milani and Silverio Pisú. With Pisú Manara launched the publications ' and ' in 1974 and the series ', and with writer Mino Milani the series ' in 1975. Manara and Pisú later went on to publish ''Lo Scimmiotto'' (''The Ape'') along the story of the Chinese Monkey King in '' Alter Linus'' in 1976, and with Alfredo Castelli, ''L'Uomo delle Nevi'' (''The Snowma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantal Montellier
Chantal Montellier, born on August 1, 1947, in Bouthéon near Saint-Étienne in the Loire Department, is a French comics creator and artist, editorial cartoonist, novelist, and painter. As the first female editorial cartoonist in France, she is noted for pioneering women's involvement in comic books. Career Chantal Montellier studied at the École Supérieure d'Art et Design Saint-Étienne from 1962 to 1969. From 1969 to 1973, she was a professor of visual arts in colleges and high schools. From 1989 to 1993, she taught courses at Paris 8 University. Starting in 1972, she worked as an editorial cartoonist for ''Combat syndicaliste'', '' Politis'', ''Maintenant'', '' L'Humanité'', ''L'Autre Journal'', '' Marianne'', ''France nouvelle'', and ''Révolution'', among others, at a time when she was the only woman exercising her talents in the male-dominated field of work. As a comics creator, she contributed notably at '' Charlie Mensuel'', '' Métal Hurlant'', ', '' (À suivre)' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian comics, Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim predominantly under the pseudonym Mœbius (; ) for his fantasy/science-fiction work, and to a slightly lesser extent as Gir (), which he used for the ''Blueberry (comics), Blueberry'' series and his other Western (genre), Western-themed work. Esteemed by Federico Fellini, Stan Lee, and Hayao Miyazaki, among others,Screech, Matthew. 2005. "Moebius/Jean Giraud: ''Nouveau Réalisme'' and Science fiction". In Libbie McQuillan (ed.) ''The Francophone bande dessinée''. Rodopi. p. 1 he has been described as the most influential ''bande dessinée'' artist after Hergé. His most famous body of work as Gir concerns the ''Blueberry'' series, created with writer Jean-Michel Charlier, featuring one of the first antiheroes in Western comics, and which is parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Forest
Jean-Claude Forest (11 September 1930 – 30 December 1998) was a French writer and illustrator of comics and the creator of character Barbarella. Biography Jean-Claude Forest was born in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, a Paris suburb and graduated from the Paris School of Design in the early 1950s and immediately began working as an illustrator. While at the Paris School of Design Forest drew his first comic strip, ''Flèche Noire'' (The Black Arrow). After creating ''Le Vaisseau Hanté'' (The Ghost Ship) he illustrated several issues of ''Charlot'', a popular French comic book series loosely based on Charlie Chaplin. Forest eventually became the premier cover artist of French publisher Gallimard's leading French science-fiction paperback imprint, ''Le Rayon Fantastique'', also drawing covers for numerous French newspapers and magazines including '' France Soir''. Together with renowned film director Alain Resnais, Forest was one of the founders of the French Comic-Strip Club in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
