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Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson (born November 20, 1966) is an American comics artist, illustrator and writer who has worked for stage, film, and television. Well known for her work on Neil Gaiman's ''The Sandman (Vertigo), The Sandman'' characters and her own ''Scary Godmother'' series, she has worked on ''The Invisibles'', ''Swamp Thing'', and ''Wonder Woman'' as well. Early life Thompson attended The American Academy of Art in Chicago, graduating in 1987 with a degree in Illustration and Watercolor.''Rockford Register Star'' staff. (November 7, 2005). "Meet a couple of comic book creators". ''The Rockford Register Star''. p. 1E Career Jill Thompson began her comics career working for such publishers as First Comics and Now Comics in the 1980s. She became the artist of DC Comics' ''Wonder Woman'' series in 1990. Her work on the "Chalk Drawings" story in ''Wonder Woman'' #46 (Sept. 1990) drew praise from writer George Pérez who stated "It was a good, quiet story, and I think Jill and I worked re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to comics, Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, Film, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006. With an attendance of 200,000 in 2022, it is North America's most attended fan convention. The New York Comic Con is a for-profit event produced and managed by ReedPop, a division of Reed Exhibitions, RX and Reed Elsevier, and is not affiliated with the long running non-profit San Diego Comic-Con, nor the Big Apple Comic Con, Big Apple Convention, later known as the Big Apple Comic-Con, owned by Wizard Entertainment. History Previous conventions in New York The first recorded "official" comic book convention occurred in 1964 in New York City. Known as the "New York Comicon",Ballman"The 1964 New York Comicon: The True Story Behind the World's First Comic Book Convention (The 1960s: The Silver Age of Comic Conventions) (Volume 1)"/ref>History Channel"Superheroes Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TwoMorrows Publishing
TwoMorrows Publishing is a publisher of magazines about comic books, founded in 1994 by John and Pam Morrow out of their small advertising agency in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Its products also include books and DVDs. List of magazines TwoMorrows publishes the following magazines: * ''Alter Ego'' * ''Back Issue!'' * ''BrickJournal''TwoMorrows Publishing website - magazines webpage Retrieved September 20, 2021. * ''Comic Book Creator'' * '' Draw!'' * ''Jack Kirby Collector'' * ''RetroFan'' Defunct magazines include * '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Boy Detectives
The Dead Boy Detectives are a fictional supernatural detective duo who have appeared in comic books published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. They were created by writer Neil Gaiman and artists Matt Wagner and Malcolm Jones III in '' The Sandman'' #25 (April 1991). The characters are the ghosts of two dead children, Charles Rowland and Edwin Payne, who, rather than enter the afterlife, stay on Earth to become detectives investigating supernatural crimes. Sebastian Croft and Ty Tennant portray Rowland and Payne in the third season of the HBO Max series ''Doom Patrol''. George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri portray the characters in the eponymous Netflix series. Publication history The characters were created by Gaiman and Wagner during the " Season of Mists" storyline in ''Sandman'' #25. In this story their origin is given as the two characters meet for the first time. The story and characters are a macabre spin on two genres of British children's fiction - boarding school litera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Endless Storybook
''The Little Endless Storybook'' is a picture book by Jill Thompson published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. It features the popular Endless characters from Neil Gaiman's '' The Sandman'' comic book reimagined as toddlers. A second Little Endless Storybook, titled ''Delirium's Party'', was released in 2011. Plot The story involves Barnabas, Destruction's dog on strict orders to watch over Delirium, looking for Delirium after she disappears. He visits each of the Endless in turn to see if they've seen Delirium, but none of them have any clue where she is. At the end, Barnabas finally finds her by collecting all of the sigils of each of the Endless and conjuring her. Inspiration and history In the short history included in the 2004 hardcover edition of the book, Jill Thompson states that the idea of depicting the Endless as children came from a passage Neil Gaiman had written for the Sandman story, "Parliament of Rooks", where one character relates a story about when Death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Season Of Mists
''Season of Mists'' is a 1990–1991 American eight-part comic and the fourth collection of issues in the DC Comics' '' The Sandman'' series. It collects issues #21–28. It was written by Neil Gaiman; illustrated by Kelley Jones, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Matt Wagner, Dick Giordano, George Pratt, and P. Craig Russell; coloured by Steve Oliff and Daniel Vozzo; and lettered by Todd Klein. In 2004 this collection received the award for the best scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. It is preceded by ''Dream Country'' and followed by '' A Game of You''. Overview The issues in the collection first appeared in 1990 and 1991. The collection first appeared in paperback and hardback in 1992 with an introduction by Harlan Ellison. The title is the opening phrase of John Keats' " To Autumn". It was preceded by '' Dream Country'' and was followed by '' A Game of You''. The 2003 graphic novel '' Death: At Death's Door'' and ''Dead Boy Detectives'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time (magazine)
''Time'' (stylized in all caps as ''TIME'') is an American news magazine based in New York City. It was published Weekly newspaper, weekly for nearly a century. Starting in March 2020, it transitioned to every other week. It was first published in New York City on March 3, 1923, and for many years it was run by its influential co-founder, Henry Luce. A European edition (''Time Europe'', formerly known as ''Time Atlantic'') is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa, and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (''Time Asia'') is based in Hong Kong. The South Pacific edition, which covers Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney. Since 2018, ''Time'' has been owned by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff, who acquired it from Meredith Corporation. Benioff currently publishes the magazine through the company Time USA, LLC. History 20th century ''Time'' has been based in New York City since its first issue published on March 3, 1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At Death's Door
AT or at may refer to: Geography Austria * Austria (ISO 2-letter country code) * .at, Internet country code top-level domain United States * Atchison County, Kansas (county code) * The Appalachian Trail (A.T.), a 2,180+ mile long mountainous trail in the Eastern United States Elsewhere * Antigua and Barbuda, World Meteorological Organization country code * Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code, and obsolete NATO country code) * At, Bihar, village in Aurangabad district of Bihar, India * Province of Asti, Italy (ISO 3166-2:IT code) * Australia, LOC MARC code Politics * Awami Tahreek a left-wing Pakistani political party Science and technology Computing * @ (or "at sign"), the punctuation symbol now typically used in e-mail addresses and tweets) * at (command), used to schedule tasks or other commands to be performed or run at a certain time * IBM Personal Computer/AT ** AT (form factor) for motherboards and computer cases ** AT connector, a five-pin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in Japan. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ( and ), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazines (also known as manga anthologies) in Japan (equivale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar And Spike
''Sugar and Spike'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1956 through 1971, named after its main protagonists. The series was created, written, and drawn by Sheldon Mayer. Publication history The series was launched in 1956 along with another Sheldon Mayer creation '' The Three Mouseketeers'', and it was supervised by Larry Nadle, who edited DC's humor line until his death in 1963. The ''Sugar & Spike'' series had 98 issues published in the United States through 1971, when due to Mayer's failing eyesight that limited his drawing ability, the series was canceled. Later, after cataract surgery restored his eyesight, Mayer returned to writing and drawing ''Sugar and Spike'' stories, continuing to do so until his death in 1991; these stories appeared in overseas markets and only a few have been reprinted in the United States. The American reprints appeared in the digest sized comics series ''The Best of DC'' #29, 41, 47, 58, 65, and 68. In 1992, ''Sugar and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endless (comics)
The Endless are a family of cosmic beings who appear in American comic books published by DC Comics. The members of the family are: Death, Delirium, Desire, Despair, Destiny, Destruction and Dream. The Endless characters were created by Neil Gaiman and loosely based on the Chthonic gods and children of the goddess Nyx of Greek mythology. They first appeared in the comic book series ''The Sandman'' (1989–1996). They embody forces of nature in the DC Universe. They are depicted as among the most powerful beings in the world of these characters, and are distinct in this universe from gods, which are created by mortal belief. The character Dream is the protagonist of ''The Sandman'' series, but all the Endless beings play major roles. The Endless are a dysfunctional family of seven siblings. They appear in different forms but are most often depicted as having very white skin and black hair, with the exception of redheads Delirium and Destruction. Their appearance often change ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream (comics)
Dream of the Endless is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic personification who first appeared in the first issue of '' The Sandman'', written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. One of the seven Endless, who are inconceivably powerful beings older and greater than gods, Dream is both lord and personification of all dreams and stories, and all that is not in reality (which, in turn, Dream may define by his existence). He has taken many names, including '' Morpheus'', '' Oneiros'', ''Kai'ckul'', and the ''Sandman'', and his appearance can change depending on the person who is seeing him. Dream was named the sixth-greatest comic book character by ''Empire''. He was also named fifteenth in IGN's 100 Top Comic Book Heroes list. After the events of '' The Sandman: The Kindly Ones'' that led to Dream's death at the hands of the Furies, Daniel Hall becomes the new Dream. Tom Sturridge is the principal actor portraying Dream in the television series '' The Sandman'' on Netf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death (DC Comics)
Death of the Endless is a fictional character, a Personifications of death, personification of death who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandman'' vol. 2, #8 (August 1989) and was created by Neil Gaiman and Mike Dringenberg. In the DC Universe continuity, Death is both the end of life and a psychopomp. Like most personifications of death, Death meets with the recently deceased and guides them into their new existence. Unlike most personifications of death, she also visits people as they are born, according to Destruction (DC Comics), Destruction in the ''Sandman Special: The Song of Orpheus''. Evidently, only she seems to remember these encounters. In the special issue, it is also revealed that Death was known in ancient Greece as Teleute. Physically, Death is also opposite to the traditional western culture personification of death, the Grim Reaper. In ''The Sandman'', Death instead appears as an attra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
