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Jupiter's Circle
''Jupiter's Legacy'' is an American superhero comic book series, first published in 2013, written by Mark Millar, drawn by Frank Quitely, colored and lettered by Peter Doherty and published by Image Comics. Published as a series of eponymous limited series and interstitial prequel miniseries, it is to date the longest series that Millar had published as part of his Millarworld line of creator-owned comics, spanning an issue run three times as long as his then-most recent series, '' Supercrooks'' and ''Nemesis''. It was also the first collaboration between Millar and Quitely since their work on '' The Authority'' in 2001, and Quitely's first long-form work with a writer other than Grant Morrison. The story, which is influenced by ''Star Wars'', ''King Kong'', Roman mythology and origin stories from the Golden Age of Comics, was written as Millar's treatise on superheroes' connection to the American ideal. The first few issues of the opening story arc explore the generational con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Quitely
Vincent Patrick Deighan (born January 18, 1968), better known by the pen name Frank Quitely, is a Scottish people, Scottish comic book artist. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Grant Morrison on titles such as ''New X-Men (2001 series), New X-Men'', ''We3'', ''All-Star Superman'', and ''Batman and Robin (comic book), Batman and Robin'', as well as his work with Mark Millar on ''The Authority (comics), The Authority'' and ''Jupiter's Legacy (comic), Jupiter's Legacy''. Early life Deighan was raised in Rutherglen, although attended St. Bride's High School in East Kilbride (as his father worked there as a Physical education, PE teacher). He studied drawing at the Glasgow School of Art. Career Deighan worked up the Scottish underground comics title ''Electric Soup'' in 1990, writing and drawing ''The Greens (comics), The Greens'', a parody of ''The Broons'' strip published by D. C. Thomson & Co., D. C. Thomson. It was in working on this book that he adopted the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
