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Ken Niimura
Ken Niimura (born October 19, 1981), is a Spanish-Japanese author of graphic novels. He is best known for works like ''I Kill Giants'', 2012 International Manga Award winner that was adapted into a I Kill Giants (film), film in 2018; and ''Umami,'' winner of the 2019 Eisner Awards, Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic. Niimura has published original work in all major comics markets (US, Europe and Japan) and his works have been translated into some 12 languages. He currently lives and works in Tokyo. Biography Early life and education Niimura was born in Madrid in 1981 to a Japanese father and a Spanish mother. He begam his training with the artist Manuela Sánchez González and would later continue his studies at the Escuela de Arte La Palma (Madrid) alongside artist such as Pepe Larraz, Esther Gili and Carlos Salgado. He holds a degree in Fine art, Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid. The Erasmus Programme allowed him the opportunity to study in the Illustra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Image Comics
Image Comics is an independent American American comic book, comic book publisher and is the third largest direct market comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry by market share. Its best-known publications include ''Spawn (comics), Spawn'', ''The Walking Dead (comic book), The Walking Dead'', ''Kick-Ass (comic book), Kick-Ass'', ''Invincible (comics), Invincible'', ''Jupiter's Legacy (comic), Jupiter's Legacy'', ''Witchblade'', ''The Maxx'', ''Savage Dragon'', ''Bone (comics), Bone'', ''Saga (comics), Saga'', ''Radiant Black'' and ''Stray Dogs (comic), Stray Dogs''. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator ownership, creator-owned properties, in which comics creators could publish material of their own creation without giving up the copyrights to those properties. Normally this is not the case in the work-for-hire-dominated American comics industry, where the legal author is a publisher, such as Marvel Comics or DC Comics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Oréal
L'Oréal S.A. () is a French multinational personal care corporation registered in ParisStatuts (PDF). ." L'Oréal. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2010. and headquartered in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine. It is the world's largest cosmetics company. History Founding In the early 20th century, Eugène Paul Louis Schueller (1881–1957), a young French chemist, developed a hair dye formula called ''Oréale''. Schueller formulated and manufactured his own products, which he sold to Parisian hairdressers. On 31 July 1909, Schueller ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Spider-Verse
''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' is a 2018 American animated superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales / Spider-Man, produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is the first animated film in the ''Spider-Man'' franchise and the first film in the ''Spider-Verse'' franchise, which is set in a shared multiverse of alternate universes called the "Spider-Verse". Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman from a screenplay by Phil Lord and Rothman, it stars Shameik Moore as Morales, alongside the voices of Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Vélez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, and Liev Schreiber. The film's story follows Miles as he becomes the new Spider-Man and joins other Spider-People from various parallel universes who team up to save New York City from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peni Parker
Peni Parker is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer and musician Gerard Way and artist Jake Wyatt, she is an alternative version of Spider-Man from an ''Evangelion''-inspired universe. Piloting a psychically-powered mech suit originally piloted by her father known as the SP//dr, partially controlled by a radioactive spider (named SP//dr) that also shares a psychic link with her, the depressed Peni has been fighting daily since she was nine years old.''Edge of Spider-Verse'' #5 (2014) Both Peni Parker and SP//dr have made limited appearances in media, with their most prominent being the animated films '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' (2018) and its sequels '' Across the Spider-Verse'' (2023) and '' Beyond the Spider-Verse'' (2027) voiced by Kimiko Glenn, and in the video game ''Marvel Rivals'' (2024) voiced by Sally Amaki. Publication history Sometime after completing work on his debut solo album ''Hesitant Alien'', f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in August 1961 with the launch of ''Fantastic Four (comic book), The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and numerous others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Wolverine (character), Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doctor Strange, Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Daredevil, Black Panther (character), Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
