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Murphyverse
The Murphyverse is the unofficial name given to a Line (comics), line of American comic books created by writer/artist Sean Murphy (artist), Sean Murphy, and published by DC Comics under its DC Black Label, Black Label imprint. Development Following the critical and commercial success of ''Batman: White Knight'' (2017–18) and its sequels ''Batman: Curse of the White Knight'' (2019–20) and ''Batman: Beyond the White Knight'' (2022-23) — three Limited series (comics), limited series created by Sean Murphy (artist), Sean Murphy — DC Comics was reportedly interested in creating a comic book Line (comics), line centered around Murphy's works, with him overseeing the making of each comic as they are developed by different creative teams and then published by DC under its DC Black Label, Black Label imprint. Although it currently does not have an official name, the line is commonly referred to as the "Murphyverse". In revealing vision for the Murphyverse, Murphy laid out six r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Murphy (artist)
Sean Gordon Murphy (born 1980) is an American comic book writer and artist known for work on books such as '' Joe the Barbarian'' with Grant Morrison, ''Chrononauts'' with Mark Millar, '' American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest'' and ''The Wake'' with Scott Snyder, '' Tokyo Ghost'' with Rick Remender, and the miniseries '' Punk Rock Jesus''. He is also the creator of the Murphyverse, a collection of stories about Batman that is separate from the main DC Universe. Murphyverse titles include '' Batman: White Knight'' and its sequels '' Curse of the White Knight'' and '' Beyond the White Knight'', which Murphy wrote and illustrated. Early life Sean Gordon Murphy was born in Nashua, New Hampshire in late 1980. He showed an interest in comics during grade school. In Salem he apprenticed to local painter and cartoonist, Leslie Swank. He graduated from Pinkerton Academy in 1999, and attended Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, and then Savannah College of Art and Design.2012 el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curse Of The White Knight
''Batman: White Knight'' is an American comic book published by DC Comics. The eight-issue limited series, written and illustrated by Sean Murphy, began monthly publication in October 2017 and concluded in May 2018. In the series, the Joker is seemingly cured of his madness and sets out to become a politician under his real name of Jack Napier, seeking to change his public image as a "villain" and save Gotham City from Batman, whom he views as the real enemy of the city. A sequel titled '' Batman: Curse of the White Knight'' ran from July 24, 2019 to March 25, 2020. A second sequel, '' Batman: Beyond the White Knight'', began publication on March 29, 2022 and concluded on February 14, 2023. Plot Batman, Batgirl and Nightwing pursue the Joker in a reckless high-speed chase through Gotham City, causing significant property damage and nearly killing multiple bystanders. Batman eventually corners the Joker and chases him on foot into a pharmaceutical warehouse. He beats the Jok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Black Label
DC Black Label (also referred to simply as Black Label) is an imprint of American comic book publisher DC Comics consisting of original miniseries and reprints of books previously published under other imprints. The imprint intends to present traditional DC Universe characters for a mature audience with stand-alone Prestige Format series. The first title of the imprint, '' Batman: Damned'', was released on September 19, 2018. Publication history Single issues of comic books that are issued under the ''Black Label'' line will be published in Prestige Format. If a comic book series exceeds a miniseries run length, it will be published in standard format. All series are eventually collected in hardcover format. Black Label was launched in September 2018. Black Label is designed for writers and artists to create more adult oriented/"edgy" stories, without having to follow the rules of continuity and age ratings. With the discontinuation of DC's Vertigo imprint, new and current se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featured Titles
Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature recognition, could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (machine learning), in statistics: individual measurable properties of the phenomena being observed * Software feature, a distinguishing characteristic of a software program Science and analysis * Feature data, in geographic information systems, comprise information about an entity with a geographic location * Features, in audio signal processing, an aim to capture specific aspects of audio signals in a numeric way * Feature (archaeology), any dug, built, or dumped evidence of human activity Media * Feature film, a film with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole film to fill a program ** Feature length, the standardized length of such films * Feature story, a piece of non-fiction writing about news * Radio documentary (feature), a radio program devoted to covering a particular topic in so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Hollingsworth
Matt Hollingsworth (born 1968, in California) is an American comic book colorist. As of 2023, he was continuing to color comics for Marvel including such notable titles as Guardian of the Galaxy, Punisher and Doctor Strange. He lives in Croatia. Biography Hollingsworth graduated from The Kubert School in 1991 and began getting regular work from Marvel Comics and DC Comics. In 1993, he was hired to the Dark Horse Comics staff as head of the painted art department. After a year, he returned to freelance work and helped launch the award-winning ''Preacher'' from DC's Vertigo imprint. He has worked on many titles for DC/Vertigo, Marvel, and others, including ''Catwoman'', ''Batman'', '' Daredevil'' and '' Alias''. He won an Eisner Award for Best Colorist/Coloring in 1997, for work on several comics including '' Death: The High Cost of Living''. He was nominated in 2004 for ''Catwoman''. In 2006, he provided the colors of the '' Eternals'' book written by Neil Gaiman and pencille ... [...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] |
Ultimate Marvel
Ultimate Marvel, later known as Ultimate Comics, was an imprint of comic books published by Marvel Comics, featuring reimagined and modernized versions of the company's superhero characters from the Ultimate Marvel Universe, later known as the Ultimate Universe. Those characters include Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Ultimates (the Ultimate Marvel Universe counterpart of the Avengers), the Fantastic Four, and others. The imprint was launched in 2000 with the publication of the series ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' and '' Ultimate X-Men'' in 2001, followed by '' The Ultimates'' and '' Ultimate Fantastic Four'' in 2002 and 2004 respectively providing new origin stories for the characters. The reality of Ultimate Marvel is designated as Earth-1610 as part of the Marvel Comics Multiverse. The Ultimate Universe, as a part of a large-scale reboot of the All-New, All-Different Marvel Multiverse, ended at the conclusion of the 2015 "Secret Wars" storyline, when select characters from the Ulti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotham City
Gotham City ( ), or simply Gotham, is a fictional city in the Northeastern United States that serves as the primary city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. It is best known as the home of the superhero Batman and his List of Batman supporting characters#Bat-Family, allies and List of Batman family enemies, foes. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane, the city was first identified as Batman's place of residence in ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' #4 (December 1940) and has since been the primary setting for stories featuring the character. In most of its incarnations, Gotham is depicted as one of the most crime-ridden cities in the world. Gotham City is traditionally depicted as being located in the U.S. state of New Jersey.''Amazing World of DC Comics'' #14, March 1977. DC Comics.''World's Finest Comics'' #259, October–November 1979. DC Comics.''Detective Comics'' #503 June 1983. DC Comics.''Atlas of the DC Universe'', 1990. DC Comics.''Batman: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
