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Nathan Never
''Nathan Never'' is a black-and-white, science fiction Italian comics, Italian comic book, published monthly in Italy since 1991 by Sergio Bonelli Editore. It is written by Michele Medda, Antonio Serra (comics), Antonio Serra and Bepi Vigna. Artists who worked to series include Claudio Castellini, Roberto De Angelis, Dante Bastianoni, Nicola Mari, Pino Rinaldi, Giancarlo Olivares and Onofrio Catacchio. Plot The title character Nathan Never is a special agent in a semi-dystopian near future where crime-fighting is shared between the police and corporate detective agencies such as Never's employer Agenzia Alfa. Stories typically merge classic urban crime, Noir fiction, noir, and drama, with occasional forays into political thriller, survival horror, and space opera. Many issues quote classic science fiction film and literature, for example in names, locations, technology, etc. Primary sources of inspiration are ''Blade Runner'' and Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation (book series), Founda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Medda
Michele Medda (born 7 December 1962) is an Italian comics writer. Medda was born in Cagliari, Sardinia. In 1991, together with Antonio Serra (comics), Antonio Serra and Bepi Vigna, he created the science fiction series ''Nathan Never'' for Sergio Bonelli Editore. This was followed by ''Legs Weaver'' (1995-2005), set in the same fictional universe. Medda also wrote stories for ''Tex Willer, Tex'', ''Nick Raider'' and ''Dylan Dog''. References External linksOfficial website 1962 births Living people Italian comics writers People from Cagliari {{Europe-comics-creator-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Survival Horror
Survival horror is a Video game genre, subgenre of horror games. Although combat can be part of the gameplay, the player is made to feel less in control than in typical action games through limited ammunition or weapons, health, speed, and vision, or through various obstructions of the player's interaction with the game mechanics. The player is also challenged to find items that unlock the path to new areas and solve puzzles to proceed in the game. Games make use of strong horror themes, such as dark mazelike environments and Jump scare, unexpected attacks from enemies. The term "survival horror" was first used for the original Japanese release of ''Resident Evil (1996 video game), Resident Evil'' in 1996, which was influenced by earlier games with a horror theme such as 1989's ''Sweet Home (video game), Sweet Home'' and 1992's ''Alone in the Dark (1992 video game), Alone in the Dark''. The name has been used since then for games with similar gameplay and has been retroactively a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy. History The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1912 he founded ''La Sociale'' and published the first book ''AiaMadama'' together with his close friend Tommaso Monicelli and the following year, ''La Lampada'', a series of children's books. The publishing house kept working intensely even during the First World War, mainly on the publication of magazines for the troops on the front such as ''La Tradotta'', which included contributions from famous illustrators and writers such as Soffici, De Chirico and Carrà. In 1919 the publishing house headquarters were transferred to Milan. After the First World War, Mondadori launched several successful book series including '' Gialli Mondadori'' in 1929, the first example of an Italian book series dedicated to detective and crime novels, by int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Generation
Next Generation or Next-Generation may refer to: Publications and literature * ''Next Generation'' (magazine), video game magazine that was made by the now defunct Imagine Media publishing company * Next Generation poets (2004), list of young and middle-aged figures from British poetry Technology Next generation often means a new state of the art: * AMD Next Generation Microarchitecture (other), AMD products * Next Generation Air Transportation System, the Federal Aviation Administration's massive overhaul of the national airspace system * Next Generation Internet (other), various projects intended to drastically increase the speed of the Internet * Next Generation Networking, emerging computer network architectures and technologies * Next-generation lithography, lithography technology slated to replace photolithography beyond the 32 nm node * Next-Generation Secure Computing Base, software architecture designed by Microsoft * NextGen Healthcare Info ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Data (Star Trek)
Data is a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' Media franchise, franchise. He appears in the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (''TNG''), the Star Trek: Picard season 1, first and Star Trek: Picard season 3, third seasons of ''Star Trek: Picard'', and the Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5, fifth season of ''Star Trek: Lower Decks''; and the feature films ''Star Trek Generations'' (1994), ''Star Trek: First Contact, First Contact'' (1996), ''Star Trek: Insurrection, Insurrection'' (1998), and ''Star Trek: Nemesis, Nemesis'' (2002). Data is portrayed by actor Brent Spiner. Data is a Self-awareness, self-aware, sapience, sapient, Sentience, sentient and anatomically Sex organ, fully functional male Android (robot), android who serves as the Second mate, second officer and chief operations officer aboard the United Federation of Planets, Federation starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), USS ''Enterprise''-D and later the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E), USS ''Enterp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat's Eye (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1981 to 1985, with its chapters collected in 18 volumes. The story follows the adventures of the three Kisugi sisters—Hitomi, Rui, and Ai, who are formidable art thieves trying to collect all the works belonging to their missing father. The manga was made into a televised anime series of the same name originally broadcast in 1983 to 1984 on Nippon Television, with a second season in 1985. It has also received three live-action adaptations; a TV movie in 1988, a theatrical film in 1997, and a French TV series in 2024. A crossover original net animation (ONA) with ''Lupin III'' produced by TMS Entertainment, titled '' Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye'', premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2023. A new ONA adaptation produced by Liden Films is set to premiere on Disney+ in 2025. ''Cat's Eye'' is one of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump's'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien (film)
''Alien'' is a 1979 Science fiction film, science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon, based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. It follows a spaceship crew who investigate a derelict spaceship and are hunted by a Xenomorph, deadly extraterrestrial creature. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill (director), Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions and was distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script; Shusett was the executive producer. The alien creatures and environments were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while the concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the other sets. ''Alien'' premiered on May 25, 1979, the opening night of the fourth Seattle International Film Festival. It received a wide release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigourney Weaver
Susan Alexandra ( ; born October 8, 1949), better known by her stage name Sigourney Weaver, is an American actress. Prolific in film since the late 1970s, she is known for her pioneering portrayals of action heroines in Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbusters and for her various roles in independent films. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Sigourney Weaver, numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, Tony Award. Born in New York City, Weaver is the daughter of American television executive Pat Weaver and English actress Elizabeth Inglis. She made her screen debut with a minor role in the romantic comedy film ''Annie Hall'' (1977), before landing her breakthrough role as Ellen Ripley in the science fiction horror film ''Alien (film), Alien'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legs Weaver
''Legs Weaver'' is an Italian science fiction comic book published by Sergio Bonelli Editore between 1994 and 2005. Rebecca "Legs" Lawrence Weaver, the main character of the comic, first appeared as supporting character and sparring partner of Nathan Never (''Nathan Never'' #1, ''Agente Speciale Alfa'') in 1991. The main inspiration for the character were films of the Alien series and their main character Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver. Initially the setting of the series was to mimic that of the original Nathan Never series, as such it shares its characters. Its differentiating point was to be a more ironic and funny atmosphere to contrast the deep and involved scenery of Nathan Never. Initially Antonio Serra took care of the comic. He introduced a number of storylines which could be read as a parody of chauvinism versus feminism. After an intermediate period during which Stefano Piani edited the stories, in 2004 a major rework of the series went through. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foundation (book Series)
The ''Foundation'' series is a science fiction novel series written by American author Isaac Asimov. First published as a series of short stories and novellas in 1942–1950, and subsequently in three novels in 1951–1953, for nearly thirty years the series was widely known as ''The Foundation Trilogy'': '' Foundation'' (1951), ''Foundation and Empire'' (1952), and '' Second Foundation'' (1953). It won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. Asimov later added new volumes, with two sequels, '' Foundation's Edge'' (1982) and '' Foundation and Earth'' (1986), and two prequels, '' Prelude to Foundation'' (1988) and ''Forward the Foundation'' (1993). The premise of the stories is that in the waning days of a future Galactic Empire, the mathematician Hari Seldon devises the theory of psychohistory, a new and effective mathematics of sociology. Using statistical laws of mass action, it can predict the future of large populations. Seldon foresees the imminent f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
