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Northlanders
''Northlanders'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics under their Vertigo imprint. The stories are fictional but set in and around historical events during the Viking Age. ''Northlanders'' is written by Brian Wood, illustrated by various artists on a per storyline basis, and with painted cover art by Massimo Carnevale. The first issue of the series was published on December 5, 2007. The series was canceled by Vertigo on April 11, 2012, at issue #50. Plot ''Northlanders'' alternates long and short story arcs, each of which deals with a different protagonist in a different time period within the Viking Age. The first story arc, "Sven the Returned", runs through issues #1–8 and is set in A.D. 980. It follows a self-exiled Viking warrior named Sven who has been serving in the Byzantine Varangian Guard, and is now returning to his birth region in the Orkney Islands in order to reclaim his rightful inheritance. The second arc, "Lindisfarne", runs through issues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wood (illustrator)
Brian Wood (born January 29, 1972) is an American writer, illustrator, and graphic designer, known for his work in comic books, television and video games. His noted comic book work includes the series ''DMZ (DC Comics), DMZ'', ''Demo (comics), Demo'', ''Northlanders (comics), Northlanders'', ''The Massive (comics), The Massive, X-Men, Marvel Comics' The X-Men'', and ''Star Wars.'' His web series work includes adaptations of his own short stories from the comics series ''The Massive (comics), The Massive'' and ''Conan the Barbarian'' for ''Geek & Sundry'' and YouTube'','' and his video game work includes three years on staff at Rockstar Games, co-writing ''1979 Revolution: Black Friday'' and story contributions to ''Aliens: Fireteam Elite.'' His television work includes pilot scripts for AMC (TV channel), AMC'','' Amazon Studios'','' and Sonar Entertainment. He is a contributing writer on HBO Max's ''DMZ (miniseries), DMZ'' adaptation of his own work. Wood's work is well known for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leandro Fernández (artist)
Leandro Fernández was born in Casilda, Argentina, in 1973. He is an Argentine comic book artist, known for his work on various Marvel, Image, and Vertigo comic book titles. Career In the early 2000s, Fernández was best known for providing the art for ''The Incredible Hulk'', ''Wolverine'' and '' Spider-Man: Tangled Web'' series, as well as the "Operation: Crystal Ball" story arc of the Oni Press publication '' Queen & Country'', written by Greg Rucka. In 2003, ''Queen & Country'' #8–12: "Operation: Crystal Ball" was nominated for the "Best Serialized Story" Eisner Award. The ''Publishers Weekly'' review of the ''Queen & Country: Volume 3: Operation: Crystal Ball'' trade paperback stated that "this book's pleasure lies in following the chase's twists and turns. Rucka and Fernandez accomplish this almost as well as any novel or film of the genre". Between 2005 and 2007, Fernández illustrated several nonconsecutive story arcs for the ''Punisher Marvel MAX Series'', written by G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Kelly (comics)
Ryan Kelly (born January 29, 1976) is an American comic book artist, known for his work on books such as ''Lucifer'' and ''Local''. Career In 1998, Kelly graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design where he studied under comic book artist Peter Gross. He began illustrating for magazines and newspapers before obtaining commissions for comic book illustration. He worked with Gross on the DC Comics series ''Lucifer'' and ''The Books of Magic'', both under the Vertigo imprint. From 2000 to 2007, he was part of the MCAD staff, teaching classes on Comic Book creation and illustration. In 2004, he illustrated the political satire ''Giant Robot Warriors'' He illustrated the entire twelve issue run of the Oni Press comics series ''Local'', written by Brian Wood, a story arc ("The Cross + the Hammer") for Wood's ''Northlanders'', and the DC/Vertigo ongoing series Saucer Country by Paul Cornell. In 2020, he pencilled the Stranger Things tie-in comic miniseries ''Stranger T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Staples
Fiona Staples is a Canadian comic book artist known for her work on books such as ''North 40'', ''DV8, DV8: Gods and Monsters'', ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'', ''Archie (comic book), Archie'', and ''Saga (comic book), Saga''. She has been described as one of the best artists working in the industry today.Salvatore, Brian (July 20, 2012)"Review: Saga #5". Multiversity Comics. She has won multiple Eisner Awards, Eisner and Harvey Awards. Early life Staples was born in Calgary, Alberta. She attended the Alberta College of Art and Design. Books that have had a seminal impact upon Staples include ''The Princess and the Goblin'' by George MacDonald, ''Dragon of the Lost Sea'' series by Laurence Yep, the ''Redwall'' series by Brian Jacques, and ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' books by C. S. Lewis.Uzumeri, David (March 14, 2012)"'Saga': Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Bring a Stellar Sci-Fi Comic Into the World". ComicsAlliance. Career Staples's first published work was "Amphibious Nightmare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Gane
Simon Gane is a British artist from Bath known for his work in the comic book field. Gane grew up influenced by the comics of Hergé and Jacques Tardi.Spurgeon, Tom"CR Holiday Interview #3: Simon Gane,"''Comics Reporter'' (17 December 2007). He attended art school in the U.K. Later comics influences included Christophe Blain and Joann Sfar, as well as the minicomics of Tom Hart, David Lasky, and Adrian Tomine. Gane's work was first published in his "self-produced punk fanzine, ''Arnie'', and various minicomics before being collected in ''Punk Strips''" ( Slab-O-Concrete, 2000). His first work published in the United States came in 2004 with Eureka Productions in ''Graphic Classics #9: Robert Louis Stevenson'', and the kids' Godzilla comic, ''All Flee!'' (Top Shelf Productions). After illustrating the five-issue comic ''Paris'', written by fellow Englishman Andi Watson and published by Slave Labor Graphics, Gane found a home with Vertigo Comics, first with '' The Vinyl Undergro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Comics
Notable events of 2007 in comics. Events January *January 10: '' Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator'' released. * January 16: Dutch cartoonist Willem wins the Inktspotprijs for ''Best Political Cartoon''. *January 24: '' The Boys'' is canceled with issue #6. *'' Red menace'' by Jerry Ordway and Adam Brody (Wildstorm) * ''Batman/The spirit'' by Jeph Loeb (DC Comics) *'' Bullet points'' by J. Michael Straczynski and Tommy Lee Edwards (Marvel) *'' The order of the stones'' by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Meziéres, 30th album of the '' Valerian'' series (Dargaud). February *February 2: Newsarama reports that '' The Boys'' has been picked up by Dynamite Entertainment. * February 5: Gerben Valkema's comic strip ''Elsje'' (''Lizzy'' in English) makes its debut. *February 7: '' The dark tower: The gunslinger born'' by Peter David and Jae Lee (Marvel) *February 28: Release of '' 2000 AD'' prog #1526. This is the 30th anniversary issue and will see the start of three new stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Ormston
Dean Ormston is a British born comic book artist. His most notable work has been for the British comic '' 2000 AD'' and for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Biography Ormston was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England and earned a degree in art and illustration at Leeds University sometime around the mid-1980s. For the following few years he spent his time between playing the drums in various bands, some of which released singles and compilation album tracks (The Silent Scream, The second Coming, This Colossal Youth) and working part-time in a Sheffield comic-book shop with fellow budding artists Nick Percival, Greg Staples and filmmaker Lee Ford. Sometime in 1990 he moved into working full-time as an artist working mainly for ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. Ormston's dark, thick paints were seen in action on the ''Judge Dredd'' strip on numerous occasions, most notably in the ''Judgement Day'' and ''Raptaur'' storylines. For the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' Ormston also created, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilis Lolos
Vasilis Lolos (Greek: Βασίλης Λώλος) is a Greek comic book artist known for his work on '' The Pirates of Coney Island'' for Image and '' 5'', a self-published multi-national anthology. He also assisted My Chemical Romance in designing some of the elements for their '' Danger Days/Killjoys'' phase. Bibliography Interior comic work includes: *'' Omikron ROM-Zine'' (script and art, self-published DVD/CD-Rom and comic zine, 2002–2003) *'' 9'' (script and art, a weekly comics anthology supplement for '' Ελευθεροτυπία'' newspaper): ** "The Freakshow" (2003) ** "DeathPop" (2003–2004) ** "Cyberpink" (2004) *'' Γεννήτρια'' (script and art, graphic novel, Giganto Books, 2004) *'' SUBart'' vol. 2 #2-3 (of 4 produced) (script and art, anthology, Giganto Books, 2004) *'' GIN 474'' #0: "ZomgZ" (script and art, self-published anthology with Vasilis Bibas and Ilias Kyriazis, 2005) *''Flight Volume 2'': "Heads Up" (co-writer, script and art by Becky Cloonan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becky Cloonan
Becky Cloonan (born 23 June) is an American comic book creator, known for work published by Tokyopop and Vertigo. In 2012 she became the first female artist to draw the main ''Batman'' title for DC Comics.Beck, Laura (February 8, 2013)"Meet the First Lady to Draw Batman Since His Inception in 1939". Jezebel. Early life Becky Cloonan was born in Pisa, Italy. She attended New York's School of Visual Arts. Career Cloonan and her friends produced a comics anthology that they called ''Meathaus''. Cloonan created minicomics as a member of the ''Meathaus'' collective before collaborating with Brian Wood on ''Channel Zero: Jennie One'' in 2003. Since then, her profile (and workload) has steadily risen; her best-known work to date has been the twelve-issue comics series '' Demo'' (2004), also with Wood. '' Wizard'' named ''Demo'' its 2004 Indie of the Year. The series was also nominated for two Eisner Awards in 2005, for Best Limited Series and Best Single Issue or One-Shot (the latter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave McCaig
Dave McCaig (born December 6, 1971, in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian artist and colourist who also works in the animation industry. He has worked on comics including '' Adam Strange'', ''X-Men'', ''Star Wars'', '' Superman: Birthright'', '' The Matrix Comics'', ''Nextwave'', ''New Avengers'', '' Northlanders'', ''American Vampire'', and ''Nemesis''. Animation projects have included key colour design on the first three seasons of '' The Batman (2004)'' animated series at Warner Bros. and various duties on the fourth ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), D ...'' film. He won the 2008 Joe Shuster Award for Best Colorist, which was awarded for the first time that year. McCaig also runs a forum for comic book colorists and artists called Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declan Shalvey
Declan Shalvey (born 11 January 1982) is an Irish comics artist and writer. He has worked for Marvel Comics, drawing titles like ''Moon Knight'', '' Thunderbolts'' and ''Deadpool''. For Image Comics, he has collaborated with writer Warren Ellis on science fiction series ''Injection'', and written crime comics set in Ireland, including ''Savage Town'', with artist Philip Barrett, and ''Bog Bodies'', with artist Gavin Fullerton. Biography Shalvey was born on 11 January 1982 in Dublin, and grew up in Ennis, County Clare, where he was educated at Rice College and St. Flannan's College secondary schools. He studied Fine Art Printmaking at Limerick School of Art and Design. He started his career in independent comics in Ireland and the UK. He made his debut with the superhero comic '' Hero Killers'', written by Andy Winter, which won an Eagle Award for "Favourite Black and White British Comicbook" in 2006. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Carnevale
Massimo Carnevale (born 1967) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator, most famous for creating covers for comic books. Career Born in Rome, Massimo Carnevale started his career at ''Cioè'' and ''Tattilo'' in 1987, going on to join the artist team at Eura Editoriale. He published his first cover for the weekly magazine '' Skorpio'' in 1990. Carnevale created many of the covers for the '' Y: The Last Man'' series, published by DC Comics, under the label Vertigo Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when they are not. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. It may be associated with nausea, vomiting, perspira .... Retrieved on 2015-02-22. References Ex ...
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