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Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
''Power Rangers'' is a comic book franchise published by Boom! Studios, based on the television series of the same name. Initially licensed through Saban Brands in 2015, the rights moved to Hasbro in 2018. Publication history 2016–2020 In June 2015, Boom! Studios and Saban Brands announced a new comic book series based on ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers''. The initial creative staff featured Kyle Higgins as the writer, Steve Orlando and Mairghread Scott as co-writers, and Hendry Prasetya and Daniel Bayliss as the artists. Monthly publications of the series started with the release of issue #0, on January 13, 2016. One month after the release of the main series, Boom! announced a spin-off series entitled ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink'', with six issues written by Brenden Fletcher, Kelly Thompson, and Daniele Di Nicuolo. This series follows a set of Kimberly Hart's adventures after she departs from being a ranger. In April 2017, Boom! announced a new series title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom! Studios
Boom! Studios (stylized as BOOM! Studios), is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher. They are headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. The company is a subsidiary of Random House division of Penguin Random House since September 2024. History 2000s Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby had been working in Hollywood with Dave Elliott and Garry Leach in 2004 to revive 1980s comic book publishing house Atomeka Press. While working with Atomeka, Richie cut a deal with Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis to publish their series '' Hero Squared,'' with the ''Hero Squared X-Tra Sized Special'' one-shot. They went on to found Boom! together in 2005. They had been helping to option comic book projects as producers, and working to develop them into films with the studios, but became increasingly frustrated with what they felt was the "tights and capes" focus of most mainstream comics companies. When Giffen was featured as a guest at the Los Angeles Comic Book and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reboot (fiction)
In serial fiction, the term "reboot" signifies a new start to an established fictional universe, work, or series. A reboot usually discards continuity to re-create its characters, plotlines and backstory from the beginning. It has been described as a way to "rebrand" or "restart an entertainment universe that has already been established". Another definition of a reboot is a remake which is part of an established film series or other media franchise. The term has been criticized for being a vague and "confusing" " buzzword", and a neologism for remake, a concept which has been losing popularity since the 2010s. William Proctor proposes that there is a distinction between reboots, remakes and retcons. Origin The term is thought to originate from the computing term '' reboot'', meaning to restart a computer system. There is a change in meaning: the computing term refers to restarting the same program unaltered, while the term discussed here refers to revising a narrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godzilla (franchise)
is a Japanese Monster movie, monster, or ''kaiju'', franchise centering on the Godzilla, titular character, a prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. The films series are recognized by the ''Guinness World Records'' as the "longest continuously running film series", having been in ongoing production since 1954, with several hiatuses of varying lengths. There are 38 ''Godzilla'' films: 33 Japanese films produced and distributed by Toho, Toho Co., Ltd., and five American films; one by TriStar Pictures and four films (part of the Monsterverse franchise) by Legendary Entertainment, Legendary Pictures. The original film, ''Godzilla (1954 film), Godzilla'', was directed by and co-written by Ishirō Honda and released by Toho in 1954. It became an influential classic of the genre. It featured political and social undertones relevant to Japan at the time. The 1954 film and its special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya are largely credited for establishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children, it is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 to 17, along with a broader family audience through its programming blocks. The channel began as a test broadcast on December 1, 1977, as part of QUBE, an early cable television system broadcast locally in Columbus, Ohio. On April 1, 1979, the channel was renamed Nickelodeon and launched to a new nationwide audience, with '' Pinwheel'' as its inaugural program. The network was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until 1984. Nickelodeon gained a rebranding in programming and image that year, and its ensuing success led to it and its sister networks MTV and VH1 being sold to Viacom in 1985. Nickelodeon began expanding as a franchis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic book publisher in the United States, behind Marvel Comics, Marvel, DC Comics, DC, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse, and Image Comics, ahead of other comic book publishers such as Archie Comics, Archie, Boom! Studios, Boom!, Dynamite Entertainment, Dynamite, Valiant Comics, Valiant, and Oni Press. The company is known for its licensed comic book adaptations of films, television shows, video games, and Cartoon, cartoons. History 1990s Idea and Design Works (IDW) was formed in 1999 by a group of comic book managers and artists (Ted Adams, Robbie Robbins, Alex Garner, and Kris Oprisko) that first met while working at Wildstorm Productions. Each of the four was equal partners, owning 25%. When Jim Lee sold Wildstorm to DC Comics in 1999, Lee turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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), Donatello, Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Raphael and Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Michelangelo, four Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic turtle brothers trained in ''ninjutsu'' who fight evil in New York City. The franchise encompasses printed media, television series, feature films, video games, and merchandise. The franchise began as a comic book, ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', which Eastman and Laird conceived as a parody of elements popular in superhero comics at the time. The first issue was published in 1984 by Eastman and Laird's company Mirage Studios and was a surprise success. In 1987, Eastman and Laird licensed the characters to Playmates Toys, which develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Taylor (writer)
Tom Taylor (born 29 November 1978) is an Australian comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, his work includes DC Comics series ''Injustice'', '' DCeased'', ''Nightwing'', ''Superman'', ''Suicide Squad'' and Marvel series '' All-New Wolverine'', ''X-Men Red'', '' Superior Iron Man'' and ''Star Wars'' comics. Taylor is the co-creator, writer and executive producer of the animated series '' The Deep'', based on his graphic novels of the same name. Biography Taylor was born in Melbourne, Australia. Writing many works for DC Comics, Marvel and ''Star Wars'', Taylor is the creator, with James Brouwer, of the all-ages adventure graphic novel '' The Deep: Here Be Dragons'' and its sequel ''The Vanishing Island'' published by Gestalt Publishing and Boom! Studios. '' The Deep'' was optioned by Technicolor. 65 episodes have screened of the CG animated series, so far, across four seasons, with Taylor serving as the co-creator, head writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice League/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
''Justice League/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' is a 2017 comic book intercompany crossover series featuring DC Comics' Justice League and Saban Capital Group, Saban's Power Rangers, written by Tom Taylor (writer), Tom Taylor with art by Stephen Byrne (comics), Stephen Byrne, published by DC Comics and Boom Studios. Synopsis ''Lord Zedd attacks the Command Center with an army of Putties and Zack Taylor, Zack arrives to defend it and Zordon. During his attempt to teleport them out, the teleportation relay is destroyed by a fake Alpha 5 with a bomb implanted in him. This causes the teleportation to malfunction and send Zack, Lord Zedd and the Putties to cross dimensions, where a Batman, "Dark" and familiar figure witnesses their arrival. The Power Rangers teleport to the same coordinates Zack went to and end up stranded in the DC Universe, a world where superpowered heroes are an everyday thing and villains are almost as powerful as the monsters that Rita and Zedd create.'' Plot Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tini Howard
Tini Howard (born 1985) is an American comic book writer. She is best known for her work on ''X-Men'' titles, namely ''Excalibur (comics), Excalibur'' as well as Boom! Studios's ''Power Rangers (comics), Power Rangers'' titles. It was announced in mid-October 2021 that she would be taking over ''Catwoman (comic book), Catwoman'' at DC Comics starting with issue #39. Career As a winner of the 2013 Top Cow Productions, Top Cow Talent Hunt, Tini Howard's first comics credit was 2014's ''Magdalena (comics), Magdalena: Seventh Sacrament''. She then continued working with Top Cow Productions. She has since been a writer on comic book iterations of properties like ''Rick and Morty (comics), Rick and Morty'', ''Power Rangers (comics), Power Rangers'' and ''Barbie'', as well as created comic books like ''Assassinistas'' and ''Euthanauts'', which were published by IDW Publishing, IDW. In 2019 at the C2E2 "Women of Marvel" panel, it was announced Howard had signed an exclusive contract with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Thompson
Kelly Thompson is an American writer of novels and comic books. She is best known for the '' Jem and the Holograms'' comic with co-creator and artist Sophie Campbell, a modern re-imagining of the 1980s cartoon of the same name; the Eisner-nominated Marvel comic ''Hawkeye'' with artist Leonardo Romero, which stars Kate Bishop; and '' Captain Marvel'' featuring Carol Danvers with artist Carmen Carnero and colorist Tamra Bonvillain. Her other works include the novel ''The Girl Who Would Be King'' and comic series '' A-Force'' (vol. 2), ''West Coast Avengers'' (vol. 3), '' Jessica Jones'' (vol. 2), '' Mr. & Mrs. X'' (vol. 1), and '' Black Widow'' (vol. 8). She is also the co-creator of the character Jeff the Land Shark and writer of his digital Infinity Comics series '' It's Jeff!''. Thompson has won two Eisner Awards – Best New Series for ''Black Widow'' (vol. 8) in 2021 and for Best Humor Publication for ''It's Jeff: The Jeff-Verse'' in 2024. Early life Thompson stated s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sina Grace
Sina Grace (born August 3, 1986) is an American comics writer, artist, memoirist, and social media personality. He is known for writing and drawing for various publishers, including DC Comics, Marvel, Image, and BOOM! Comics, including ''Iceman'' (2017–2018; 2018–2019), ''Go-Go Power Rangers'', and ''Self-Obsessed'' (both 2019–present). Early life Grace grew up in the suburbs of Santa Monica, in Los Angeles, California, deciding on a career in comic books in elementary school, when he would copy ''Batman'' stories and draw them himself on printer paper. Grace extended his passion for comic books throughout high school, interning for Top Cow Comics after school prior to enrolling at the University of California-Santa Cruz, majoring in creative writing. Career After graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Grace illustrated Among The Ghosts for Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Amber Benson, and soon after became Editorial Director, and the very first employee, for Robert Kirkman's Skyboun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
