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Shoot (Hellblazer)
"Shoot" is a controversial American comic book story that was scheduled to appear in the 141st issue of the horror series ''Hellblazer'' in 1999, published by DC Comics under its Vertigo imprint. Written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Phil Jimenez and Andy Lanning, "Shoot" follows a researcher who searches for the cause of school shootings; she eventually discovers that John Constantine, the magic-using protagonist of ''Hellblazer'', was present at several massacres. Constantine explains to her that he has been looking into the phenomenon, and says it happens because the victims have lost the will to live. Ellis wrote the story after he finished the six-part storyline "Haunted", his first ''Hellblazer'' story arc. The story was acclaimed by Vertigo's staff, who began to prepare for its publication. However, the Columbine High School massacre occurred shortly before "Shoot" was planned to release. DC executive Paul Levitz refused to publish "Shoot" as written; Ellis refused to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Comics
Horror comics are comic books, graphic novels, black-and-white comics magazines, and manga focusing on horror fiction. In the US market, horror comic books reached a peak in the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, when concern over content and the imposition of the self-censorship Comics Code Authority contributed to the demise of many titles and the toning down of others. Black-and-white horror-comics magazines, which did not fall under the Code, flourished from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s from a variety of publishers. Mainstream American color comic books experienced a horror resurgence in the 1970s, following a loosening of the Code. While the genre has had greater and lesser periods of popularity, it occupies a firm niche in comics as of the 2010s. Precursors to horror comics include detective and crime comics that incorporated horror motifs into their graphics, and early superhero stories that sometimes included the likes of ghouls and vampires. Individual horror stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbine, Colorado
Columbine is a census-designated place (CDP) in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, Jefferson and Arapahoe County, Colorado, Arapahoe counties in Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, Denver metropolitan area. Located primarily in Jefferson County, Columbine lies immediately south of Denver. The population of the Columbine CDP was 25,229 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The community lies in ZIP Code, ZIP code 80123. History Columbine grew rapidly during the Space Race years from 1958 to 1968 with the construction of the Lockheed Martin, Martin Company Lockheed Martin Space, missile facility in Waterton Canyon. Its population exceeded 20,000 for the first time in 1980. Columbine was the site of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 perpetrated by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Geography Columbine is located on the eastern edge of Jefferson County with a small portion extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics Titles
DC most often refers to: * Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), the capital of the United States * DC Comics, an American comic book publisher * Direct current, electric current which flows in only one direction DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to: Places * Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia * Dubai City Science, technology and mathematics * dC, decicoulomb, a tenth of a Coulomb, the SI unit of electric charge * New Zealand DC class locomotive * Methylphosphonyl dichloride, a chemical weapons precursor * A don't care term, in digital logic Biology and medicine * Dendritic cell, a class of immune cell * Doctor of Chiropractic, a qualification in alternative medicine Computing * dc (computer program), a command-line based calculator on Unix-derived systems * DC coefficient, in a discrete cosine transform * Data center, a physical location housing computing-related gear * Device context, part of the legacy Microsoft Windows gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Wolk
Douglas Wolk (born 1970) is a Portland, Oregon-based author and critic. He has written about comics and popular music for publications including ''The New York Times'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Nation'', ''The New Republic'', Salon.com, Pitchfork Media, Vanity Fair (magazine), ''Vanity Fair'', and ''The Believer (magazine), The Believer''. Wolk was the managing editor of ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' from 1993 to 1997, and hosted a radio show on WFMU from 1999 to 2001. He has four published books. The most recent, ''All of the Marvels'', tours the Marvel comics universe via his project of reading all 27,000 Marvel superhero comics. In support of that project, in January 2019 he launched a members-only reading group, wherein participants collectively read and discuss a single issue of a Marvel comic book every day. He frequently appears discussing comics on the YouTube channel of Portland comic book store, Books with Pictures. Biography Early life Wolk gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ComicsAlliance
ComicsAlliance is an American website dedicated to covering the comic book industry as well as comic-related media, and is owned by Townsquare Media. The site has been nominated for multiple awards including a 2015 Eisner Award win in the category Best Comics Periodical/Journalism. History ComicsAlliance was established in 2007 as part of an online network of sites owned by AOL, and run by editors-in-chief John Anderson and Chris Dooley. The site featured writing from critics including David Brothers, Andy Khouri, Caleb Goellner and Chris Sims. Laura Hudson became the editor-in-chief in 2009. In 2012 Hudson left the site, with former Vertigo Comics editor Joe Hughes later announced as the new editor-in-chief. On April 26, 2013, ComicsAlliance and the AOL Music properties were abruptly shut down. On June 2, 2013, AOL sold ComicsAlliance and several of the AOL Music blogs to Townsquare Media, with editors Joe Hughes, Andy Khouri, and Caleb Goellner remaining in position on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Azzarello
Brian Azzarello (born August 11, 1962) is an American comic book writer and screenwriter who first came to prominence with the hardboiled crime series ''100 Bullets'', published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo. Azzarello is best known for his numerous collaborations with artists Eduardo Risso (''100 Bullets'', ''Batman: Broken City'', ''Spaceman (comics), Spaceman'', ''Moonshine (comics), Moonshine'') and Lee Bermejo (''Deathblow (comics), Batman/Deathblow'', ''Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, Luthor'', ''Joker (graphic novel), Joker'', ''Batman: Damned''), his contributions to the ''Watchmen'' prequel project ''Before Watchmen'' and ''The Dark Knight Returns'' sequel series ''The Dark Knight III: The Master Race, DK III: The Master Race'', as well as for his stints on the long-running Vertigo series ''Hellblazer'' and The New 52 relaunch of the ''Wonder Woman (comic book), Wonder Woman'' title. Early life Azzarello grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darko Macan
Darko Macan (born 1966) is a Croatian writer and illustrator who has created and collaborated on comics, essays and science fiction and fantasy. He is also an editor. Biography Born in Zagreb, where he still lives, he has a degree in history and archeology from the University of Zagreb. He has drawn and written many comic books, mostly in Croatian, but in 1993 he broke into the American comics industry when he and fellow Croatian artist Edvin Biukovic, Edvin Biuković submitted their work to Dark Horse Comics. He has also done ''Donald Duck'' and ''Mickey Mouse'' for The Walt Disney Company, Disney comics. He was nominated for the Eisner Award twice (''Grendel Tales: Devils and Deaths'' and ''Prayer to Sun''). As a writer, he has sold more than forty science fiction and fantasy fiction, fantasy short stories, two science fiction novels and three children's literature, children's books. He has won four SFERA Awards and two Grigor Vitez Awards. Under the pseudonym Cecile Quintal h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Bradstreet
Tim Bradstreet (born February 16, 1967) is an American artist and illustrator. Early life Tim Bradstreet was born February 16, 1967, in Cheverly, Maryland. He graduated high school in 1985. Career Bradstreet entered the comic book industry in 1990, working with Tim Truman on ''Dragon Chiang''. Bradstreet's work on White Wolf Publishing’s '' Vampire: The Masquerade'' garnered him much critical praise. This, in turn, led to the addition of many major comic book publishers to his clientele. He has since drawn for scores of comics-related projects including Dark Horse's '' Hard Looks'' and ''Another Chance to Get It Right'' (with author Andrew Vachss), ''Star Wars'', Clive Barker’s ''Age of Desire'', Marvel's '' The Punisher'' and ''Blade'', and Vertigo's ''Gangland'', '' Unknown Soldier'', '' Human Target'', and ''Hellblazer''. Bradstreet's work has also extended to games of many types. His work on role-playing games has included GDW’s '' Twilight 2000'' and FASA’s ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Resources
''CBR'', formerly ''Comic Book Resources'', is a news website primarily covering comic book news, comic book reviews, and comic book–related topics involving movies, television, anime, and video games. It is owned by Valnet, parent of publications including ''Screen Rant'', ''Collider (website), Collider'', ''MovieWeb'' and XDA Developers. History ''Comic Book Resources'' (''CBR'') was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland created to discuss DC Comics' then-new Kingdom Come (comic), mini-series of the same name. ''CBR'' has featured columns by industry professionals such as Robert Kirkman, Gail Simone, and Mark Millar. Other columns were published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury (writer), George Khoury and Timothy Callahan. Acquisition by Valnet By April 4, 2016, ''CBR'' was sold to Valnet Inc., a Montreal, Canada–based company that owns other media properties includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleeding Cool
''Bleeding Cool'' is an Internet news site, focusing on comics, television, film, board games, and video games. Owned by Avatar Press, it was launched by Rich Johnston in 2009. Avatar Press also publishes an associated magazine, also called ''Bleeding Cool''. Content Among Bleeding Cool's features are a power list detailing the most influential people in the comics industry. In 2012, Bleeding Cool covered sexual harassment accusations leveled against DC Comics editor Eddie Berganza, beginning with an incident at WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Though that initial article was a blind item that did not name the victim or accused, four years later, Bleeding Cool named Berganza when it accused him of sexual harassment, and detailed how he had risen in the ranks at DC even after the accusations became known to his employers. This was followed by a November 2017 BuzzFeed report on accusations leveled against Berganza by several women that led to his termination from DC. In Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scooby-Doo
''Scooby-Doo'' is an American media franchise owned by Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Entertainment and created in 1969 by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears through their animated series, ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'', for Hanna-Barbera (which was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001). The series features four teenagers: Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo), Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and their talking Great Dane named Scooby-Doo (character), Scooby-Doo, who solve mysteries involving supposedly supernatural creatures through a series of antics and missteps, while traveling using a brightly colored van called the "Mystery Machine".CD liner notes: Saturday Mornings: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, 1995 MCA Records and its successor Warner Bros. Animation have produced numerous follow-up and spin-off animated series and several related works, including television specials and made-for-TV movies, a line of direct-to-video films, and two Warner Bros.-produced theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Berger
Karen Berger (; born February 26, 1958) is an American comic book editor. She is best known for her role in helping create DC Comics' Vertigo imprint in 1993 and serving as the line's Executive Editor until 2013. She currently oversees Berger Books, an imprint of creator-owned comics being published by Dark Horse Comics. Biography Berger majored in English literature and art history at Brooklyn College, and upon her graduation in 1979, she entered the comics profession as an assistant to editor Paul Levitz at DC. She later became Levitz's editor when he was writing ''Legion of Super-Heroes''. More interested in horror comics, she soon became editor of ''House of Mystery'', and was instrumental in nurturing Alan Moore's ''Swamp Thing'' book, taking over the editing from co-creator Len Wein. She also edited '' Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld''. She later helped bring Neil Gaiman's work to a mass audience by having him write ''The Sandman''. The success of these titles, and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
