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The X-Files (comics)
''The X-Files'' was a spin-off from the television series of the same name, originally published by Topps Comics and, most recently, DC Comics imprint Wildstorm. Publication history The first series was published by Topps Comics and ran for 41 issues from January 1995 to September 1998, coinciding with the second through fifth seasons of the television program. In 1996, Topps published ''X-Files'' #0, an adaptation of the pilot episode, in order to test the market for a series adapting the episodes of the ''X-Files'' TV series. The issue was successful, and ''X-Files Season One'' ran for nine issues (August 1997 – July 1998). The series's name was provisional, and Topps in fact intended to adapt every episode, but never got as far as season two. The series was written by Roy Thomas, who would create a first draft for each issue by working off of the episode's script, then watch the actual episode and modify his work to account for changes made on the set. Topps also publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Spotnitz
Frank Charles Spotnitz (born 1960) is an American television writer and film producer, producer. He is best known for his work on the series ''The X-Files'' (1995-2002) and its spin-off The Lone Gunmen (TV series), ''The Lone Gunmen'' (2001), and as the developer/creator of ''The Man in the High Castle (TV series), The Man in the High Castle'' (2015-19), Medici (TV series), ''Medici'' (2016-19), Ransom (TV series), ''Ransom'' (2017-19), and Leonardo (2021 TV series), ''Leonardo'' (2021) Spotnitz is also the chief executive officer and founder of Big Light Productions, a London- and Paris-based production company, which specializes in international television series, including drama, comedy and documentaries. Spotnitz's career includes creating, writing and producing series with networks, cable, streaming and other broadcast platforms around the world. Sponitz has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on ''The X-Files'', and won a Canadian Screen Award for c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Thomas
Roy William Thomas Jr."Roy Thomas Checklist" ''Alter Ego'' vol. 3, #50 (July 2005) p. 16 (born November 22, 1940) is an American comic book writer and editor. He was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes – particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America – and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's ''X-Men'' and '' The Avengers'', and DC Comics' ''All-Star Squadron'', among other titles. Among the comics characters he co-created are Vision, Doc Samson, Carol Danvers, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Ultron, Yellowjacket, Defenders, Man-Thing, Red Sonja, Morbius, Ghost Rider, Squadron Supreme, Invaders, Black Knight (Dane Whitman), Nighthawk, Grandmaster, Banshee, Sunfire, Thundra, Arkon, Killraven, Wendell Vaughn, Red Wolf, Red Guardian, Daimon He ... [...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] |
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] |
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The print magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City, and ceased publication in 2022. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''Us Weekly'', ''People (magazine), People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and ''In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Want To Believe
I Want to Believe may refer to: * ''I Want to Believe'' (song) *'' The X-Files: I Want to Believe,'' or more generally the slogan popularized by the TV series via a prominently-displayed poster in special agent Fox Mulder's office {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-shot (comics)
In comics, a one-shot is a work composed of a single standalone issue or chapter, contrasting a Limited series (comics), limited series or ongoing series, which are composed of multiple issues or chapters.Albert, Aaron"One Shot Definition" About Entertainment. Retrieved July 8, 2016. One-shots date back to the early 19th century, published in newspapers, and today may be in the form of single published Comic book, comic books, parts of Comic magazine, comic magazines/Anthology, anthologies or published online in websites. In the marketing industry, some one-shots are used as promotion tools that tie in with existing productions, films, video games or television shows. Overview In the Japanese manga industry, one-shots are called , a term which implies that the comic is presented in its entirety without any continuation. One-shot manga are often written for contests, and sometimes later developed into a full-length series, much like a television pilot. Many popular manga series bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Comics
Notable events of 2008 in comics. Events January *January 9: ''Teen Titans: The Lost Annual'', delayed since 2003, is published. * January 17: Trik wins the ''Inktspotprijs'' for ''Best Political Cartoon''. *January 22: Webcomic '' Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery'' by Rick Smith begins publication. *January 23: ''Hellblazer'' #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released. February * February 11: Belgian comic artist Marc Sleen is declared a honorary citizen of Turnhout. * Ji Kangmin begins the Korean webcomic '' Welcome to Convenience Store'' March *March 5: '' Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall'' by Bill Willingham softcover edition released under the Vertigo imprint. April * April 1: Acclaimed historian, political scientist and social critic Howard Zinn releases '' A People's History of American Empire''. The book was co-authored by historian Paul Buhle and cartoonist Mike Konopacki. *April 3: Graphic novel '' Britten and Brülightly'' by Hannah Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphic Novel
A graphic novel is a self-contained, book-length form of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and Anthology, anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comics scholars and industry professionals. It is, at least in the United States, typically distinct from the term ''comic book'', which is generally used for comics periodicals and Trade paperback (comics), trade paperbacks. Comics historian, Fan historian Richard Kyle coined the term ''graphic novel'' in an essay in the November 1964 issue of the comics fanzine ''Capa-Alpha''. The term gained popularity in the comics community after the publication of Will Eisner's ''A Contract with God'' (1978) and the start of the ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' line (comics), line (1982) and became familiar to the public in the late 1980s after the commercial successes of the first volume of Art Spiegelman's ''Maus'' in 1986, the collected editions of Frank Miller's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero Illustrated
''Hero Illustrated'' was a comic book-themed magazine published in the early to mid-1990s in the United States. Columnists included Andy Mangels, and Frank Kurtz was at one time a managing editor. The journal won the 1995 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Publication. History ''Hero Illustrated'' was published by Warrior Publications of Lombard, Illinois. Its premiere issue was dated July 1993 and it ceased publication in the spring of 1996."Hero Off-Line," ''The Comics Journal'' #187 (May 1996), p. 29. Specials In addition to at least 26 regular issues, numerous specials were published, including ''Hero Premiere Edition''s (a series of ashcan copy printings of forthcoming comics), ''Hero Illustrated Special''s, and ''Hero Special Edition''s. * ''Hero Premiere Edition''s ** ''Bone Holiday Special'' (1993) ** ''Charlemagne'' (inside ''Hero Illustrated'' #9 (1993)) ** '' Extreme Hero'' (1994) * ''Hero Illustrated Special''s ** ''Batman Special'' #1 ** ''Sci-Fi Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digest Size
Digest size is a magazine size, smaller than a conventional or "journal size" magazine, but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately . It is also a and format, similar to the size of a DVD case. These sizes evolved from the printing press operation end. Some printing presses refer to digest size as a "catalog size". The digest format was a convenient size for readers to tote around or to leave within easy hand-reach. Examples The most famous digest-sized magazine is ''Reader's Digest'', from which the size appears to have been named. ''TV Guide'' also used the format from its inception in 1953 until 2005. '' Bird Watcher's Digest'' was an international magazine that has retained the digest size from its creation in 1978 until it folded in 2021. Digest size is less popular now than it once was. The Penny Publications crime fiction and science fiction magazines '' Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', '' Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', '' Analog'' and '' Asimov's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Carter (screenwriter)
Christopher Carl Carter (born October 13, 1956) is an American television and film producer, director and writer. Born in Bellflower, California, Carter graduated with a degree in journalism from California State University, Long Beach before spending thirteen years working for '' Surfing Magazine''. After beginning his television career working on television films for Walt Disney Studios, Carter rose to fame in the 1990s for creating the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series ''The X-Files''. The show earned high viewership ratings, and eventually led to Carter's being able to negotiate the creation of future series. Carter has his own television production company, Ten Thirteen Productions, wherein he went on to create three more series for the network—''Millennium'', a doomsday-themed series which met with critical approval and low viewer numbers; '' Harsh Realm'', which was canceled after three episodes had aired; and '' The Lone Gunmen'', a spin-off of ''The X- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
