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Tom Mandrake
Tom Mandrake (born 1956) is an American comics artist, perhaps best known for his collaborations with writer John Ostrander on several series, including ''Grimjack'' (from First Comics) and ''Firestorm (comics), Firestorm'', ''The Spectre (DC Comics character), Spectre'', and ''Martian Manhunter'' from DC Comics. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Coast Comicon
The East Coast Comicon is an annual comic book fan convention that takes place in New Jersey. It began in 2011 as the Asbury Park Comicon, and took place in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Due to its expansion and the need for a larger venue, it was renamed the East Coast Comicon in 2015, and moved to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. History The Asbury Park Comicon was founded by Cliff Galbraith of Crucial Entertainment, LLC. The show was conceived when Galbraith attended and observed crowds of people looking through cardboard boxes filled with albums. Galbraith relates, "I said, 'Who else looks through white boxes?' And a light bulb went off." Comparing his convention to the enormous crowds of the much larger New York Comic Con, which takes place in nearby Manhattan, Galbraith comments, "What we offer is a much more civilized, intimate setting. You can really spend time with the artist. You’re not hustled along."Schwartz, Art (April 12, 2015"Superheroes seiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooper School Of Art
The Cooper School of Art was a private art college located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school emphasized education and career preparation for the commercial art market. It operated from 1924 until 1981. Overview The Cooper School of Art featured a two-year, eight-quarter diploma program, with certificates in design, drawing, airbrush, painting, layout, lettering, illustration, greeting card design, animation, architectural illustration, cartooning, production art, photography, and printmaking. Faculty tended to be working professionals in their field. Comics artist Tom Mandrake, who attended the school for two years in the 1970s, said Cooper was "primarily a commercial art school and it gave me a good grounding in the basics. They also stressed the importance of balancing work and deadlines." History The school was founded in 1924 as Hal Cooper's School of Advertisement. It later became known as the Hal H. Cooper School of Art. (Hal Cooper moved on to became president of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mister Terrific (Michael Holt)
Michael Holt is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the second character to take up the Mister Terrific (character), Mister Terrific mantle, after the Golden Age of Comic Books, Golden Age character Mister Terrific (Terry Sloane), Terry Sloane. Holt has been substantially adapted into media outside comics. Michael Beach, Hannibal Buress, and Kevin Michael Richardson, among others, have voiced the character in animated television series and films. Echo Kellum portrayed a version of the character renamed Curtis Holt (Arrowverse), Curtis Holt in the CW Arrowverse series ''Arrow (TV series), Arrow''. Edi Gathegi will play the character in the 2025 film ''Superman (2025 film), Superman'', set in the DC Universe (franchise), DC Universe (DCU). Publication history Michael Holt was created by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake and first appeared in ''Spectre (DC Comics character), Spectre'' (vol. 3) #54 (June 1997). As part of DC's 2011 reboot of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TwoMorrows Publishing
TwoMorrows Publishing is a publisher of magazines about comic books, founded in 1994 by John and Pam Morrow out of their small advertising agency in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Its products also include books and DVDs. List of magazines TwoMorrows publishes the following magazines: * ''Alter Ego'' * ''Back Issue!'' * ''BrickJournal''TwoMorrows Publishing website - magazines webpage Retrieved September 20, 2021. * ''Comic Book Creator'' * '' Draw!'' * ''Jack Kirby Collector'' * ''RetroFan'' Defunct magazines include * '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Issue!
''Back Issue!'' is an American magazine published by TwoMorrows Publishing, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 2003 and published eight times yearly, it features articles and art about comic books A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ... from the 1970s to the present. Edited by former comics writer and editor Michael Eury, the magazine was conceived as a replacement for '' Comic Book Artist'', which editor and owner Jon B. Cooke had taken from TwoMorrows to a different publishing house in 2002. Writers for the series include Mark Arnold, Michael Aushenker, Glenn Greenberg, George Khoury, Andy Mangels, and Richard A. Scott. ''Back Issue!'' was a shared winner of the 2019 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism with ''PanelxPanel''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Challenge
''DC Challenge'' was a 12-issue comic book limited series produced by DC Comics from November 1985 to October 1986, as a round robin experiment in narrative. The series' tagline was "Can You Solve It Before We Do?" Publication history The ''DC Challenge'' series was conceived during a rooftop party at the 1983 San Diego Comic-Con. The premise of the series was that each chapter would be made by a different author and artist. No consultation between authors was permitted. Additionally, each chapter would end in a cliffhanger from which that chapter's author had to have planned a viable escape, and the name of the next chapter would be provided. Authors were free to use any DC character, with the exception of those whose appearances they were currently writing. Dick Giordano had been the original editor of the series, but turned the job over to Robert Greenberger Robert Greenberger (born July 24, 1958) is an American writer and editor known for his work on ''Comics Scene'', ''St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Freak
The Batman family enemies are a collection of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. These characters are depicted as adversaries of the superhero Batman and his allies. Since Batman first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #27 (May 1939), his supporting cast has expanded to include other superheroes, and has become what is now called the "Bat-family". As with most superheroes, a cast of recurring enemies to the Batman family have been introduced throughout the years, collectively referred to as Batman's " rogues gallery". Many characters from Batman's rogues gallery who are criminally insane become patients at Arkham Asylum after they are apprehended. Supervillains and themed criminals The following fictional characters are listed in alphabetical order by the name of their supervillain persona. Each character's first appearance and brief biographies of each fictional character are also listed, staying to their fictional histories and characterist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK Eyewitness Travel), history, geography, science, space, nature, sports, gardening, cookery, parenting and many others. The worldwide CEO of DK is Paul Kelly. DK has offices in New York, Melbourne, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto, Madrid, Beijing, and Jiangmen. DK works with licensing partners such as The Walt Disney Company, Disney, Lego, LEGO, DC Comics, the Royal Horticultural Society, MasterChef, and the Smithsonian Institution. DK has commissioned authors such as Mary Berry, Monty Don, Robert Winston, Huw Richards, and Steve Mould for a range of books. History DK was founded in 1974 by Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman (comic Book)
''Batman'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Batman as its protagonist. The character, created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #27 (cover dated May 1939). Batman proved to be so popular that a self-titled ongoing comic book series began publication with a cover date of spring 1940. It was first advertised in early April 1940, one month after the first appearance of his new sidekick, Robin (character), Robin the Boy Wonder. Batman comics have proven to be popular since the 1940s. Though the ''Batman'' comic book was launched as a quarterly publication, it later became a bimonthly series through the late 1950s, after which it became a monthly publication. In September 2011, ''The New 52'' rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, the original ''Batman'' series ended at issue #713 and was relaunched with a new first issue (cover dated November 2011). ''Batman'' (vol. 2) ran until issue #52. In 2016, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mask (comics)
Black Mask (Roman Sionis) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Doug Moench and Tom Mandrake, the character debuted in ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' #386 (August 1985). He is commonly depicted as a brutal and ruthless crime lord in Gotham City who has a fixation with masks and derives sadistic pleasure from the act of torture. Black Mask is one of the most enduring enemies of the superhero Batman and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up his List of Batman family enemies, rogues gallery. Black Mask has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, such as the 2020 DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film ''Birds of Prey (2020 film), Birds of Prey'', portrayed by Ewan McGregor, and the Batwoman (season 2), second season of the Arrowverse series ''Batwoman (TV series), Batwoman'', portrayed by Peter Outerbridge. Additionally, the TV series ''Gotham (TV series), Gotham'' introduced the character's father Richa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
