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We Gotta Go Now
''We Gotta Go Now'' is a graphic novel written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Darick Robertson and John Higgins that was released in eight parts throughout 2008 and 2009 by Dynamite Entertainment as the fourth volume of the American comic book series '' The Boys''. Part 1, ''Silver Kincaid Killed Herself Yesterday Morning'', was released October 1, 2008, Part 2, ''Why Pinto? Errf Why Not?'', was released October 29, 2008, Part 3, ''It's Not Gonna Be An Orgy…!'', was released December 3, 2008, Part 4, ''Do You Mind If We Dance With Your Dates?'', was released January 7, 2009, Part 5, ''See If You Can Guess…What I Am Now.'', was released February 4, 2009, Part 6, ''Leaving! What A Good Idea!'', was released March 4, 2009, Part 7, ''I'll Say You're Too Well To Attend…'', was released April 1, 2009, and Part 8, ''Rodeo Fuck'', was released May 6, 2009. The series follows the CIA-affiliated black ops group codenamed "The Boys" as following the public suicide of superhero Silve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book publisher founded in 2004 by Nick Barrucci in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, known for publishing comic book adaptations of licensed feature film properties, such as ''Army of Darkness'', '' Terminator'', and ''RoboCop''; licensed or public domain literary properties such as Zorro, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, ''Alice in Wonderland'', Red Sonja, Tarzan, and John Carter of Mars; and superhero books including '' Project Superpowers'', which revived classic public domain characters, and original creator-owned comics like '' The Boys''. Creators who have produced Dynamite's books include Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Matt Wagner, Garth Ennis, Howard Chaykin and Frank Miller. Dynamic Forces, a distribution of Dynamite's comics and books, announced a partnership with Diamond Distribution in 2008, when Diamond had the rights to publishing the international versions of books made by Dynamite Entertainment. History Dynamite Entertainment was fou ... [...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] |
Screen Rant
''Screen Rant'' is an entertainment website that offers news in the fields of television, films, video games, and comic books. It is owned by Valnet, parent of publications including Comic Book Resources, Collider, MovieWeb and XDA Developers. History ''Screen Rant'' was launched by Vic Holtreman in 2003, and had its office in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. In February 2015, ''Screen Rant'' was acquired by Valnet, an online media company based in Montreal, Quebec. It was combined with its sister site, ''Game Rant'', in 2019, when Valnet acquired the other publication. After agreeing to sell Screen Rant to Valnet, founder Vic Holtreman, who had served as the company's CEO, retired. ''Screen Rant'' features a video series called ' by YouTube comedian Ryan George. By 2025, the series included over 400 videos, garnering a combined 400 million views. In the series, George Dual role, plays both a screenwriter and a film producer in a Pitch (filmmaking), pitch for a film or television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartender
A bartender (also known as a barkeep or barman or barmaid or a mixologist) is a person who formulates and serves alcoholic or soft drink beverages behind the Bar (establishment), bar, usually in a licensed bar (establishment), establishment as well as in restaurants and nightclubs, but also occasionally at private parties. Bartenders also usually maintain the supplies and inventory for the bar. As well as serving beer and wine, a bartender can generally also mix classic cocktails such as a Cosmopolitan (cocktail), cosmopolitan, Manhattan (cocktail), Manhattan, Old fashioned (cocktail), old fashioned, and negroni. Bartenders are also responsible for confirming that customers meet the legal drinking age requirements before serving them alcoholic beverages. In certain countries, such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland and Sweden, bartenders are legally required to refuse more alcohol to drunk customers. Mixology is defined as the art or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proinsias Cassidy
Proinsias Cassidy, also known mononymously simply as Proinsias or Cassidy, is a fictional character and antihero in the Garth Ennis comic book series ''Preacher'' and '' The Boys'', respectively co-created with Steve Dillon and Darick Robertson, and the former's spin-off prequel '' Cassidy: Blood and Whiskey''. Introduced as a drug-and-alcohol-addicted Irish vampire en route to Dallas to open a bar called "The Grassy Knoll", Cassidy ultimately joins Jesse Custer and Tulip O'Hare on their search for God, becoming Jesse's best friend and falling in love with Tulip. After Jesse's apparent death, Cassidy and Tulip form a romance, which ends on Jesse's return, with their rivalry leading to a duel. Wishing to atone for all that he has done in life, Cassidy walks into the sunlight to die. However, having made a deal with God before his confrontation with Jesse, in order to allow Genesis (deemed a threat to God) to be destroyed, Cassidy ensures that both he and Jesse will be resurrecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preacher (comics)
''Preacher'' is an American comic book series published from 1995 to 2000 by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics. The series was created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, with painted covers by Glenn Fabry. It won the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series in 1999. The series consists of 75 issues in total – 66 regular, monthly issues, five one-shot specials, and a four-issue ''Preacher: Saint of Killers'' limited series. The final monthly issue, number 66, was published in October 2000, with an epilogue published in Ennis' subsequent series '' The Boys'' in February 2009. The entire run has been collected in four series of collected editions: an original nine volume run of trade paperbacks, a second run of six trade paperbacks/hardcovers, three extra oversized "''Absolute Preacher''" volumes, and two oversized omnibus volumes. A television series adaptation, ''Preacher'', aired for 43 episodes over four seasons on AMC, from 2016 to 2019. Plot ''Preacher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Vertigo
DC Vertigo, also known as Vertigo Comics or simply Vertigo, is an imprint of the American comic book publisher DC Comics. Vertigo publishes comics with adult content, such as nudity, drug use, profanity, and graphic violence, that do not fit the restrictions of DC's main line. Its comics include company-owned series set in the DC Universe, such as '' The Sandman'', ''Swamp Thing'', and ''Hellblazer'', and creator-owned works, such as ''Preacher'', '' Y: The Last Man'', and ''Fables''. Vertigo originated from DC's 1980s adult comic line, which began after DC stopped submitting '' The Saga of the Swamp Thing'' for approval by the Comics Code Authority. Following the success of two adult-oriented 1986 limited series, '' Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' and ''Watchmen'', DC's output of adult comics, edited by Karen Berger, grew. By 1992, DC's mature readers' line was editorially separate from its main line and Berger received permission to manage them under a separate imprint. V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epilogue
An epilogue or epilog (from Greek ἐπίλογος ''epílogos'', "conclusion" from ἐπί ''epi'', "in addition" and λόγος ''logos'', "word") is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work. It is presented from the perspective of within the story. When the author steps in and speaks directly to the reader, that is more properly considered an afterword. The opposite is a prologue—a piece of writing at the ''beginning'' of a work of literature or drama, usually used to open the story and capture interest. Some genres, for example television programs and video games, call the epilogue an "outro" patterned on the use of "intro" for "introduction". Epilogues are usually set in the future, after the main story is completed. Within some genres it can be used to hint at the next installment in a series of work. It is also used to satisfy the reader's curiosity and to cover any loose ends of the story. History of the term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Although initially cancelled in 1970 due to low sales, following its Giant-Size X-Men, 1975 revival and subsequent direction under writer Chris Claremont, it became one of Marvel Comics's most recognizable and successful franchises. They have appeared in numerous books, X-Men in television, television shows, 20th Century Fox's X-Men (film series), ''X-Men'' films, and List of video games featuring the X-Men, video games. The ''X-Men'' title may refer to the superhero team itself, X-Men (comic book), the eponymous comic series, or the broader franchise, which includes List of X-Men comics, various solo titles and team books, such as the New Mutants, Excalibur (comics), Excalibur, and X-Force. In the Marvel Universe, Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutants are huma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in August 1961 with the launch of ''Fantastic Four (comic book), The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and numerous others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Wolverine (character), Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doctor Strange, Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Daredevil, Black Panther (character), Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superhero
A superhero or superheroine is a fictional character who typically possesses ''superpowers'' or abilities beyond those of ordinary people, is frequently costumed concealing their identity, and fits the role of the hero, typically using their powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to protecting the public and fighting crime. Superhero fiction is the genre of fiction that is centered on such characters, especially, since the 1930s, in American comic books (and later in Hollywood films, film serials, television and video games), as well as in Japanese media (including '' kamishibai'', '' tokusatsu'', manga, anime and video games). Superheroes come from a wide array of different backgrounds and origins. Some superheroes (for example, Batman and Iron Man) derive their status from advanced technology they create and use, while others (such as Superman and Spider-Man) possess non-human or superhuman biology or use and practice magic to ach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codename
A code name, codename, call sign, or cryptonym is a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person. Code names are often used for military purposes, or in espionage. They may also be used in industrial counter-espionage to protect secret projects and the like from business rivals, or to give names to projects whose marketing name has not yet been determined. Another reason for the use of names and phrases in the military is that they transmit with a lower level of cumulative errors over a walkie-talkie or radio link than actual names. Origins Achaemenid Empire The Achaemenid Empire under Darius I employed a network of spies called the King’s Eye or the King’s Ear. These agents operated under anonymity, and “King’s Eye” was not a specific person but rather a code name for the intelligence network that reported directly to the king. Punic Wars The Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca reportedly used coded re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
