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Alan Moore was born on 18 November 1953 in Northampton, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), From Hell (2001) and Watchmen (2019). He has been married to Melinda Gebbie since 12 May 2007. He was previously married to Phyllis B. Dixon.- Writer
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Frank Miller was born in Olney, Maryland, to a nurse mother and a carpenter and electrician father, and was raised in Montpelier, Vermont. He is of Irish descent. Miller was a big comics writer/artist in the '70s and '80s. He wrote and penciled the Marvel series "Daredevil" for a long time. His friend, Klaus Janson, inked. He also wrote two spinoffs about the character "Electra" and did a miniseries about the "X-Men" character "Wolverine". His hit miniseries "Ronin" was published by DC in the mid-eighties. His greatest success came with DC's character "Batman". In 1980, he wrote the acclaimed "Batman" story "Wanted - Santa Claus - Dead or Alive!" for DC Comics. In 1986, his most notable comic-book work, the groundbreaking "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns", an alternate history story about Batman in a grim future, was published by DC. Miller wrote and penciled. In 1988, he wrote the acclaimed "Batman: Year One", about Batman's first year on the job, for DC. In 1996, he wrote "Spawn versus Batman", a one-shot issue published by DC and Image Comics. He wrote the major motion pictures RoboCop 2 (1990) and RoboCop 3 (1993) and did the "Robocop" comic series for a little while.
Miller directed The Spirit (2008) and co-directed Sin City (2005) and Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)_.- Ann Nocenti is a veteran comic book writer and editor from New York City. As a writer, she is primarily remembered as the main writer for "Daredevil" vol. 1 #236-291 (1986-1991), "Catwoman" vol. 3 (2012-2014), and "Katana" (2013-2014). She has written stories for several other characters, including (among others) Spider-Woman, Doctor Strange, Nightmare, Spider-Man, and Venom. As an editor, Nocenti is primarily remembered for serving as an editor for both the "Uncanny X-Men" and the "New Mutants" from 1984 to 1988.
Nocenti has created several recurring characters for Marvel Comics. Her most popular creations include the tyrant and slave-master Mojo (portrayed as a parody of television executives), the young demon Blackheart (a son of the hell-lord Mephisto), the dimension-traveling sorceress Spiral/Rita Wayword, the pyrokinetic assassin Typhoid Mary/Mary Walker (both a love interest and a foe for Daredevil), the rebel leader Longshot (a love interest for Dazzler), the Inhuman prince Ahura Boltagon (a son of the heroes Black Bolt and Medusa), and the cyborg assassin Bushwacker/Carl Burbank (a recurring foe for Daredvil and the Punisher).
Nocenti was interested in comic books as a child, though her parents allowed her access to few series of the time. She liked teenage humor stories by Archie Comics, but thought that "bad girl" Veronica Lodge was a smarter and more enjoyable character than her "good girl" rival Betty Cooper. Nocenti loved reprints of the satirical comic strip "Pogo" (1948-1975) by Walt Kelly. Nocenti also enjoyed reprints of the detective-themed comic strip "Dick Tracy" (1931-) by Chester Gould. She found the strip's "grotesque" and deformed villains to be fascinating, and thought that the strip's heroes were comparatively bland. Nocenti never had access to superhero comics.
Nocenti received her college education at the "State University of New York at New Paltz", a public university which had its own art education program. As a college student, Nocenti found herself interested in the underground comix of Robert Crumb. They were representative of the values of the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Following her graduation from college, Nocenti replied to a Marvel Comics ad for new personnel. She was hired as an assistant editor by the editor Dennis O'Neil (1939-2020).
From 1982 to 1984, Nocenti primarily worked as an assistant editor for various Marvel titles. She variously worked under the supervision of the editors Al Milgrom, Carl Potts, and Louise Jones. She was also interested in writing her own stories. Her debut story was published in a 1982 issue of the anthology title "Bizarre Adventures".
Nocenti's first regular writing assignment was to write the final few issues of a series featuring the superheroine Spider-Woman/Jessica Drew. Since Nocenti was aware that the series was ending due to a decline in its sales, she decided to write a storyline which ended with Jessica's death. She came to regret this decision, as she realized that the readers had a "personal attachment" to the character. Nocenti served as a story consultant to an Avengers storyline which featured the resurrection of Spider-Woman.
Nocenti served as the solo writer of the miniseries "Beauty and the Beast" (1984-1985). It served as a spotlight for the mutant superheroes Dazzler/Alison Blaire and Beast/Hank McCoy. The series depicted them as lovers, and portrayed Dazzler as an outcast, following the end of her acting career. These subplots were not followed by other writers.
Nocenti created Longshot and his original cast of friends and foes in the eponymous miniseries "Longshot" (1985-1986). She used atypical influences for a comic book writer, crediting the works of Marshall McLuhan, Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman and Walter Lippmann for inspiring aspects of the series. Nocenti was pursuing her master's degree at the time, and figured that some of the texts available to her would make great material for a comic book story.
In 1986, Nocenti was asked to contribute a story to the series "Daredevil". The series had no regular writer at the time, following the end of long runs by Dennis O'Neil and Frank Miller. Two issues later, Nocenti was assigned as the series' new main writer. She took the series to a new direction, with the character Daredevil/Matt Murdock running a non-profit urban legal center. Nocenti's stories for the series often explored social issues, such as "sexism, racism, and nuclear proliferation". Nocenti continued writing the title until 1991, and she became the series "longest-running regular writer". She was then replaced by Daniel G. Chichester, who tried to conclude several of the series' long-running subplots.
From 1993 to 1994, Nocenti wrote the series "Kid Eternity" for Vertigo Comics. The series featured a revamped version of the Golden Age character Kid Eternity/Christopher "Kit" Freeman, who could summon demons to assist him in conflicts. For Marvel, Nocenti wrote 1990s miniseries for the villains Typhoid Mary (which she had created years earlier) and Nightmare. Nightmare had been a long-established demonic villain, who could manipulate subconscious minds of dreaming beings. Nocenti worked on the first attempt to turn him into a villain protagonist and to provide him with his own supporting cast.
In 1996, Nocenti wrote two issues of "The All-New Exiles" for Malibu Comics. The series focused on a misfit cast of villains and antiheroes who were forced to join forces after finding themselves collectively blamed for a mysterious disaster in New York City. They had to clear their names and discover what had actually caused the disaster. Nocenti's issues focused on a treacherous ally of the team, who was manipulating teammates Amber Hunt and Siena Blaze into fighting each other. The series only lasted for 11 issues, with its storyline resolved in a crossover title. This was Nocenti's last work for Marvel and its imprints during the 1990s.
During the 1990s, Nocenti started a new career as a journalist. She eventually placed her comic book work in hiatus, in order to pursue new career opportunities. She worked as a writer for the political magazine "The Nation" (1865-), while publishing articles in several other publications. In 2004, Nocenti became the new editor of the monthly magazine "High Times" (1974-).
In 2004, Nocenti started regularly writing for DC Comics. She wrote several stories for the Batman-related comic books. She published the graphic novel "Batman/Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows" (2004). The story had the hero Batman/Bruce Wayne and the female villain Poison Ivy/Pamela Lillian Isley teaming up for a case. Nocenti placed emphasis on Ivy's redeeming qualities, and hinted that Ivy's long-term attraction to Batman was based on genuine emotional needs, rather than mere lust.
In 2004, Nocenti wrote a two-part miniseries about Catwoman/Selina Kyle. In 2012, she was assigned as the main writer in a rebooted version of Catwoman's solo series. She continued writing the series until 2014. Nocenti contributed a Catwoman story to the anthology collection "Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular" (2020). The anthology celebrated the completion of 80 years of stories about the popular villain and antihero.
By 2022, Nocenti was 65-years-old. She has never fully retired from comic book writing, but she has mostly contributed stories to anthologies and miniseries in recent years. She has had a fan following due to her interesting takes on several established characters, and her own creation of eccentric characters. - Writer
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René Goscinny was a French comic book writer, of Polish-Jewish descent. His parents were Stanislaw Simkha Goscinny and Anna "Hanna" Beresniak-Goscinna. The family name Goscinny means "hospitable" in the Polish language. Stanislaw was a chemical engineer from Warsaw, and Anna was from a small village called Chodorków, in the vicinity of Zhytomyr. Warsaw is currently part of Poland, and Zhytomyr part of Ukraine.
Both of Goscinny's parents were born in the Russian Empire, but migrated to the French Third Republic prior to the end of World War I. They met each other in Paris, and were married there in 1919. René was born in Paris in 1926, as the second son of the couple. He received French citizenship at birth.
In 1928, the Goscinny family migrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina, as Stanislaw had found employment there. René was primarily raised in Buenos Aires, where he attended French-speaking schools. He reportedly a shy boy, but often acted as the "class clown" to seek attention. He enjoyed reading illustrated stories, and practiced drawing as a hobby.
In 1943, Stanislaw Goscinny suffered from cerebral hemorrhage and died. René was forced to quit school and find a job. He first worked as an assistant accountant, then as an illustrator in an advertising agency. In 1945, René migrated from Argentina to New York City, United States, to join his older brother who lived there. In 1946, René returned to France for his mandatory military service. He served in the 141st Alpine Infantry Battalion, and was discharged with the rank of a senior corporal.
In the late 1940s, Goscinny returned to New York City to seek employment there. He worked in various small studios, but managed to befriend a number of comics writers and artists who worked in the City at that time. Among them were Joseph Gillain (pen-name Jije, 1914-1980), Maurice De Bevere (pen-name Morris, 1923-2001), Will Elder (1921-2008), Jack Davis (1924-2016), and Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993).
In 1951, artist and publisher Georges Troisfontaines hired Goscinny to head the Paris office of the "World Press" agency. In his new position, Goscinny met and befriended a French-artist of Italian descent, Albert Uderzo (1927-). The two collaborated in a number of early comics works, most notably the comedy-adventure series "Jehan Pistolet ". It featured a good-natured French privateer leading a crew of misfits into adventure.
During the 1950s, Goscinny collaborated with various writers and artists in producing new series of comics and children's books. He created characters like "Le Petit Nicolas" (a mischievous schoolboy) and "Oumpah-pah" (a heroic Native American caught up in 18th-century warfare), and took over the writing or older series like "Lucky Luke". However, few of his creations were particularly popular.
In 1959, Goscinny and Uderzo co-created the new series "Asterix" and its main characters. Featuring heroic Gauls fighting in the historic Gallic Wars (58-50 BC), the series mixed historical fiction with fantasy elements and satire. It soon became one of the most popular European comics, and Goscinny continued writing the series until his death.
In the 1960s, Goscinny became one of the most prolific writers of French comics. In 1962, he had a second major hit when collaborating with Jean Tabary (1930-2011) for the series "Iznogoud". The series features a villain-protagonist, the evil vizier Iznogoud who serves in the royal court of the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258) in Baghdad, and spends most of his life trying to depose and replace the incompetent Caliph.
In 1967, Goscinny married Gilberte Pollaro-Millo. In 1968, they had their only daughter, Anne Goscinny. She would grow up to become a professional writer, following her father's footsteps.
In 1977, Goscinny was going through a routine stress test at the office of his doctor, when he suffered a cardiac arrest. He died instantly. He was only 51-years-old. His main legacy remains with his most popular series: "Asterix", "Iznogoud", "Lucky Luke", and "Le Petit Nicolas", which have all received several adaptations.- Writer
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Kelly Sue DeConnick was born on 15 July 1970 in Ohio, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Captain Marvel (2019), The Marvels (2023) and Emerald City (2016). She has been married to Matt Fraction since 29 September 2002.- Producer
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Stan Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics.
Stan was born in New York City, to Celia (Solomon) and Jack Lieber, a dress cutter. His parents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. Lee co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, Doctor Strange, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil, Thor, the X-Men, and many other fictional characters, introducing a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. In addition, he challenged the comics' industry's censorship organization, the Comics Code Authority, indirectly leading to it updating its policies. Lee subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
He had cameo appearances in many Marvel film and television projects, with many yet to come, posthumously. A few of these appearances are self-aware and sometimes reference Lee's involvement in the creation of certain characters.
On 16 July 2017, Lee was named a Disney Legend, a hall of fame program that recognizes individuals who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company.
Stan was married to Joan Lee for almost 70 years, until her death. The couple had two children. Joan died on July 6, 2017. Stan died on November 12, 2018, in LA.- Writer
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Grant Morrison was born on 31 January 1960 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Grant is a writer and producer, known for Happy! (2017), Brave New World (2020) and All-Star Superman (2011).- Writer
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Bill Finger was a comic book writer. His father Louis Finger was born in Austria and emigrated to the United States in 1907, while still a teenager. Louis worked as a tailor. Tessie, Bill's mother, was born and raised in New York City. Both parents were in their early 20s at the time of Finger's birth. Bill Finger had two sisters.
Finger was born in Denver, Colorado, but the Finger family eventually moved to New York City. Finger was mostly raised in The Bronx, and attended DeWitt Clinton High School. He graduated high school in 1933, and started his working career in the Great Depression. In 1938, Finger entered the comic strip business, as a ghost writer for a few comic strips created by Bob Kane's studio. Kane was a fellow graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School and the two of them were acquaintances.
In 1938-1939, National Comics (predecessor of DC Comics) had its first major success with a character called "Superman". This created a market for superheroes and several creators started working on creating other hero/vigilante characters. Bob Kane came up with a hero called "Bat-Man" or "Batman", and asked for Finger's assistance on the project. Finger rejected several of Kane's initial ideas about the character and suggested several changes in design and characterization. He came up with a civilian identity for the character as "Bruce Wayne", which Finger named after Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland and general Anthony "Mad Anthony" Wayne.
Kane marketed the "Batman" character to National Comics, and Batman's first story was published in "Detective Comics" #27 (May 1939). The script was written by an uncredited Finger, making him the first of many ghost writers to work on comics officially credited to Bob Kane. When Kane negotiated a contract about selling the rights to the "Batman" character, he claimed he was the sole creator of the character and demanded a sole mandatory byline on all Batman comics and adaptations thereof, acknowledging him as the creator. Finger's work on the character was not acknowledged.
Finger kept on working in "Batman"-related stories for much of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s either as a writer or a ghost writer. He is generally credited by comic book historians with creating or co-creating a number of Batman's foes and supporting characters. Among them: the Joker, Catwoman, Robin, Ace the Bat-Hound. Bat-Mite, Clayface, Bat-Girl/Betty Kane, the Penguin, the Scarecrow, Two-Face, the Riddler, and the Calendar Man. He also came up with the name "Gotham City" for the previously nameless metropolis where Batman operates, and co-created the Batmobile and the Batcave.
Besides "Batman", Finger's other writing credits for National Comics/DC Comics involve various stories for "Green Lantern", "Superman", and "Superboy". He is credited with co-creating Green Lantern/Alan Scott, the original character with that code-name. The Green Lantern series of the 1940s was a fantasy series, and the hero had magical powers. A reboot of the series in 1959 turned "Green Lantern" into a science fiction series featuring space cops and aliens, as the fantasy concept was considered outdated. In "Superman" stories, Finger is credited for adapting "Kryptonite" into comic books in 1949. The fictional element was created for the Superman radio series, but was adapted into the comic book series and became a permanent part in of the "Superman" saga. Finger's main contribution in the "Superboy" series was creating the character Lana Lang, as a love interest for the teenage hero.
Outside National Comics,Finger also contributed stories and characters to rival companies, such as Fawcett Comics, Quality Comics and Timely Comics (predecessor of Marvel Comics). Marvel credits him with the co-creation of the All-Winners Squad (introduced in 1946), the company's first superhero team.
Finger mostly retired from comic book writing c. 1961, starting a new career as a screenwriter for films and television series. He was even hired to write two episodes for the 1960s "Batman" live-action series. But he was in increasingly poor health, suffering a series of heart attacks in 1963, 1970 and 1973. He died due to atherosclerosis in 1974. His remains were cremated, and the ashes scattered on a beach. Finger has no known grave.
Finger was married twice, and he was survived by a son, Fred. While he never claimed rights to the Batman character, his granddaughter Athena Finger requested a creator's credit for his work. After negotiations, DC Entertainment finally credited Finger as Batman's co-creator in 2015.- Writer
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Jean-Michel Charlier was born on 30 October 1924 in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. He was a writer and director, known for The Aeronauts (1967), Les dossiers noirs (1974) and Les nouveaux chevaliers du ciel (1988). He was married to Christiane. He died on 10 July 1989 in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Writer
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Neil Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. He is best known for the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book.
As a child and a teenager, Gaiman read the works of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Mary Shelley, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, and Alan Moore.
Gaiman also wrote episodes of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, during Matt Smith's as the Doctor.- Writer
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One of the most influential, yet unsung, figures in American humor, cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman created "Mad Magazine" in 1952, and for the next few years served as its editor and primary writer. After his departure from "Mad, " he created two more humor magazines, "Trump" and "Help!" Although neither was as successful as "Mad", "Help!" did help launch the careers of a number of future luminaries, including Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Robert Crumb and Gloria Steinem. Kurtzman's sole foray into screenwriting, the animated Mad Monster Party? (1967), demonstrates much of the famous "Mad" comedy (including a reference to one of the magazine's trademark nonsense words, "veeblefetzer") and has developed a strong cult following.- Writer
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Warren Ellis was born on 16 February 1968 in Essex, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Iron Man 3 (2013), RED (2010) and RED 2 (2013).- Mills started his career as a sub-editor for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, where he met Wagner. In 1971 both left to go freelance, and were soon writing scripts for IPC's girls' and humor comics. After D.C. Thomson launched Warlord, a successful war-themed weekly, Mills was asked in 1975 to develop a rival title for IPC. Based in the girls' comics department to avoid the attention of the staff of the boys' department, Mills, along with Wagner and Gerry Finley-Day, worked in secret to create Battle Picture Weekly. Battle's stories were more violent and its characters more working class than IPC's traditional fare, and it was an immediate hit. Having made the comic ready for launch, Mills resigned as editor. He would later write the celebrated First World War series Charley's War, drawn by Joe Colquhoun, for the title.
After launching Battle, Mills began developing a new boys' title, Action, launched in 1976. Action's mix of violence and anti-authoritarianism proved controversial and the title lasted less than two years before being withdrawn in the face of media protests. It was briefly revived in neutered form before being merged into Battle.
His next creation was the science fiction-themed weekly 2000 AD, launched in 1977. As with Battle and Action he developed most of the early series before handing them over to other writers. He took over the development of Judge Dredd when creator John Wagner temporarily walked out, and wrote many of the early stories, establishing the character and his world, before Wagner returned.
In 1978 IPC launched Starlord, a short-lived companion title for 2000 AD. Mills contributed Ro-Busters, a series about a robot disaster squad, which moved to 2000 AD when Starlord was canceled. Ro-Busters was the beginning of a mini-universe of interrelated stories Mills was to create for 2000 AD, including ABC Warriors and Nemesis the Warlock. Artist Kevin O'Neill was involved in the creation of all three. Nemesis in particular, featuring a morally ambiguous alien hero fighting a despotic human empire, allowed Mills to work out his feelings towards religion and imperialism. Another strand of his 2000 AD work was Sláine, a barbarian fantasy based on Celtic mythology and new-paganism, which he co-created with his then wife Angela Kincaid (with whom he also created the children's series of books, The Butterfly Children).
Mills also had a hand in IPC's line of Horror comics aimed at girls such as Chiller.
He has had little success in American comics, with the exception of Marshal Law, a savage superhero satire published by Marvel Comics' Epic imprint in the late 1980s, drawn by O'Neill.
In 1986 he edited the short-lived comic Dice Man, which featured characters from 2000 AD. He wrote nearly every story.
In 1988 he was involved in the launch of Crisis, a politically aware 2000 AD spin-off aimed at older readers. For it he wrote Third World War, drawn initially by Carlos Ezquerra, a polemical critique of global capitalism and the ways it exploits the developing world. The title lasted until 1991 and launched the careers of talents such as Garth Ennis, John Smith and Sean Phillips.
In 1991 Mills launched Toxic!, an independent color newsstand weekly comic with a violent, anarchic tone, perhaps as a reaction against the politically worthy Crisis, and a creator-owned ideal. Many of the stories were created by Mills and co-writer Tony Skinner, including Accident Man, an assassin who makes his hits look like accidents. Toxic! lasted less than a year, but gave a start to talents such as Duke Mighten and Martin Emond.
In 1995, he broke in the French market, one of his life's goals, with Sha, created with French artist Olivier Ledroit.
He continues to write Sláine, Bill Savage, Black Siddha and ABC Warriors for 2000 AD, and also the Franco-Belgian comic Requiem Vampire Knight, with art by Olivier Ledroit and its spin-off Claudia Chevalier Vampire, with art by Franck Tacito.
Two new series, Greysuit, a super-powered government agent drawn by John Higgins, and Defoe, a 17th-century zombie hunter drawn by Leigh Gallagher, began in 2000 AD issue 1540.
Mills has formed Repeat Offenders with artist Clint Langley and Jeremy Davis "to develop graphic novel concepts with big-screen potential" and the first project is a graphic novel called American Reaper, serialized in the Judge Dredd Megazine (#316-ongoing as of October 2011). It has been optioned by Trudie Styler's Xingu Films and Mills has written the screenplay.
He has also written two Doctor Who audio plays, "Dead London" (2008) and "The Scapegoat" (2009) for Big Finish Productions, featuring the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller. The first audio play was released as the first part of the second season of the Eighth Doctor Adventures and the second as part of the third season. In 2010 Mills adapted a story that had been started by him and Wagner for Doctor Who in the 1980s and was produced by Big Finish as "The Song of Megaptera". - Writer
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Al Feldstein was born in 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. He was interested in comics and comic art from an early age, and attended art school at night while working as assistant for a comic publisher by day. After a stint in the Army Air Corp during WW II, Feldstein returned to work as a freelancer. In 1947, he landed a job with EC Comics, where he quickly rose to editorship. He edited, wrote, drew, and created such titles as Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, Crime Suspenstories, Shock Suspenstories and Panic.
Feldstein was famous for his bizarre aliens and gory horror images, but he was also responsible for adapting the works of Ray Bradbury into comic form, and publishing some of the early works of Harlan Ellison. In 1955, EC got out of the comic business to focus on publishing its humor magazine, "MAD". After "MAD" creator Harvey Kurtzman left EC, Al Feldstein became editor, a job he held until his retirement in 1984. During his editorship, he was responsible for the creation of MAD's trademark spokesperson, Alfred E. Neuman, as well as increasing circulation to almost 3,000,000. Now living in Montana, Mr. Feldstein still draws, but focuses more on wildlife and nature subjects.- Actor
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Harvey Pekar was born on 8 October 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for American Splendor (2003), Hero Tomorrow (2007) and Harvey Pekar's Teo Macero (2015). He was married to Joyce Brabner. He died on 12 July 2010 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA.- Director
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Hailing from New Jersey but raised in Pennsylvania, PAD started out fan-writing a SF/Star Trek fanzine and scripting parody plays for conventions. Originally tried to work in Journalism but finally got a job at Marvel Comics as Assistant Direct Sales Manager. He wrote some "fill-in" issues (Spider-Man) and eventually got to the point where he was the regular writer for several prominent Marvel titles. He lives on Long Island, writing comic books, novels, TV and movie scripts.- Writer
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Jerry Siegel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1931, he met and befriended his future partner, Joe Shuster, when the latter moved from his birthplace in Canada. Siegel and Shuster were both avid science fiction fans, publishing a fanzine in the mid-1920s. It was during this period that they read Philip Wylie's book, "Gladiator", about a mysterious character with superpowers and invulnerability. They created a strip for their fanzine (Shuster drawing, Siegel writing) featuring a super-powered villian, but later made him into a hero. In 1936, they tried, unsuccessfully, to turn it into a daily comic strip. About the same time, both young men got a job working for DC-National (now DC Comics), working on such titles as Doctor Occult, Slam Bradley, and Radio Squad. Siegel also created and worked on the Spectre In 1939, DC editor Sheldon Meyer decided to give the two young men a chance, and published their character Superman a new comic title, "Action Comics". Superman was an almost imediate hit, spawning his own eponymous title within a year, then going on to be featured in virtually every type of media.
Siegel and Shuster continued working on Superman for many years, but became increasingly resentful of the profits that DC-National made off their character (because of the practice at the time, the creators had signed away all rights to the character to the publisher). In 1946, Shuster and Siegel sued DC for a share of the rights to Superman (their lawyer was Albert Zugsmith). The case dragged on until 1948, when the two men settled for royalties only on the Superboy character. They were also required to sign away any future claims to the Superman character.
Shuster left the comic field, while Seigel left DC to become comics editor at Ziff-Davis Publications during the 1950s. Without his long-time partner, however, Siegel found the creative spark to be missing, and gradually lost work. Finally, Siegel's wife went to DC's publisher and told them, "Do you really want to read the headline "Superman Creator Starves to Death'?", and asked for the comic publisher to give him uncredited work.
Siegel wrote many Superman stories in the 1960s, including many about Superman's home planet Krypton. In 1964, however, DC once again let Siegel go. He moved to Los Angeles, where he became a virtual recluse. In 1975, after the Superman movie raised new interest in the character, the two men once again sued DC for recognition and royalties. DC, with much prodding from publisher/editor Carmine Infantino, re-instated Siegel and Shuster's name on the masthead as creators, and awarded the two men an annual stipend of $35,000. Finally receiving the recognition he deserved, Siegel became recognized as one of the pioneers of the comics industries. In 1999, his heirs' finally won their court case with DC and received 50% ownership and control of Superman.- Writer
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David Muñoz was born on 10 October 1968 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for The Devil's Backbone (2001), The Minions of Midas (2020) and Mapa de recuerdos de Madrid (2014).- Writer
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Writer, Editor and Creator. Multi Award winning character creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, consulting, editorial, film writing, development and production, media presentation and video game development. Just a few of his clients include Nike, Nickelodeon, Universal pictures, Disney, Warner Brothers, DreamWorks, Lion's Gate, Vidmark, Starz, Fox Atomic, Alliance films, New Line, Spike TV, MTV, 2kgames, Midway, Radical games, Activision and THQ games.
Co founder of such companies as Event Comics, Black Bull Media, Marvel Knights, a division of marvel comics, and the current Paperfilms, where he is partners with Amanda Conner and Justin Gray. Together they have created and co created numerous universes, comics , TV series and characters including: The New West, Monolith, 21 Down, The Resistance, The Pro, Gatecrasher, Beautiful killer, Ash, Cloudburst, Trigger Girl 6, Thrill Seeker, Trailblazer, Ballerina, The Twilight Experiment and the TV series, Painkiller Jane.
Current work includes : Screenplay for a Painkiller Jane feature, Harley Quinn, All Star Western , Ame -Comi girls Unknown Soldier for D. C. Entertainment, Creator-Owned Heroes , Queen Crab and Retrovirus for Image comics, Injustice: Gods Among Us video game for warner brothers and Legend of the Valkyrie and Rolling Thunder for Shiftylook.- Writer
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Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in Tocopilla, Chile on February 17, 1929. In 1939 he moved to Santiago where he attended university, was a circus clown and a puppeteer. In 1953 he went to Paris and studied mime with Marcel Marceau. He worked with Maurice Chevalier there and made a short film, La cravate (1957). He also befriended the surrealists Roland Topor and Fernando Arrabal, and in 1962 these three created the "Panic Movement" in homage to the mythical god Pan. As part of this group Jodorowsky wrote several books and theatrical pieces. In the later 1960s he directed avant-garde theater in Paris and Mexico City, created the comic strip "Fabulas Panicas", and made his first "real" film, the surrealist love story Fando and Lis (1968), based on a play by Arrabal. In 1971, El Topo (1970) was released and became a cult classic, as did The Holy Mountain (1973). In 1975 he returned to France to begin work on a film that was never made: a colossal adaptation of Frank Herbert's "Dune", which was to star Orson Welles, Salvador Dalí and others, was to be scored by Pink Floyd, and which brought together the visionary talents of H.R. Giger, Dan O'Bannon, and 'Jean "Moebius' Giraud' (Giger and O'Bannon later collaborated on Alien (1979).) The project's financiers backed out, and "Dune" was eventually filmed by David Lynch. Jodorowsky's next film was 1979's Tusk (1980), a story of a young girl's friendship with an elephant, which quickly faded into obscurity. In the early 1980s he began working with Moebius and other artists on various comic strips, graphic novels and cartoons, and wrote several more books. He returned to film with 1989's Santa Sangre (1989), which was critically acclaimed and widely distributed. In 1990 he directed Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole in the fantasy film The Rainbow Thief (1990). Throughout the 1990s he continued to produce cartoons with a variety of graphic artists and is reportedly to begin work on another film, the long-awaited "Sons Of El Topo", sometime in 2002 or 2003. Jodorowsky's wife Valerie and sons Brontis, Axel and Adan have all at times appeared in his films.- Writer
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Chris Claremont was born on 25 November 1950 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).- Pierre Christin was born on 27 July 1938 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France. He is a writer, known for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Hard to Be a God (1989) and Bunker palace hôtel (1989).
- Héctor Germán Oesterheld was born on 23 July 1919 in Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Héctor Germán is a writer, known for The Eternaut and Exilio (2015).
- Carlos Trillo was born on 1 May 1943 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer, known for Cybersix (1996), Cybersix (1999) and Polaroid (2018). He died on 8 May 2011 in London, England, UK.
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Garth Ennis was born on 16 January 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for The Boys (2019), Gen V (2023) and The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022).- Jamie Delano was born in 1954 in Northampton, England, UK. He is a writer, known for Constantine (2005), Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie (2018) and Constantine 2.
- Guillermo Saccomanno was born in 1948 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a writer, known for Under Flag (1997), 24 Hours (Something It's Explosive) (1997) and El tigre escondido (2005).
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Matt Fraction was born on 1 December 1975 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023), Casanova and Iron Man 2 (2010). He has been married to Kelly Sue DeConnick since 29 September 2002.- Writer
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Marten Toonder was born on 2 May 1912 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer and producer, known for Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel (1983), Hier is... Adriaan van Dis (1983) and Barend en Van Dorp (1990). He was married to Tera de Marez Oyens and Phiny Dick. He died on 27 July 2005 in Laren, Gelderland, Netherlands.- Writer
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Georges Wolinski was born on 28 June 1934 in French Protectorate Tunisia [now Tunisia]. He was a writer and actor, known for Le cowboy (1985), Pizzaiolo et Mozzarel (1985) and Le roi des cons (1981). He was married to Maryse Wolinski. He died on 7 January 2015 in Paris, France.- Christian Godard is known for Attila, un barbare défie l'empire (2006), Pilote et moi et moi et moi (2009) and René Goscinny: Profession humoriste (1998).
- Alan Grant was a Scottish comic book writer known for his DC Comics and other works including Lobo, Judge Dredd, Batman, Victor Zsasz and Etrigan the Demon. He helped Lobo become a cult favorite which got adapted into a 2000 animated series starring Greg Eagles and Kevin Michael Richardson. He passed away in July 2022 due to cancer struggles.
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Mars Ravelo was born on 9 October 1916 in Tanza, Cavite, Philippines. He was a writer, known for Darna (2022), Bobby (1958) and Captain Barbell (1986). He died on 12 September 1988.- Clodualdo Del Mundo Sr. is known for Kadenang putik (1960), Eskrimador (1955) and Sandakot na Alabok (1960).
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Kazuo Koike was born on 8 May 1936 in Akita, Japan. He was a writer, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Lady Snowblood (1973) and Shogun Assassin (1980). He died on 17 April 2019 in Japan.- Writer
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Carlo J. Caparas was born on 14 December 1948 in Pampanga, Philippines. He was a writer and director, known for Bubble's Ativan Gang (1988), Pieta (1983) and Lipa 'Arandia' Massacre: Lord, Deliver Us from Evil (1994). He was married to Donna Villa. He died on 25 May 2024 in the Philippines.- Writer
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Pablo S. Gomez was born on 25 January 1929. He was a writer and director, known for Water Lily (1958), Batas ng lansangan (2002) and Gilda (1956). He died on 26 December 2010 in Quezon City, Philippines.- Writer
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Dr. William Moulton Marston was a man who managed to combine interests of several dissimilar fields into an idea that has lasted for decades. Marston was born and raised in Massachusetts. He earned a law degree in 1918 and got a Ph.D in Psychology from Harvard University in 1921. Long interested in finding a scientific way to prove a person's innocence, Marston invented the systolic blood-pressure test, which is the basis for the polygraph machine. While campaigning for the wider use of the lie-detector in criminal cases, Marston became convinced from his studies that women were more honest and trustworthy than men. Marston became an early feminist because of this belief, and championed the idea that women represented a peaceful force in society. In 1940, Marston was invited by then DC Comics publisher Maxwell Charles Gaines to serve on an educational advisory board for DC. Marston was unhappy with the cliched male superhero, and suggested to Gaines that there was a need for a female superhero. Gaines was enthusiastic, and encouraged Marston to develop this character. That character, Wonder Woman, appeared in 1941, credited to Charles Moulton (the name came from Gaines and Marston's middle names). Wonder Woman was extremely popular, and soon starred in her own eponymous comic. Marston continued to work on his creation until his early death from cancer in 1947. Wonder Woman lives on.- Writer
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Ed Brubaker was born on 17 November 1966 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Westworld (2016) and Too Old to Die Young (2019). He is married to Melanie Tomlin.- Writer
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John Wagner was born in 1949 in Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for A History of Violence (2005), Dredd (2012) and Judge Dredd (1995).- Felipe Hernández Cava was born in 1953 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is a writer, known for Las locuras de Don Quijote (2006), Clara Campoamor, un voto para despertar (2022) and Besos de gato (2003).
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Joan Tharrats was born on 19 March 1958 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a writer, known for Jet Lag (2001), 13 anys i un dia (2008) and Club Super 3 (1991).- Writer
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Andreu Martín was born on 9 May 1949 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a writer and actor, known for Star Knight (1985), Laberint d'ombres (1998) and Sauna (1990).- Director
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José Ramón Larraz was born on 7 February 1929 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Symptoms (1974), Whirlpool (1970) and Vampyres (1974). He died on 3 September 2013 in Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain.- Writer
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Hernán Migoya was born in 1971 in Ponferrada, León, Castilla y León, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for ¡Soy un pelele! (2008), La memoria histórica (2012) and El desnudo de Jenni (1998).- Writer
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Ramón De España is known for Kill Me Tender (2003), Últimas tardes con Teresa (1984) and Cròniques de la veritat oculta (1997).- Juan Mediavilla was born in 1950 in Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain. He died on 7 October 2022 in Burgos, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain.
- Alan Martin is known for Tank Girl (1995) and Tank Girl.
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G. Willow Wilson was born on 31 August 1982 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Ms. Marvel (2022), Marvel's Avengers (2020) and Star Wars Audio Comics: YouTube Channel (2014).- Bruce Jones is known for The Hitchhiker (1983), Creepshow (2019) and Shut-In (1988). He has been married to April Campbell Jones since 1984. They have three children.
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Jim Shooter was born on 27 September 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer, known for Faith, Eternal Warrior and Harbinger.- Angela Giussani was born on 10 June 1922 in Milan, Italy. She was a writer, known for Danger: Diabolik (1968), Diabolik (2021) and Diabolik: Who Are You? (2023). She died on 12 February 1987 in Italy.
- Luciana Giussani was born on 19 April 1928 in Milan, Italy. She was a writer, known for Danger: Diabolik (1968), Diabolik (2021) and Diabolik: Who Are You? (2023). She died on 31 March 2001 in Milan, Italy.
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Luciano Secchi was born on 24 August 1939 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Delitti, amore e gelosia (1982), Satanik (1968) and Kriminal (1966).- Writer
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Lee Falk was born on 28 April 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Phantom (1996), Defenders of the Earth (1986) and Mandrake the Magician. He was married to Elizabeth Moxley. He died on 13 March 1999 in New York City, New York, USA.- Dean Young was born on 2 July 1938 in Flushing, New York, USA. He is a writer, known for The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972), Blondie & Dagwood (1987) and Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout (1989).
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Philippe Graton was born in 1961 in Uccle, Belgium. He is a writer, known for Michel Vaillant (2003), Michel Vaillant, le rêve du Mans (2018) and Top Fighter (1995).- Jacques Lob was born on 19 August 1932 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Snowpiercer (2013), Snowpiercer (2020) and Midi-Première (1975). He died on 24 May 1990 in Château-Thierry, Aisne, France.
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Benjamin Legrand was born in 1950 in Paris, France. He is a writer and assistant director, known for Snowpiercer (2013), Snowpiercer (2020) and April and the Extraordinary World (2015).- Philip Francis Nowlan was born on 13 November 1888 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was a writer, known for Buck Rogers, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) and Buck Rogers (1939). He was married to Theresa Nowlan. He died on 1 February 1940 in Bala, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Santiago García is known for García! (2022) and The Neighbor (2019).
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Robert Kirkman was born on 30 November 1978 in Richmond, Kentucky, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Invincible (2021), Fear the Walking Dead (2015) and The Walking Dead (2010).- Writer
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Arnold Drake was born on 1 March 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Flesh Eaters (1964), Young Justice (2010) and Doom Patrol (2019). He died on 12 March 2007 in New York City, New York, USA.- Writer
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Greg Rucka was born on 29 November 1969 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Old Guard (2020), Heart of Stone (2023) and Whiteout (2009). He is married to Jennifer Van Meter.- Louise Simonson was born on 26 September 1946 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is a writer, known for Steel (1997), Young Justice (2010) and Reign of the Supermen (2019). She has been married to Walter Simonson since 1980. She was previously married to Jeffrey Catherine Jones.
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One of the most influential and prolific comic book writers, Leonard Norman Wein is best known as the co-creator of Marvel's premier female superhero Ororo Munroe (aka "Storm"), the claw-bearing X-Man James 'Logan' Howlett (aka "Wolverine") and the earth elemental known as 'Swamp Thing'. The iconic loner "Wolverine" was initially conceived at the request of Marvel's chief editor Roy Thomas as a Canadian superhero (with the objective of boosting comic book sales in Canada) and has been portrayed in several films by Hugh Jackman. Len penned stories for both the Marvel and DC franchises (as well as Disney), worked on comics ranging from Batman and Superman to Spiderman, Thor, Daredevil and the Justice League of America. In the 80s, he edited DC's seminal series 'The Watchmen'. During the preceding decade, he had been instrumental in reviving the popularity of the X-Men. He also authored several key issues of "Power Man", an African-American protagonist who would later become better known as Luke Cage. An avid young comic book enthusiast named Nicolas Coppola adopted part of Power Man's moniker and subsequently rose to movie stardom as Nicolas Cage.
Len was born in New York's Bronx, had a sickly early childhood and became infatuated with comics during a lengthy recuperation in hospital at the age of seven. He initially aspired to become an artist and graduated with a degree in arts from Farmingdale State College, Long Island. While his art work didn't quite make the grade, he was able to sell his stories to DC by 1968. Along with noted illustrator Bernie Wrightson, Len co-created the human/plant hybrid mutant "Swamp Thing" in 1971 (he apparently came up with the idea while riding a subway to Queens). The character eventually inspired an animated TV series in 1991 and two motion pictures in 1982 and 1989, respectively. In tandem with writer/artist Dave Cockrum and Marvel editor Roy Thomas, Len revamped the X-Men in 1975, further adding new characters to their ranks in the first issue of Giant Size X-Men. In addition to Storm and Wolverine, he co-created the teleporting Bavarian mutant Kurt Wagner (aka " Nightcrawler") and the Russian metal giant Pyotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin (aka "Colossus"). For DC Comics, he co-created the character of Barbara Ann Minerva (alias "Cheetah"), nemesis of Wonder Woman; the alien Galius Zed (affiliated with the "Green Lantern"); Amanda Waller (aka "Mockingbird"), affiliated with Justice League and Suicide Squad and variously played on screen (live action) by Pam Grier (Smallville (2001)), Angela Bassett (Green Lantern (2011)) and Cynthia Addai-Robinson (Arrow (2012)). Another product of Len's fertile imagination (with writer John Calnan) was Wayne Enterprises (Batman's) business manager Lucius Fox, portrayed on screen by Morgan Freeman in The Dark Knight Trilogy. Ironically, Len did not have a hand in the creation of his two personal favourites: Batman and the Incredible Hulk.
Len suffered from long-standing heart ailments. He had a quintuple bypass in 2015 and sadly died two years later, on September 10 2017 in Los Angeles, at the age of 69. The Guardian newspaper quoted Dave Wielgosz (assistant editor at DC comic), eulogising Len by saying "You can't be hyperbolic when it comes to Len Wein's legacy. He created wrote and edited more great superhero stories than anyone."- Writer
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Dennis O'Neil began as Stan Lee's editorial assistant in the mid-1960s. He wrote comic stories for Batman starting in the 1970s, and was one of the guiding forces behind returning the Batman character to its dark roots from the campiness of the '60s. He's written several novels, comics, short stories, reviews and teleplays, including the novelization of the movie Batman Begins.- Francisco V. Coching was born January 29, 1919, to novelist Gregorio Coching and Juana Vicente, in Pasay City, Metro Manila. He dedicated his life to his family and to the art of writing and illustrating comics novels for four decades. Mostly a self-taught artist, Coching started with pen-and-ink drawings and later graduated to storytelling, via comics illustrations. His father was a novelist for a magazine, and Coching apprenticed under him at first. Under the tutelage of the acclaimed Tony Velasquez, creator of the "Kenkoy" series, Coching's first serious work was "Bing Bigotilyo," created in 1934. This was followed by "Marabini," a creation interrupted by World War II, during which he joined the ROTC Hunters, enlisting in its guerrilla group called the Kamagong Unit. In 1944 Coching met and married Filomena Navales, who became not just his wife but his lifetime assistant.
Coching's seventh creation was "Hagibis," which he created from 1947-1950. Loosely inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan," "Hagibis" proved to be so popular it was made into a film with 'Fernando Poe Sr' (Hagibis (1947)) and Coching followed it up with several sequels. "Hagibis" helped secure his fame as an illustrating artist. From "Hagibis" through "Pedro Penduko" in 1954 to "Thor" in 1962, "Tiagong Lundag" in 1966 and "El Vibora" in 1972, Coching churned out endless sagas of romance and adventure, of heroic exploits and mighty deeds that fed the popular imagination of the Filipino reader and movie-going audience. Coching was very prolific, credited with approximately 60 titles, and his works covered many genres: mystery, fantasy, romance, adventure, mythology, folklore, horror, biography, sex, drama and comedy, for example. Although from time to time he was inspired by foreign works like "Tarzan" and Louis L'Amour's western novels, Coching stuck close to Filipino local color, and today he is considered the "Dean of Filipino illustrators," his name revered in the same league as one reveres Balagtas and even 'José Rizal'.
Coching died in 1998, and his wife and children gave him a tribute at the Pasig Museum (Pasig City), where huge movie posters of Coching-written films and studio stills from LVN Pictures, Sampaguita Studios and Premiere Productions adorned the museum. The lead stars of his works-turned-movies, like Vic Vargas and Cesar Ramirez, attended the tribute. Coching helped to make the "komiks" an effective medium of verbal and visual literacy, thus promoting Filipino as national language. - Writer
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Jean-Claude Forest was born on 11 September 1930 in Le Perreux, Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Barbarella (1968), Barbarella and Marie Mathématique (1965). He was married to Petra Fores. He died on 30 December 1998 in Paris, France.- Producer
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Joss Whedon is the middle of five brothers - his younger brothers are Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon. Both his father, Tom Whedon and his grandfather, John Whedon were successful television writers. Joss' mother, Lee Stearns, was a history teacher and she also wrote novels as Lee Whedon. Whedon was raised in New York and was educated at Riverdale Country School, where his mother also taught. He also attended Winchester College in England for two years, before graduating with a film degree from Wesleyan University.
After relocating to Los Angeles, Whedon landed his first TV writing job on "Roseanne", and moved on to script a season of "Parenthood". He then developed a film script which went on to become Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). Whedon was very unhappy with the final film - his original script was extensively re-written and made lighter in tone. After this he earned screenwriting credits on such high profile productions as Alien: Resurrection (1997) and Toy Story (1995), for which he was Oscar nominated. He also worked as a 'script doctor' on various features, notably Speed (1994).
In 1997, Whedon had the opportunity to resurrect his character Buffy in a television series on The WB Network. This time, as showrunner and executive producer, he retained full artistic control. The series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was a popular and critical hit, which ran for several seasons, the last two on UPN. Whedon also produced a spin-off series, "Angel", which was also successful. A foray in to sci-fi television followed with "Firefly", which developed a cult following, but did not stay on air long. It did find an audience on DVD and through re-runs, and a spin-off feature film Serenity (2005) was released in 2005.
Other projects have included comic book writing, the sci-fi drama "Dollhouse" and the screenplay for Marvel blockbuster The Avengers (2012).- Producer
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Kevin Patrick Smith was born in Red Bank but grew up in Highlands, New Jersey, the son of Grace (Schultz) and Donald E. Smith, a postal worker. He is very proud of his native state; this fact can be seen in all of his movies. Kevin is of mostly German, with some Irish and English, ancestry.
His first movie, Clerks (1994), was filmed in the convenience store in which Smith worked. He was only allowed to shoot at night after the store closed. This movie won the highest award at the Sundance film festival and was brought to theaters by Miramax. The movie went over so well that Smith was able to make another movie, Mallrats (1995). This movie, as Kevin has said, was meant to be a "smart Porkys". Although it didn't do well at all in the box office, it has done more than well on video store shelves and is usually the favorite among many Smith fans.
During filming for the movie, Smith met his new close friends and stars of his next movie, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, and his new girlfriend, Joey Lauren Adams. Smith has said that his relationship with Adams has been much of an inspiration for his next movie, Chasing Amy (1997), Smith's comedy drama which won two independent Spirit awards: Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Role (for Jason Lee). Around the time that Chasing Amy (1997) was wrapping, Smith broke up with Adams and, then when the Spirit awards were approaching, he met his soon-to-be wife, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith. After Chasing Amy (1997), Smith started on Dogma (1999), a controversial film about Christianity. Around this time, Smith's wife gave birth to their first baby girl, Harley Quinn Smith. Harley Quinn and Jennifer both have roles in Smith's next film,Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). In this road trip comedy, the cult heroes, Jay and Silent Bob, go on an adventure to stop the production of a movie being made about them, find true love, and save an orangutan.
In 2004, he wrote and directed Jersey Girl (2004), starring Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler. Although there were some disappointing reviews and the movie was a disappointment at the box office, Smith says it did alright going up against the "Bennifer Massacre" known as Gigli (2003).
In 2005, Smith wrote the screenplay for Clerks II (2006), which he planned to start shooting in January of 2005. But then he got a call from Susannah Grant, who wanted Smith to audition for her new film. Smith went into the audition and, five minutes after finishing, he got a call saying he got the part. Filming began in January 2005 so Smith had to delay the filming of Clerks II (2006). After Catch and Release (2006) finished filming, Smith shot "Clerks II" in September 2005. After cutting "Clerks II", they submitted it to the Cannes film festival. It got accepted and, at Cannes, it got an 8 minute standing ovation.
In 2006, Smith also got offered a part in the fourth "Die Hard" film, Live Free or Die Hard (2007). Smith got to film a scene with one of his idols, Bruce Willis, the scene was supposed to take one day of filming, it ended up taking a week. In 2007, Smith was also hired to direct the pilot for the show Reaper (2007), which garnered favorable reviews.
In 2007 and 2008, Smith wrote two scripts: a comedy, Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), and a horror film called Red State (2011). Harvey Weinstein green-lighted "Zack and Miri", based just off the title, although they passed on "Red State", Smith plans to get "Red State" independently funded. Smith filmed "Zack and Miri" with comedy starSeth Rogen. The film did not meet expectations at the box office but got good reviews. It is Smith's highest grossing movie, although he says he was crushed by the disappointing box office of the film.
Smith was offered the chance to direct a film which was written by Robb Cullen and Mark Cullen called Cop Out (2010). Smith accepted, it would be two firsts; the first feature Smith has directed but not written and the first feature of Smith's that Scott Mosier has not produced (Mosier is trying to find a film to direct). Smith hired Bruce Willis for the film.- Writer
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Shin Kibayashi is known for Drops of God (2023), Detective School Q (2003) and The Files of the Young Kindaichi 3 (2001).- Writer
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Lars Jansson was born on 8 October 1926 in Helsinki, Finland. He was a writer, known for Comet in Moominland (1992), Mumintrollet (1969) and Mumindalen (1973). He died on 31 July 2000 in Helsinki, Finland.- Writer
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Joan Potau was born in 1945 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a writer and actor, known for El rey pasmado (1991), Belle Epoque (1992) and No respires: El amor está en el aire (1999). He was married to Carme Elias. He died on 3 February 2015 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Eduardo Maicas was born on 9 November 1950 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 2 August 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Juan Sasturain was born on 5 August 1945 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He is an actor and writer, known for Zenitram (2010), Necronomicón (2018) and Recordando el show de Alejandro Molina (2011).- Claudio Nizzi is known for Ho conosciuto Magnus (2016).
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Born in Madrid, Santiago Segura started his career by making his first short movie at the age of fourteen. After studying Arts in Madrid, he finally decided to become a filmmaker. His first short film Relatos de la medianoche (1989) was made with a budget of only 7.000 pts. (about 60 dollars).
After that, he appeared as a contestant in several Spanish TV quiz shows, such as Locos por la tele (1990) and No te rías, que es peor (1990). With the money he made of those appareances, he directed Evilio. (1992) and shortly after, Perturbado (1993), winning a Goya for the best short film in 1994. His last short film is the sequel Evilio vuelve (El purificador) (1995).
He's a very good friend of the Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia and he has appeared in all of his films. In 1998, he directed his firt feature film, the smashing hit Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law (1998).- Patricia Highsmith was born on 19 January 1921 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. She was a writer, known for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Strangers on a Train (1951) and The Two Faces of January (2014). She died on 4 February 1995 in Locarno, Switzerland.
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Pepe Gálvez is known for Al final de la escapada (2010), Ànima (2009) and Premis Nacionals de Cultura 2011 (2011).- Ted Osborne was born on 6 February 1900 in Oklahoma, USA. Ted was a writer, known for Mickey's Birthday Party (1953), DuckTales: Remastered (2013) and Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990). Ted died on 12 March 1968 in San Carlos, San Mateo County, California, USA.
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Rachel Pollack is known for We Are Twisted Fucking Sister! (2014).- Writer
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Buronson was born on 16 June 1947 in Nagano, Japan. Buronson is a writer and producer, known for Fist of the North Star (1984), Fist of the North Star (1995) and Legend of Fist of the North Star (1993).- Yasutaka Nagai was born on 10 March 1941 in Shanghai, China. He is a writer, known for Battle Hawk (1976), Keiho (1999) and Kenpô dai 39 jô: Furasshu bakku (2001).
- Hiroshi Koenji is known for Legendary Panty Mask (1991).
- Kyôko Mizuki was born on 28 November 1949. Kyôko is a writer, known for Candy Candy - Candy's Summer Vacation (1978), Candy Candy - The Call of Spring (1978) and Candy Candy (1976).
- Man Izawa was born on 6 August 1945 in Japan. Man is a writer, known for Kimi no na wa (1991), Harimao (1989) and Dôsôkai (1993).
- Víctor Mora was born on 6 June 1931 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a writer, known for Captain Thunder (2011), 13 x 13 (1987) and Lletres catalanes (1974). He died on 17 August 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Bob Haney was born on 15 March 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Bob was a writer, known for Young Justice (2010), Doom Patrol (2019) and The New Adventures of Superman (1966). Bob died on 25 November 2004 in La Mesa, California, USA.- Bobbie Chase is known for Marvel's Midnight Suns (2022), Opening Shot (1993) and Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013).
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Mariko Tamaki is known for Goosebumps (2023), Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023) and Supergirl (2015).- Archie Goodwin was born on 8 September 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Luke Cage (2016), The Defenders (2017) and Batman: Black and White (2008). He died on 1 March 1998 in New York, USA.
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Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer. His work includes the Marvels limited series, his own series titled Astro City, and a four-year run on The Avengers. In 1993, Busiek and artist Alex Ross produced the Marvels limited series which, as comics historian Matthew K. Manning notes, "reinvigorated painted comics as a genre, went on to become an acclaimed masterpiece, and spawned more than its own fair share of imitators.- Writer
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Peter O'Donnell was born on 11 April 1920 in Lewisham, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Modesty Blaise (1966), The Vengeance of She (1968) and My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004). He was married to Constance Doris Green. He died on 3 May 2010 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.