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Input (English): Context: William "Bill" Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series "Elementals" and "Fables"., Grant Morrison, MBE (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright, and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and countercultural leanings in his runs on titles including DC Comics's "Animal Man", "Batman", "JLA", "Action Comics", "All-Star Superman", Vertigo's "The Invisibles", and Fleetway's "2000 AD"., The Punisher War Journal is the title of two Marvel Comics comic book series featuring the character Frank Castle, also known as the Punisher. The first volume, published from 1988 to 1995, was spun off of a self-titled series featuring the vigilante's exploits., Mark Millar (born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer, known for his work on "The Authority", "The Ultimates", "Marvel Knights Spider-Man", "Ultimate Fantastic Four", "Civil War", "The Secret Service", "Wanted", "Chrononauts", "Superior" and "Kick-Ass", the latter six of which have been, or will be, adapted into feature films., We3 is a three-issue American comic book mini-series by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, who describe its kinetic style as "Western Manga". It was published in 2004 by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, with a trade paperback released in 2005., Vincent Deighan (born 1968), better known by the pen name Frank Quitely, is a Scottish comic book artist. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Grant Morrison on titles such as "New X-Men", "We3", "All-Star Superman", and "Batman and Robin", as well as his work with Mark Millar on "The Authority" and "Jupiter's Legacy"., Jim Lee (Korean ; born August 11, 1964) is a Korean American comic book artist, writer, editor, and publisher. He entered the industry in 1987 as an artist for Marvel Comics, illustrating titles such as "Alpha Flight" and "The Punisher War Journal", before gaining popularity on "The Uncanny X-Men". "X-Men" No. 1, the 1991 spin-off series premiere that Lee penciled and co-wrote with Chris Claremont, remains the best-selling comic book of all time, according to "Guinness World Records"., Flinch was a Vertigo Comics horror anthology . It ran 16 issues from June 1999 until January 2001 and featured the talents of Jim Lee , Bill Willingham , Frank Quitely and many others . Rumors of being canceled seemed to plague the book throughout its printing . Tim Truman said of the series : `` ... the best art I 've done in any single comics story is on the '' Brer Hoodoo `` short story I did with Joe for Vertigo 's Flinch anthology . '' Issue # 11 won a Horror Writers ' Association Bram Stoker Award for `` Red Romance '' by Joe R. Lansdale ., The X-Men is a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the characters first appeared in "The X-Men" #1 (September 1963). They are among the most recognizable and successful intellectual properties of Marvel Comics, appearing in numerous books, television shows, films, and video games., Alpha Flight is a team of Canadian superheroes created by comic book writer John Byrne. The characters premiered in the April 1979 issue of "X-Men", published by Marvel Comics. Marvel published an "Alpha Flight" comic book series from 1983 to 1994., Comic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s. It was published by TwoMorrows Publishing and later Top Shelf Productions from 19982005. Its sequel is "Comic Book Creator" magazine which started publishing in 2013 and is also published by TwoMorrows., Uncanny X-Men, originally published as The X-Men, is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics since 1963, and is the longest-running series in the X-Men comics franchise. It features a team of superheroes called the X-Men, a group of mutants with superhuman abilities led and taught by Professor X., A pen name ("nom de plume", or "literary double") is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of his or her works in place of their "real" name. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her previous works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or for any of a number of reasons related to the marketing or aesthetic presentation of the work. The author's name may be known only to the publisher, or may come to be common knowledge., Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1998 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous U.S. editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records and national records, both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time. As of the 2017 edition, it is now in its 63rd year of publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages.
The international franchise has extended beyond print to include television series and museums. The popularity of the franchise has resulted in "Guinness World Records" becoming the primary international authority on the cataloguing and verification of a huge number of world records; the organisation employs official record adjudicators authorised to verify the authenticity of the setting and breaking of records., The Punisher (Frank Castle) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artist John Romita Sr., with publisher Stan Lee green-lighting the name. The Punisher made his first appearance in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #129 (cover-dated Feb. 1974)., Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, an American publisher of comic books and related media. In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Worldwide's parent company., Christopher S. "Chris" Claremont (born November 25, 1950) is a British-born American comic book writer and novelist, known for his 19751991 stint on "Uncanny X-Men", far longer than that of any other writer, during which he is credited with developing strong female characters as well as introducing complex literary themes into superhero narratives, turning the once underachieving comic into one of Marvels most popular series., All-Star Superman is a twelve-issue American comic book series featuring Superman that was published by DC Comics. The series ran from November 2005 to October 2008. The series was written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Frank Quitely, and digitally inked by Jamie Grant. DC claimed that this series would "strip down the Man of Steel to his timeless, essential elements"., The Authority is a superhero comic book series published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint. It was created by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, and follows the adventures of the Authority, a superhero team mainly composed of Ellis-created characters from "Stormwatch"., Subject: flinch , Relation: instance_of, Options: (A) 1 (B) 1975 (C) 25 (D) august (E) bill (F) book series (G) castle (H) character (I) civil war (J) comic (K) comic book (L) comic book series (M) december (N) editor (O) emphasis (P) feature (Q) fictional character (R) franchise (S) gender (T) grant (U) group (V) guinness world records (W) human (X) imprint (Y) industry (Z) jack ([) january (\) kick (]) lighting (^) magazine (_) manga (`) name (a) november (b) pen (c) print (d) publication (e) publisher (f) reference (g) scottish (h) secret service (i) sequel (j) single (k) six (l) spider (m) star (n) style (o) superhero (p) team (q) television series (r) three (s) title (t) two (u) video (v) war (w) will (x) year
Output (English): comic book series