"that the concert film was ""hugely enjoyable"" despite the show's flaws, and unless the 1974 Diamond Dogs Tour or 1990 Sound+Vision Tour videos are released, this release ""leads the field for those wishing to see David Bowie delivering a rock-theatre spectacular."" All songs were written by David Bowie except where noted. Note Adapted from the ""Glass Spider"" liner notes. Musicians The 2007 re-release reached number 9 on the UK Video Charts. Glass Spider Glass Spider is a concert film by English singer David Bowie. The release was sourced from eight shows during the first two weeks of November 1987 at"
"Tinkerer Tinkerer (Phineas Mason) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character made his first appearance in ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" #2 (May 1963). The character has an almost superhuman gift of genius in engineering, able to invent sophisticated gadgets from nothing more than spare parts left over from ordinary household appliances. The character has made appearances in television and various video games before making his cinematic debut in """", portrayed by Michael Chernus. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character made his first appearance"
"the evidence in Walker vs. Viacom. Troy Walker Troy Walker (born January 25, 1967) is an American cartoonist, toy inventor, producer and founder of TWP Cartoon Studios. Walker created the children's novelty fad Hairy Pops finger puppets, used as a promotional tool in the late 1990s by the Supercuts chain of hair salons. The comic strip ""Bob Spongee, the Unemployed Sponge"" featured, as the main character, a creature with sponges for eyes, legs, and arms. During the early 1990s, Walker packaged a homemade Bob Spongee doll with comic strips and sold them throughout Northern California. A decade later, this character"
"Ross Andru Ross Andru (; born Rossolav Andruskevich; June 15, 1927 – November 9, 1993) was an American comics artist and editor. He is best known for his work on ""The Amazing Spider-Man"", ""Wonder Woman"", ""The Flash"", and ""The Metal Men,"" and for having co-created the character called The Punisher. His most frequent collaborator was inker Mike Esposito, with whom he worked on projects over a span of four decades. The two founded three short-lived comic books companies: Mr. Publications (1951), MikeRoss (1953) and Klevart Enterprises (1970). Andru was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in"
"Troy Walker Troy Walker (born January 25, 1967) is an American cartoonist, toy inventor, producer and founder of TWP Cartoon Studios. Walker created the children's novelty fad Hairy Pops finger puppets, used as a promotional tool in the late 1990s by the Supercuts chain of hair salons. The comic strip ""Bob Spongee, the Unemployed Sponge"" featured, as the main character, a creature with sponges for eyes, legs, and arms. During the early 1990s, Walker packaged a homemade Bob Spongee doll with comic strips and sold them throughout Northern California. A decade later, this character would be the focus of a"
"Jay Scott Pike Jay Scott Pike (September 6, 1924 – September 13, 2015) was an American comic book artist and commercial illustrator known for his 1950s and 1960s work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, advertising art, and as a good girl artist. He created the DC character Dolphin and co-created the Marvel character Jann of the Jungle. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 6, 1924, Jay Scott Pike enrolled at the Art Students League in Manhattan, New York City at what he said was age 15 or 16: ""I know I was partway into high school. I wasn't a"
"Tiny and Mr Duk Tiny and Mr Duk were two puppet characters created for UK children's TV show, ""The Saturday Show"" by Dave Chapman and Damian Farrell. Tiny is a giant hamster, created in an accident in a laboratory. Mr Duk is a duck who acts as Tiny's agent, although this setup was referred to less and less as the characters evolved. This backstory was covered in a short video clip shown at the start of their segments on ""The Saturday Show"" during their first few months, but was dropped when they became established characters in their own right. Most"
"spider props in the movie ""Wild Wild West"" with Will Smith. In 1987, Donna began developing the concept of Tacky People through her jewelry and through her figurine design. In 1978, she met Terry Blumberg at a drawing class at City College of San Francisco. The duo became instant friends and began collaborating on the Tacky People cartoon in 1988. The concept behind the Tacky People figurines was that they were characters that brought positive energy to people who bought them. The characters were designed to be outrageously tacky and make people laugh. In the 1990s, the duo decided to"
"Cartoons. In 1961, Eisenberg was hired at Hanna-Barbera Productions, run by former MGM cartoon producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Here, Eisenberg co-created ""The Peter Potamus Show"", designed the characters on ""Wacky Races"" and ""Super Friends"", and worked in layout on programs such as ""The Jetsons"", ""The Huckleberry Hound Show"", ""Jonny Quest"", and ""Wacky Races"". In 1977, Hanna-Barbera alumnae Joe Ruby and Ken Spears started their own studio, Ruby-Spears Productions, and hired Eisenberg as producer and character designer for ""Fangface"", ""The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show"", and ""Thundarr the Barbarian"". Eisenberg later worked as a writer, storyboard artist, and/or designer and"
"in the second Foolkiller's van, next to the face of the original user of that identity. Steve Gerber Stephen Ross ""Steve"" Gerber (; September 20, 1947 – February 10, 2008) was an American comic book writer best known for co-creating the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck and a character-defining run on ""Man-Thing,"" one of their monster properties. Other notable works include ""Omega the Unknown,"" ""Marvel Spotlight:"" ""Son of Satan,"" ""The Defenders,"" ""Marvel Presents:"" ""Guardians of the Galaxy,"" ""Daredevil"" and ""Foolkiller"". Gerber was known for including lengthy text pages in the midst of comic book stories, such as in"
"Gil Kane Gil Kane (; born Eli Katz ; April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000) was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug"
"CelebriDucks CelebriDucks is an American manufacturer of celebrity-licensed rubber ducks based in San Rafael, California. As of July 2009, the CelebriDucks has created more than 200 different ducks, including Betty Boop, Charlie Chaplin, Groucho Marx, Babe Ruth, William Shakespeare, the Mona Lisa, and Santa Claus. The company has been named a top 100 gift idea by ""Entertainment Weekly"" and was voted a fan favorite in a poll by ESPN. CelebriDucks was founded in 1998 by Craig Wolfe as a product of his animation design firm Name That Toon. Started as a ""fun side project"" with his daughter Rebecca, the new"
"Milt Neil Milt Neil (May 30, 1914 - October 18, 1997), sometimes known as ""the Duck Man"", was an American animator, toy designer and comics artist. . Milt Neil was born in New Jersey in 1914. He worked for Disney Studios from 1935 to 1944. He worked on ""Fantasia"", ""Dumbo"", ""Saludos Amigos"", and ""The Three Caballeros"". After leaving Disney he briefly worked for Walter Lantz. He was also active in advertising and redesigned the two mascots of Pea Soup Andersen's. They received their permanent names Hap-Pea and Pea-Wee through a contest. Neil became involved with the children's show ""Howdy Doody"","
"was extremely important to Ross. He used to go around New York City taking pictures of the buildings so he could be accurate about where he put Spider-Man."" Comics work (interior pencil art) includes: Ross Andru Ross Andru (; born Rossolav Andruskevich; June 15, 1927 – November 9, 1993) was an American comics artist and editor. He is best known for his work on ""The Amazing Spider-Man"", ""Wonder Woman"", ""The Flash"", and ""The Metal Men,"" and for having co-created the character called The Punisher. His most frequent collaborator was inker Mike Esposito, with whom he worked on projects over a"
"Mike Esposito (comics) Mike Esposito (July 14, 1927 – October 24, 2010), who sometimes used the pseudonyms Mickey Demeo, Mickey Dee, Michael Dee, and Joe Gaudioso, was an American comic book artist whose work for DC Comics, Marvel Comics and others spanned the 1950s to the 2000s. As a comic book inker teamed with his childhood friend Ross Andru, he drew for such major titles as ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" and ""Wonder Woman"". An Andru-Esposito drawing of Wonder Woman appears on a 2006 U.S. stamp. Esposito was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2007. Mike Esposito"
"Charles Thorson Charles Gustav Thorson (29 August 1890 – 7 August 1966) was a Canadian political cartoonist, character designer, children's book author and illustrator. Thorson is best known as the man who designed and named Bugs Bunny. Thorson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, of Icelandic descent. Politician Joseph Thorson was his older brother. From 1935 to 1945, Thorson worked in American animation studios, including The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. He created hundreds of cartoon characters, including Snow White, Elmer Fudd, Little Hiawatha, Sniffles the Mouse, 'Inki and the Mynah', The Lady Known as Lou, and Twinkletoes. In"
"his girlfriend Dian Belmont (daughter of the District Attorney) encountered several, often grotesque, foes in multi-issue storylines. The team of Dodds and Belmont were a nod to Nick and Nora Charles of ""The Thin Man"" novel and movies. The first artist was Guy Davis, who defined the visual look of the character. Davis changed Dodds from the traditional portrayal as a tall, square-jawed figure, making him shorter, round-faced and slightly overweight. He also gave Dodds a pair of round spectacles, visually echoing the round eyepieces of the gas mask he wore as the Sandman. Davis also redesigned the Sandman costume."
"Billy DeBeck William Morgan DeBeck (April 15, 1890 – November 11, 1942), better known as Billy DeBeck, was an American cartoonist. He is most famous as the creator of the comic strip ""Barney Google"", later retitled ""Barney Google and Snuffy Smith"". The strip was especially popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and featured a number of well-known characters, including the title character, Bunky, Snuffy Smith, and Spark Plug the race horse. Spark Plug was a merchandising phenomenon, and has been called the Snoopy of the 1920s. DeBeck drew with a scratchy line in a ""big-foot"" style, in which characters had"
"Leo Burnett Leo Burnett (October 21, 1891 – June 7, 1971) was an American advertising executive and the founder of Leo Burnett Company, Inc.. He was responsible for creating some of advertising's most well-known characters and campaigns of the 20th century, including Tony the Tiger, Charlie the Tuna, the Marlboro Man, the Maytag Repairman, United's ""Fly the Friendly Skies"", and Allstate's ""Good Hands"", and for garnering relationships with multinational clients such as McDonald's, Hallmark and Coca-Cola. In 1999, Burnett was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Leo Burnett was born"
"Twisted ToyFare Theatre Twisted ToyFare Theatre (TTT) was a popular, humorous comic strip in the monthly magazine ""ToyFare"". Originally titled ""Twisted Mego Theatre"", it predominantly featured scale action figures made by the Mego Corporation (a line very popular in the 1970s, during the childhood years of much of the magazine's staff), and principally those based on Marvel Comics characters, such as Spider-Man (""Mego Spidey"") and the Incredible Hulk. The artwork was done in the fumetti style by photographing toys on sets built by the magazine's staff, and using Photoshop to add effects and word balloons. The series was known for"
"Arthur Peddy Arthur F. Peddy (December 26, 1916 – May 15, 2002) was an American comic book and advertising artist best known for co-creating Quality Comics' superhero character Phantom Lady and Atlas Comics' jungle girl character Jann of the Jungle. He also was known for a stint as penciler of the superhero team the Justice Society of America for what later became DC Comics. Peddy began his art career during the late-1930s and 1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books and remained active in the medium into the 1970s, when he began concentrating on commercial"
"Robert Tonner Robert Tonner (born July 14, 1952) is an American entrepreneur, fashion designer, sculptor, doll artist and owner of Tonner Doll Company, Inc. and the Effanbee Doll Company, Inc. Robert Tonner is best known for his fashion doll designs and the creation of the Tonner Doll Company, which designs a number of original doll lines, such as the Tyler Wentworth and Antoinette series. In addition, Tonner Doll Company Inc. contracts with and designs for many major film studios. They have designed dolls for such contemporary films as ""Harry Potter"", ""Spider-Man 3"", and ""Twilight"", as well as classic films, such"
"Chip 'n' Dale Chip and Dale (also rendered as Chip 'n' Dale or Chip an' Dale) are two chipmunk cartoon characters created at Walt Disney Productions in 1943. Their names are a pun based on the name of the famous 18th-century cabinet maker and furniture designer Thomas Chippendale. This was suggested by Bill ""Tex"" Henson, a story artist at the studio. Of the two, Chip is portrayed as being safe, focused, and having a mind for logical scheming. Dale, by contrast, is more laid-back, dim-witted, and impulsive, and has a very strong sense of humor. Originally the two had a"
"Goldberg, was published by Unity Games (the publishing arm of Unity Technologies) in November 2013. Rube Goldberg Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970), known best as Rube Goldberg, was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. Goldberg is best known for his popular cartoons depicting complicated gadgets performing simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. The cartoons led to the expression ""Rube Goldberg machines"" to describe similar gadgets and processes. Goldberg received many honors in his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize for political cartooning in 1948 and the Banshees' Silver Lady Award in 1959. Goldberg"
"was the first major exhibit of designer urban toys worldwide and guest curated by Pharrell Williams. Huck's work can be found in the editorial companion to the exhibit, titled by the same name, ""This is Not a Toy"". In 2015, Huck revealed that he has severed ties with Kidrobot and has his own toy platform in production called The Blank. In 2017, Huck Gee Inc. ended and released its final self-produced release. Huck Gee Mark Gee (born May 19, 1973, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England), better known as Huck Gee, is a contemporary artist, illustrator, toy maker, and designer best"
"Tin Woodman The Tin Woodman, better known as either the Tin Man or (incorrectly) the Tin Woodsman (the third name appears only in adaptations, the first—and in rare instances, the second—was used by Baum), is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. Baum's Tin Woodman first appeared in his classic 1900 book ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"", and reappeared in many other subsequent Oz books in the series. In late 19th-century America, men made out of various tin pieces were used in advertising and political cartoons. Baum, who was editing a magazine"
"Steve Gerber Stephen Ross ""Steve"" Gerber (; September 20, 1947 – February 10, 2008) was an American comic book writer best known for co-creating the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck and a character-defining run on ""Man-Thing,"" one of their monster properties. Other notable works include ""Omega the Unknown,"" ""Marvel Spotlight:"" ""Son of Satan,"" ""The Defenders,"" ""Marvel Presents:"" ""Guardians of the Galaxy,"" ""Daredevil"" and ""Foolkiller"". Gerber was known for including lengthy text pages in the midst of comic book stories, such as in his graphic novel, ""Stewart the Rat"". Gerber was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book"
"Don Kaye Donald R. Kaye (June 27, 1938 – January 31, 1975) was the co-founder of Tactical Studies Rules (TSR), the game publishing company most famous for their ""Dungeons & Dragons"" (""D&D"") role-playing game. He and TSR co-founder Gary Gygax had been friends since childhood, sharing an interest in miniature war games. In 1972, Kaye created Murlynd, one of the first ""D&D"" characters, and play-tested him in Gygax's ""Castle Greyhawk"" campaign. Kaye and Gygax were convinced that ""D&D"" and similar games were an excellent business opportunity, and together they founded Tactical Studies Rules in 1973. However, only two years later,"
"Doll Man Doll Man is a fictional superhero from the Golden Age of Comics, originally published by Quality Comics and currently part of the DC Comics universe of characters. Doll Man was created by cartoonist Will Eisner and first appeared in a four-page story entitled ""Meet the Doll Man"" in ""Feature Comics"" #27. The issue's December, 1939 cover date indicates that Doll Man is the first comic book superhero with a shrinking power. He notably predates the more-famous Ray Palmer and Hank Pym by two decades. The secret identity of Doll Man, ""The World's Mightiest Mite,"" is research chemist Darrel"
"Super Duck Super Duck was a comic book character created in 1943 for what was then MLJ Comics (now Archie Comics) by staff artist Al Fagaly. As his name implies, Super Duck (nicknamed ""Supe"") was originally a parody of Superman, even down to a red and blue costume. But his time as a superhero was short, and by late 1944 his stories became more conventional, in the Disney/Carl Barks mode. ""Super Duck Comics"" ran from 1944–1960, featuring ""Super Duck, the Cockeyed Wonder"" in his most familiar attire: a black shirt, red lederhosen and often an Alpine hat. Regular contributors to"
"Huck Gee Mark Gee (born May 19, 1973, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England), better known as Huck Gee, is a contemporary artist, illustrator, toy maker, and designer best known by toy enthusiasts for his iconic ""Skullhead"" character. He works and lives in San Francisco, California. Influenced by Japanese and Hong Kong pop art, Huck produces illustrations and custom figures and has released production toys through Kidrobot including figures for The Standard and DJ Qbert. In 2005, Huck Gee released the ""Skullhead Project"", a joint project between Kidrobot and Barneys New York in conjunction with five top fashion designers: Marc Jacobs,"
"incarnation of Clayface. According to Kane, he drew the Penguin after being inspired by the then advertising mascot of Kool cigarettes — a penguin with a top hat and cane. Finger, however, claimed that he created the villain as a caricature of the aristocratic type, because ""stuffy English gentlemen"" reminded him of emperor penguins. In 1966, Kane retired from DC Comics, choosing to focus on fine art. As Kane's comic-book work tapered off in the 1960s, he parlayed his Batman status into minor celebrity. He enjoyed a post-comics career in television animation, creating the characters Courageous Cat and Cool McCool,"
"Art Babbitt Arthur Harold Babitsky (October 8, 1907 – March 4, 1992), better known as Art Babbitt, was an American animator, best known for his work at The Walt Disney Company. He received over 80 awards as an animation director and animator, and also developed the character of Goofy. Babbitt worked as an animator or animation director on such films as ""The Three Little Pigs"" (1933), ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"" (1937), ""Fantasia"" (1940), and ""The Incredible Mr. Limpet"" (1964), among others. Outside of Disney, he also animated ""The Wise Quacking Duck"" (1943) for Leon Schlesinger Productions. Babbitt was"