"long, perfectly waved platinum-blond hair and her pink feather boa, looks like a pretty and inert doll—"" The article continues: ""And if the Stepford daughter on the cover is meant to remind us of Veruca Salt or Violet Beauregarde, she doesn't: those badly behaved squirts are bubbling over with rude life."" Moreover, writes Talbot, ""The Modern Classics cover has not a whiff of this validation of childish imagination; instead, it seems to imply a deviant adult audience."" Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features"
"Montague Glass Montague Marsden Glass (born July 23, 1877 – June 21, 1934) was a British-American Jewish lawyer and writer of short stories, plays and film scripts. His greatest success came with the creation of his fictional duo Abe Potash and Morris (""Mawrus"") Perlmutter, who appeared in three books, a play, and several films. Glass was born in Manchester, England, but spent his childhood in Baguley, in Cheshire. Glass' father worked in the linen and cotton trade. The Glass family moved to New York in 1890, in pursuit of Glass' father's business interests. Glass married Mary Caroline Patterson in 1908."
"Obert Skye Obert Skye is the pseudonym of Robert Farrell Smith. He is a bestselling American children's writer known for the ""Leven Thumps"" series, the ""Pillage"" trilogy,[1] and ""The Creature from My Closet"" series. He is also the author of ""Witherwood Reform School"" and ""Beyond Foo"". Skye is known for novels that emphasize the power of imagination and importance of discovering the impossible in the mundane. Even the Obert Skye pen name, which is used to further ""research"" on the world of Foo in Leven Thumps and the existence of dragons in Pillage, is “all about imagination” and “thinking bigger"
"claimed he harbored no ill will toward Schilling in a 2014 interview with ""The Escapist"". ""Why would I sue Curt [for the $2 million]? Maybe he made a couple of bad business decisions ... [but] he didn't do anything nefarious, and he got wiped out. He's lying in the gutter and you want me to kick him in the head? Why would anyone do that?"" R. A. Salvatore Robert Anthony Salvatore (born January 20, 1959) is an American author best known for ""The DemonWars Saga"", his ""Forgotten Realms"" novels, for which he created the popular character Drizzt Do'Urden, and ""Vector"
"Joe Kubert Joseph ""Joe"" Kubert (; September 18, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was a Polish-born American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. He is also known for working on his own creations, such as Tor, Son of Sinbad, and the Viking Prince, and, with writer Robin Moore, the comic strip ""Tales of the Green Beret"". Two of Kubert's sons, Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert, themselves became recognized comic book artists, as did many of Kubert's former students, including"
"from the National Cartoonists Society. Kubert was awarded the Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award in 2015. His acceptance speech was given by Orion Zangara, his grandson and graduate of The Kubert School, on behalf of the Kubert Estate. Joe Kubert Joseph ""Joe"" Kubert (; September 18, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was a Polish-born American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. He is also known for working on his own creations, such as Tor, Son of"
"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"
"George H. Throop George Higby Throop (1818 – March 2, 1896) (born Higby Throop) was an American schoolteacher and novelist. Under the pseudonym Gregory Seaworthy he wrote three novels, ""Nag's Head: or, Two Months among ""The Bankers."" A Story of Sea-Shore Life and Manners""; ""Bertie: or, Life in the Old Field. A Humorous Novel""; and ""Lynde Weiss"". The first of these was the first novel in the United States to deal with then-contemporary life in North Carolina. Throop was a native of Willsboro, New York; his father, George Throop, Sr., was a manufacturer and storekeeper, whose second wife, George, Jr.'s"
"Schuster/Shadow Mountain Publishing ""The Creature from My Closet"" Series—Macmillan Publishing ""Pillage"" Trilogy—Shadow Mountain Publishing ""Beyond Foo""—Shadow Mountain Publishing ""Witherwood Reform School"" (Macmillan Publishing) ""Geeked Up""—Macmillan Publishing ""Mutant Bunny Island""—Harper Collins ""Wizard For Hire""–Shadow Mountain Publishing Obert Skye Obert Skye is the pseudonym of Robert Farrell Smith. He is a bestselling American children's writer known for the ""Leven Thumps"" series, the ""Pillage"" trilogy,[1] and ""The Creature from My Closet"" series. He is also the author of ""Witherwood Reform School"" and ""Beyond Foo"". Skye is known for novels that emphasize the power of imagination and importance of discovering the impossible in the"
"Mike Baron and Steve Rude's ""Nexus"", Dave Steven's Rocketeer and John Ostrander's ""GrimJack"" attracted some attention and garnered a number of awards. These creators were brought in by DC editor Mike Gold to create defining works such as """" by Grell, ""Blackhawk"" by Chaykin, and ""Hawkworld"" by Truman. With Alan Moore, Frank Miller, and Art Spiegelman's ""Maus"" (which would later receive the Pulitzer Prize), this period marks the summit of the artform per comics expert Scott McCloud. The Comics Code Authority was established in 1954, and specified that no comic should contain the words 'horror' or 'terror' in its title."
"Vernon Grant. Vernon Simeon Plemion Grant Vernon Simeon Plemion Grant (April 26, 1902 – July 9, 1990) was an American illustrator known for his whimsical gnome characters and fairy tale drawings. Over seven decades, Grant created hundreds of illustrations for advertising (General Electric, Gillette, Hershey's. Kellogg's) and major magazines, including ""Judge"" and ""Ladies' Home Journal"". He is best known as creator of Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal characters Snap! Crackle! and Pop! Grant was born on April 26, 1902, in Coleridge, Nebraska, to Oliver Simeon Grant and Chloe Barkley Grant. When Grant was six years old, his family moved to South"
"Ursula Vernon Ursula Vernon (born May 28, 1977) is an American freelance writer, artist and illustrator. She is best known for her Hugo Award-winning graphic novel ""Digger"" (2003–2011) and for the children's books ""Dragonbreath"" and ""Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew"". Vernon is the creator of ""Hamster Princess"", ""The Biting Pear of Salamanca"", a digital work of art which became an internet meme in the form of the ""LOL WUT pear"". Under the name ""T. Kingfisher"", she is also the author of several books for older audiences. Ursula Vernon grew up in Oregon and Arizona and"
"Scott Goodall Scott Goodall MBE (7 November 1935 – 7 March 2016) was a British comics writer. Goodall created and wrote the character ""Fishboy"" in 1968 (illustrated by John Stokes), and lesser-known characters such as ""Splash Gorton"" (illustrated by Joe Colquhoun). Goodall also wrote ""Captain Hurricane"" scripts for ""Valiant"" comic from 1963 to 1976. He also wrote ""Galaxus The Thing From Outer Space"" for ""Buster"" comic from 1968 to 1976. He was also heavily involved in the mid-Sixties launch of TV 21 with Alan Fennell and Angus Allan. Scott wrote the ""Thunderbirds"" scripts for two years drawn by Frank Bellamy,"
"Auguste Lupa Auguste Lupa is a fictional character in two pastiche novels by author John Lescroart. The novels are ""Son of Holmes"" (1986) and ""Rasputin's Revenge"" (1987). Lupa, a secret agent during the First World War, is the son of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler. It is strongly implied that he is the younger version of fictional detective Nero Wolfe in the mystery series by Rex Stout. Auguste Lupa is one of many aliases used by the character. Jules Giraud, the narrator of the books, explains that Lupa always chooses as his alias a first name with a connection to"
"(2011), """" (2014), and """" (2016). Created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Don Heck, Havok first appeared in """" (March 1969). He is typically portrayed as struggling under the shadow of his more esteemed brother. In the 2012 relaunch of Marvel comic books, Havok will be leading a team called the Uncanny Avengers, a mix of the X-Men and the Avengers teams. Alexander Summers was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the second of the three known sons of Christopher Summers, a United States Air Force Major and test pilot, and his wife Katherine Anne. When Alex was a"
"(Anne Kirkbride), Rita Littlewood (Barbara Knox), Mavis Riley (Thelma Barlow) and Ivy Tyldesley (Lynne Perrie) were built up between 1972 and 1973 (with Perrie's character being renamed to the better-known ""Tilsley""), and characters such as Gail Potter (Helen Worth), Blanche Hunt (Patricia Cutts, Maggie Jones), and Vera Duckworth (Elizabeth Dawn) first appearing in 1974. These characters would remain at the centre of the programme for many years. Comic storylines had been popular in the series in the 1960s, but had become sparse during the early 1970s. These were re-introduced by new producer Bill Podmore who joined the series in 1976."
"Best Novelette. Ursula Vernon Ursula Vernon (born May 28, 1977) is an American freelance writer, artist and illustrator. She is best known for her Hugo Award-winning graphic novel ""Digger"" (2003–2011) and for the children's books ""Dragonbreath"" and ""Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew"". Vernon is the creator of ""Hamster Princess"", ""The Biting Pear of Salamanca"", a digital work of art which became an internet meme in the form of the ""LOL WUT pear"". Under the name ""T. Kingfisher"", she is also the author of several books for older audiences. Ursula Vernon grew up in Oregon and"
"Robert Kirkman Robert Kirkman (; born November 30, 1978) is an American comic book writer best known for creating ""The Walking Dead"", ""Invincible"", ""Tech Jacket"", ""Outcast"" and ""Oblivion Song"" for Image Comics, in addition to writing ""Ultimate X-Men"", ""Irredeemable Ant-Man"" and ""Marvel Zombies"" for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series ""Haunt"". He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of its co-founders. Robert Kirkman was born November 30, 1978, in Lexington, Kentucky, and was raised in Cynthiana, Kentucky."
"Vernon Simeon Plemion Grant Vernon Simeon Plemion Grant (April 26, 1902 – July 9, 1990) was an American illustrator known for his whimsical gnome characters and fairy tale drawings. Over seven decades, Grant created hundreds of illustrations for advertising (General Electric, Gillette, Hershey's. Kellogg's) and major magazines, including ""Judge"" and ""Ladies' Home Journal"". He is best known as creator of Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal characters Snap! Crackle! and Pop! Grant was born on April 26, 1902, in Coleridge, Nebraska, to Oliver Simeon Grant and Chloe Barkley Grant. When Grant was six years old, his family moved to South Dakota where"
"Hector Hall Hector Hall is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in DC Comics's ""Infinity, Inc."", ""Sandman"" and ""JSA"". He has gone by the names Silver Scarab, Sandman and, before his death, Doctor Fate. Hector Hall first appeared in ""All-Star Squadron"" #25 and was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Jerry Ordway. Hector Hall is the son of Carter and Shiera Hall, the Golden Age heroes known as Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Carter and Shiera were reincarnations of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh and his wife, both of whom had been killed and cursed by their rival Hath-Set. Unbeknownst to either"
"Scott Brick Scott Brick (born in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actor, writer and award-winning narrator of over 800 audiobooks, including popular titles such as """", ""Moneyball"", ""Cloud Atlas"", ""A Princess of Mars"", ""The Bourne Identity"", ""The Bourne Supremacy"", ""The Bourne Ultimatum"", ""Atlas Shrugged"", ""Sideways"", ""Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"" (filmed as ""Blade Runner""), ""I, Robot"", ""Mystic River"", ""Helter Skelter"", ""Patriot Games"", ""Bid Time Return"" (filmed as ""Somewhere in Time)"", ""In Cold Blood"", the ""Dune"" series, ""Ender's Game"", and ""Fahrenheit 451"". He has narrated works for a number of high-profile authors, including Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Michael Crichton,"
"(as Kathryn Kirkwood) Joanne Fluke Joanne Fischmann (""née"" Gibson, born in Swanville, Minnesota) is an American writer, using the pen name Joanne Fluke. She is best known for her cozy mystery series surrounding a small-town baker, Hannah Swensen. Five movies for the Hallmark Channel have been created based on her Hannah Swensen series. Fluke is also known for making chocolate chip cookies for her readers. Fluke has written under the pseudonyms John Fischer, R.J. Fischer, Jo Gibson, Chris Hunter, Gina Jackson and Kathyrn Kirkwood. Fluke was born to Cliff and Esther Gibson in in Swanville, Minnesota. She graduated from Swanville"
"by Julian Clary. David Roberts (illustrator) David Ian Roberts (born 8 May 1970) is a British children's illustrator. He has illustrated a large number of books in both black and white and colour. His black and white work mainly features in books for older readers and he has worked with such well-known authors as Philip Ardagh (on the ""Eddie Dickens"" and ""Unlikely Exploits"" series), G.P. Taylor (on the ""Mariah Mundi"" series), Chris Priestley (on the ""Tales of Terror"" series), Mick Jackson (on ""Ten Sorry Tales"" and ""The Bears of England""), Susan Price (on the ""Olly Spellmaker"" series), Jon Blake (on"
"H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. He was virtually unknown and published only in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, but he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors of horror and weird fiction. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he spent most of his life. Among his most celebrated tales are ""The Rats in the Walls"", ""The Call of Cthulhu"", ""At the Mountains of Madness"", ""The Shadow over Innsmouth"", and"
"Hitchcock. The other authors were William Arden (Dennis Lynds), Nick West (Kin Platt), Mary Virginia Carey and Marc Brandel (born Marcus Beresford). All of the authors wrote their own introductions and epilogues, which were dictated purportedly by Hitchcock and later in the series a fictional writer, Hector Sebastian, who supposedly recorded the adventures of the Three Investigators from their words. The illustrators in the series began with Harry Kane and Ed Vebell and include Jack Hearne, Herb Mott, Stephen Marchesi, Robert Adragna and William A. (""Bill"") Dodge. For the original series, the specific ages of the investigators were never revealed,"
"""Chris Sprouse ""i: ""Karl Story ""c: ""Alex Sinclair Tom Strong #17 – ""Ant Fugue!"" (3 July 2002) <br> ""w: ""Alan Moore ""p: ""Chris Sprouse ""i: ""Karl Story ""c: ""Alex Sinclair Tom Strong #18 – ""The Last Roundup"" (30 October 2002) <br> ""w: ""Alan Moore ""p: ""Chris Sprouse ""i: ""Karl Story ""c: ""Dave Stewart Tom Strong #19 – ""Electric Ladyland!""; ""Bad To The Bone""; ""The Hero-Hoard Of Horatio Hogg!"" (19 February 2003) <br> ""w: ""Alan Moore, Leah Moore ""p: ""Chris Sprouse, Howard Chaykin, Shawn McManus<br>""i: ""Karl Story, Howard Chaykin, Steve Mitchell ""c: ""Dave Stewart Tom Strong #20 – ""How Tom Stone"
"Maurice Leblanc Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (; ; 11 November 1864 – 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. Leblanc was born in Rouen, Normandy, where he was educated at Lycée Pierre-Corneille. After studying in several countries and dropping out of law school, he settled in Paris and began to write fiction, both short crime stories and longer novels. The latter, heavily influenced by writers like Gustave Flaubert"
"Scott McCloud; two ""Detectives Inc."" graphic novels by McGregor and artists Marshall Rogers and Gene Colan, respectively; the graphic novel ""Stewart the Rat"" by writer Steve Gerber and artists Colan and Tom Palmer; and the U.S. reprints of ""Miracleman"" by Alan Moore. Eclipse also brought out graphic novels featuring opera adaptations, such as ""The Magic Flute"" by P. Craig Russell, and children's literature such as ""The Hobbit"" by J. R. R. Tolkien. In the early 1980s, Mullaney met writer-editor Catherine Yronwode, who was working for cartoonist and entrepreneur Will Eisner. Yronwode recalled that Eisner and his wife Ann ""hosted a"
"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"
"particularly in the U.S; ""17 Days: The Katie Beers Story"", is about the kidnapping and child sexual abuse of Katie Beers. Arthur Herzog Arthur Herzog III (April 6, 1927 – May 26, 2010) was an American novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist, well known for his works of science fiction and true crime books. He was the son of songwriter Arthur Herzog, Jr. He was married to Leslie Mandel and they had no children. His novels ""The Swarm"" and ""Orca"" have been made into films. His science fiction novel ""IQ 83"" is being made into a film by DreamWorks. Herzog was"
"said that he had scripted an ""Anno Dracula"" movie for Stuart Pollok and André Jacquemetton, who originally wanted Daniel Day-Lewis and Isabelle Adjani for Beauregard and Geneviève, and then Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche after they became too old. Other of Newman's suggestions were Jane Horrocks as Katie Reed, Helena Bonham Carter as Penelope Churchward, Colin Firth as Arthur Holmwood, Christopher Lee as Mycroft Holmes, Richard E. Grant as John Seward, and Harvey Keitel as Count Dracula. According to an interview on May 16, 2008, the rights to an ""Anno Dracula"" movie have been optioned, and Newman has written a"
"Arthur Herzog Arthur Herzog III (April 6, 1927 – May 26, 2010) was an American novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist, well known for his works of science fiction and true crime books. He was the son of songwriter Arthur Herzog, Jr. He was married to Leslie Mandel and they had no children. His novels ""The Swarm"" and ""Orca"" have been made into films. His science fiction novel ""IQ 83"" is being made into a film by DreamWorks. Herzog was also the author of non-fiction books: ""The Church Trap"" is a critique of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish church organization and institutions"
"George Washington Harris George Washington Harris (March 20, 1814 – December 11, 1869) was an American humorist best known for his character, ""Sut Lovingood,"" an Appalachian backwoods reveler fond of telling tall tales. Harris was among the seminal writers of Southern humor, and has been called ""the most original and gifted of the antebellum humorists."" His work influenced authors such as Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor. Harris moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, as a child, where he worked variously as a silversmith, riverboat captain, and farmer. His earliest works were political satires published in the ""Knoxville Argus"" around 1840,"