Razorline was an imprint of American comic book company Marvel Comics that ran from 1993-1995. Anthony Williams is a Welsh Comic book Artist. Biography He broke into comics at Marvel UK, drawing for the series Andy Lanning is a British Comic book Writer and Inker, known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, and for his In the Publishing Industry, an imprint can refer to two different things It can mean a Brand name under which a work is published The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc It was created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker, with its characters existing in one of the many alternate universes outside the mainstream continuity known as the Marvel Universe. Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author film director and visual artist Within Marvel Comics, most tales take place within the fictional Marvel Universe, which in turn is part of a larger multiverse. The Marvel Universe is the fictional Shared universe where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place
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Publication history
The Razorline imprint consisted of four interrelated titles, based on Barker's detailed premises, titles and lead characters. These were:
- Ectokid — written first by James Robinson, then by future Matrix co-creator Larry Wachowski, and pencilled by Steve Skroce
- Hokum & Hex — written by Frank Lovece, penciled by Anthony Williams
- Hyperkind — written by Fred Burke, pencilled by Paris Cullins and inked by Bob Petrecca
- Saint Sinner — written by Elaine Lee, pencilled and inked by Max Douglas
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As Barker described:
| “ | I wanted to do a superhero comic, something which would be my take on what superheroes were going to be like in the '90s. . . Hyperkind fell into that category. I wanted to do something that was magical and mystical in the way that Doctor Strange was and still is. Doctor Strange is a Fictional character, a Comic book sorcerer and Superhero in the. Doctor Strange was one of my favourite comics from when I was a kid. So I suppose Hokum & Hex is my take on that. Ectokid, which is perhaps the second weirdest of the bunch, is a kind of dream story for the 15-year-old that's still alive to me — the tale of an adolescent who lives in two worlds and has access to a whole other sphere of reality. And Saint Sinner is just a wild one, the series which hopefully will press the limits of what comics can do. [1] | ” |
In 2005, the appendix page of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe one-shot involving alternate universes revealed that the Earth of the Razorline imprint is designated "'Earth-45828. The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is an encyclopedic guide which details the Fictional universe featured in Marvel Comics publications Relatively real-world, without other superheroes, it includes Marvel Comics as a comic-book publisher, with Razorline characters making references to "X-Men comics" and to Marvel editor Stan Lee's Fantastic Four writing. The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922) is an American Writer, editor, creator of comic book characters The Fantastic Four is a fictional Superhero team appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Although two titles were superhero series and all were released with a Comics Code seal, they were often racked with horror and unrated comics, a factor that entered into the Razorline's short run of seven to nine issues each. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do The Comics Code Authority ( CCA) is part of the Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA and was created to regulate the content of comic books in the United
Two one-shots followed: Hyperkind Unleashed (which included a "Hokum & Hex" prose short story) and Ektokid Unleashed (which included a "Saint Sinner" prose short story). The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such
Other titles
Before the cancellations, several issues of four subsequent series were in various stages of completion: Wraitheart (written by Frank Lovece, art by Hector Gomez), Schizm (written by Fred Burke), Mode Extreme (written by Sarah Byam), and Fusion Force. These were to have begun blending the Razorline into primary Marvel continuity; Nick Fury and S. Colonel Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury is a fictional World War II army hero and present-day super-spy in the Marvel Comics H. I. E. L. D. agents including Jimmy Woo, for instance, guest-starred in Wraitheart #5; the Punisher was to have guest-starred in "Mode Extreme" #5. The Punisher ( Frank Castle) is a fictional Antihero that appears in the Comic books published by Marvel Comics.
In other media
A 2002 Barker telefilm titled Saint Sinner bore no relation to the comic. "I was always disappointed with the way that Marvel handled that entire line of comics, particularly Saint Sinner. I thought that's a waste of a good title. It was something that called for finding a new life in some way or another". [2]
Quotes
Clive Barker: "I loved many of the Razorline characters, and it was always a sadness to me that our work in the medium was ill-timed. As you probably know, the Razorline material was produced at a time when the comics industry was about to go through one of its worst shake-ups. Marvel almost disappeared entirely. Razorline was a victim of Marvel's downsizing. Very sad". [3]
See also
Footnotes
References
- Independent Heroes from the USA: Clive Barker's Razorline
- Frank Lovece official site: Hokum & Hex
- Lambiek Comiclopedia: Steve Skroce
- CliveBarker.com (fan site): Comics
- The Grand Comic Book Database
- The Unofficial Handbok of Marvel Comics Creators
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