"One of the best things that happened for me as a playwright is becoming a comic-book writer," said Mr. Aguirre-Sacasa, who was a devoted comic-book collector growing up in Nicaragua and Washington, and who likes his characters to have a theatrical bent.

The members of the post-riot grrrl Munich trio Chicks on Speed are visual artists, label executives, clothing designers, television producers, comic-book writers and so much more.

In fiction, the term illiberal was first coined by the comic-book writer John Wagner; creator and writer for the comic series 2000 A.D. featuring the iconic characters Judge Dredd and the antagonist known as PJ Maybe.

A Hollywood deal makes a comic-book writer re-evaluate his relationships in this new play by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (2:00).

There are books about how comic-book writers, college ministers, broadcast journalists, writers of young-adult literature, West Coast authors, feminists and child artists responded to that day.

Michel Regnier, also known as Greg, comic-book writer and artist (1931-1999)

In fact, the comic-book writer, like the "Wire" director, found himself smitten with Lucas's popcorn vision of "Red Tails."

Mr. Woolfolk began his career as a comic-book writer in the early 1940's, after graduating from New York University.

DeCarlo went uncredited, as was typical for most comic-book writers and artists of the era, and he recalled in 2001, "I went on with her maybe ten books.

But fans and comic-book writers grew bored with invulnerability.