N.B. artist ‘Marvels’ at career opportunities
X-Men | Moncton man says technology means you can be successful and still live in smaller communities
By SHANE MAGEE
magee.shane@dailygleaner.com
The aisles in the back of Fredericton’s Strange Adventures shop on York Street were crowded as people lined up to talk with Nick Bradshaw, a Moncton artist who illustrates one of Marvel Entertainment’s top X-Men comics, Wolverine and the X-Men.
‘It was cool,’ said Nichole Saunders. ‘I’m an artist myself so it was great to talk to someone in the indu st r y.’ She was one of about 20 people in the store just after 1 p.m. on Saturday […]
Halloween actor Richard Lynch passes away
Halloween actor Richard Lynch , who became a staple in horror and sciencefiction movies with his scarred facial features, has died at age 76, his spokesman said on Wednesday.
Lynch’s representative, Mike Baronas, told Reuters that Lynch’s body was discovered by one of the actor’s friends, who had stopped by Lynch’s house in Palm Springs, Calif., after not hearing from him in days. She found the door open and Lynch lying on the kitchen floor,”cold and lifeless.” Baronas said no investigation is being held into the death of the actor and his body was sent directly to a funeral home. Lynch, […]
Science fiction author Ray Bradbury dead at 91
NEW YORK – Ray Bradbury, a giant of American literature who helped popularize science fiction with works such as The Martian Chronicles , died on Tuesday at age 91, his publisher said on Wednesday.
Bradbury published more than 500 works including Fahrenheit 451 , a classic novel about book censorship in a future society, and other favourites such as The Illustrated Man and Something Wicked This Way Comes .
“Mr. Bradbury died peacefully, last night, in Los Angeles, after a long illness,” said a spokesman for his publisher, HarperCollins.
As a science fiction writer, Bradbury said he did not want to predict the […]