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Topic: Gypsy (comics)


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  Gypsy (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gypsy quickly became a myth amongst the people of Cameron Street, where she made her "home" (which was a sector of Detroit in which the Justice League took up residence shortly after Aquaman disbanded the original League in the wake of the alien invasion).
Devastated by the loss of her family, Gypsy was immediately recruited by Booster Gold to become a member of the corporate-sponsored team of heroes known as The Conglomerate.
Gypsy's first use of powers in a superhero situation was in Flashpoint, when she phased through a solid wall in a burning building; this is a contrast to her usual powers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gypsy_(comics)   (1149 words)

  
 Gypsy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Since, Gypsy lost her parents at the hands of the dastardly Despero, briefly joined the Conglomerate and then served a as a principle member of the Justice League Task Force.
The Gypsy's curiosity got the better of her yet again, and she infiltrated the Bunker yet again, but this time luck was on her side.
A second android found Gypsy, but had decided not to kill her-- Gypsy herself was innocent; it was the original League that was guilty.
galileo.spaceports.com /~xsufiru/databank/Gypsy   (1099 words)

  
 Gypsy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gypsy (comics), a fictional character from DC Comics
Gypsy (calypsonian), Winston "Gypsy" Peters, a Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian and politician
Gypsy (software), the first word processing and document preparation program to use a graphical interface, created 1975 by Xerox.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gypsy   (271 words)

  
 Justice League Unlimited #22 Review - Silver Bullet Comics
The smiling Gypsy takes down two armed body armored thugs, and the way she moves lends the illusion of a gypsy dancing.
Gypsy's motivation to prove herself to the League, to not lose her family, serves as the impetus for her next laudable actions.
Gypsy suspects that the men she hunts are not legitimate businessmen, and she goes to great lengths to find the proof to back up those suspicions.
www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/114997076975962.htm   (552 words)

  
 State sets traps for gypsy moth arrival
Agriculture Department employees have placed 19,000 gypsy moth traps around the state in an effort to stop the voracious insect in its tracks.
Gypsy moths usually reach the West Coast aboard recreational vehicles traveling from the 15 quarantine states in the Northeast.
Gypsy moths have turned up in Oregon almost annually since a first detection in Lake Oswego in 1979.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/235996_gypsymoths10.html   (380 words)

  
 JS Online: Snow is protecting gypsy moths
Gypsy moths, aliens from Europe and Asia, entered the United States about 120 years ago and now infest states from Maine to North Carolina and west to Wisconsin.
But even with the stepped-up efforts, gypsy moth numbers will continue to increase steadily until there is a winter cold enough - without deep snow - to kill the eggs, said Lee Lovett, an entomologist with the state agriculture department.
Gypsy moths entered the United States from Europe and Asia about 120 years ago and now infest states from Maine to North Carolina and west to Wisconsin.
www.jsonline.com /news/wauk/jan01/gypsy20b011901a.asp   (925 words)

  
 The religion of Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
Both Django Maximof and the twins' biological mother Magda were Gypsies, i.e., members of the religious-cultural group known as the Roma (or Rroma, or Romany).
Comic book geeks have been writing me in regard to the news that the Thing is Jewish.
And, I have to assume, that the Scarlet Witch is some kind of Wiccan (though, since she's the daughter of Magneto, she might be Jewish)...
www.adherents.com /lit/comics/ScarletWitch.html   (1133 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Restaurants: Cloak-and-dagger dining at Seattle's underground hot spot
The gauntlet was thrown, plans were made, and after many months they ushered their first guests into Seattle's secret restaurant — codename: Gypsy.
This includes its location (in a quiet residential neighborhood), its ownership (their secret's safe with me) and who exactly was sharing my dinner table (no one I knew).
Gypsy has all the hallmarks of a well-tuned dinner party.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/restaurants/2002008009_taste18.html   (1144 words)

  
 Life
The Gypsy Tea Room is divided into two main parts: the large ballroom which can hold more than 1,000 people and the much smaller back room that can hold maybe half that of the ballroom.
The Gypsy Tea Room, headed by the same management that has kept Trees profitable for the past 10 years, appears to have two goals: keep the patrons happy and keep the bands happy.
But with the Gypsy Tea Room’s lineup of bands, there never is a bad engineer in the room or a bad band on stage.
www.skiff.tcu.edu /SkiffWeb030801/gypsy.html   (719 words)

  
 Strong Women in Comics: The Good Girls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The other comic Baker is best known for was the Flamingo newspaper strip, which was published both in the US and Europe.
Wertham viewed comics as a major influence in the corruption of the youth of the 50's, thus when he looked at a comic he saw it in terms of sexual perversion, graphic violence, lawlessness, drugs and such.
This is quite in keeping with the traditions of the pulps and comics of the day, where the covers were often spiced up as compared to the actual content of the magazine.
home.comcast.net /~brons/Comics/Women1.html   (1879 words)

  
 The religion of Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)
Magneto was for a brief time overtly identified as a Gypsy (or "Roma" or "Sinte") in comics beginning in 1992, but these stories about the character's ethnic origin were regarded by Marvel writers and editors as an intentional retcon crafted for the purpose of removing Magneto's Jewish ethnicity.
Regardless of whether Magneto is Jewish or Gypsy (Roma), the character is widely regarded as "non-religious" in the sense that he is not an active adherent of or believer in any traditional organized religion.
He pretended to be a gypsy, took a false and forged name and identity, in order to hide from the police who were looking for him, and to look for his wife, who was a gypsy.
www.adherents.com /lit/comics/Magneto.html   (5543 words)

  
 Superman Homepage
It was Gypsy who led them to that cave, the cave that just happened to be where the Royal Tarot Gang was hiding out.
Her amazing Gypsy powers, which not only allowed her to turn the Royal Flush Gang against each other but they also made her immune to J'onn's telepathy and hid her true nature from Zatanna.
Derenick and Farmer did some interesting things with Gypsy's abilities and while I didn't like the fact that she was as powerful as she was revealed to be I liked the way it was presented.
www.supermanhomepage.com /comics/2006-post-crisis-reviews/c-review-2006.php?topic=jla-classified25   (1187 words)

  
 JS Online: State expands gypsy moth spraying
Gypsy moths are a threat to trees in urban areas and in forests because they feed on leaves of many species, according to the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Gypsy moths spread to the Midwest after large areas of forest were destroyed by them in the northeastern United States.
The Wisconsin Cooperative Gypsy Moth Program will hold public meetings to educate residents and get their opinions in Wisconsin Rapids on Feb. 26; Mosinee on Feb. 27; Monona Grove on March 1, Sun Prairie on March 5; Beloit on March 7 and Janesville on March 12.
www.jsonline.com /news/state/feb01/gypsy19021801a.asp   (380 words)

  
 Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Wire
The series focuses on two gypsy thieves named Antoinette and Liza, who love to trick townspeople out of their money and belongings, as gypsies are want to do.
Things stop going smoothly for the duo once a were-beast terrorizes the town and the mayor blames the gypsies for the problems, convinced they were the ones harboring the beast.
With the CGE 'Lady Death' we agreed on the direction and given that doing 'mainstream' comics was edgy to me, I was and am all for it.
www.comicbookresources.com /news/newsitem.cgi?id=3842   (1564 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Gypsy: DVD: Bette Midler,Peter Riegert,Cynthia Gibb,Edward Asner,Christine Ebersole,Michael Jeter,Andrea ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Plot Outline Based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee, this made-for-TV movie-previously a Broadway smash and a 1962 film-depicts the life and times of a stripper and her domineering mother.
By the time Louise herself conquers the marquee as Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose's single-minded focus has alienated her long-suffering lover and agent, Herbie (a well-cast Peter Riegert), and surrendered to the inherent compromise of burlesque.
The score of Gypsy is outstanding, and the book of such high quality that it could stand alone as straight drama.
www.amazon.com /Gypsy-Emile-Ardolino/dp/B00079HZTS   (1774 words)

  
 rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks FAQ: 6/8
Subject: X-MEN COMIC BOOK QUESTIONS Please note: Background information on the creators and the X-titles editorial offices is based on over a decade's worth of interviews, articles, and personal questions, and as such is not directly attributed here.
The Gypsy camp was murdered in the gas chambers in August 1944.
Since in X-Men #72 it is revealed that he is NOT a Gypsy, we must conclude he was born a Jew.
www.faqs.org /faqs/comics/xbooks/main-faq/part6   (6210 words)

  
 Yet Another Comics Blog: Quick First Issue Reviews
Actually better than any comic that has seven different covers should be, Pulido's latest comic about hot babes in historical supernatural action is set at the dawn of the industrial revolution as old and new cultures collide.
One might think that DC would use the occasion of a new Supergirl comic to at least try to produce something that would be of interest to the young female manga kids.
Should be read by anyone with an interest in comics, and probably by those who think they have no interest as well.
yetanothercomicsblog.blogspot.com /2005/08/quick-first-issue-reviews.html   (828 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Gypsies were sent to German municipal camps, in Germany and the Greater Reich, as early as 1933.
Millions of Russians, Ukrainians, and Poles during the course of the invasions, and in political violence, and in acts of pure murder, were exterminated.
According to Ultimate X-Men (the coffee-table book, not the text-story collection or the comic series of the same name), the American branch of the Hellfire Club was founded in the 1770s by "wealthy trading company owner Sir Patrick Clemens and his mistress, Diana Knight" who emigrated from Britain to New York City.
www.faqs.org /ftp/pub/usenet/news.answers/comics/xbooks/main-faq/part6   (6103 words)

  
 Gypsy Rose #2 Review - Silver Bullet Comics
Gypsy Rose will surprise many a reader expecting a typical bad girl book filled with copious amounts of gore and gals in various stages of undress.
While these things can be found in Doug Meirs' story and Gabriel Guzman's crisp, clean fl and white artwork, the way in which each staple arises shows thought as to how each element may serve the story.
Gypsy Rose actually wears comfortable looking underwear that I can see a woman wearing, and there's more of it than the typical costume usually seen in bad girl books.
www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/108856590327058.htm   (607 words)

  
 ComicsDB News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
David Goyer--writer of the sequel to his 1998 vampire movie, Blade--told the Comics Continuum that Blade 2 star Wesley Snipes is at his best in the new movie, currently shooting in Prague.
Comic publishing company Komikwerks, LLC., launched its flagship website, komikwerks.com, on the morning of March 5th, 2001.
Image Comics is pleased to announce that writer Jay Faerber will launch an all-new creator owned series entitled NOBLE CAUSES this summer.
home.comcast.net /~comicsdb/2001_03_18_archive.html   (662 words)

  
 Midtowncomics.com :: Online Comics Store, Spiderman, Superman, Batman Comic Books and Toys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Comics writers are good writers, as this collection of prose stories shows.
Comics Prose includes an Edgar Award-nominated tale by Max Allan Collins, featuring his creation, female detective Ms.
ROSETTA not only entertains with new stories by over 20 award-winning cartoonists, but also reveals the creative processes and compromises that occur in the creations of comic art in the form of sketc...
www.midtowncomics.com /eshop/searchresult.asp?skey=Rose   (441 words)

  
 The Unofficial Gypsy Biography
A young woman with the ability to blend in with the background, becoming essentially invisible, Gypsy became a member of the Justice League of America almost by accident.
It is thought that this is due to either a near-death experience when working with her friend or the brief period when the entire world gained super-powers to fight Mageddon.
All titles, characters, character names, slogans, logos, and related indicia are trademarks ® of and copyright © DC Comics unless otherwise noted here and are used without permission.
www.dcuguide.com /who.php?name=gypsy   (242 words)

  
 Gypsy
Gypsy cafe is a proud participant in the yearly festival celebrating the Creative NonFiction genre, a form born right here in Pittsburgh!
Gypsy will also be providing sustenance for sale at the CNF workshops held Saturday, November 11th at the Frick Fine Arts building.
Gypsy is an intimate neighborhood cafe featuring the cuisines of the Mediterranean.
www.gypsycafe.net   (2578 words)

  
 Gypsy - OneLook Dictionary Search
Gypsy, gypsy : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
Phrases that include Gypsy: gypsy cab, gypsy rose lee, gypsy dancing, gypsy winch, gypsy scale, more...
Words similar to Gypsy: romany, gipsy, gypsied, gypsies, gypsying, romani, rommany, rom, zingaro, more...
www.onelook.com /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=Gypsy   (272 words)

  
 The new bohemians | Salon Arts & Entertainment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
At a recent festival, the next generation of Gypsy musicians proves the hard-to-pin-down sound has found new life.
With the Gypsies, or Roma, an outcast people who've survived by syncretic adaptation since they left India a millennium ago, it's an impossible chimera.
And the counterclaim that Gypsies don't play their music for gadje, non-Gypsies, merely renders the "real" stuff a tree falling in the forest for gadje who follow various Gypsy musics whether they're pure or not.
www.salon.com /ent/feature/2006/10/29/christgau/index.html?source=rss   (482 words)

  
 artbomb.net
Join noted author and journalist Susannah Breslin for a deeply moving account of personal loss set amidst the tapestry of sexual taboo.
The troubles of the present collide with the echoes of the past during one woman's provocative journey on the open road.
A summer story drenched in the harsh UV rays of young romance, SUNBLOCK follows a girl drifting towards a surfer boy on the beach.
www.artbomb.net /comics.jsp   (142 words)

  
 Comics Retrospective
The answer: a sample of comic pages from when I was around 12 years of age to around 20.
Graphic violence defined my comics at age 12.
A gypsy story inked over years, age 18 (I wasn't slow-just lazy!)
homepage.mac.com /marielosp/RecentWork/PhotoAlbum57.html   (97 words)

  
 s h o t g u n r e v i e w s   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
You can also see an exclusive preview of her new comic at www.gypsypresscomics.com.
I got to speak with Teri at Wizard World this past weekend about the comic book, about her budding music career, and about WCW.
Gypsy Press contacted me first about the idea they had for the comic book, but it became a collaboration after that.
www.shotgunreviews.com /bigq/bigq082001.html   (675 words)

  
 Comic catches Fyre - Teri Byrne, former employee of World Championship Wrestling, signs comic book contract with Gypsy ...
Comic catches Fyre - Teri Byrne, former employee of World Championship Wrestling, signs comic book contract with Gypsy Press Comics - Brief Article
Former WCW Nitro Girl Teri Byrne signed an agreement with Gypsy Press Comics for a three-issue miniseries.
The Teri Byrne comic will be unveiled at Wizard World 2001 in Chicago on August 17.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCO/is_1_3/ai_74010833   (163 words)

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