Vess (name)

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Vess is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Charles Vess American illustrator

Charles Vess is an American fantasy artist and comics artist who has specialized in the illustration of myths and fairy tales. His influences include British "Golden Age" book illustrator Arthur Rackham, Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, and comic-strip artist Hal Foster, among others. Vess has won several awards for his illustrations.

Vess Ossman American musician

Sylvester Louis "Vess" Ossman was a leading five-string banjoist and popular recording artist of the early 20th century.

Vess Quinlan is an American Cowboy Poet, who is widely considered to be one of the most respected poets of his genre. Quinlan's work has been published in many books and magazines, as well as on various online poetry databases. His writing is based on his real life experiences as a rancher, and really gives his poetry a lifelike feel.

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<i>Stardust</i> (novel) novel by Neil Gaiman

Stardust is a fantasy novel by British writer Neil Gaiman, usually published with illustrations by Charles Vess. Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees. It is concerned with the adventures of a young man from the village of Wall, which borders the magical land of Faerie.

Charles de Lint is a Canadian writer of Dutch origins. He is married to—and plays music with—MaryAnn Harris.

<i>Mars Daybreak</i> video game

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Firebird Books is an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., publishing mainly paperback reprint editions of science fiction and fantasy for teenagers and adults.

<i>COPS</i> (animated TV series) Television series

COPS is an American animated television series released by DIC Animation City, and distributed by Claster Television. This cartoon, which ran from 1988 to 1989, focuses on a team of highly trained policemen tasked with protecting the fictional Empire City from a group of gangsters led by the “Big Boss.” The tag lines for the series are “Fighting crime in a future time” and “It’s crime fightin’ time!” In 1993, the series was shown in reruns on CBS Saturday mornings under the new name CyberCOPS, due to the 1989 debut of the unrelated primetime reality show of the same name. The show was based on Hasbro’s 1988 line of action figures called C.O.P.S. ’n’ Crooks.

<i>Intensity</i> (film) 1997 television film directed by Yves Simoneau

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Antenna was an American indie rock band active from 1991 to 1994.

<i>Blueberry Girl</i> book by Neil Gaiman

Blueberry Girl is a book by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess. It was conceived as a poem of the same name, written in 2000 by Neil Gaiman for his goddaughter Tash, the daughter of his friend Tori Amos. In 2004, Neil Gaiman announced that Charles Vess was painting pictures to go with the poem, with the intention of publishing it as book.

Liliana is derived from the Latin word 'lilium' or 'lilion', both mean 'lily' in English. Due to this the name generally means 'pure' or 'innocent' and sometimes 'care free'. The name is generally found in North America and most parts of Europe, though it is more common in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian and Polish languages.

M3: The Dark Metal is a Japanese anime television series produced by Satelight. It aired from April 21, 2014 to October 1, 2014. It is directed by Junichi Sato, written by Mari Okada and has mecha designs by Shōji Kawamori. A manga adaptation with art by Kazuomi Minatogawa was serialized in Mag Garden's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Comic Blade from April 30, 2014 to September 10, 2015.

Roy Butin

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