It's 1992 all over again
Ron Cloer (June 24, 2008)- Back when you were
watching Wayne's World on the big screen, "She's
magically babelicious", a major event was rocking
the comic book world. One of the major events
that shaped the early 90’s was the creation of Image
comics. 7 rogue artists, creators and visionaries
decided to break away from the big 2, Marvel and DC
and form their own company, Image Comics. Their
creation was eagerly received by most fans because
these were the hot new artists: Marc Silvestri, Jim
Lee, Erik Larsen, Whilce Portacio, Rob Liefeld, Jim
Valentino and Todd McFarlane.
Years later they reunited, those 7 men gathered
together at Atomic Comics in Arizona for the 1st
ever signing of all 7 founders. Can you believe
that this was all for free comic book day?
According to reports there was a lively excitement
in the room about this historic gathering. Now the
Image fans at Wizard World Chicago will get a
similar chance to ask some questions of all 7 minus
Jim Lee. If you want to attend
you need to form a plan now. Unless you have
an early pass in to the convention (9 am) you’ll
have to go immediately to get a ticket for this free
event. Tickets are given out on a first come, first
served basis at 10 am on Saturday. The event which
happens from 2 to 4 pm should include some great
insight from the original creators of Image.
Hopefully you can get your questions answered. Let
me throw out a few ideas -
Why were you guys always so late on release dates?
Why didn’t you recruit great writers too?
Are you guys getting the band back together again?
Is it true that you all hung out in Wayne and
Garth’s basement? (we’re not worthy, we’re not
worthy)
According to an Image press release this October,
SPAWN returns to its roots as series creator Todd
McFarlane and fellow Image Founder While Portacio
take the reins in issue #185.
"While I'm very happy with
where Spawn has gone, it's long past time to inject
some new blood into the series while also returning
to its roots," said McFarlane. "I feel what Whilce
and I are doing with our co-writer, Brian Holguin,
combines the old and the new in a way no one would
have expected. That's a claim which gets tossed
around quite a bit in the industry, but this one
really changes everything."
Details on the new direction
will roll out over the coming weeks, especially
during the team's appearance at Wizard World
Chicago, June 28. The convention will feature both
signings and a panel delving into the plans for
what's to come.
SPAWN #185, a 32-page comic
book for $2.95, will be available in stores October
2008. For more on their Wizard World Chicago
appearance, please see www.wizarduniverse.com.
Further information about the SPAWN comic, and all
things McFarlane, can be found at www.spawn.com
Image Comics is a comics and
graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by a
collective of best-selling artists. Since that time,
Image has gone on to become one of the largest
comics publishers in the United States. There are
currently four partners in Image Comics (Erik
Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim
Valentino), and Image is currently divided into four
major houses (Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow
Productions, Shadowline and Image Central). Image
comics and graphic novels cover nearly every genre,
sub-genre and style imaginable, offering science
fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical
fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and
writers working in the medium today. Visit
www.imagecomics.com.
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