Calling All Comic Geeks!

[VinylGuy]

Whats your favorite work from him? I loved his work for X Men, thats probably my favorite moment from him. Also Gen 13, huge fan of that one.

[oasisfan35]

Whats your favorite work from him? I loved his work for X Men, thats probably my favorite moment from him. Also Gen 13, huge fan of that one.

Not wease but all his work at Image and Punisher War Journal.

[VinylGuy]

Oh yeah Punisher. I should get into that one.

[wease]

Whats your favorite work from him? I loved his work for X Men, thats probably my favorite moment from him. Also Gen 13, huge fan of that one.

X-Men for sure. The tiny amount he did on Deathblow, I loved even tho he was aping Frank Miller. His later Image stuff. The X-Men/WildCATs issue he did was great. I actually really dug his FF reboot. Punisher War Journal just got better with each issue.

I do like his DC stuff. All-Star Batman is probably my favorite from there but I still think of him more as a Marvel guy even tho he’s been with DC three times longer and is like the VP or something with them.

He only drew 2-3 issues of Gen13. J Scott Campbell drew most of that early stuff.

[Peeps]

punisher war journal is where i really noticed his work. maybe the first dozen X-Men issues (stopped following it after that for a while)

never got any of his DC stuff

[wease]

I had a couple of his Alpha Flight issues and thought it was really cool. But then when PWJ started it was like he shifted into high gear.

[bada]

Yeah he was basically God in the late 80's early 90's. His style doesn't wind me up like it used too but back in the day he was the guy.

[Peeps]

Yeah he was basically God in the late 80's early 90's. His style doesn't wind me up like it used too but back in the day he was the guy.

i always liked silvestri's X-Men more than Lee's but totally understood Jims' appeal

[wease]

Love Silvestri.

[oasisfan35]

Love Silvestri.

The early days of Image , what a time:

The first Image comic published was Liefeld's Youngblood #1 in April 1992. Pre-orders for the book reached 930,000 copies, beating the previous record for both the top selling creator-owned comic and top selling independent comic of all time. The second Image title, McFarlane's Spawn #1, debuted with a print run of 1.7 million copies in May 1992. Larsen's The Savage Dragon, Lee's WildC.A.T.S, Valentino's ShadowHawk, and Silvestri's CyberForce followed, all with strong sales to comic shops.

[wease]

I followed every title Image put out. For a while. I couldn’t get into Valentino so I dropped his stuff pretty quick. I stayed with Savage Dragon and Spawn for the first 150 or so. I had to drop Liefeld’s stuff as I just couldn’t anymore. It ended up with only Lee and Silvestri’s (and Portacio) output. I was getting every WildStorm title and damn near everything Silvestri’s corner was putting out. I also got everything from that second run of non-partner creators like Keown and Kieth and Grell and Stroman. Jerry Ordway had a book or two. I got it ALL. Then the cream rose to the top. And I stuck with that.

[oasisfan35]

I followed every title Image put out. For a while. I couldn’t get into Valentino so I dropped his stuff pretty quick. I stayed with Savage Dragon and Spawn for the first 150 or so. I had to drop Liefeld’s stuff as I just couldn’t anymore. It ended up with only Lee and Silvestri’s (and Portacio) output. I was getting every WildStorm title and damn near everything Silvestri’s corner was putting out. I also got everything from that second run of non-partner creators like Keown and Kieth and Grell and Stroman. Jerry Ordway had a book or two. I got it ALL. Then the cream rose to the top. And I stuck with that.

I enjoyed Valentino's offerings not that they lasted long but did not stick with Savage Dragon past maybe issue 10. Spawn was easily the longest I kept up with to issue 75 I think, then I kind of fell out of comics altogether for a while. I enjoyed Pitt from Keown and grabbed everything Kieth did, I adored The Maxx.

[wease]

I followed every title Image put out. For a while. I couldn’t get into Valentino so I dropped his stuff pretty quick. I stayed with Savage Dragon and Spawn for the first 150 or so. I had to drop Liefeld’s stuff as I just couldn’t anymore. It ended up with only Lee and Silvestri’s (and Portacio) output. I was getting every WildStorm title and damn near everything Silvestri’s corner was putting out. I also got everything from that second run of non-partner creators like Keown and Kieth and Grell and Stroman. Jerry Ordway had a book or two. I got it ALL. Then the cream rose to the top. And I stuck with that.

I enjoyed Valentino's offerings not that they lasted long but did not stick with Savage Dragon past maybe issue 10. Spawn was easily the longest I kept up with to issue 75 I think, then I kind of fell out of comics altogether for a while. I enjoyed Pitt from Keown and grabbed everything Kieth did, I adored The Maxx.

I loved it too. Can’t say I totally understood it…

[VinylGuy]

Huge fan of The Maxx here. Loved the animated series too.

Yeah, Image was definitely a very creative place in the 90s, and it took advantage at least of Marvel´s decadence around that time i guess.

Im in the mood for some vintage Spawn.

[VinylGuy]

Hush was very fun. They announced a sequel right?

[wease]

The first few issues have been released this past summer/autumn. The story isn’t all that, but the art is beautiful.

[VinylGuy]

cool, i will read them

[Simple Torture]

Now that it’s more or less complete, I’m going to dive into The Age of Revelation arc before circling back and reading some previous X-Men years.

[wease]

I’m almost finished with Lazarus Book Four. If you guys haven’t read Lazarus, you need to start. It’s by Greg? Rucka and Michael Lark. Beautiful to look at and a great story. Highly recommended.

[bada]

In no particular order favorite Comics Book Series of 2025.

Absolute Batman [DC]
Absolute Wonder Woman [DC]
Batman and Robin [DC]
Conan The Barbarian [Titan]
G.I. Joe [Skybound]
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero [Skybound]
Geiger [Ghost Machine]
Rook Exodus [Ghost Machine]
Space Ghost [Dynamite]
Transformers [Skybound]

Honorable Mentions: Incredible/Infernal Hulk [Marvel], Skinbreaker [Image], Spider-Man & Wolverine [Marvel], Void Rivals [Skybound], Viking Moon [Image]