Red Mosquito

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.

VinylGuy wrote: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.

Oh yeah Punisher. I should get into that one.

VinylGuy wrote: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.

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

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.

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.

bada wrote: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

Love Silvestri.

wease wrote: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.

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.

wease wrote: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.

oasisfan35 wrote:

wease wrote: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…

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.

Hush was very fun. They announced a sequel right?

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

cool, i will read them

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.

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.

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]