Comments on: Image Comics in 1992! http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Jason A. Quest http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-501020 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:59:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-501020 I want to state for the record that the 8th creator wasn't me. I'm pretty sure it was going to be Gerhard. I want to state for the record that the 8th creator wasn’t me.

I’m pretty sure it was going to be Gerhard.

]]> by: Scott Bieser http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-498914 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:58:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-498914 Heh. 1992 was the year I ended my working relationship with Malibu, to devote myself fully to computer games. Just goes to show how savvy I am, huh? Heh. 1992 was the year I ended my working relationship with Malibu, to devote myself fully to computer games. Just goes to show how savvy I am, huh?

]]> by: Brian McDonough http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-498477 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:50:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-498477 Maybe it was Macbeth... Maybe it was Macbeth…

]]> by: Will Emero II http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-496233 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:35:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-496233 The mystery 8 th man was to be Chris Claremont - he would have published a series called 'The Huntsman' with Wilce Portacio on art - a character/concept later introduced in a 'WildCATS' 2 parter Claremont wrote with Jim Lee on the art. IIRC - Claremont was also to script Wetworks for Portacio, before the property was sold to Aegis/Wildstorm. The mystery 8 th man was to be Chris Claremont - he would have published a series called ‘The Huntsman’ with Wilce Portacio on art - a character/concept later introduced in a ‘WildCATS’ 2 parter Claremont wrote with Jim Lee on the art.

IIRC - Claremont was also to script Wetworks for Portacio, before the property was sold to Aegis/Wildstorm.

]]> by: George Khoury http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-496167 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:58:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-496167 The eighth member was would have been Chris Claremont; His name was in some of the initial press releases. You might want to check out my book, Image Comics: The Road to Independence, for some neat 1990s comics history. The eighth member was would have been Chris Claremont; His name was in some of the initial press releases.

You might want to check out my book, Image Comics: The Road to Independence, for some neat 1990s comics history.

]]> by: Kris http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-496031 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:43:29 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-496031 I heard it was Pete Best. I heard it was Pete Best.

]]> by: Alex Hart http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495563 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:00:06 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495563 I thought the 8th member was Brandon Choi, the original writer of WildC.A.T.s. He wasn't a famous comicker like the others, so people don't remember him. That, plus I don't think he worked in comics much after the first WildC.A.T.s miniseries, which took forever to come out anyway. (And made little sense when it did.) I thought the 8th member was Brandon Choi, the original writer of WildC.A.T.s. He wasn’t a famous comicker like the others, so people don’t remember him. That, plus I don’t think he worked in comics much after the first WildC.A.T.s miniseries, which took forever to come out anyway. (And made little sense when it did.)

]]> by: Sam Humphries http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495396 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:18:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495396 In the brief NYT article about the formation of Image, Claremont is named as the 8th founder. Worth looking up in the open NYT archives for the reaction from Marvel. In the brief NYT article about the formation of Image, Claremont is named as the 8th founder.

Worth looking up in the open NYT archives for the reaction from Marvel.

]]> by: Jamie Coville http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495395 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:16:55 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495395 I just e-mailed Larsen. He said CNN screwed up, there was no 8th founder. I just e-mailed Larsen. He said CNN screwed up, there was no 8th founder.

]]> by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495392 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:15:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495392 <a href = "http://www.brmovie.com/Images/Characters/Deckard/deckard_climbs_stairs_at_bradbury.jpg">YOU ARE ALL WRONG!!!!</a> YOU ARE ALL WRONG!!!!

]]> by: Jason Green http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495388 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:12:13 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495388 "If memory serves Portacio didn’t make a book until a year or so later and was no longer a founding member." Portacio was still considered a founder, and participated in the "Image founders" panel at San Diego this year. Here's how Wikipedia phrases it, which jibes with what I've read in other places: "in 1992, Portacio left Marvel to co-found Image Comics with six other high-profile artists. But, Portacio quickly withdrew from his partnership in this enterprise due to his sister's bout with lupus, eventually publishing his title Wetworks through Jim Lee's Wildstorm imprint in 1994." “If memory serves Portacio didn’t make a book until a year or so later and was no longer a founding member.”

Portacio was still considered a founder, and participated in the “Image founders” panel at San Diego this year. Here’s how Wikipedia phrases it, which jibes with what I’ve read in other places:

“in 1992, Portacio left Marvel to co-found Image Comics with six other high-profile artists. But, Portacio quickly withdrew from his partnership in this enterprise due to his sister’s bout with lupus, eventually publishing his title Wetworks through Jim Lee’s Wildstorm imprint in 1994.”

]]> by: Jason Green http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495386 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:10:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495386 I think the 8th person they're referring to may be Hank Kanalz, Rob Liefeld's friend and co-writer on Youngblood, who I believe was a part of some of those early Image meetings (I seem to remember seeing him in some "Image founders" group photos) but was never considered an Image partner in any real sense, and was shown the door relatively quickly. That could just be my faulty memory, though. I think the 8th person they’re referring to may be Hank Kanalz, Rob Liefeld’s friend and co-writer on Youngblood, who I believe was a part of some of those early Image meetings (I seem to remember seeing him in some “Image founders” group photos) but was never considered an Image partner in any real sense, and was shown the door relatively quickly. That could just be my faulty memory, though.

]]> by: Dan Z http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495382 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:07:20 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495382 I remember it originally being Liefeld, McFarlane, Larsen, Valentino, Lee, Portacio, and Silvestri. Who was the other one? If memory serves Portacio didn't make a book until a year or so later and was no longer a founding member. I remember it originally being Liefeld, McFarlane, Larsen, Valentino, Lee, Portacio, and Silvestri.

Who was the other one? If memory serves Portacio didn’t make a book until a year or so later and was no longer a founding member.

]]> by: Jon Z. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495343 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:46:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495343 isn't there a story that John Byrne was invited to join Image, but didn't? i vaguely remember a gossip site of ill-repute (heh) reporting that story once.... isn’t there a story that John Byrne was invited to join Image, but didn’t?

i vaguely remember a gossip site of ill-repute (heh) reporting that story once….

]]> by: Jamal Igle http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495331 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:42:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495331 Wasn't the eighth supposed to be Chris Claremont? Wasn’t the eighth supposed to be Chris Claremont?

]]> by: mrwpants http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495258 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:24:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495258 Wasn't it Sam Kieth's the Maxx? Wasn’t it Sam Kieth’s the Maxx?

]]> by: Jake Saint http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495186 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:47:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495186 Probably not the person referenced, and based on not but hazy memories of a secondhand story, I believe JR Jr. was asked, but declined. Probably not the person referenced, and based on not but hazy memories of a secondhand story, I believe JR Jr. was asked, but declined.

]]> by: Tony Bedard http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495182 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:44:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495182 Ah, 1992. Mozart wrote his great mass, the Montgolfier Brothers went up in their first balloon and Great Britain recognized the Independence of the United States... Also the year I moved to NYC to pursue a career in comics, fully believing that Valiant was the real story in the biz, while this Image thing would fade. Of course, I thought the Rap Craze would blow over, too! Thanks for the memories, Heidi! Tony B. Ah, 1992. Mozart wrote his great mass, the Montgolfier Brothers went up in their first balloon and Great Britain recognized the Independence of the United States…

Also the year I moved to NYC to pursue a career in comics, fully believing that Valiant was the real story in the biz, while this Image thing would fade.

Of course, I thought the Rap Craze would blow over, too!

Thanks for the memories, Heidi!

Tony B.

]]> by: Sphinx Magoo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495138 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:21:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495138 Wow. Wow.

]]> by: BradyDale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495076 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:43:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/image-comics-in-1992/#comment-495076 As a person who works with journalists all the time and generates news and then watches it get covered with perplexed eyes and ears, my guess on number 8 is that they just screwed up and it really was 7 all along. As a person who works with journalists all the time and generates news and then watches it get covered with perplexed eyes and ears, my guess on number 8 is that they just screwed up and it really was 7 all along.

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