Back in the earliest dawn of Image Comics, Spawn, Youngblood, WildCATS, Cyberforce, Savage Dragon, Wetworks and Shadowhawk and all their spinoff books all operated in the same continuity and universe. All owned by their creators, Youngblood's Chapel was revealed as Spawn's assassin, and all the characters appeared in each others books, all agreed with gentlemen's […]
Superstar comic book artist Rob Liefeld is never one to shy away from speaking his opinion, like the time he predicted the doom of DC Comics and the time he got into an internet slap fight with the entire generation of millennials over his thoughts on the X-Men relaunch. So the fact that Liefeld is […]
Superstar artist and image founder had some harsh words for the recoloring of comic book art on Twitter Sunday. Joining the likes of John Byrne and anyone with good taste, Larsen is not a fan of poorly-redone colors on older artwork, and he took to Twitter to say so, pointing to his cover to Marvel […]
Todd McFarlane has been making a lot of fuss over Spawn #300 and #301 and the records it sets. But Erik Larsen has his own anniversary coming up – and that's of a comic book he has written and drawn every issue of (including going back to redo the issue that Jim Lee drew) whereas […]
Unless you've been living under a rock, and that rock does not get mobile internet service so that you can read Bleeding Cool, then you are probably well aware by now of the ongoing saga of Andrew Rev's Terrific Production LLC, the new publisher which purchased the rights to Youngblood, to the chagrin of creator […]
Two fanboy rampages in one day? Give unto us thy clicks, dear readers! If you haven't been following the saga of Terrific Production LLC, here's a brief rundown: Andrew Rev's Terrific Production LLC recently acquired the rights to Youngblood, a matter which Youngblood creator Rob Liefeld was not pleased with, causing Liefeld to drop any involvement with the […]
Image Comics may have retracted the statement they originally gave us about Joshua Luna's recent tweets accusing the publisher, and in particular an unnamed partner, of anti-POC double standards, but one Image founder took to Twitter to make a statement of his own. But first, a recap. Luna, one half of the Luna Brothers who […]
In today's Savage Dragon #244, we get the return of the chicken-headed Powerhouse, heading up a superhero team, and being recruited by the TV people who have plagued – and funded – Malcolm Dragon's life to go head to head with Dragon in a PPV grudge match. But before that can happen, there has to […]
A lot of cool swag was to be had legally for all at New York Comic Con this weekend, but according to Image founder Erik Larsen, at least one person walked away with a valuable piece of original comic book art that didn't belong to them. Larsen took to Twitter to reveal that someone had […]
Star Trek the Next Generation: Through the Mirror kicks off from writers Scott and David Tipton with artists like Marcus To, Chris Johnson, and J.K. Woodward. Image's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Urban Legends is receiving an in-color reprint. Plus, Sonic the Hedgehog, G.I. Joe, Transformers, and other books continue onwards. All this comes out this May courtesy of IDW Publishing. More details below. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through […]
Malcolm Dragon, Maxine, and their kids are given the opportunity to appear on a reality television series. Dragon isn't especially excited, but Maxine thinks this will be perfect for the family. Elsewhere, Maxine's mother tries to give Kevin a wardrobe upgrade to help improve his life. Plus, Angel and the others are still trapped in […]
Word came out recently that Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon was going to get a NSFW cover by artist Rafael Krás. The issue, Savage Dragon #225, will be bagged and come with a paper cover that looks like this. Well, Larsen has just posted a censored version of the cover which he called 'hilarious'. The image […]
Like one of those people who declare that the entire week surrounding their birthday is part of a prolonged birthday celebration, publisher Image Comics is planning yet another celebration of the 25th anniversary of their founding in 1992. This time, the party will take place in Toronto at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, which envelops not […]
Years from now, people will speak in hushed tones about the Great Marvel Retailer Summit Debacle of 2017, and the series of outrageous headlines that permeated the internet when Marvel allowed website ICv2 to attend a meeting between Marvel and retailers and report the contents of said meetings to the public. The summit has become a wellspring of […]
In recent months, we've noted how Savage Dragon, noted for pushing content acceptability over the decades, had been pushing it further regarding sexual content. With scenes and storylines closer in tone to Sex Criminals rather than classic Dragon. In today's issue, Erik Larsen relishes in the content rating the comic now has. So this issue […]
Original Image founders Todd McFarlane, Jim Valentino, Erik Larsen, Sir Rob Liefeld, Marc Silvestri, and Whilce Portacio will reunite at Emerald City Comicon 2017, ostensibly to celebrate the company's milestone 25th anniversary in a panel moderated by Walking Dead mogul and Kentucky land baron Robert Kirkman. Supposedly, the panel "will focus on the origin story of the […]
In 1992, six young buck comic book artists left Marvel Comics to start a creator-owned revolution. Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, Ser Robert Liefeld, Marc Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Whilce Portacio, and Jim Valentino left the books they were drawing at Marvel, created new characters that for the most part looked suspiciously similar to the ones they […]
The comics world has not reacted kindly to the election of Donald Trump, as reported in depth right here on Bleeding Cool. We've seen some creators, like Humberto Ramos and George Perez, say they won't visit conventions in states that voted for Trump. We've seen Mark Waid say he will go to conventions, but will […]
As tweeted by the big man… When Savage Dragon made the mass media for the first time… @robertliefeld I have no idea. I think the photographer thought he was shooting a shitty '70s album cover. — Erik Larsen (@ErikJLarsen) March 1, 2016
