erik larsen Archives

Erik Larsen has far more in common with Robert Crumb than with Todd McFarlane And that Savage Dragon radically needs reinterpreting and appreciating, while it is still being published rather than afterwards And deserves the critique common with Cerebus, Zap Comix and Love And Rockets Maybe we'll all just have to wait till Erik Larsen[...]

Two months ago Bleeding Cool reported how off-the-scale crazy Savage Dragon #269 by Erik Larsen was, published by Image Comics Well, Savage Dragon #270, out this Wednesday is dealing with the consequences of that and going further Spoilers obviously. We have pointed out that Popeye goes to public domain next year, Doc Savage to follow, and[...]

Since the Artist's Edition line became established by IDW, a number of other publishers have begun to release their own lines of similar books reprinting comic art at its original size: including Image Comics Vault Editions which have published Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo's work in Spawn Vault Editions 1-3, Emma Rios' art in Pretty[...]

So that's what Erik Larsen is doing with this week's Savage Dragon #268. Savage Dragon is often a comic that has "gone there", discussing and showing the things one is meant to avoid at dinner parties, sex, religion and politics Taking place in real time, it has also reflected the real world around it better than[...]

Both sides of the Erik Larsen Vs Jim Valentino grudge match are now out there You may make your own judgment At Bleeding Cool, you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran an article in which Jim Valentino answered claims made on the Cartoonist KayFayBe, YouTube channel Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg, when interviewing Image Comics co-founder and former Image Comics publisher Erik Larsen that he "righted the ship" over at Image Comics, when taking over from Jim Valentino as publisher Bleeding [...]

32 years ago, Image Comics was founded by Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino and Marc Silvestri, a loose collection of creator studios, and they hired Tony Lobito as full-time publisher for Image Comics In 1993, Larry Marder, creator of Beanworld, as well as a former marketer for Chicago comics retail[...]

I took a cheeky snap. Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom photo   Eric Battle – Co-creator of Kingfish in Aquaman #54 in 1999 John Broome – Co-creator of Karshon The Shark in Green Lantern #24 in 1963 Nick Cardy – Writer/artist on Detective Comics back-up, Aquaman solo series, co-creator of Mera in Aquaman #11 in 1963, Orm Marius in[...]

It is intended to be a love letter to the Big Bang Comics line and its founders, Gary Carlson and Chris Ecker. Big Bang Comics started as Megaton Comics in the early '80s and launched the early careers of Erik Larsen and Rob Liefeld, including appearances of Savage Dragon and Youngblood that saw Rob Liefeld call[...]

You can look it up." In a Facebook post that has been shared around the intent multiple times, Image Comics founder Erik Larsen has commented on Roy Thomas's comments, saying "The writer who sent artists sections of Robert E Howard Conan books with areas colored with a highlighter as plots has something to say about division[...]

And, unusually, Image Comics partner Erik Larsen chose to join in with the response Here's a selection from a very long Facebook thread Strap in, bookmark this for later, have some holiday reading. The disappointment of Brian Hibbs. Brian Hibbs; I am extremely disappointed that Image is forcing us to buy our comics from DCBS, the single[...]

Jim Valentino, we loved The Last Shadowhawk and need more! Whilce Portacio, you and Brian need to keep doing Bishop, Legends wasn't enough! Marc Silvestri, that new Batman book is insanely gorgeous! Erik Larsen, we're Dragon for life You're all so cool." Okay, so… Jim Lee is exclusive to Warner Bros as President and CCO of[...]

Dan Slott as Spider-Man Erik Larsen… I mean I can see what they were going for. And Erik Larsen as Savage Dragon is much better. Jim Lee… I mean top left is certainly a version of Jim Lee I have met. But Jim Lee as the X-Men is much more fun. I mean, that is Scott Snyder, t just is. That[...]

The Savage Dragon is the second longest-lasting Image Comics title, and it beats Spawn on one major aspect, in that Erik Larsen wrote and drew it all himself And now, thirty years on, the series about a policeman with superpowers and a mysterious past is getting an "Ultimate" collection in hardcover, beginning in November, with[...]

On Facebook, Image Comics CFO, co-founder of Image Comics and creator of Savage Dragon, Erik Larsen gave his experience of conducting portfolio reviews. Portfolio review screencap Portfolio review is the most thankless task a person can engage in at a comic book convention. If you manage to find somebody to paw through your wretched sample pages, treasure them[...]

Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon was the first – and is the only – superhero comic book from one of the big publishers that has had the coronavirus pandemic as part of its ongoing plotline While fighting the bad guys, Malcolm Dragon has also been coping with self-isolation and social distancing over the past two years in[...]

Recently, David Micheline and Erik Larsen brought up the vexed claims of creator claim over the character of Venom, as seen in Venom 2, opening in UK cinemas this week As it rolled on, Bleeding Cool reprinted their respective letters on the matter from 1993, and Todd McFarlane's recent statements on Instagram But it is[...]

Recently, Bleeding Cool ran a Fanboy Rampage between Venom co-creator David Michelinie, looking to get a bit more credit for his co-creation than Todd McFarlane seemed to recently be giving, and Erik Larsen, who took over from Todd drawing the book, who pushed back on that And now Spider-Man artist Ron Frenz has taken it further, talking[...]

And so Erik Larsen, who took over art duties on Amazing Spider-Man after Todd McFarlane and developed the Venom character further with Michelenie, including pointed and monstrous teeth, saliva, and a prehensile tongue, disagreed with his former writer, saying; I vehemently disagree If credit goes to the person who started with a blank page–then credit for[...]

Like many of Erik Larsen's characters, the Savage Dragon was created by Larsen while he was a child in school and Larsen drew the Dragon in homemade comic books The original Dragon, inspired by elements from Captain Marvel, Batman, Speed Racer and Hulk, differs from the modern incarnation A redesigned Savage Dragon was featured in[...]

But will they find untold gold and jewels where X marks the spot, or is something far more sinister waiting for them? In Shops: Sep 08, 2021 SRP: $3.99 A MAN AMONG YE #7 CVR B RIDDEL IMAGE COMICS ANT #2 CVR A LARSEN IMAGE COMICS JUL210212 (W) Erik Larsen (A/CA) Erik Larsen "ANTPOCALYPSE!" Young Hannah Washington is recruited by the United States government and[...]

Bleeding Cool has covered the journey between Mario Gully, Erik Larsen and the comic Ant over the decades considerably Ant was a comic book created by Mario Gully, that he created when he was sentenced for robbery First published by Arcana Studios, it and later moved to Image Comics, then again to Big City Comics,[...]

But is it possible for art to be so famous that no credit is even needed to recognize that it's an homage? Legendary comic book creator Erik Larsen seems to think so, as he took to Twitter to reveal that he has homaged Bill Sienkiewicz in the next issue of Savage Dragon, but that he[...]

Fourteen years after its previous issue was published, Image Comics partner and Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen returns to the character of Ant to provide fans with a volume one conclusion and the promise of more Ant adventures to come The story arc finale one-shot, Ant #12, will hit shelves this June from Image. "Back when I[...]

Current bid of $110. Erik Larsen Spawn #199 Story Page 17 Original Art (Image, 2010) Violator and Freak battle over the hellspawn as Spawn looks on in this page by Image co-founder and Savage Dragon artist Erik Larsen This penciled page was digitally inked by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane for the lead-up issue to the historic[...]

Erik Larsen could have just planned to reprint Savage Dragon #259 Instead, he is repackaging and renaming it Savage Dragon #259 out in April will now be reprinting it in May as North Force #0, for the first appearance of his Alpha Flight-like Canadian superhero team, which may suggest more to come. North Force #0 is[...]

With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris elected the next President and Vice-President of the United States Of America, taking both the popular vote and the electoral college, Image Comics founder and CFO Erik Larsen announced a new printing for his comic book Savage Dragon #253, with an updated version of the cover that featured Biden[...]

The comic book was rewritten and redrawn in lockdown to reflect this, but Erik Larsen got it out before anyone else However in the month-and-change since he has not exactly had other superhero comics beating down the door to join him in reflecting the world outside their window. So in the anniversary issue, Savage Dragon #250,[...]

At the back of the issue, Erik Larsen writes; As I write this the world is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic The book, being what the book is, a title taking place in real time in a fictionalized version of our real world, needed to address this crisis and I thought it best to[...]

I'm hearing about the return of the big shared superhero universe at Image Comics, using as many of the characters as they still can – and more besudes. Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon is approaching its landmark 250th issue and that will most certainly be the series' highest seller in years Because, admittedly, that's not hard[...]