jim valentino

Taserface is a character that's been around over 27 years, making his original debut in Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (June 1990) by Jim Valentino Jim gets credit for creating the character, but the name came from his son Aaron who was five at the time Jim explained in an interview from 2013: Actually my son,[...]

And sometimes I turn in a script and the next time I see anything is on the shelf at the comic shop.On the other side, I got to do five issues of ShadowHawk for Jim Valentino We were bringing back the original Paul Johnstone and spinning the series out of Image United The artist on[...]

The Hero Initiative has been rolling out new video campaigns lately with a new one just going up yesterday. It's not a lot of new footage, but then again it's a charity support video not a movie trailer, but one of the most notable things is the inclusion of a segment with the legendary Stan […]

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[...]

One unique feature is the Comic Fest Cafe, which this year will be themed in tribute to Jack Kirby.You can join guest of honour, Jim Valentino and all the other guests at this wonderful con in beautiful San Diego this February, giving you plenty of time to flex those convention muscles in time for that[...]

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 were drawing at Marvel, and ended up creating what is today the third largest comic book[...]

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of Image Comics, the 25th issue of Joe Keatinge and Leila del Luca's Shutter will feature appearances by characters from Todd McFarlane's Spawn, Sir Robert Liefeld's Glory, Marc Silvestri's Witchblade, Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon, Jim Valentino's Shadowhawk, and Robert Kirkman's Invincible, according to a press release sent out by[...]

This is a character that director James Gunn wanted to bring into the first movie but couldn't.Taserface was originally created in 1990 by Jim Valentino, but according to Rob Liefeld, the creation was a collaboration between Jim and a 9-years old Aaron Valentino.I wonder if both Jim and Aaron will get a mention in the[...]

Jim Valentino, Image co-founder and head of Shadowline, posted these preview pages for Robinson's new book.Jimmie Robinson is one of the most versatile artists in the industry His books include Bomb Queen, Evil & Malice, Avigon, Amanda And Gunn and Five Weapons He has a new series out called[...]

Jim Valentino, Image co-founder and the guy that made the Guardians of the Galaxy cool (yes, they were cool before Rocket and Groot), shared what he did on New Years The next 100 project from the Hero Initiative is going to be Hellboy and Jim did up a wonderful looking cover that was then inked[...]

Megaton Man creator Don Simpson has been posting most entertainingly on Facebook about that project that never happened, the 1963 Annual, that would have topped off the Image Comics series by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, Rick Veitch and more.To heck with the 1963 Annual -- I'm just going to draw the "In Pictopia" Annual --[...]

I also think of the work of Jim Valentino Jim of course was one of the founders of Image Comics and runs Shadowline which puts out a lot of amazing books Check out Shadowline's website here.I had the privilege of working with Jim on both Savage and Shadowhawk.Think about him, I remembered a very cool[...]

1, and our introduction to the diverse assembly of Vance Astro, Yondu, Martinex & Charlie 27 in their battle against the Badoon.Rocketing to the 90′s, we look at GOTG by Jim Valentino, with the team finally getting their own title, facing the ramifications of the present days heroes of the MU.In the wake of the[...]

The joy and pure exuberance this creator had at Wizard World Portland made me a huge fan of his.Jim Valentino was at Wizard World happy to sign older works of his, from issues of What If… to Guardians of the Galaxy, and Shadowhawk However, he was not there to promote any of his own work,[...]

I remember reading about them in the Marvel Universe Handbook and I remember the series done by Jim Valentino The first time I picked up one of the new Guardian books my first thoughts were: “Where are Charlie 27, Martinex, Vance Astro and Yondu?”I do talk to myself like that at times.So after reading some[...]

what would it be like to have all that attention for yourself?The Image Expo is a comic book convention specialising in creator owned comics, and specifically those of Image Comics, being held in late February at the Oakland Convention Center, California on the last three-day-weekend in February, just down the Grove Shaftner Freeway from their[...]

Earlier today, comics writer Dwight MacPherson received a letter from Jim Valentino, jimvalentino25@yahoo.com: Dwight,It’s been a long time and I hope all is well with you and your boys.Kris Simon has resigned from her editorial position and will leave after the 29th of this month.  I couldn’t think of anyone better than you to take over[...]