Slog - Comments on Sharper Image http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sharper_image In a move that comics news site Newsarama has announced is "unprecidented" (sic), comics writer Robert Kirkman (the writer of The Walking Dead and Invincible) has been made a new partner at Image Comics. This was reported in the New York Times this morning. The Times explains Image Comics: In 1992, seven top-selling artists who had primarily been working for Marvel Comics decided to form their own company, Image. They had grown frustrated with having little editorial control and limited financial benefit from working on corporate-owned characters. Kirkman's addition is big news for comics because it's the first time that... Copyright 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:40:36 -0800 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:14:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Dave Paul, how in the hell are you able to read Newsarama without losing your shit and killing everyone in the Stranger's offices?

What's your secret? How do you do it? And is Kelly O recording it?

]]> Dave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sharper_image#c1079456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sharper_image#c1079456 Books Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:11:50 -0800 Comment by godsactionfigure Wow! Paul is correct. This is a *giant* change in status-quo for the way that personnel changes in the comic book industry are treated by the publishing industry at large. As in, they're actual blips on the news radar.

Crazy....

Even more bizarre is the fact that The Stranger also cared enough to spread the news. Maybe years and years of giant box-office pulls from the movie industry are carrying comic book publishing kicking and screaming into respectability. Maybe?

Keep it coming, Paul! Always a big fan of your content.

]]> godsactionfigure http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sharper_image#c1079469 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sharper_image#c1079469 Books Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:28:45 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin' The beyond horrible preview clip of MTV's coming semi-animated "Invincible" series made me feel sorry for Kirkman, but this is well-deserved good news for him.

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sharper_image#c1079932 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sharper_image#c1079932 Books Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:54:11 -0800 Comment by Tom X. PDX Actually, Image founder Jim Valentino has good taste. During his tenure as Publisher, Image had a more diverse line-up of books than at any point in their history. The Red Star, Violent Messiahs, Powers, Rex Mundi and Age of Bronze were all initiated during his tenure.

The overall output seems to have suffered under Eric Larsen's reign, where the agenda shifted from "publish diverse non-superhero work" to "publish anything with an enthusiastic creative team," which led to a glut of superhero books from Image Central.

It's too bad Valentino was shifted out of that position (allegedly due to internal controversy over how Devil's Due and Dreamwave among others created competing companies after building their properties within Image).

]]> Tom X. PDX http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sharper_image#c1080031 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sharper_image#c1080031 Books Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:14:06 -0800