Understatement.
Spawn inspired:
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Often the simplest explanation for something that seems unlikely is that it’s not true
Unfortunately it’s easier to throw a random number out there like it’s a fact than to track down where it came from and explain why it’s wrong
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Seeing the kudos for Image reminds me all the more of the demise of my favourite publisher, First Comics. I loved Grimjack, Shatter, The Badger, and so many other titles it published. I don’t know much about the rights, but they did heavily connect the authors and artists to the series.
I know Mike Baron is still active as a writer, and Mike Saenz helped make things like the Spaceship Warlock CD-ROM. Tim Truman, I have no clue and ought to go look up. I do recall he kept having plans to bring back Grimjack, but to my knowledge they never really panned out.
I miss First Comics.
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“The Badger doesn’t kill; he maims.”
Remember those well.
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15.5 million units of western comics in 2019?
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Often the simplest explanation for something that seems unlikely is that it’s not true
Unfortunately it’s easier to throw a random number out there like it’s a fact than to track down where it came from and explain why it’s wrong
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That 15.5 number comes from the tweet the BoingBoing author cites and it’s almost certainly for GN sales. I found a source that puts in at 16.5.
There were a lot of interesting indie comics in the 80s and 90s.
Comico, Eternity, Malibu (who for a hot minute were going to be partners with Image), First, Now, Mirage, Eclipse, etc.
Speaking of First Comics, I recently got a large run of American Flagg! by Howard Chaykin. I got to flip through some, but haven’t read them yet. Neat looking, though!
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