I love the nostalgia of looking through my old comics. And I'm currently reading old 2000AD progs every night at bedtime. I'm hoping to share pics of these things as I look through them. I would be very interested to see snapshots of other people's readings here as well!
Here's some stuff I found tonight while trying to clear space for progs I ordered from a good person here.
First off, this guy. I watched a mini youtube doc on Liefeld recently. Amazing how he had a whole team of fellows trained to churn out his style of ridiculous art, putting out a staggering number of titles at their height. Look at some of these thrilling titles: Bloodstrike, Bloodpool, Youngblood, Bloodwulf..
I didn't realize at the time the animosity of a lot of comic regulars toward this movement that nakedly pandered to kids looking for Extreme™ visual stimulation rather than a good read. This particular character enthralled my friends and I in his little teaser comic when Image was still ramping up. By the time his actual book came out, the art was downgraded to their mass-produced style. The trend was already dying and those same friends weren't getting comics anymore and were thinking about girls instead.
Here's another from that studio. Just silly. I didn't realize it was from a weird moneygrab issue. It worked on me.
Another one from the sea of fail image comics. This one ran for 3 issues. I for some reason have 2 copies of #2 and am donating both tomorrow. This cover foil is shiny, though, so I'm keeping it.
I must have seen this ad a hundred times. Was the game any good? I always had to stop myself buying these game rulebooks from bookstores while my mom was shopping in the mall. My friends and I bought some battletech rulebooks because it was just pages of technical mech drawings? (awesome)
Finally this. I'm having trouble believing you could by a 6 ft poster for a dollar and change. Whats the catch?
Here's some stuff I found tonight while trying to clear space for progs I ordered from a good person here.
First off, this guy. I watched a mini youtube doc on Liefeld recently. Amazing how he had a whole team of fellows trained to churn out his style of ridiculous art, putting out a staggering number of titles at their height. Look at some of these thrilling titles: Bloodstrike, Bloodpool, Youngblood, Bloodwulf..
I didn't realize at the time the animosity of a lot of comic regulars toward this movement that nakedly pandered to kids looking for Extreme™ visual stimulation rather than a good read. This particular character enthralled my friends and I in his little teaser comic when Image was still ramping up. By the time his actual book came out, the art was downgraded to their mass-produced style. The trend was already dying and those same friends weren't getting comics anymore and were thinking about girls instead.
Here's another from that studio. Just silly. I didn't realize it was from a weird moneygrab issue. It worked on me.
Code Select
Bloodstrike #1 was cover dated April 1993 and the series ran for 22 issues. There was a special issue 25 printed (after issue 10) as part of the "Images of Tomorrow" event that ran through several titles being published by Image at the time. During issue 25, the Bloodstrike title changed dramatically as Bloodstrike became the name of a solo agent. Extreme Studios boasted that the issue depicted precisely where the series would be at the end of issue 24,[5] but issues 23 and 24 were not produced. Another one from the sea of fail image comics. This one ran for 3 issues. I for some reason have 2 copies of #2 and am donating both tomorrow. This cover foil is shiny, though, so I'm keeping it.
I must have seen this ad a hundred times. Was the game any good? I always had to stop myself buying these game rulebooks from bookstores while my mom was shopping in the mall. My friends and I bought some battletech rulebooks because it was just pages of technical mech drawings? (awesome)
Finally this. I'm having trouble believing you could by a 6 ft poster for a dollar and change. Whats the catch?
