Robert Kirkman Featured In New Clip From The IMAGE REVOLUTION Documentary

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Nah..I don't think anyone with half a brain thought Liefeld art was worth a shit.
His crap sold because all new Image books got bought up by collectors hoping they would get long term valuable comics.

Now those Youngblood books are only good for ass wiping.

Pitt was awesome. I have the first 10 or so. That book
Was always late to come out.

It's funny how history is rewritten. Spawn didn't bomb, it got over-saturated from a merchandise perspective and, as is usually the case when that happens, people eventually moved on. The story never stopped being good(hated the last issue,lol.) The only reason a lot of the mainstream Marvel/DC characters are still relevant is because they were originators, and are the basis for most comics. In fact, the last modern comic character with true staying power was Venom and he's pushing 30. Hickman is a good example of what I'm saying. Most people are familiar with him for his work on FF and Avengers, heavyweight mainstream characters, but aren't aware of his incredible Image titles. Even The Walking Dead is being pushed by the TV show, a more accessible medium to the masses. It's just harder for independent characters to reach the level of being indispensable.

Regarding Liefeld, his style actually was cool in the 90's. Big muscles and sh!t were cool as hell back then. His style got lazier after awhile, and eventually it just didn't fit the changing times. People laugh at his art when looking back, but also, secretly, laugh at the fact they used to like that sh!t.

I still have all of my Image issues as well!Valiant DEF had them beat with storytelling,and the lateness problems sucked (i remember getting excited for Wetworks from Wizard then it took a year to come out!),still have my bagged Wizards too,but thats what they are to me,nostalgia.They remind me of getting good grades in school and getting to go to Sarge's (in New London,CT.)and spending $20 on comics.It was the time of Gold foil distributer only cards/comics and a wave of new characters to get psyched about (even though some of them fell flat,Spawn,Dragon and some WildC.A.T.S.characters are still going strong!).They were the good ole days for sure!

Sam Kieth was great. I didn't like his style on Sandman but the exaggeration worked great for the story when he started doing MAXX. It's funny because both od those comics were very dream-like, but Maxx just had this psychedelic, Australian thing going for it that worked so nicely.

I remember waiting for Darker Image #2 for years and years and it never came out! There were other problems like Wetworks but it was nice to see people own their own characters and stories for once…that (and the graphic content) made it all the more revolutionary to me.