You are probably aware of insane fandoms like WhoLock, Supernatual fan girls, Potterheads, Firefly superfans, or people obsessing over CW DC shows. Imagine the mess there would be if these fans were allowed into management positions, where they could influence media they obsess over. That's exactly what happened in American comics. Sane creatives see this and avoid the industry. Ones passionate enough about the medium carve out their own small niche, and stay away from crazies. If someone sane decides to enter the mainstream comics industry, they are either run out or get burnt out. Some go crazy themselves as they have to deal with drama, lack of professionalism, and other messed up behaviors that are considered normal in the American comic book industry.
In a few of those panels that Asian GF looks……….. young, like too young if catch my drift.
Well somehow they made Robert Kirkman a partner and Invincible was getting like 12,000 sales at the end. I guess one popular TV show is all you need.
Savage Dragon is Sonichu, poor handling of “present day” events, inconsistent as hell schedule, self-insertion, repulsive sex scenes, writer/artist and hideous art. This is just surface level shit that I picked up in the last hour of research, I’m sure there’s more similarities that an actual reader could find.
Kirkman's The Walking Dead was in the top five or at the very least top ten best selling comics throughout most of its publication. I do not think something like that happened since the 90s Image's heydays. He became a partner in 2008 and the TV show premiered two years later. Invincible was selling well at one point, but it was the Walking Dead that really made Kirkman popular.
Gargoyles' biggest draw was having a solid voice cast and a cool theme song. That's literally it. At best it's the house of mouse's attempt to answer BTAS.
Image has always been a Boy's Club. It's where the 90's comic pros who wanted to be rockstars went and it kinda burned out. It's a pitch bin, the Walking Dead came out at the peak of Zombie stuff and managed to weather because American Horror fans have terrible taste. Kirkman's success is literally because people liked Zombie stuff and then they picked up his Superman/ DBZ/ Spider-Man cuckhold fanfic. Image itself has basically been bleeding while other alternatives pop up. Dark Horse and other companies are tripping over themselves to distribute manga.
Honestly, if I didn't antagonize Null with every @ I throw at him I'd probably tell him to look at Image. Image is just a series of fuck ups and egos. The American Comicbook industry has it's share of cows. The British comicbook industry is aging socialists who can't deal with the fact that they're becoming old irrelevant men.
Keith David was too good for it. I never understood why they made MacBeth a character when the whole play is about how he's a pussy-whipped schizo.
