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Post by driver1980 on Oct 23, 2023 12:23:42 GMT -5
The short-lived and much-missed Hero Illustrated was better than Wizard. In my humble opinion, of course.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2023 14:14:31 GMT -5
I have such a nostalgia for Wizard as it was my comics message board before there were comics message boards.
And then the Wizard Message Board was my first real comics message board for a long time before it got shut down.
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Post by commond on Oct 23, 2023 16:27:46 GMT -5
There have been more good comics published by Image than Ditko's total output.
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Post by Trevor on Oct 23, 2023 16:40:41 GMT -5
Image has had a lot of dreck, especially in the 90s, but they’ve put out more great books the last 20 years than Marvel and DC combined.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2023 16:53:46 GMT -5
The two words that matter to me when it comes to 90’s Image:
Astro City
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 23, 2023 19:31:10 GMT -5
What are you guys doing to my stack of Wizards now? Let Supercat have his blissful 90’s, it’s sounding a little like my parents. “You’re reading comics all wrong! And turn down that horrible noise you call music.” But mom, all the kids are reading Wizard and listening to Cypress Hill… Wizard was to comics what dirt sheets are to professional wrestling The two words that matter to me when it comes to 90’s Image: Astro City I'm kind of partial to The Maxx, probably because I watched the MTV adaptation when I was probably too darned young to understand most of it I also like how fun Wetworks, 1963, and Savage Dragon are |
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 23, 2023 19:47:07 GMT -5
There have been more good comics published by Image than Ditko's total output. That’s like saying that the entire National League hit more home runs in 1963 than Sandy Koufax had wins. |
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Post by tarkintino on Oct 23, 2023 20:30:43 GMT -5
There have been more good comics published by Image than Ditko's total output. That's debatable, and this is coming from someone who is a lukewarm Ditko fan.
On the other hand, if there's guilt to be grafted to the skin of a comic book publisher for the overblown excesses of the 90s, Image would be a top two contender.
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 23, 2023 20:59:12 GMT -5
At least early on, the writing in Wizard was HILARIOUS. At least to my then-13-years-old sensibilities. I feel like I read most of the good writers left for Toyfare at some point? I don't know. If we can save The Walking Dead and Invincible, you can burn the rest of Image as far as I'm concerned. Except YOUNGBLOOD!  You must have read an alternate version to the one I saw. |
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Post by badwolf on Oct 24, 2023 9:30:22 GMT -5
What are you guys doing to my stack of Wizards now? Let Supercat have his blissful 90’s, it’s sounding a little like my parents. “You’re reading comics all wrong! And turn down that horrible noise you call music.” But mom, all the kids are reading Wizard and listening to Cypress Hill… Wizard was to comics what dirt sheets are to professional wrestling The two words that matter to me when it comes to 90’s Image: Astro City I'm kind of partial to The Maxx, probably because I watched the MTV adaptation when I was probably too darned young to understand most of it I also like how fun Wetworks, 1963, and Savage Dragon are Yeah, The Maxx was very good. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 24, 2023 10:27:38 GMT -5
The two words that matter to me when it comes to 90’s Image: Astro City I needed three : Age of Bronze. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 24, 2023 11:29:55 GMT -5
The two words that matter to me when it comes to 90’s Image: Astro City I needed three : Age of Bronze.
Amen to both of those, and I'll add 1963 to the list for levity. A purely fun read.
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Post by tonebone on Oct 24, 2023 14:45:15 GMT -5
There have been more good comics published by Image than Ditko's total output. That's debatable, and this is coming from someone who is a lukewarm Ditko fan.
On the other hand, if there's guilt to be grafted to the skin of a comic book publisher for the overblown excesses of the 90s, Image would be a top two contender.
Agree... that's extremely debatable. He was producing comics from WAY WAY back before he was even at Marvel. |
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Post by Confessor on Oct 24, 2023 15:54:51 GMT -5
I needed three : Age of Bronze. Amen to both of those, and I'll add 1963 to the list for levity. A purely fun read.
I dunno, I'm usually a pretty big Alan Moore fan -- and I love Silver Age Marvel too -- but I found 1963 quite lacklustre. I mean, sure, it was a charming enough homage to old 1960s comics and the Dr. Strange analogy guy in particular was a real highlight (think he was a hip beatnik from Greenwich Village, if memory serves), but overall it just seemed to lack readability or much in the way of any overarching plot. I found it pretty dull and eventually sold my back issues. Of course, the fact that the series was never finished didn't help none. |
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Post by commond on Oct 24, 2023 16:14:47 GMT -5
There have been more good comics published by Image than Ditko's total output. That's debatable, and this is coming from someone who is a lukewarm Ditko fan.
On the other hand, if there's guilt to be grafted to the skin of a comic book publisher for the overblown excesses of the 90s, Image would be a top two contender.
It was thirty years ago, but even during that period they published Bone, A Distant Soil, Age of Bronze, Astro City, Stray Bullets, Strangers in Paradise, and other worthy comics that would make the world a lesser place if they were shot into the sun. |
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