Kirkman's Image

[Roughneck]

So am I the only one that wants Kirkman to write a monthy Invincible, Brit and Capes?


I cannot get enough of Kirkman's Hero corner of the Image universe.

 

[Dread]

So am I the only one that wants Kirkman to write a monthy Invincible, Brit and Capes?


I cannot get enough of Kirkman's Hero corner of the Image universe.

I could be wrong, but I thought Kirkman edits BRIT, and it is bring written by someone else.

I recently read CAPES and it was a lot of fun, albeit not for everyone. If INVINCIBLE is a steak dinner in terms of superhero comics, then I considered CAPES to be a good appetizer.

Kirkman has his own corner of Image comics, where he doesn't have to worry about sales in the same league as his Marvel work. At Image, books seem to be safe so long as they can pull in 10k or so. For the Big Two, that won't put you in the Top 120. So he has less pressure, more creative freedom and of course his own characters to play with.

 

[Roughneck]

I know...I haven't picked up this new Brit yet simply because Kirkman isn't writing it....but I'm sure it's decent...Kirkman woulnd't let someone else write Brit unless they were gonna do him justcie...I'll get the trade.

I just loved Capes....Capes is what Superhero comics should be....it's like Justice League unlmited....if Capes were an ongoing it would rule...it's got a cast of a hundred or so (potentially) and each arc could focus on one or two of them, or a team of any number...with the occasional Huge battle with them all......but inside of that he's actually forming a great story of the company itself what with Big Brain....

I read the Capes TPB that was like .....3 issues and a One shot, and though there were dozens of characters in there I was actually getting a feel that a lot of these guys could hold thier own books.....these aren't just characters slapped in there for the hell of it....not all of them anyway...big Brain, Knockout, Kid Thor, Bolt, The Metor Twins....every one of them had a great backstory and character trailts, and you just know that Kirkman has then entire lives plotted out for all of the guys that you saw in the background of one panel....

Kirkman, I love seeing you at Marvel, but I saw let them go....Step away from marvel and be the Stan Lee of your own universe....you've clearly got it in you and the characters've got the good.s

 

[Dread]

I know...I haven't picked up this new Brit yet simply because Kirkman isn't writing it....but I'm sure it's decent...Kirkman woulnd't let someone else write Brit unless they were gonna do him justcie...I'll get the trade.

I've never read BRIT. photojones2 loves it, though, and I'd take his word for it on this one. You'll probably enjoy the trade.

I just loved Capes....Capes is what Superhero comics should be....it's like Justice League unlmited....if Capes were an ongoing it would rule...it's got a cast of a hundred or so (potentially) and each arc could focus on one or two of them, or a team of any number...with the occasional Huge battle with them all......but inside of that he's actually forming a great story of the company itself what with Big Brain....

I read the Capes TPB that was like .....3 issues and a One shot, and though there were dozens of characters in there I was actually getting a feel that a lot of these guys could hold thier own books.....these aren't just characters slapped in there for the hell of it....not all of them anyway...big Brain, Knockout, Kid Thor, Bolt, The Metor Twins....every one of them had a great backstory and character trailts, and you just know that Kirkman has then entire lives plotted out for all of the guys that you saw in the background of one panel....

Kirkman, I love seeing you at Marvel, but I saw let them go....Step away from marvel and be the Stan Lee of your own universe....you've clearly got it in you and the characters've got the good.s

I also read CAPES. It was 3 issues and a series of back-up pages from about 18 issues of INVINCIBLE which, if you count page count, amount to about another 3 issues. So the trade was the equalivent of 6 issues worth of material, and it showed; it ended just as things were picking up and Englert was getting stronger as an artist (2003-2007 is a long time and artists do improve).

It wasn't quite INVINCIBLE, but then again, neither was INVINCIBLE until after the first year. Kirkman intended it as a sister book and after it got cancelled the characters appeared in some team-ups with Invincible. I went back and re-read them, having better knowledge.

Kirkman wrote his introduction for the CAPES trade this year, and I wonder if he wrote it before or after he learned that IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN had been canceled by Marvel (or was about to be canceled). Because one line strikes me as haunting in that light, when he goes, "funny comics are the kiss of death for sales these days" or words to that effect. And he would know. Aside for WALKING DEAD (presumably, since I don't read it), most of his books involve some sort of humor in addition to his gore-filled chills and spills.

I agree with you that Kirkman is creating his own little universe within Image, while also allowing for connections to other Image creators. He includes Savage Dragon and Shadowhawk in mass gatherings, and Invincible actually debuted in NOBLE CAUSES before his own comic, and THE PACT had a team up with a few Image heroes. It is the closest thing to a Stan Lee we may get, while at the same time is a love letter to the sorts of things Lee and the Silver Age brought to heroes.

As for why Kirkman would stay at Marvel, there are a few reasons. One, money; Marvel has bigger pockets and larger readership chances. Secondly, he does love the universe and it probably inspired him. And lastly, Kirkman's breakout MARVEL ZOMBIES mini will keep him on Marvel's radar, as he has been tasked with another. He may get typecast as a zombie writer, but that isn't a bad thing considering zombies seem to be hot now.

 

[Roughneck]

I almost wish he would bring his stuff over to Marvel's icons Imprint....but then again I really hope he doesn't....because that would be a huge **** You to Image....so i doubt Kirkman woujld do that to them

 

[Dread]

I almost wish he would bring his stuff over to Marvel's icons Imprint....but then again I really hope he doesn't....because that would be a huge **** You to Image....so i doubt Kirkman woujld do that to them

Yeah, I doubt it, too. I mean Kirkman might nab a few extra thousand readers that way, at least for the first few months, but then it'd probably shrink back to former levels. I mean is POWERS selling better at Icon than it did at Image or wherever it started? And if so, by what degree?

Marvel's relationship with Image isn't nearly as hostile than it was in the 90's, especially since some of the creative talent came back to the Big Two, and maybe because, frankly, Image offers less competition than it did in the 90's. No joke; in May 1997, Image represented 13% of the comic book market. Sept. 2007? Maybe 4%, on a good month. Plus, there seems to be some sharing of talent with Top Cow, which is like Image's lovechild or something.

Besides, is KABUKI doing so well on Icon?

Kirkman'll likely stay put at Image. He writes three books for them and as BRIT and INVINCIBLE branch out (ATOM EVE will be getting a mini soon), he'll be editting two books for them as well. It doesn't prevent him from writing 2-3 books for Marvel, too, so why move around? He isn't as synonmous with Marvel as Bendis became after he left the indie's, anyway.