― Tom E, Sunday, 24 October 2004 13:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 24 October 2004 14:29 (nineteen years ago) link
Eclipse is best remembered for bringing Miracleman to the US, as well as printing up some interesting horror/fantasy stuff from the likes of Bruce Jones, Mike Dringenberg, and some of the classic Studio artists. But that doesn't make 'em more of a giant than Comico in my eyes.
― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Sunday, 24 October 2004 14:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― the apex of nadirs (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 24 October 2004 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 24 October 2004 15:31 (nineteen years ago) link
I saw Antietam open for Yo La Tengo recently and my first thought was "So that's what Cat Yronwode's been up to lately..."
― the apex of nadirs (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 24 October 2004 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link
Last I've seen of BM is some pinups he did for Jinx. I always confuse him w/ the Pander Bros.; no, I don't know why.
― David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 24 October 2004 16:37 (nineteen years ago) link
First-wise: Flagg, of course, esp. the first year, but am I the only person who totally loved Whisper? ("I'm NOT a ninja! I don't even know what a ninja IS!")
Eclipse-wise: don't forget Cap'n Quick And a Foozle, which I always suspected there was some kind of bizarre story behind. Also: the early appearances of Steve Ditko's completely batshit Static.
― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 25 October 2004 08:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Monday, 25 October 2004 17:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 25 October 2004 17:14 (nineteen years ago) link
.. and better remembered for keeping him there :)
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 07:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Did the Gaiman issues of Miracleman actually come out in the UK at all, or not?
― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 08:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 08:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 12:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 14:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Greg Marsh (Greg M.), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 00:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― milly (bulbs), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 08:35 (seventeen years ago) link
First adapted almost all of Moorcock's Elric but Eclipse had Larry (Image) Marder's Tales of the Beanworld. Which is like comparing apples and oranges but the idea was they weren't Super-apples or Spider-oranges, if that makes any sense.
― Joe McLeod (joedobaggins), Thursday, 27 July 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
re-reading a bunch of my old Eclipse comics (Zot! etc.) and man what an odd period this was for comics. You really get a sense of how small the community was. I mean there were letters page celebrities like T.M. Maple, Cat Yronwode writing columns consisting entirely of personal tidbits readers had sent in etc. A bunch of these Eclipse comics are p shitty and I barely remember most of them, and then notice that something significant somehow popped out, like Chris Ware's first comic.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
also thank u thread for reminding me of Comico's Elementals, which was never really v good but man was I entranced by the artwork
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:08 (eight years ago) link
Bill Willingham, didn't he do a bunch of AD&D/role playing art too?
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
And porn.
― Do you have or use horses? (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:11 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, in the D&D stuff I just gave away there were a bunch of early game modules with Willingham art. Comico had a decent hit rate -- The Jam, Elementals, Grendel.
― rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
I like that initial run of Mage a lot, that was the only Comico thing I've held onto
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:29 (eight years ago) link
First was a pretty solid company but then DC pretty much picked their talent away wholesale and they didn't have a second run of series or the ability to do back list sales to keep the line going like they do now. Nexus, American Flagg! and GrimJack were some of my favorite comics as a teenager.
Thing is that many of those titles sold crazy numbers compared to now. I seem to recall finding some tidbit in a mid-run version of Mr. Monster talking about how sales for like #4 or #3 was over 30000. That would be a sick number by today's standards but this was on a mid-line Eclipse comic back in the 80s.
― earlnash, Thursday, 20 August 2015 03:23 (eight years ago) link
Aztec Ace on Eclipse was a neat Moench time travel thing.
I loooved cap'n quick and a foozle #1
― Corn on the macabre (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 20 August 2015 03:29 (eight years ago) link
Willingham didn't rly do porn, and definitely not in the '80s
DC pretty much picked their talent away wholesale
iirc DC taking over their distro was the biggest kiss of death
"oh hey turns out we made you print nine times as many copies as before but no one even ordered 3 copies? Oops. Bye."
― let no-one live rent free in your butt (sic), Thursday, 20 August 2015 04:28 (eight years ago) link