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Image Comics: The Road To Independence

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I really enjoyed reading this book. It is full of interviews to many different players of the Image movement that give different perspectives on the subject.
The only thing I miss is an interview to Rob Liefeld, and even more knowing that he was one of the main forces behind the creation of Image.

In 1992 seven artists left their top-selling Marvel Comics titles to form a new company named Image Comics: a company which allowed them fewer editorial restraints and censorship. IMAGE COMICS: THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE celebrates this company, uses interviews and art from the company's founders, and includes discussions with and examples from many comic creators over the last fifteen years who have helped make the imprint a lasting, notable company. Any library strong in graphic novel or comics history needs this.

Lenghty interviews covers all of the image founders including guys like Jae Lee, Steve Oliff J. Scott Cambell, Tome Defalco, Larry Mauder, and Sam Kieth. The problems Image had with their late books and why they left Marvel in the first place. It's really good even if you missed the 1992 formation of Image or was there when the speculative market put comic stores out of business.

For any comic book or even somone who enjoys non-fiction, this is a great read. People that have enjoyed comics in the 90's this is a refreshing reflection of a time where comic history was in the making.