RSS Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Mike takes another trip to the 1990s, this time to examine one of the earliest Image miniseries: Jim Valentino's ShadowHawk. [ 35:26 || 17.7 MB ] To listen, click here: http://www.earth-2.net/theshow/episodes/e2ts_588.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 I believe it says something about Shadowhawk, that the image you used was a Larsen-drawn Dragon/ShadowHawk cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Yes. Yes it does. I wanted to use the cover from the first issue, but I couldn't find a scan that wasn't covered in dust / lint and / or too small. Then I thought about using the covers for issues two and three, and, yeah, four was the best option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Regardless, I look forward to listening to this. I reread the original SH mini not too long ago and found it didn't really hold up, especially after all the hype surrounding the story when it was published. I want to reread the massive crossover where he was searching for a cure to AIDS now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Okay, just listened to it last night. Because I think I'm the guy you talked to Shadowhawk about, I've got some clarifications for you: -The mystery was actually the main thrust behind the promotion of the book at the time. -I've never been a fan of his art, but I've come to appreciate it as a bit of a rougher John Buscema. I did, however, have a poster of issue four's cover (with Dragon) on my wall. -I think the idea behind the concept of his SH covers was to highlight the mystery and offer an interesting design as opposed to trying to compete with the guys he launched the company with. No covers looked as good as Image covers at the time. -Valentino, I've always felt, was a super-creative guy whose ideas spanned a little farther than his artistic talent. Case in point was him being given carte blanche on the Guardians of the Galaxy book he did at Marvel. IN my recollection, the only other thing of note that he did was write a lot of and oversee behind the scenes, the production of the second volume of What If? -In relation to his other Image compatriots, he was easily the lowest selling, by a landslide. Liefeld was the golden boy, then Larsen then McFarlane then Lee then Silvestri, then Portacio (though, those last two could be interchangeable at times). -He was really good at attaching himself to the right people though. I'm pretty sure it kept him out of obscurity and secured his position today as the head of a nice and interesting imprint at Image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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