Originally Posted by Max Windu
I agree both companies have had major comic characters and I would say that it is a tie.
However, basing on artist & writer talents, I think Marvel has the edge. They have had everyone from Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, arguably the most prominant artists in silver age history...even golden age, Jack Kirby. I was really into comics around the fruitation of Image Comics, but haven't really kept in touch with it in nearly 10years. I just went to buy a few issues of Superman drawn by Jim Lee not too long ago though.
I agree. I havent been in touch since Image started to take off.
Originally Posted by Reno Fett
i was reading marvel before a bunch of the big names left and started image, and i continued to read (both marvel and image) during and after that happened. at first image was a cool concept, and you had people like todd mcfarlane saying that they were only about the story, the comics, and the characters. it wasn't about making $, and it wasn't about all the gimmicks. basically, they were trying to do what made them get into comics in the first place, and wanted to leave behind what they starting to heavily dislike about marvel.
once that became an apparent lie, i stopped reading them all. enter a comic shop, and all you see is mcfarlane's gimmicks and money making re-re-re-releases of figurines and other such nonsense..
I saw that coming also. I hated when they started something good and leaving it behind for another project. Its like half assing all their books. Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, Todd McFarlane and especially Wilce Protacio. They all had great stories and great art. When it started getting really good, they leave for another...and we get left with crap art and stagnant storylines.