This is the lineup of 1993’s X-Men 2099. What do you notice about this picture? Maybe nothing. Let me show you another.
Jim Lee, ’92: Trying to Herd WildCATS
Somehow, despite thoroughly being a child of the 90s, I had never read WildCATS. I was always aware of it; my friend Justin had a stack of those early issues, and I imagine I probably flipped through them while we played Sega games, but I didn’t really read them. It’s sort of strange looking back,…
ALL GROWN UP: Image Comics Bad Girls at 25
Image Comics was founded 25 years ago—you may have noticed all the commemorative parties they’ve been having. It was a shot in the arm to the American comic book industry, a nice load of amphetamine that got everyone buzzing and yelling and focused and horny. The young, male pioneers at Image’s founding gave a huge push to…