NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cliffhanger (comics)

Cliffhanger was an imprint of Wildstorm, publishing creator-owned comic books. It was founded in 1998, when Wildstorm was still part of Image Comics (the studio has since been sold to DC Comics), by three of the most popular comic book artists of the time; Joe Madureira, J. Scott Campbell and Humberto Ramos. In the publishing business, an imprint is a brand name under which a work is published. ... Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Image Comics is the third largest comic book publisher in the United States. ... DC Comics is one of the largest companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Joe Madureira is an American comic book artist, known for his work on Marvel Comicss Uncanny X-Men and his own Battle Chasers. ... Jeff Scott Campbell is best known as the original artist and co-creator of Danger Girl. ...

The imprint ended in summer 2004 when it was merged with Homage Comics and the Eye of the Storm line to form the Wildstorm Signature Series. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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The imprint's first release was Campbell's spy series Danger Girl in March 1998, followed by the first issue of Joe Mad's fantasy series Battle Chasers a month later and Ramos' teen-vamipre series Crimson in May. Wizard is the most prominent magazine about comic books in the United States. ... Danger Girl is a comic book written and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

While Danger Girl and Battle Chasers were very popular and on top of the charts every time an issue shipped, both series suffered from extreme lateness, with its artists seemingly unable to meet deadlines: There were only 8 issues of Battle Chasers between its April 1998 launch and its move to Image Comics in 2001 and the 7-issue Danger Girl miniseries took almost 3 years to be completed. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Image Comics is the third largest comic book publisher in the United States. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The third Cliffhanger title, Ramos' Crimson on the other hand became the longest running series of the line, going on for 24 issues before its conclusion in February 2001. February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In spring 2000 Chris Bachalo and author Joe Kelly created the imprint's fourth title, Steampunk. It was followed by Ramos' second Cliffhanger title, Out There, in May 2001. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joe Kelly was a Formula One driver from Ireland. ... May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

While there were constantly new miniseries published by the line, like 2002's High Roads by artist Lenil Francis Yu and writer Scott Lobdell and 2003's Arrowsmith by Kurt Busiek and Carlos Pacheco, The Possessed by Geoff Johns and Kris Grimminger with art by Liam Sharp and Kamikaze, written by Humberto Ramos with art by Francisco Herrera, the imprint had lost most of its initial charm and star-power when the original founders stopped their titles. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scott Lobdell is an American comic book writer. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... The word Arrowsmith can refer to several different things. ... Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is an American comic book writer. ... Geoff Johns is an American writer of comic books. ...

Often editors' decisions to publish a title under the imprint were hard to understand by fans, for example when two miniseries (Tokyo Storm Warning and Two-Step) written by Warren Ellis were published in 2003 at Cliffhanger while a couple of his other titles were published under Wildstorm's Homage Comics imprint at the same time. Warren Ellis is a British author of comic books and graphic novels who is well known for his acerbic wit and sociocultural commentaries both as an online presence and through his artistic output. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...

In late 2003 the imprint was also used to publish Epicurus The Sage and The Maxx trade paperbacks with material that was previously published by Image Comics, before it was finally merged with Homage Comics and Wildstorm's Eye of the Storm line in 2004 to form the Wildstorm Signature Series. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Maxx is also the new name of the bus services of Connexxion in Almere. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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