Erik Larsen
Birth name	Erik J. Larsen
Born	December 8, 1962 (1962-12-08) (age 44)
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Writer, Publisher
Notable works	Savage Dragon

Cover to The Savage Dragon (original miniseries) #1. Art by Larsen

Erik J. Larsen (born December 8, 1962) is an American comic book writer, artist, and publisher. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics in the 1980s and as one of the partner owners of Image Comics since the early 1990s. is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (404x625, 94 KB)Cover to The Savage Dragon (original miniseries) #1, July 1992. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (404x625, 94 KB)Cover to The Savage Dragon (original miniseries) #1, July 1992. ... The Savage Dragon, often called simply “the Dragon,” is an Image Comics superhero. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... Image Comics is an American comic book publisher. ...

Biography

Larsen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a child growing up in Bellingham, Washington and Albion, California, he created several comic books featuring versions of a character named "The Dragon", whom he has since described as a Batman rip-off who drove a car copied from Speed Racer's Mach Five, and turned into a superhero using a magic word like Captain Marvel. He and two friends produced a fanzine called Graphic Fantasy, which featured this character. “Minneapolis” redirects here. ... Bellingham, Washington is the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. ... Albion is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, USA with a population of 1,035. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Speed Racer is the title of an English adaptation of the Japanese anime Mach Go Go Go ), a series which centered around automobile racing. ... The Mach Five The Mach Five (マッハ号; mahha gō; lit. ... For other uses, see Captain Marvel. ... A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ...

Larsen's first paid work was for the anthology Megaton, co-creating and illustrating a feature called "Vanguard" with publisher Gary Carlson. A revised version of the Dragon debuted in issue #2 and appeared in the following two issues. Larsen went on to work for AC Comics on Sentinels of Justice and The DNAgents for Eclipse Comics. He did work at DC on The Outsiders, Teen Titans, Adventures of Superman, and Doom Patrol. For Marvel he did an Amazing Spider-Man fill-in story and five issues of Punisher. A Nova story for Marvel Comics Presents was greenlit but cancelled because it didn't fit with an upcoming New Warriors series that would feature the character. Gary Carlson is an American comic book writer. ... AC Comics evolved out of Paragon Publications, and was known as Americomics in its first year of existence. ... A sourcebook for using the characters with the Villains & Vigilantes roleplaying game was published by Fantasy Games Unlimited. ... Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several influential indendent publishers during the 1980s. ... Teen Titans redirects here. ... The death of Superman and its aftermath ran through a number of issues of the Superman comics in 1992-93. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... The Amazing Spider-Man is the title of both a comic book published by Marvel Comics and a daily newspaper comic strip. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Nova, (Richard Rider), is a fictional superhero from Marvel Comics. ... Marvel Comics Presents is a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics from 1989 to 1995. ... The New Warriors is a Marvel Comics superhero team, traditionally consisting of young adult heroes. ...

He replaced Todd McFarlane on Amazing Spider-Man with issue #329, (having previously penciled issues 287, 324, and 327) and with writer David Michelinie, the series experienced increasing sales, with stories such as "The Cosmic Spider-Man", "The Return of the Sinister Six" (#334-339), and "The Powerless Spider-Man" (#341-343). He left the title with #350, leaving it to series mainstay Mark Bagley with #351. Larsen again succeeded McFarlane on Spider-Man, where he wrote and drew the six-issue story arc "Revenge of the Sinister Six" (#18-23). The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... The Amazing Spider-Man is the title of both a comic book published by Marvel Comics and a daily newspaper comic strip. ... David Michelinie is an American comic book writer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this comics-related article or section may require cleanup. ... Bagleys cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #65. ... Peter Parker: Spider-Man, often simply titled Spider-Man, is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics starring Spider-Man. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this comics-related article or section may require cleanup. ...

Seeking greater control and profit over the work they created, he and six other illustrators abandoned Marvel to form Image Comics, where Larsen launched a series featuring the Savage Dragon. Though he continues to write and illustrate The Savage Dragon, Larsen has occasionally returned to Marvel to write and illustrate, on titles such as Fantastic Four, The Defenders, Wolverine, and Nova. He has also done work for DC writing Aquaman. In 2004 Larsen became Publisher of Image Comics, taking responsibility for all comics produced by creators other than the Image partners and their studios. Image Comics is an American comic book publisher. ... The Savage Dragon, often called simply “the Dragon,” is an Image Comics superhero. ... The Fantastic Four is a fictional American team of comic-book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Defenders are a Marvel Comics superhero group — usually presented as a non-team of individualistic outsiders each known for following their own agendas — that usually battles mystic and supernatural threats. ... For other uses, see Wolverine (disambiguation). ... Nova, (Richard Rider), is a fictional superhero from Marvel Comics. ... Aquaman is a fictional character, a superhero in DC Comics. ...

Erik Larsen is not to be confused with another artist named Erik Larsen who has produced covers for special issues of Scandinavian The Phantom comics, made in the so-called "pocket format".^[1] The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. ...

References

1. ^ Larsen clarifies he is unrelated to the Phantom artist on Image Comics' message board

External links

• Erik Larsen interview at www.aboutheroes
• lambiek.net entry on Erik Larsen
• Image Comics
• savagedragon.com
• The Brotherhood of the Fin, The Ultimate Savage Dragon Fan Site.
• One Fan's Opinion, Larsen's column at ComicBookResources.com
• Comic Geek Speak Podcast Interview (October 2005)