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WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm or Wildstorm, is a publishing imprint and studio of American comic book publisher DC Comics. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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WildStorm originated in 1992 as comics creator Jim Lee's personal company in the partnership making up Image Comics. After the sale to DC in 1999, Lee remained as Wildstorm's Editorial Director, a position he continues to hold. The Executive Editor is Scott Dunbier. The WildStorm imprint is editorially separate from its DC parent, with its main studio located on the West Coast. 1992 1991 in comics 1993 in comics Notable events of 1992 in comics. ...
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Scott Dunbier is the executive editor of the Wildstorm comic book line. ...
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Throughout most of its history the studio has published many comic book titles in continuity with each other (the Wildstorm Universe) as well as a wide variety of unrelated titles such as Kurt Busiek's Astro City and Alan Moore's America's Best Comics line. Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. ...
Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is a comic book writer. ...
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Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ...
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Major Wildstorm Universe titles include WildC.A.T.s, Wetworks, Stormwatch (later to evolve into The Authority), and Gen¹³. It has been suggested that Wildcats v2 be merged into this article or section. ...
Wetworks is a comic book series created by comic book artist Whilce Portacio and writer Brandon Choi. ...
Stormwatch is a fictional United Nations-sponsored superhero team in the Wildstorm Universe. ...
The Authority is a superhero comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint. ...
Gen¹³ is a fictional superhero team and comic book series originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. ...
Following a few years as a mature-readers-only superhero imprint Eye of the Storm, in September 2006 Wildstorm rebooted its Universe in the WorldStorm event. WorldStorm is a partial reboot and crossover event that redefined the Wildstorm fictional universe of comic books, resulting in a new status quo for its characters. ...
History
The Image years WildStorm was one of the founding studios that joined together in 1992 to form Image Comics. It grew out of Homage Studios which was founded by artists Scott Williams, Whilce Portacio, Jim Lee, and Joe Chiodo in San Diego, California. Lee, Williams, and Portacio had gained notoriety from their work on various X-Men titles at Marvel Comics including their work on Uncanny X-Men #267 which featured the second appearance of the popular character Gambit. Image Comics Logo Image Comics is an American comic book publisher. ...
Homage Comics was a comic book publishing imprint, a subdivision of Wildstorm. ...
Whilce Portacio is a Filipino-American comic book artist. ...
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Joe Chiodo is a colorist who has worked in the comics industry. ...
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In late 1992 penciler Marc Silvestri joined the studio to work on the first issue of Cyberforce. Although he worked at the studio, his projects were to debut as a new Image imprint named Top Cow. Silvestri continued to work out of WildStorm's studio for about two years, then moved his staff up to Santa Monica so that he could be closer to Hollywood. Although there was some thought of grabbing talent from the "Big Two", (Marvel and DC) such as John Romita Jr., Lee decided instead to find new talent. Marc Silvestri at a 2006 comic book convention. ...
Cyberforce is an action-adventure comic book created by Marc Silvestri. ...
Top Cow Productions (TCP) is an imprint of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in the 1992. ...
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Lee's talent search yielded Brett Booth in 1992, and then J. Scott Campbell in 1993. Apart from McFarlane's Spawn, Wildstorm produced the most consistently commercially successful comics from Image, including Lee's own titles WildC.A.T.s and the teen hero title Gen¹³, illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. Like many other Image titles, some of the WildStorm titles were plagued with inconsistent completion and shipping, resulting in "monthly" comics coming out every few months. This era, however, produced a number of titles of varying popularity including the afformentioned Gen¹³ and WildC.A.T.s, Stormwatch, Deathblow, Cybernary, and Whilce Portacio's Wetworks. Cover of Danger Girl: Back in Black, by J. Scott Campbell. ...
Spawn is the most recognizable and popular character in the Image Comics comic book universe. ...
Wildcats is the name of multiple incarnations of the Wildstorm comics superhero comic book. ...
Gen¹³ is a fictional superhero team and comic book series originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. ...
Stormwatch is a fictional United Nations-sponsored superhero team in the Wildstorm Universe. ...
Deathblow is a fictional comic book character from Wildstorm universe. ...
cover by Nick Manabat Cybernary is a series of comic books about a cybernetic anti-heroine created by the late Nick Manabat for Wildstorm in the 1990s. ...
Wetworks is a comic book series created by comic book artist Whilce Portacio and writer Brandon Choi. ...
Attempts to get his studio's characters into other media were disappointing. A Saturday morning cartoon series of the WildC.A.T.s suffered from poor production values, and lasted only a single season, while a full-length animated version of Gen¹³ was produced but never released. Disney, who had acquired the distribution rights, later released the film only in a few foreign markets, leaving Jim Lee frustrated. Toys from both titles were less successful than those made by Todd McFarlane, partly due to bad marketing and partly due to the fact that the McFarlane toys were targeted for a more mature audience. However, they had a big success copying Wizards of the Coast's Magic: The Gathering with their introduction of the Superhero card game, Wildstorms, which later spun off into a crossover set of cards with Marvel. The crossover was the swan song for the Wildstorms game though, as Marvel's merchandising clout was able to push Wildstorms out of the spotlight. Although the timing was right with their card game, they were too early by a year with a Pog game which used the Wildcats characters that they released in 1993. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...
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In comic books, an intercompany crossover (also called cross-company or company crossover) is a comic or series of comics where characters published by one company meet those published by another (for example, DC Comics Superman meeting Marvels Spider-Man). ...
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In 1995, WildStorm created an imprint named Homage Comics, centered around more writer-driven books. The imprint was started with Kurt Busiek's Astro City and The Wizard's Tale, James Robinson's Leave It to Chance (with Paul Smith) and Jeff Mariotte's Desperadoes (with John Cassaday). More recently, the imprint has featured works by Sam Kieth, including The Maxx, Zero Girl and Four Women, and three of Warren Ellis' pop-comics mini-series, Mek, Red and Reload. Homage Comics is a comic book publishing imprint, a subdivision of Wildstorm. ...
Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is a comic book writer. ...
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Desperadoes is a Weird West-style comic book series written by Jeff Mariotte. ...
John Cassaday is a comic book artist, best known for his work on Planetary with Warren Ellis, and Astonishing X-Men with Joss Whedon. ...
Sam Kieth is a writer and illustrator of comic books. ...
The Maxx is a comic book and animated series written and illustrated by Sam Kieth (with writing assistance from William Messner-Loebs earlier on in the series and from Alan Moore in a later issue), and published by Image Comics. ...
Zero Girl trade paperback cover Zero Girl is a five-issue comic book written and illustrated by Sam Kieth, published by Homage Comics. ...
Four Women by Sam Kieth is a fictitous story told in a five part comic, published by Homage Comics. ...
Warren Ellis Warren Girade Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British author of comic books and graphic novels, well known for his acerbic personality and sociocultural commentaries, both through his online presence and his writing. ...
In 1997, Cliffhanger debuted a line of creator-owned comic books which included such popular works as J. Scott Campbell's Danger Girl, Joe Madureira's Battle Chasers, Humberto Ramos' Crimson and Out There, Joe Kelly & Chris Bachalo's Steampunk, Kurt Busiek & Carlos Pacheco's Arrowsmith and Warren Ellis's Two-Step and Tokyo Storm Warning. Cliffhanger was an imprint of Wildstorm, publishing creator-owned comic books. ...
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Battle Chasers is an American fantasy comic book series by Joe Madureira, launched in April 1998. ...
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Crimson was a fantasy comic book series by artist Humberto Ramos and scripter Brian Augustyn. ...
Cover to #8 of Kelly and Chris Bachalos creator owned Steampunk series (2001) Joseph Joe Kelly is an American comic book writer who has written such titles as Uncanny X-Men, Action Comics, and JLA. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action, Kelly is one of...
Cover to Steampunk #8 (2001) by Bachalo Chris Bachalo (born 1965) is an American comic book illustrator known for his quirky, cartoon-like style. ...
Steampunk was a steampunk/fantasy comic book series by artist Chris Bachalo and writer Joe Kelly, published by Wildstorm Comics Cliffhanger imprint. ...
Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is a comic book writer. ...
The JSA roster as drawn by Pacheco and Jesus Merino Carlos Pacheco is an Spanish comic book artist and penciller. ...
Arrowsmith is a fantasy comic book by writer Kurt Busiek and penciller Carlos Pacheco that was published by Wildstorms Cliffhanger imprint. ...
Written by Warren Ellis and drawn by James Raiz and Andrew Currie, Tokyo Storm Warning (named after an Elvis Costello song) was a three-part miniseries published by Wildstorm comics. ...
This year also saw a huge revamp of all the Wildstorm universe titles, including such prominent comic book names as Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Adam Warren, Sean Phillips and Joe Casey. After this revamp the new Wildcats series, Stormwatch and DV8 took the places of the most popular and most commercially successful comics of the Wildstorm Universe. Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ...
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Sean Phillips is a comic book artist. ...
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DV8 is a comic book published by Wildstorm. ...
The DC years
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| Sales of comic books had been declining since 1993, and a few years after this Jim Lee started to look for a buyer which resulted in the 1998 acquisition of Wildstorm by DC Comics (effective January 1999). According to DC this was to "strengthen both Wildstorm's ability to expand its editorial goals and diversifying DC's output". Jim Lee said that he was lucky that it was DC and not Marvel that bought him out considering Marvel's bankruptcy of the same period.[citation needed] DC's acquisition of WildStorm allowed the two universes to interact with each other, and characters from each would soon make appearances in each other's universe and books. Image File history File links Acap. ...
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1999 was a hallmark year for Wildstorm. They launched The Authority, a dark, violent, superhero comic with heroes who didn't care about such things as honorable battle or not killing their opponents - only making the world a better place. Warren Ellis created the comic from the ashes of Stormwatch, writing its first 12 issues before handing the series over to Mark Millar. The Authority fused the hope and strivings of the Silver Age superheroes with a cynical look at humanity. The fight between the heroes and the corrupt parts of humanity would lead the series into the 2004 Wildstorm crossover, Coup d'Etat, where the Authority would take control of the United States of America. Ellis, along with the artist John Cassaday, created Planetary, a story about explorers of the strange, intermeshing a look at pop culture, comic book history and literature with Cassaday's unique artwork. The Authority is a superhero comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint. ...
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Warren Ellis Warren Girade Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British author of comic books and graphic novels, well known for his acerbic personality and sociocultural commentaries, both through his online presence and his writing. ...
Stormwatch is a fictional United Nations-sponsored superhero team in the Wildstorm Universe. ...
Mark Millar (born December 24, 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer born in Coatbridge. ...
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Coup DEtat was a company wide crossover event published by Wildstorm comics in 2004. ...
John Cassaday is a comic book artist, best known for his work on Planetary with Warren Ellis, and Astonishing X-Men with Joss Whedon. ...
Planetary is an American comic book series created by Warren Ellis (writer) and John Cassaday (artist), published by the Wildstorm imprint of DC Comics. ...
Around this time WildStorm also launched a new imprint, America's Best Comics, specifically to allow Alan Moore to create a number of comics based on his own ideas. The line has been widely lauded and awarded, and has created such titles as Promethea, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Tomorrow Stories, Tom Strong and Top 10. Alex Ross cover to Americas Best Comics 64 Page Giant, featuring all of the characters created by Alan Moore for the imprint. ...
Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ...
Promethea is a comic book series created by Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III with Mick Gray, published by Americas Best Comics/Wildstorm. ...
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin ONeill, published under the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. ...
Tomorrow Stories was a comicbook series created by the legendary Alan Moore, for his Americas Best Comics (ABC) line, published by Wildstorm (now a subsidiary of DC Comics). ...
Tom Strong was a bi-monthly comic book created by writer Alan Moore and artist Chris Sprouse published by Americas Best Comics, an imprint of DC Comics Wildstorm division. ...
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2001 marked the start of "Eye of the Storm", an experiment in which most of the imprint was remade into mature readers superhero comics. Joe Casey kept writing Wildcats which became Wildcats 3.0, this time penciled by Dustin Nguyen. Gen 13 was relaunched with a new first issue and its spin-off 21 Down remained an all-ages comic, the former written by X-Men's Chris Claremont, and the latter by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Grey. After Point Blank, a mini-series starring Grifter, Ed Brubaker carried on with the same ideas and launched critically acclaimed Sleeper was set in the Wildstorm universe. Authority was relegated to Robbie Morrison starred in a one-shot called "Scorched Earth" after which an initial story was published as back-up in all of "Eye of the Storm" titles, finally receiveing a new ongoing series. It was that series that featured a storyline that stretched into the Coup D'Etat crossover between "Eye of the Storm" books Authority, Sleeper, Stormwatch: Team Achilles and Wildcats v.3. Stormwatch was remade into Stormwatch: Team Achilles, an anti-superhero book featuring Black Razors-leader Ben Santini and his group of soldiers marking human's stand in the Wildstorm Universe. Ed Brubaker (born November 17, 1966) is an American cartoonist and writer. ...
Sleeper is a comic book series written by Ed Brubaker with art by Sean Phillips, published by DC Comics under their Wildstorm imprint. ...
Two anthology "Winter special" books were also published as part of imprint, but sales floundered despite critical acclaim. Some titles were taken down early on, like Gen 13 and 21 Down' that was left without a promised second season. Thus, except for Sleeper that got its Second season published with a definite ending, most of the line was canceled two years after its foundation. Wildcats v.3 was the title fans most derided DC for canceling, considering writer Joe Casey stated that he planned an organic ending in #40. Even though canceled, Stormwatch: Team Achilles last issue never came out due to writer Mikah Wright lying to the publishers about his military history leading to him being blacklisted since.[citation needed]
2001 was also the start of Warren Ellis's Global Frequency. The rights for Global Frequency were bought by Warner Brothers in 2004, and a pilot for a TV series for the WB network was made but the show was not picked up. The pilot however was later leaked to the internet. Warren Ellis Warren Girade Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British author of comic books and graphic novels, well known for his acerbic personality and sociocultural commentaries, both through his online presence and his writing. ...
Global Frequency is a comic book published by Wildstorm Productions, created and written by Warren Ellis. ...
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To this day, WildStorm has been varying its publishing with licensed properties, such as Thundercats, Robotech and Speed Racer, and with original graphical novels from the pens of such famous SF writers as Kevin J. Anderson and David Brin. ThunderCats was an American animated television series developed and produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, debuting in 1983 based on the characters created by Tobin Ted Wolf. ...
Robotech is a science fiction franchise that was launched by an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series. ...
Speed Racer is the title of an English adaptation of the Japanese anime Mach Go Go Go ), a series which centered around automobile racing. ...
Kevin J. Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author. ...
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In 2004, Wildstorm revamped its system of sub-imprints. The company properties fell under Wildstorm Universe imprint, the creator-owned properties fell under Wildstorm Signature Series imprint and all the licensed properties fell under Wildstorm imprint.
In the post-Eye of the Storm state, Wildstorm published very little titles centered around its Wildstorm universe titles, some of them being Majestic whose series grew out of his spotlight in Superman titles, and Wildcats: Nemesis
In August 2006, Wildstorm consolidated all its output under a single "Wildstorm" label to simplify the imprint for consumers and retailers.
The current editorial staff includes Scott Dunbier, Ben Abernathy, and Scott Peterson. The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...
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External links - Wildstorm - Official Site
- DC Comics - Official Site
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