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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete
I think Image could have worked if McFarlene had gotten into it for the love of the craft rather than merchandising. Also if they had lawyers draft up proper ownership contracts. Better writing obviously would have helped, but when most of your staff comprises of superstar artists... well you get what you pay for.
I still hold that The Maxx was the best thing to come out of Image back in the beginning.
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I think the obvious, huge problem with the original concept, was that it was founded by seven ARTISTS who for the most part, as far as I know at least, had never really shown any talent for writing. If they hadn't been such egomaniacs even by the point they all left to form Image, and realized that perhaps they should spend as much time courting actual writers as they did artists, then maybe the original line of Image comics would have been more than just birdcage liner.
It sounds like when Jim Valentino, a guy who'd been doing creator-owned stuff even before Image, became publisher, that was when the company started doing things other than just uber-derivative superhero drivel.