Jim Valentino
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Jim Valentino (born October 28, 1952) is an
At Image Comics, Valentino produced books such as the superhero vigilante series
Early life
Valentino was born on October 28, 1952, in the
Career
1970s–1992
Valentino began his career in the late 1970s, creating small press and mostly
In the late 1980s, Valentino began working for Marvel Comics on their superhero titles. He was writer/artist on the future-set superhero series Guardians of the Galaxy, selected issues of What If...?, and fill-ins on most of Marvel's major titles.[citation needed] Valentino, a longtime fan of Guardians of the Galaxy, submitted his pitch for a new series on the group to editor-in-chief Tom DeFalco at the 1989 WonderCon.[citation needed] Coincidentally, DeFalco had already written his own proposal for a Guardians of the Galaxy series, but preferred Valentino's, and approved that proposal instead.[citation needed] That book launched in June 1990 and ran for 62 issues. This series was initially written and illustrated by Valentino, who’d plotted the series ahead as far as issue #50, but his run was cut short when he co-founded Image Comics. Having taken on two new series and the foundation of a publication company, Valentino asked editor Craig Anderson if he reduce his duties on the book to just writing, but was fired from the series.[3]
Image Comics
Valentino left Marvel in 1992 to co-found
In 1999 he became the publisher of Image Comics.[
In 2003, Valentino was replaced as publisher of Image Comics by Erik Larsen, another co-founder of the company. Since then Valentino has resurrected Shadowline, his own arm of Image, and has published a revived ShadowHawk series, The Collected normalman, the auto-biographical Drawing From Life and creator owned properties including Bomb Queen, After the Cape and Sam Noir. He also serves on the board of directors of the comic industry charity The Hero Initiative and on its Disbursement Committee.[5] In 2008 Valentino created Silverline Books, an all-ages imprint for original graphic novels.[citation needed]
Bibliography
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- normalman #1–12, Annual #1 (writer and artist, 1984–1986)
- Silver Surfer vol. 3 #32–33 (writer, 1989)
- Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 #172 (writer, 1990)
- What If? Vol. 1 #3, 5, 7, #11–12, 25, 30, 41 (writer, 1989–1992)
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1–29, Annual #1–2 (writer and penciler, 1990–1992)
- ShadowHawk#1–18 (writer and artist, 1992–1996)
- The Others #0-3 (layouts and writer (#0, 3), 1995)
- The Alliance #1-3 (writer and artist, 1995)
- Badrock/Wolverine Vol 1 #1 (writer, 1996)
- Avengers Vol. 2 #1–4 (writer, 1996–1997)
- A Touch of Silver #1–6 (writer and artist, 1997)
- Vignettes: The Auto-Biographical Comix of Valentino (1997)
- Altered Image #1–3 (writer and penciller, 1998)
- normalman 20th Anniversary Special #1 (writer and artist, 2004)
- The Return of ShadowHawk #1 (writer and artist, 2004)
- ShadowHawk vol. 2 #1–15 (writer and artist (#9–15), 2005–2006)
- ShadowHawk One-Shot #1 (writer and artist, 2006)
- Drawing from Life #1–2 (writer and artist, 2007)
- Image United #1–3 (artist, 2009–2010)
Notes
- ^ Inkpot Award
- Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ Buttery, Jarrod (July 2013). "Explore the Marvel Universe of the 31st Century with... the Guardians of the Galaxy". Back Issue! (65). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 29.
- Syfy Wire. November 20, 2017. Archivedfrom the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ The Hero Initiative Disbursement Committee Archived June 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 20, 2012
References
External links
- Jim Valentino at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)