I remember when Image was founded, and Spawn was the flagship title. I remember when it was a huge deal that someone named Greg Capullo was taking over the pencil work on Spawn.
I remember these things because they were big deals, but not because I was an avid reader or collector of Image content. I was a Valiant fan and appreciated the writing of those stories over the flashy visuals and slick paper of the Image books.
I have certainly grown to appreciate what Image does for artists and can fully support their success.
The variant cover I only learned about this evening is the one I would have preferred. I have set it up against the cover that upon which it is based:
Both by McFarlane.
As Spawn comes to surpass Cerebus with issue #301, I may post a retrospective on the title.
