User blog comment:DrTeatime/Dishonored comics and novels/@comment-16533050-20160526191838/@comment-16533050-20160526193936

ah, that's just a personal opinion of mine.

In 1992, Image Comics was founded by a batch of about 7 artists who were best-sellers at the time. They thought they were mistreated or not given the amount of 'props' they thought they deserved from their employer(s) at Marvel and/or DC at the time.

So, they went off on their own and created Image Comics with their awesome selves. The problem is, when you have a bunch of ego-driven artists whose speciality is DRAWING comics as opposed to writing them, distributing them, and basically running a business, problems are bound to ensue.

Some, such as Jim Lee had a bit more business sense, but others like Rob Liefeld couldn't handle the pressure well of writing, organizing and distributing the books. Delays were inevitable, issues were late, or horribly mixed-up in order.

They started grumbling amongst themselves and the whole thing nearly imploded a few years after its conception. Rob Liefeld and a few others left creating their own 'companies' as it were and the whole thing became a HUGE fracas.

Quality of books went down (half the issues were comic, and half were just advertisements for other books), prices of everything went up, and there was very little solid continuity throughout.

Fourteen years later, and the company is more stable by now, but still Image is kind of a blemish on the countenance of the Comic industry and a warning of what could happen when egos get out of hand. :(