Wildstorm
| Name: | Wildstorm |
| Date(s): | 1992-2010, 2017-ongoing |
| Profit/Nonprofit: | profit |
| Country based in: | United States |
| Focus: | comic books |
| External Links: | Wikipedia Official Site (Image Comics) Official Site (DC) |
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Wildstorm (also known as WildStorm), was an independent comics publisher set up by comic book artist Jim Lee and writer Brandon Choi in 1992. It was one of the founding imprints of the Image Comics collective and hosted two sub-imprints:
- Homage Comics - founded by Jim Lee in 1997; published Astro City, Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore, Leave it to Chance by James Robinson and Paul Smith, Red by Warren Ellis and Cory Hamner among others.
- Cliffhanger - founded by Joe Madureira, J. Scott Campbell and Humberto Ramos in 1997, merged with Homage in 2004 to create Wildstorm Signature; published Danger Girl by J. Scott Campbell, Battle Chasers by Joe Madureira and Crimson by Humberto Ramos.
Wildstorm itself produced a number of successful comics properties (WildC.A.T.s, Gen13, Stormwatch and DV8) although attempts to break into other media were less successful. In 1998, Jim Lee left Image and sold Wildstorm (and its various comic properties) to DC Comics. DC expanded on the original lines and developed some new ones (The Authority) under the imprint, and both Wildstorm and DC universes had various character crossovers. DC also released another sub-imprint called America's Best Comics as a showcase for Alan Moore (Promethea, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Tomorrow Stories, Tom Strong and Top 10) and Wildstorm became known as DC's "mature readers" imprint over the following decade. They also produced comic versions of other properties, such as movies (Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Ninja Scroll, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Trick 'r Treat) television shows (Chuck, Farscape, Fringe, The X-Files) video games (Gears of War, God of War, Mirror's Edge) and cartoons (Battle of the Planets, ThunderCats). In 2010 the line was shut down as part of DC's reorganisation, with some of the characters subsequently appearing in DC properties. Then in 2017 the imprint was relaunched with The Wild Storm, a 24 issue series that re-imagined the Wildstorm Universe by Warren Ellis and Jon Davis-Hunt. Since then, the line has continued to publish Wildcats and various The Authority characters have appeared in both crossovers and individual series.
Much like Vertigo Comics, the fandom for Wildstorm is small but ardent. The Authority, especially with canonically-gay characters Apollo and the Midnighter, is very popular for fanworks. Crossovers with DC, Marvel and other independent comics are also a feature of fanworks.
Titles with Fannish Activities
(a full list of Wildstorm titles)
With Image Comics
With DC
- Astro City
- The Authority
- The Boys
- Danger Girl
- DV8
- Ex Machina
- Gen13
- Global Frequency
- Planetary
- Stormwatch
- Victorian Undead
- Welcome to Tranquility
- WildCats
Fandom
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Fanworks
Fannish Links
Fanworks
- Wildstorm Vignettes by Skyrocket. Elseworlds challenge. What would the Gen13 and DV8 kids be like in a world with no superpowers?
- "Muscle and Bone and Feathers" by Gunbunny (The Authority) Jenny in bed with Shen and doing a bit of musing. PG-13
Awards
- 2001 - Best Image/Wildstorm Story/Series award: "Antibodies" by DuAnn
- 2002 - Best Other: "The Last Fast Blast Of The Bouncing Beatnik," by DarkMark (Astro City)
- 2003 - Best Vertigo (nominee): "Muscle and Bone and Feathers" by Gunbunny (The Authority) [mistakenly identified by the award runner as a Vertigo property]
Archives
- Allegiance - Authority and Stormwatch Fan Fiction by Alicia McKenzie
- Omniverse Fanfic Site - merging the DC, Marvel, Top Cow, Wildstorm , Spawn and other Image Universes into one single entity.
- Twisting the Hellmouth - crossovers with Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Mailing Lists
- Gates of Horn and Ivory (2003-2008) mailing list created by Rossi for Vertigo and independent comics fanfiction.
Meta
- Wildstorm Comics: Then and Now by grifter78 on Retro Junk (Aug 28/08) (via Wayback Aug 11/22)