War of The Independents

[tictuck]

I stumbled across this link and it seems like an interesting idea
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/w/warindep.htm

I don't know to much about many of these characters and don't know if they are serious or commical like I know the Madman character is,. Any info would be appreciated

[leonmallett]

I am tempted by the presence of Mr Monster alone. I loved his Eclipse series and thought Michael T Gilbert created some great stories.

[Chiclo]

4+ year Lazarus!

The first issue arrived with my DCBS order yesterday. I am ashamed to admit that out of the roughly 200 characters participating in the War of the Independents, I am only familiar with about half of them.

Some of the choices are a bit odd. Cerebus seems particularly qualified to be a general but if I am gathering defenders of the spectrum of realities, Gumby and the rap group Public Enemy would not be high on my list. While Bomb Queen and the Pro might bring something to the table, I doubt that Razorjack would be troubled to know that he is opposed by Critter.

There is a tremendous range of powers in this group. Cassie Hack is just a girl with a knife and Cavewoman doesn't even have a knife. The Crusader, Megaton Man and Shaloman are on close to even footing with Superman, the Tick is in the same weight class without any of the extra powers and Editor Girl could cover what powers the Tick lacks and more.

Nonetheless, I am on board for all of this and quite eagerly. I am probably squarely within the audience this sort of comic is aimed towards.

[Draco]

It was amusing though not a very good read, though with that many characters i didn't expect it to be.

What is impressive is the undertaking of the licensing of all of these characters.

[iwantvaliant]

Wasn't X-O Manowar part of this at one point?

[Draco]

Wasn't X-O Manowar part of this at one point?

I think the word was the guys at VEI turned him down, with all the news out now I can see why.

[vikingspawn]

I bought a copy last week when I saw it on the shelves. I thought this comic was going to have art contributions from each original creator of the independent characters....

[400yrs]

I bought a copy last week when I saw it on the shelves. I thought this comic was going to have art contributions from each original creator of the independent characters....

Image United part deux?

[vikingspawn]

I bought a copy last week when I saw it on the shelves. I thought this comic was going to have art contributions from each original creator of the independent characters....

Image United part deux?

I bet Image United will end up like Titans: Games and take 20 years to finish.

[Todd Luck]

I bought a copy last week when I saw it on the shelves. I thought this comic was going to have art contributions from each original creator of the independent characters....

They were pretty up front that it was one guy who was drawing it and he just asked permission from the creators to use their characters (I can't imagne doing a jam session with a couple hundred creators). It's very similar in concept to Shi/Cyblade War of the Indepenents back in the 90s, just done a much, much larger scale. I haven't tracked down a copy of War yet but I hope he does as well with everyone's characters as Tucci did back in the 90s.

A general question: is it hard to find in comicshops? I wasn't even aware it was finally out til I stumbled on it on the web.