Erik Larsen
Birth name	Erik J. Larsen
Born	December 8, 1962 (1962-12-08) (age 45)
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Writer, Publisher
Notable works	Savage Dragon

Cover to The Savage Dragon (original miniseries) #1. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Savage Dragon is an ongoing American Comic book series created by Erik Larsen and published by Image Comics. Art by Larsen

Erik J. Larsen (born December 8, 1962) is an American comic book writer, artist, and publisher. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative He is best known for his work on Spider-Man with Marvel and Savage Dragon and as one of the partner owners of Image Comics since the early 1990s. Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Savage Dragon is an ongoing American Comic book series created by Erik Larsen and published by Image Comics. Image Comics is an American Comic book publisher It was founded in 1992 by seven high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their

Biography

Larsen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a child growing up in Bellingham, Washington and Albion, California, he created several comic books featuring versions of a character named "The Dragon", whom he has since described as a Batman rip-off who drove a car copied from Speed Racer's Mach Five, and turned into a superhero using a magic word like Captain Marvel. Bellingham, Washington is the County seat of Whatcom County in the U Albion is an Unincorporated town in Mendocino County, California, USA with a population of 1035 Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Speed Racer is an English adaptation of the Japanese Manga and Anime, which centered on automobile racing. For the song by The Presidents of the United States of America see Mach 5 (song. Captain Marvel is a fictional Comic book Superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics. He and two friends produced a fanzine called Graphic Fantasy, which featured this character. A fanzine (see also Zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre for the pleasure

Larsen's first paid work was for the anthology Megaton, co-creating and illustrating a feature called "Vanguard" with publisher Gary Carlson. Gary Carlson is an American Comic book Writer, editor and Publisher. A revised version of the Dragon debuted in issue #2 and appeared in the following two issues. Larsen went on to work for AC Comics on Sentinels of Justice and The DNAgents for Eclipse Comics. AC Comics is a Comic book publishing company started by Bill Black. DNAgents is a comic book created by writer Mark Evanier and artist Will Meugniot and published by Eclipse Comics in 1983. Eclipse Comics was an American Comic book Publisher, one of several influential independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s He did work at DC on The Outsiders, Teen Titans, Adventures of Superman, and Doom Patrol. For the animated TV series based on this comic see Teen Titans (TV series. Superman (sometimes called Superman (volume 1 and for a time published as Adventures of Superman) is a comic book published by DC Comics The Doom Patrol is a Fictional Superhero team appearing in publications from DC Comics. For Marvel he did an Amazing Spider-Man fill-in story and five issues of Punisher. The Amazing Spider-Man is the name of several media Presentations which feature the Marvel Comics Superhero Spider-Man, The Punisher ( Frank Castle) is a fictional Antihero that appears in the Comic books published by Marvel Comics. A Nova story for Marvel Comics Presents was greenlit but cancelled because it did not fit with an upcoming New Warriors series that would feature the character. Nova ( Richard Rider) is a fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Marvel Comics Presents is a Comic book Anthology series published by Marvel Comics originally from 1988 to 1995 before it was The New Warriors is a Marvel Comics Superhero team traditionally consisting of young adult heroes

He replaced Todd McFarlane on Amazing Spider-Man with issue #329, having previously penciled issues 287, 324, and 327). Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian Comic book artist writer toy manufacturer/designer and media Entrepreneur who is best known The Amazing Spider-Man is the name of several media Presentations which feature the Marvel Comics Superhero Spider-Man, With writer David Michelinie and Larsen the series experienced increasing sales, with stories such as "The Cosmic Spider-Man", "The Return of the Sinister Six" (#334-339), and "The Powerless Spider-Man" (#341-343). David Michelinie (born May 6 1948) is an American Comic book Writer. The Sinister Six are a group of Supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe, who serve as a collection of Spider-Man 's foes He left the title with #350, leaving it to series mainstay Mark Bagley with #351. Mark Bagley (born August 7, 1957) is an American Comic book artist Larsen again succeeded McFarlane on Spider-Man, where he wrote and drew the six-issue story arc "Revenge of the Sinister Six" (#18-23). Peter Parker Spider-Man is the name of two Comic book series published by Marvel Comics, both of which feature the character Spider-Man The Sinister Six are a group of Supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe, who serve as a collection of Spider-Man 's foes

Seeking greater control and profit over the work they created, he and six other illustrators abandoned Marvel to form Image Comics, where Larsen launched a series featuring the Savage Dragon. Image Comics is an American Comic book publisher It was founded in 1992 by seven high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their Savage Dragon is an ongoing American Comic book series created by Erik Larsen and published by Image Comics. Though he continues to write and illustrate The Savage Dragon, Larsen has occasionally returned to Marvel to write and illustrate, on titles such as Fantastic Four, The Defenders, Wolverine, and Nova. The Fantastic Four is a fictional Superhero team appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Defenders is a name of a number of Marvel Comics Superhero group — usually presented as a "non-team" of individualistic "outsiders" each Nova ( Richard Rider) is a fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He has also done work for DC writing Aquaman. In 2004, Larsen became Publisher of Image Comics, taking responsibility for all comics produced by creators other than the Image partners and their studios.

Other

Erik Larsen is not to be confused with another artist named Erik Larsen who has produced covers for special issues of Scandinavian The Phantom comics, made in the so-called "pocket format"^[1].

References

1. ^ Even though he has a hatred of Wikipedia, Larsen clarifies he is unrelated to the Phantom artist on Image Comics' message board

External links

• lambiek.net entry on Erik Larsen
• Image Comics
• savagedragon.com
• The Brotherhood of the Fin, The Ultimate Savage Dragon Fan Site.
• Dragonfan.com, A fan site that keeps Savage Dragon enthusiasts informed on Erik Larsen/Savage Dragon related news.
• One Fan's Opinion, Larsen's column at ComicBookResources. com
• Comic Geek Speak Podcast Interview (October 2005)