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Erik J. Larsen (born December 8, 1962) is an American
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artist, writer, and publisher. He currently acts as the chief financial officer of
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. He gained attention in the early 1990s with his art on
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series for
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. In 1992 he was one of several artists who stopped working for Marvel to found
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, where he launched his superhero series ''
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'' – one of the longest running creator-owned superhero comics series – and served for several years as the company's publisher.


Early life

Larsen was born on December 8, 1962, in
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,
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. He has one older brother and two younger sisters. Growing up in
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, he became interested in comics through his father, a professor of English who read
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, and owned a large collection of '' Captain Marvel Adventures''. Through him, Larsen was exposed to those books and those of Marvel Comics, and began to buy comics in earnest in the mid-1970s. It was Larsen's exposure to
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's rendition of
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that would later influence the earliest incarnations of his own creation, The Dragon, who drove a car copied from ''
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s Mach Five, and who turned into a superhero using a magic word to trigger his powers like Captain Marvel.


Career


Early career

About a decade after creating the Dragon, Larsen and two friends produced a
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called ''Graphic Fantasy'', which featured this character. For the anthology ''Megaton'' #1 (1983), Larsen co-created and illustrated a feature called "Vanguard" with publisher Gary Carlson. A revised version of the Dragon debuted in issue #2 and made a cameo appearance in the following two issues. The original Dragon, inspired by elements from Captain Marvel,
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,
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and later The Incredible Hulk, differs greatly from the modern incarnation. Savage Dragon was first featured in two issues of ''Graphic Fantasy'', a self-published title with a small print run, published by Larsen and two friends. In this incarnation, the Dragon was a widower and a retired member of a government-sponsored superhero team. Subsequently, the Dragon made another appearance in the third issue of Gary Carlson's ''Megaton'' anthology in its Vanguard strip, which Larsen had been drawing. In these appearances, the character of the Dragon remained basically the same as it had been in ''Graphic Fantasy'', with a few details modified (such as the inclusion of his wife, who was dead in his previous incarnation). Both the ''Graphic Fantasy'' and ''Megaton'' issues featuring the Dragon were later reprinted in high-quality editions. In 1985 Larsen worked on ''Sentinels of Justice'' for
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, and '' The DNAgents'' for
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. By 1986, Larsen penciled scripts for the Renegade Press book ''Murder'', which were written by Robin Snyder and Jim Senstrum, whom Larsen met because Snyder, like Larsen, lived in
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, and frequented the same comics store.


DC Comics

Larsen did work at DC on '' The Outsiders'', ''
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'', '' Adventures of Superman'' and ''
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''. His art on ''Doom Patrol'' was negatively received by readers at first, something Larsen thought was due to his style being such a drastic departure from that of his predecessor on the series, Steve Lightle. He remarked, "Years later, I learned from the experience and made more of an effort to ease the transition." In 1998 he briefly wrote the series ''
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''.


Marvel Comics

His first work for
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was a fill-in on ''
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'' that was inked by Vince Colletta. He later did a fill-in issue of ''
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'' and five issues of ''
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'' for Marvel. He then pitched to editor Terry Kavanaugh a story he would write and draw for ''
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'' featuring
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, a character that Larsen adored. It was initially approved, but when it was found that it did not fit with an impending storyline in ''
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'', a team book in which Nova was a member, Larsen’s series was cancelled. Larsen instead drew an “
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” arc for ''Marvel Comics Presents'', despite lacking interest in that group, because he needed work. This led to Larsen doing more Spider-Man work. In 1990 Erik Larsen replaced Todd McFarlane on ''
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'' with issue #329, having previously penciled issues 287, 324 and 327. With writer David Michelinie, Larsen illustrated stories such as "The Cosmic Spider-Man", "The Return of the Sinister Six" (#334–339) and "The Powerless Spider-Man" (#341–343). He left the title with #350, was succeeded by
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with #351. Larsen again succeeded McFarlane on ''
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'', where he wrote and drew the six-issue story arc "Revenge of the Sinister Six" (#18–23). Larsen also gained critical acclaim for his work with the character
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during his time on Amazing Spider-Man. His design of Venom was highlighted during the story "Venom Returns" (#330–#333, #344–347, Annual #25), which introduced signature visual elements to the character such as giving Venom a long reptilian tongue dripping slime.'' Wizard'' #23 (July 1993) Wizard Entertainment. Though his work with Venom was widely lauded and sales were strong, Larsen has gone on record saying he did not enjoy drawing the character and that he found the origin story of both
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and the Venom symbiote to be unlikable. Larsen stopped working for Marvel in 1992 (see below) but has occasionally returned to write and illustrate, on titles such as ''
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'', '' The Defenders'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. In 2000, he returned to pencil ''
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'' vol. 2, issues #19–21 with writer Howard Mackie. In 2019, he penciled and wrote ''Amazing Spider-man: Going Big'', a one-shot for Marvel's 80th anniversary, along with
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and
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.


Image Comics

In 1992, seeking greater control and profit over the work they created, Larsen and six other illustrators left Marvel to form Image Comics, where Larsen launched a series featuring a reworked version of
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. This version was a massively muscled green amnesiac, who joined the Chicago police department after being discovered in a burning field. Initially debuting in a three-issue miniseries, the series met with enough success to justify a monthly series, launched in 1993. Larsen continued to write and illustrate the series entirely by himself, usually maintaining a roughly monthly schedule except during times when it was not in production. As an Image partner, he formed the studio Highbrow Entertainment, which publishes through Image. Savage Dragon is one of two original Image Comics titles still published (the other being ''
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'') and the only one still written and drawn by its creator. The character was also adapted into a short-lived (26 episodes)
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animated series that started in 1995. In 2004, Larsen replaced
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as publisher of Image Comics, taking responsibility for all comics produced by creators other than the Image partners and their studios. Larsen stepped down as publisher in July 2008 and executive director Eric Stephenson was promoted to the position: In 2012–2013, Larsen had a run as writer and artist on a short-lived revival of
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's '' Supreme'', illustrating writer
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's final unpublished script with issue #63 and writing new stories from issues #64–68. Also in 2012, Erik Larsen purchased
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's character '' Ant'' In 2015 Erik co-wrote and drew ''
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'' starting with SPAWN #258 and ending with Spawn #266, this run was notable for having included a crossover with Savage Dragon and for featuring
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's creation '' Ant''. In 2021 Larsen concluded the first volume of Mario Gully's Ant. In August, 2021, Larsen will launch a new '' Ant'' series, starting with a new first issue.


Personal life

Larsen and his wife Jannie live in
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, with their two sons, Christopher and Joseph. In October 2022, Larsen said he would leave
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bought the platform. In an email to NBC News, he said, "Yeah, I left. I said I would leave if Musk bought Twitter. Musk bought Twitter. So, I had no choice. The move only emboldened those most toxic users. The racists, 'patriots' and creeps are back in full force”.


Awards

In 2012, Larsen received an Inkpot Award from Comic-Con International. Larsen was nominated for the 2016 Inkwell Awards All-in-One Award, for "Favorite artist known for inking his/ her own pencil work in award year interior, cover-dated, American comic book material." In 2017, he was again nominated and received the 2017 All-in-One Award for his work on Savage Dragon.


Bibliography


DC

Art *'' Adventures of Superman'' #431 *''
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'' #50–52 *''Aquaman Secret Files'' #1 *''DC
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'' #13 *''
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'' #6–16 *''Doom Patrol Annual'' #1 *''Doom Patrol & Suicide Squad Special'' *''Legion of Superheroes'' #55 *'' Lobo's Greatest Hits'' *''Orion'' #6 *''Outsiders'' vol. 2 #24, 27, 28 *''
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'' #33 *''Teen Titans Spotlight'' #10, 15 Script *''
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'' #50–62 *''Aquaman Secret Files'' #1


Marvel

Art *''
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'' vol. 1 #287, 324, 327, 329–350, vol. 2 #19–21 *''Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #25 *'' The Defenders'' vol. 2 #1–12 *'' Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme'' #4 *'' Excalibur: Air Apparent'' *'' Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine'' #1, 5, 9, 12 *''
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'' vol. 1 #13 *'' Incredible Hulk'' #346 *''
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'' #31–38, 43, 48–50, 82–83, 138–142 *''Marvel Super-Heroes'' vol. 2 #8 *''
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'' vol. 3 #1–7 *'' Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' vol. 2 #19 *''
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'' #21–25 *''
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'' #15, 18–23 *'' Spectacular Spider-Man Annual'' #11 *'' Spider-Woman'' #10 *''
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'' #385 vol. 2 #26–28 *''X-51'' #12 *'' X-Force'' #2–3 Script *'' The Defenders'' vol. 2 #1–12 *'' Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine'' #1–12 *''The Hulk'' #8 *''
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'' vol. 3 #1–7 *''
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'' #15, 18–23 *''
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'' #133–149


Image

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'' #5 *''Ant'' #12 *'' Desperate Times'' #1–4 *''Image Illustrated'' #1 *''
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'' #1–3 *'' Negative Burn Anthology'' *''
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'' vol. 1 #1–3, vol. 2 #1–present *''Savage Dragon vs Savage
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'' *''Savage Dragon Companion'' *''Savage Dragon/
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'' *'' Shadowhawk'' #4 *''
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'' #199, 258–266 *''Splitting Image'' #1 *'' Supreme'' #63–68 *''
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'' vol. 1 #14 *'' Youngblood'' #1 Script *''Ant'' #12 *''Deadly Duo'' vol. 1 #1–3 *'' Freak Force'' vol. 2 #1–3 *''Negative Burn Anthology'' *''
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'' vol. 1 #1–3 v2 #1–present *''Savage Dragon vs Savage Megaton Man'' *''Savage Dragon: Sex & Violence'' #1–2 *''
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'' #259–266 *'' Supreme'' #64–68 *'' SuperPatriot'' #1–4 *''WildC.A.T.s'' vol. 1 #14 Editor *''Deadly Duo'' vol. 2 #1–4 *''Freak Force'' vol. 1 #1–18 *''Savage Dragon: Red Horizon'' #1–3 *''Savage Dragon/Destroyer Duck'' *''Star'' #1–4 *''SuperPatriot: Liberty & Justice'' #1–4 *''
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'' #1–6 *''Vanguard: Strange Visitors'' #1–4


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'' (1996) *''Deadly Duo'' (1994–1995) **''Deadly Duo'' vol. 2 (1995) *'' Freak Force'' (1993–1995) **''Freak Force'' vol. 2 (1997) *''Dragon: Blood & Guts'' (1995) *''
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'' (1992) **''Savage Dragon'' vol. 2 (1993–ongoing) *''Savage Dragon/Marshal Law'' (1997) *''Savage Dragon: Red Horizon'' (1997) *''Savage Dragon: Sex and Violence'' (1997) *''Savage Dragon: God War'' (2004–2005) *''Star'' (1995) *'' SuperPatriot'' (1993) **''SuperPatriot: Liberty & Justice'' (1995) **''SuperPatriot: America's Fighting Force'' (2002) **''SuperPatriot: War on Terror'' (2004–2005) *''The Dragon'' (1996) *''
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'' (1996–1999) *''
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'' (1993–1994) **''Vanguard: Strange Visitors'' (1996–1997)


References


External links


Official site
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One Fan's Opinion
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Comic Geek Speak Podcast Interview
October 2005
Where Monsters Dwell Interview
Larsen's interview on Where Monsters Dwell podcast
Erik Larsen Interview with Super Hero Speak
* Fukunaga, Kevin (May 6, 2012)
"Podcast #3: Erik Larsen"
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