多年以前,美漫圈就有创作者为了防止自己的创意遭受剥削
而成立各自的媒体集团
再生侠(SPAWN)的作者Todd McFarlane即是一例
他早期也是为DC跟漫威效力,后来与几位大佬共同协力成立了IMAGE COMICS
大屋之下的创作者,能有自己独立的创作工作室并拥有创作自主权
Each Image partner founded his own studio, which published under the Image
banner but was autonomous from any central editorial control. Portacio
withdrew during the formative stages to deal with his sister's illness,[14]
so Image originally consisted of six studios:
Todd McFarlane Productions, owned by Todd McFarlane
WildStorm Productions, owned by Jim Lee
Highbrow Entertainment, owned by Erik Larsen
Shadowline, owned by Jim Valentino
Top Cow Productions, owned by Marc Silvestri
Extreme Studios, owned by Rob Liefeld