At Image Comics, Valentino produced books such as the superhero vigilante series ShadowHawk, and the 1997 semi-autobiographical black and white book A Touch of Silver.
13 Facts About Jim Valentino
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Jim Valentino served as publisher of Image from 1999 to 2003, during which he oversaw the diversification of Image's publication through his discovery of creators such as Robert Kirkman, who co-created the critically and commercially successful comic book The Walking Dead.
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Jim Valentino was born on October 28,1952 in the Bronx, New York.
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Jim Valentino began his career in the late 1970s, creating small press and mostly autobiographical comics.
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Renegade published three issues of Jim Valentino's self-titled series in the mid-late 1980s.
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Jim Valentino originated several projects at Image, which he published through his own Shadowline imprint.
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Unlike at Marvel, where Jim Valentino worked on characters owned by that company, the original Shadowline titles, like all those of Image, were creator-owned.
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On one hand, Jim Valentino's efforts led to the discovery of a number of talented creators, including Robert Kirkman and Brian Michael Bendis.
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Jim Valentino managed to maintain its standing as number three in overall market share.
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In 2003, Jim Valentino was replaced as publisher of Image Comics by Erik Larsen, another co-founder of the company.
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Since then Jim Valentino has resurrected Shadowline, his own arm of Image, and has published a revived ShadowHawk series, The Collected normalman, the auto-biographical Drawing From Life and creator owned properties including Bomb Queen, After the Cape and Sam Noir.
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Jim Valentino serves on the board of directors of the comic industry charity The Hero Initiative and on its Disbursement Committee.
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In 2008 Jim Valentino created Silverline Books, an all-ages imprint for original graphic novels.