Tales of CrossGen Comics!

Tales of CrossGen Comics! Join me and Sergio Cariello, Chuck Dixon, Rob Hunter, and Aaron Lopresti as we talk about our experiences at CrossGen! The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!
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[@stevendelavega9957]

Wow. What a fun and informative stream. But you guys kept saying Crossgen was a sinking ship but didn't actually say what made it so obvious from the beginning. Other than that, it was great to see everyone. Thanks, Andy!

[@OnionSavoya-jf5hz]

Chuck Dixon is a gosh darn legend. I still got my copy of Gordon's Law.

[@theragoooverlord5021]

Waid said either in wizard or that weekly comic book news paper that when he had his first meeting with Alessi he could tell Alessi was one of the good guys. He also said Alessi owned erol Flynn's fencing sword or something like that

[@ComicsExposed]

LEARN AND ENJOY! 00:00 - Kor-Drath Trailer 01:38 - Andy! 05:52 - Memories Of CrossGen Comics 10:16 - Freelance Work And Secret Meetings 14:31 - Hiring Process Discussion 19:06 - Working On Crux With Chuck Rob 23:55 - Discussing Work Schedule And Job Opportunities 28:14 - Workplace Backstabbing And Confrontation 32:25 - The Beginning Of A New Company 36:49 - The Story Of Hiring Artists For A Project 41:12 - Creating Names And Collaboration 45:22 - Artistic Discussions And Frustrations 49:28 - Mark Wade's Financial Situation 53:37 - Issues With The Company Philosophy 57:39 - Setting Up The Quads 01:02:05 - Remembering Colleagues And Friends 01:06:26 - Travis Charest At Meridian 01:10:43 - Funny Stories At Work 01:14:38 - Chuck's Memories Of Working On The Book 01:19:03 - Working On CrossGen Comics 01:23:15 - Comic Book Royalties And Self-Publishing Journey 01:27:17 - Completing Early Production And Grey Beard Studio 01:31:20 - The Importance Of Production Value And Collaboration In Artwork 01:35:40 - Catching Up With Old Friends 01:39:59 - Conclusion And Farewell

[@joncoltonis]

Loved this. I was so broke in college I couldn’t buy all the comics I wanted. I dropped Marvel, dropped DC but absolutely had to keep in my pull box: Sojourn, Scion, Ruse, Way of the Rat, the Path and El Cazador!

[@fortcastellan1730]

While I enjoyed many of the sigil-bearer titles (I grabbed Scion 1 right of the stands) I will heartily agree that the books that were closer to being pure-genre books were more enjoyable. I still pine for the days when the company was giving us that kind of pulp-adventure line-up. And it's good to hear that you guys saw some royalties from the recent Sigil Omnibus. I just hope marvel gets around to collecting the rest of the titles soon.

[@stevenregina6429]

This was a very fun stream. I was a big fan of a lot of Crossgen's books, and it is always great to hear stories about the company.

[@theangrygamer6427]

I really enjoyed "RUSE". I thought that it was a really cool Sherlock Holmes style story.

[@carlsagan6017]

I have almost everything Crossgen in trades or floppies and most of it still to be read. Nice to know this story.

[@timothyfitzgerald3168]

I've a full short box of Crossgen books. I loved the Fantasy focus of many of the books. And they looked amazing, super vibrant colors. I wish the writers who came in after the initial books (Dixon, Waid and Marz) had been there from the beginning. I never liked The First, and wasnt a fan of that writer (Barbara something?). So i think they couldve captured a bigger initial audience if they had better writers from the jump. But Ifelt the pain when they expanded too fast, had a hard time keeping up with so many books. Then they folded before paying off the longer running storylines, which was a shame.

[@brion0220]

Marz was there at the beginning. He wrote 2 of the 4 initial books. Scion (a favorite of mine) and Mystic.