Remember Gorilla Comics?

[Sharcque]

I remember Crimson Plague, Empire, but not the title of the other one.....It was the futuristic story that dealt with jet fights.....anyone remember the name?

[Christopher Burton]

I remember Crimson Plague, Empire, but not the title of the other one.....It was the futuristic story that dealt with jet fights.....anyone remember the name?

Shock Rockets.

There was also Section Zero, which I never read, but keep meaning to. I think it's the only one that completed a whole story arc.

Tellos started as a Gorilla comic, too. They may have finished an arc before the imprint folded. Man. Gorilla Comics had such potential.

[Sharcque]

Thanks CB!!!! My fave, btw, was Crimson Plague...

[Christopher Burton]

Thanks CB!!!! My fave, btw, was Crimson Plague...

George Perez. What's not to like? :) He pencilled the comic that clinched my comic reading ways (Fantastic Four #171 btw).

[SleepWalker]

It's funny that I stumbled across this thread, because I've been re-reading ShockRockets.

When Gorilla was around, I also picked up The Crimson Plague and Empire.

It's too bad that Gorilla folded, here's a pretty good article (http://www.tcj.com/234/n_gorilla.html) from an older issue of The Comics Journal about why/how it did.

[Polar Bear]

Shock Rockets.

There was also Section Zero, which I never read, but keep meaning to. I think it's the only one that completed a whole story arc.


Actually, Shock Rockets definitely completed a story arc, and may have even completed two.

[mgs]

I liked Monkeyman and O'Brien, the first issues were really good, then I think it got a bit stale.

[Matt Algren]

Actually, Shock Rockets definitely completed a story arc, and may have even completed two.
Yeah, Busiek and Immonen finished the mini-series. Very well, I might add. Someone (Dark Horse?) collected it in digest format earlier this year.

Hopefully, they'll be able to return to ShockRockets someday.

[Matt Algren]

rasafrassin' double post...

[Mr. Croup]

Someonelse picked up Empire for a time, though I can't remember who?

Section Zero was pretty good, I liked the idea of a group of secret operatives, in the vein of MIB, who worked for a hidden UN Agency, and looked into Fortean events.

[SleepWalker]

Someonelse picked up Empire for a time, though I can't remember who?

Section Zero was pretty good, I liked the idea of a group of secret operatives, in the vein of MIB, who worked for a hidden UN Agency, and looked into Fortean events.

I want to say that Wildstorm picked up Empire, but I'm not totally sure.

I'm hoping that the ShockRockets trade sells well enough to generate interest in the characters. It'd be really nice for Busiek and Immonen to revisit the series.

[DonC]

There was also Section Zero, which I never read, but keep meaning to. I think it's the only one that completed a whole story arc.


Actually, I don't think Sectio Zero ever finished its first story arc. I think it ended with issue 3. Like others have said, though, Shock Rockets finished their first story arc.

[Sharcque]

I want to say that Wildstorm picked up Empire, but I'm not totally sure.

I'm hoping that the ShockRockets trade sells well enough to generate interest in the characters. It'd be really nice for Busiek and Immonen to revisit the series.
Yeah --- It was Wildstorm. It had a 0 issue that had the earlier 2 issues in it, then had a 1-6 min....

[Deathstroke]

Section Zero was fantastic!

[tk421atpost]

Yeah --- It was Wildstorm. It had a 0 issue that had the earlier 2 issues in it, then had a 1-6 min....

Actually, it was just normal DC that printed it.

Every book that came out of the Gorilla imprint was great and I was sorry to see the line fall apart.