Casey & Dragotta Debut New Hero In Image's "All-America Comix"

[CBR News]

America Vasquez will headline Image Comics' "All-America Comix" from Joe Casey and Nick Dragotta.


Full article here.

[Holt]

Do I see a cease and desist order in the future?

[Some Guy]

Do I see a cease and desist order in the future?

I see a Squadron Supreme, Hyperion, and a Nighthawk comic. 5 points of difference and they're golden.

[Kurtisimus]

If Nick Dragotta is starting a new series, is East of West ending?

[TOTALITY]

I'm sure Dragotta is just doing this on the side, like his Howtoons books.

This does look like a pretty lame move at the outset, though. Sure, they technically created America Chavez at Marvel, but a good bit of what makes it so seemingly lucrative to do a derivative character at this point is from work others have done with her at Marvel since. I don't see how they could not be hoping a bunch of people will see this and think "oh, it's like that character I like from Gillen and McKelvie's Young Avengers!"

[GDC3]

Good for them. That's one way to sort of reclaim your created character. I'll support this.

[skyvolt2000]

I'm sure Dragotta is just doing this on the side, like his Howtoons books.

This does look like a pretty lame move at the outset, though. Sure, they technically created America Chavez at Marvel, but a good bit of what makes it so seemingly lucrative to do a derivative character at this point is from work others have done with her at Marvel since. I don't see how they could not be hoping a bunch of people will see this and think "oh, it's like that character I like from Gillen and McKelvie's Young Avengers!"

Heck Peter David did the same thing with Supergirl with Fallen Angel series.

[kalorama]

Heck Peter David did the same thing with Supergirl with Fallen Angel series.

But he did it with DC's consent/blessing/cooperation, because the Fallen Angels book was originally published as a creator-owned by DC before moving to IDW(?).

I miss that book.

[Smoov-E]

I'm sure Dragotta is just doing this on the side, like his Howtoons books.

This does look like a pretty lame move at the outset, though. Sure, they technically created America Chavez at Marvel, but a good bit of what makes it so seemingly lucrative to do a derivative character at this point is from work others have done with her at Marvel since. I don't see how they could not be hoping a bunch of people will see this and think "oh, it's like that character I like from Gillen and McKelvie's Young Avengers!"

Which is why I'll check it out as I hate Gillen's version

[neonrideraryeh]

Which is why I'll check it out as I hate Gillen's version

She was awful in Young Avengers. Like it really made me dislike the character. She's such a stereotype of "fiery latina" but comes off as just mean. To me the whole thing symbolised the need for there to be more/better hispanic characters in comics because Ms America showed how badly that is being handled. I'm sure Ewing can do a better job with her in Ultimates, but I'm still hard pressed in liking the character as the YA run really soured me on her.

[wwise03]

If Nick Dragotta is starting a new series, is East of West ending?

One would hope he can do more work than draw 8 East of West comic books in a year. I'm sure this is just him supplementing his work on that series.

[solletaire]

Haha, how did this get past the copyright lawyers over at Image? Job not well done, lawyer folk

Also, can a Miss America series be far behind? I think not! Excitement follows as the plot thickens, lol

[Centipede Damascus]

Kinda weird that America Vasquez looks way more like McKelvie's America Chavez redesign than Dragotta's original design.

[cc008]

If Nick Dragotta is starting a new series, is East of West ending?

One would hope he can do more work than draw 8 East of West comic books in a year. I'm sure this is just him supplementing his work on that series.

EoW is in it's final year of the apocalypse... about 12 to 15 more issues.

[skyvolt2000]

Do I see a cease and desist order in the future?

No. Because we have seen others who like certain folks get free passes.

Heck how many times have we seen Storm in a non Marvel book but she's never referred to by name? In fact there is a series (Zombie Tramp) featuring her as a villain now. You can tell it's her but drawn as a more curvy female with that mohawk.