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Wave of Mutilation Part 2: The Birth of Faust: Love of the Damned

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Tim Vigil’s first project for Comics Express was Omega, a sci-fi series co-created with inker Paul Martin. Omega was a big departure from Grips. Vigil tapped into his love of Jack Kirby and Fantastic Four to produce cosmic psychedelia complete with “Kirby Crackle.” The story is the tale of a hiker who stumbles upon a … Read more

Wave of Mutilation Part 1: The Birth of Rebel Studios

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Tim Vigil cleaved his way into public consciousness with Grips # 1 in the fall of 1986, around the same time as Watchmen # 1. The artist announced his arrival with a double splash page — aggravatingly split into two frames — highlighting what has become the hallmarks of his work: sex and violence. In that spread, vigilante protagonist … Read more