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Erik Larsen

Person » Erik Larsen is credited in 640 issues.

Legendary artist, creator, writer and co-founder of Image comics. Popular among fans for his work on both Amazing Spider-Man and the Savage Dragon.

Erik Larsen appears in 640 issues View all

The Erik Larsen wiki last edited by Shatterstar on 03/27/13 04:20PM View full history

Personal Life

Erik Larsen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a child growing up in Bellingham, Washington and Albion, California, he created several comic books featuring versions of a character named "The Dragon", whom he has since described as a Batman-like character who drove a car copied from Speed Racer's Mach Five. The Dragon turned into a superhero using a magic word to trigger his powers like Captain Marvel. He and two friends produced a fanzine called Graphic Fantasy, which featured Savage Dragon.
Follow him on Twitter @ErikJLarsen

Career

Megaton

Larsen's first paid work was for the anthology Megaton, co-creating and illustrating a feature called " Vanguard" with publisher Gary Carlson . A revised version of the Dragon debuted in issue #2 and appeared in the following two issues.

AC Comics

Larsen went on to work for Sentinels of Justice

Eclipse Comics

The DNAgents

DC Comics

Erik's work at DC spans Teen Titans, The Outsiders, Doom Patrol and The Adventures of Superman.  He also did work with Ethan Van Sciver on Cyberfrog published by Harris Comics in the mid 90's.  While at Marvel Erik Larsen replaced Todd Mc Farlane on Amazing Spider Man where he created Whiplash, Tri-Sentinel and Cardiac.  On Spider Man he also added his own unique and creative flare to Venom (a never ending tongue and jaw, with an abundance of teeth and venom).  When Erik left Marvel he helped to establish Image Comics. His character Savage Dragon is very popular among fans.  At Image he has also created the superhero freak team Freak Force as well as  Superpatriot, Vanguard, Liberty and Justice (just to name a few). 

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