Eric Stephenson (born January 8, 1968) is an American comic book publisher, editor, and writer. He is the publisher of Image Comics , where he has also co-created and written comics such as Long Hot Summer , Nowhere Men , and They're Not Like Us .
12-404: Nowhere Men is a comic book series written by Eric Stephenson . The first six issues were drawn by Nate Bellegarde, colored by Jordie Bellaire , lettered by Fonografix (Steven Finch), and published by Image Comics . As of issue 7, Dave Taylor has replaced Nate Bellegarde, who no longer is part of the creative team. Emi Lenox also joined up, providing short comics about Monica Strange, one of
24-463: A long Google document he posted on his Tumblr in July 2014. While it did not give a predicted date of publishing, it confirmed that the series was still being worked on. On November 2, 2015, Image Comics announced the return of Nowhere Men . David Taylor replaced Nate Bellegarde. Jordie Bellaire and Fonografiks continued working on the series alongside Stephenson. Emi Lenox provides small comics about
36-529: Is derived primarily from the fact that things just seem to come out of nowhere for the scientists, although there are other plot points that the name is based on as well. It was also influenced by the Beatles song " Nowhere Man ". Nowhere Men was nominated for four Eisner Awards in 2014, of which it won one: Jordie Bellaire won the award for Best Colorist for her work on several titles, including Nowhere Men . As of May 2021, eleven issues have been published,
48-495: The Nowhere Men character Monica Strange. Issue 7 was released on January 20, 2016, starting the second story arc which hasn't completed as of May 2021. Nowhere Men centers on four scientists—Dade Ellis, Emerson Strange, Simon Grimshaw, and Thomas Walker—whose work leads to science becoming as culturally important as rock music . Together, the four form World Corp., a research and development firm that becomes
60-479: The characters of Nowhere Men. The series centers on a fictional world where a group of four scientists, long since gone their own ways, have had huge cultural influences in a way similar to that of The Beatles in our world. It's loosely based on the story of the British Invasion , especially how The Beatles stood out. The promotional tagline, "Science is the new Rock-N-Roll", exemplifies this. The name
72-590: The company's Executive Director. He also developed and edited two Image anthologies, Four-Letter Worlds (2005) and Put the Book Back on the Shelf: A Belle & Sebastian Anthology (2006). In 2008, Stephenson was promoted to the position of Publisher of Image Comics, replacing Larsen. During this period he oversaw the expansion of Image's line to include titles such as Bitch Planet , East of West , Monstress , Saga , and The Wicked + The Divine . It
84-527: The first six of which form the completed first arc . The seventh through eleventh issues are part of the second arc, which started in January 2016 after a two-year delay. The first arc of Nowhere Men consists of six issues, published between November 2012 and October 2013 and collected in November 2013 in a collected edition with the title Nowhere Men, Vol. 1: Fates Worse Than Death TP . The second arc
96-403: The most influential business in the entire world; but their differences, including a dispute over how to handle a secret experiment gone wrong, drive them apart. According to Stephenson, inspiration was drawn not just from The Beatles, but also from the story of Apple and their war with Microsoft and how he thought the leaders of the two rivals would work if they were teammates. Sometime after
108-548: The scientists leave, World Corp. workers aboard the International Space Station begin suffering from a virus that affects each of them differently. Due to the secrecy of the mission, only some higher-ups in World Corp. know that the workers are there; and they're unwilling to bring the workers back to Earth. The crew is left to themselves trying desperately to find a way to get back home. Nowhere Men
120-743: Was also at this time that he began writing Nowhere Men and They're Not Like Us . In 2014, Nowhere Men received four Eisner Award nominations, including Best Continuing Series, Best Writer, Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team, and Best Colorist. The Beat: The News Blog of Comics Culture named Stephenson the Comics Industry Person of the Year in 2012, and Stephenson won the ComicsPRO Industry Appreciation Award in 2014. In 2018, Image added Stephenson to its board of directors, naming him as
132-1039: Was nominated for four Eisner Awards in 2014, of which it won one: Eric Stephenson (comics) Stephenson was involved with Image Comics during its formative years, having learned about plans for the new company from co-founder Jim Valentino months before it was announced. In the 1990s, he was the editor for Rob Liefeld 's Extreme Studios and writer or co-writer for significant runs of Bloodstrike , Brigade , New Men , Supreme , Team Youngblood , and Youngblood . With Rob Liefeld , he co-created Psilence . Between 1999 and 2000, Stephenson wrote Spider-Man Unlimited and Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man , and co-wrote several issues of Wolverine first with Erik Larsen and then later with Rob Leifeld for Marvel Comics . From 2001 to 2002, he co-wrote and colored Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine . Stephenson worked with Valentino and Larsen during their tenures as Publisher of Image Comics, first as Director of Sales & Marketing and then later as
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#1732780027714144-415: Was originally scheduled to start with the release of issue 7 in January 2014, but this release did not happen. Around the same time, Image Comics pulled the webpages on issues 7, 8 and 9, which resulted in speculation on the series' possible cancellation. In May 2014, a tweet by Image Comics confirmed the series was still being worked on. Nate Bellegarde attributed the delays in Nowhere Men to himself in
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