Prophet by Brandon
Graham, Simon Roy, Giannis Milonogiannis, Farel Dalrymple, Joseph Bergin III,
Ed Brisson, Malachi Ward, Matt Sheean, and friends is easily my favorite comic
on the stands. Going into the series I was
aware that it was a relaunch of one of Rob Liefeld’s old Extreme Studios’ property
but lacked any knowledge on Prophet’s
history beyond that. Now, as Prophet prepares to begin a climactic
chapter with Earth War, I find myself curious about the origins of this comic
that I am so fond of. Unfortunately, I
missed the boat on Extreme Studios and all the other early Image comics the
first time around. Fortunately, this
means I can read peak 90’s comics like the entire run of Prophet pre-2012 relaunch with virgin eyes and chronicle such an
experience. My mission statement for
this continuing series of posts on Prophet
is to do close readings and critical analysis of each old issue all the
while trying to construct a map of how these comics from the decade of Extreme
connect to the Prophet of today. More than likely though, this pseudo-academic
exercise will devolve into me just pointing out the raddest parts of the comics.
