verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message event comics type comic publisher industry comics founded 1994 founder jimmy palmiotti joe quesada headquarters chicago illinois website replay.waybackmachine.org 20011014022815 http www.eventcomics.com main.html event comics was an american independent comic book publisher founded by veteran artists jimmy palmiotti and joe quesada . the company published during the years 1994 to 1999 at which point it was contracted to form the marvel knights imprint for marvel comics . contents 1 history 1.1 marvel knights 2 titles 2.1 crossover 3 creators associated with event comics 4 references 5 external links history edit penciller quesada and inker palmiotti after working well together on various projects such as valiant comics x o manowar and following the creation of their first joint project in kid death & fluffy for a creators universe card series decided to create their own studio with their own original characters . they spent two weeks in the florida keys developing ash their flagship character . citation needed event published several series starring ash as well as stand alone crossovers with another event title 22 brides . the initial series simply titled ash ran for a total of seven issues with issue 6 leading directly into issue 0 . the second series ash the fire within ran for three issues . the final series to focus on the title character was ash cinder & smoke which ran for a total of six issues . ash also co starred in the intercompany crossover azrael ash co published with dc comics in 1997 . another popular event character was painkiller jane who made her first appearance in 22 brides 1 1995 . originally a five issue mini series painkiller jane went on to star in numerous crossover books with the likes of the darkness darkchylde vampirella and hellboy . in 1997 event launched crimson plague the first creator owned comic by popular veteran cartoonist george p rez . originally intended as a six issue mini series about an alien with ultra toxic blood p rez produced only one issue . he later temporarily revived the title with image comics in 2000 . other event comics titles included thrax 1996 the kid death & fluffy spring break special 1996 the kid death & fluffy halloween special 1997 legends of kid death & fluffy 1997 and here come the big people 1997 . marvel knights edit in 1998 the event comics team was contracted by marvel comics to breathe new life into some of their second tier characters . under the designation of marvel knights palmiotti and quesada were given creative control of black panther daredevil the punisher and the inhumans . event hired the creative teams for the line while marvel published them and in september 1998 the marvel knights imprint was born . as marvel knights editor quesada encouraged experimentation and used his contacts in the indie comics world to bring in new creators such as david w. mack michael avon oeming brian michael bendis garth ennis and steve dillon . the event comics creative teams eventually produced popular well regarded knights runs like kevin smith & quesada s daredevil and christopher priest s black panther . once marvel knights was implemented back into marvel proper quesada and palmiotti returned to the marvel fold and event comics was shut down the last comics published being ash fire and crossfire in january and march 1999 respectively . in 2000 quesada ascended to the role of marvel s editor in chief . as of june 2010 he is also chief creative officer cco of marvel entertainment ; this double commitment led to quesada stepping down as editor in chief in january 2011 saying 1 with my increased travel schedule over the last year plus i ve only been able to work with the publishing division in a more macro sense or as you put it a more big picture sense . during this time tom and axel have been handling the more detailed functions of the stories within our comics . my role has been one in which i work on the larger stories and the overall flavor and feel of our books and universe . titles edit 22 brides 1996 ash 1994 ash co published with wizard magazine 1997 ash 22 brides 1996 ash the fire within 1996 ash cinder & smoke 1997 ash fire and crossfire 1999 ash files 1997 crimson plague 1997 here come the big people 1997 kid death & fluffy halloween special 1997 kid death & fluffy spring break special 1996 legends of kid death & fluffy 1997 painkiller jane 1997 thrax 1996 crossover edit azrael ash co published with dc comics 1997 painkiller jane vs. the darkness co published with top cow productions 1997 painkiller jane darkchylde co published with image comics 1998 painkiller jane hellboy co published with dark horse comics 1998 vampirella painkiller jane co published with harris comics 1998 creators associated with event comics edit joe quesada co founder jimmy palmiotti co founder brian augustyn trace beaulieu john cebollero amanda conner garth ennis scott lee rick parker george p rez humberto ramos james robinson dave ross mark waid references edit alonso named marvel editor in chief . comic book resources . retrieved 2016 07 07 . external links edit event comics at the comic book db event comics at who s who in american comic books retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title event comics & oldid 743336502 categories comic book publishing companies of the united statesdefunct comics and manga publishing companiespublishing companies established in 19941994 establishments in illinoiscompanies based in chicagohidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2016all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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