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Marc Silvestri

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About Me


SOME OF MY ART!.

If you don't know comics you probably don't know who I
am which is fine because that's what Myspace is for.
Really. Oh, and if you google me only the good stuff
is true. Really.

I've been an artist for as long as I can remember and
a professional (paid) artist for 27 years, and all
those years have been in comics. In ..92 I was part of
what some have called a revolution in the comic
industry. Me and six other goofs decided we didn't
want to WORK for "The Man" but wanted to BE "The Man"!
At least our bizarro version of The Man. A version
where "The Man" was replaced by "The Creators" . The
lunatics literally took over the asylum and Image
comics was born. For the first time the creators had
real juice in an industry run by publishers. Cool
shit. Sixteen years later we're still here and we
still got juice. Very cool shit.

I also own a company named Top Cow Productions. We're best known for properties like WITCHBLADE, THE DARKNESS, and WANTED which was a book created by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones and is soon to be a major motion picture staring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Common, and Angelina Jolie.

I live to make stuff up and its worked out pretty
well. I've gotten to not only create whatever I want
but I've gotten to work with some of the most kick ass
artists and writers around. Plus I get to play in a
sandbox that includes not just comics but TV, video
games, Anime, toys, and movies too. The best part is
that the sand in the box is mine and nobody gets to
kick it in my face.

Outwardly I'm an easy going guy but I know that if you
have a sweet tooth you can't put out your hand and
wait for somebody to give you a candy bar. You want
that Baby Ruth sometimes you gotta go out and make the
chocolate (yes, you are correct, that was an annoying
analogy). Probably the toughest part about becoming a
business man/artist/creator/ etc. was learning that in
the real world nobody gives you candy. I love candy.

I'm an Aries and an artist so if you know (or care)
about astrology you must already be feeling sorry for
my lovely (and patient) wife Bridget. Yep, us artistic
types (you know who you are you freaks) can be a bit
much to deal with. And us Aries types (you know who
you are you sick fucks) can be a bit much too.

I live in LA with the previously mentioned lovely
(actually check out my photo section because she is
drop dead all out gorgeous) wife and a really weird
but strangely likable Doberman named Ronald. Btw, if
anyone reading this is afraid of Dobermans rest
assured that even though they can look quite fierce,
they are in fact big pussies. Alice our English
Bulldog on the other hand would kick your ass if you
looked at us wrong. She would then take said ass and
eat it, dump it out the next morning, gaze at it's
steaming beauty, think of you and laugh. That bitch
rocked. RIP girl.

LA is awesome because you can love it and hate it at
the same time and it will totally understand. Its cool
that way. Plus this is where the Wizard lives and my
head is always in Oz. I love movies and now that
comics own Hollywood and it's surgically enhanced
butt, its a great time to do what I do.

Anyway, enough about me. Add me as a friend and tell
me about you. I'm interested. Really.

-M



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My Interests

Absolutely anything creative in any media at any time. That covers everything from art, words, food, sex, everything. Don't bore me and I won't bore you.Having a business that also functions as a "school" for comic artists always provides interest. I love finding and working with fresh talent. Watching first hand someone grow as an artist is, as the folks at Master card say, priceless.

I'd like to meet:

Basically anyone not falling under the heading of a-hole. You don't have to be smart, charming, witty, good looking, rich, talented, or famous. Just real. Now if you happen to be smart, charming, witty, good looking, rich, talented, famous AND real well shit, life dealt you a royal flush so sure, add me.If you think of TMZ as life's bible don't bother contacting me. Same goes if you think K-Fed is "Dad of the year" and he's always been about the kids. I also have a low tolerance for cowards. If you are the type not brave enough to look in the mirror and see the one person responsible for your happiness do us both a favor and go add someone else.In short, I'd like to meet fearless people. I don't mean jump out of airplane fearless, I mean be YOU, be REAL fearless. You can be opinionated and you don't have to agree with me, just realize that an opinion is your right, not my law. Above all don't be someone online that you aren't in real life because that brings us back to the whole coward thing.I will especially welcome ARTISTIC and PASSIONATE people. It doesn't matter what you are passionate about or from where your artistry originates, just know that I find you instantly interesting and as I said, welcome.

Music:

Mazzy Star, Eels, Jane's Addiction, William Orbit, Iggy Pop, Chicane, Venus Hum, Neko Case, Hooverphonic, Rolling Stones, Thea Gilmore, Motorcycle, Guns N' Roses, Brian Eno, Alice In Chains, Garbage, Billy Idol, Morrissey, Johnny Cash, David Bowie, Nick drake, Silversun Pickups, Hole, Conjure One, Nirvana, The Cure, The Clash, Bjork, Frou Frou, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, The White Stripes, Euphoria, Massive Attack, HEM, Aimee Mann, Roxy Music, Arcade Fire, Telepopmusik, The Psychedelic Furs, Beck, Rachael Yamagata, Azure Ray, New Order, THe Pretenders, Throwing Muses, Juno Reactor, Talking Heads, Secret Machines, Heather Nova, Death Cab For Cutie, Depeche Mode, Ursula Rucker, Bloc Party, Zero 7, Simple Minds, The Dandy Warhols, Siouxie and The Banshees, Groove Armada, PJ Harvey, Elvis Costello, Pearl Jam,The Cult

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Pulp Fiction, No Country For Old Men, Alien, Aliens, Forbidden Planet, Jaws, Being John Malcovich, The Terminator, Dr. Strangelove, Batman Begins, Bullitt (actually, anything Steve McQueen), 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Godfather (I and II), Apocalypse Now, Bride Of Frankenstein, Dracula (the original), Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original), Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Team America, Fight Club, The Exorcist, Se7en, True Lies, The Thing (Carpenter version), Silence Of The Lambs, Shawshank Redemption, Magnolia, Best In Show, FRIGGIN' FIGHT CLUB DAMMIT!

Television:

Not much. Discovery Channel type stuff, Battlestar Gallactica, a few dumb-assed reality shows (thanks Bridget!). South park. Six Feet Under (best series finale of all time). The Sopranos (worst series finale of all time). I annoyingly and reluctantly still watch Lost. Some random cable shit. Cold Case Files. Still waiting for the same punch in the balls I got from watching Twin Peaks - might have to come up with that myself (a show, not a punch in the balls).

Books:

Latest Books:

Fantastic Four #554 Top Cow Variant Edition Cover By Marc

X-Men: Messiah Complex

The Darkness #1 Variant Cover by Marc

My Blog

Apparently the world needs me. Sigh.

So I was thinkin’ that maybe I’d take a little break from making the world a better place and sit back and watch just to see what happens. Fuckers are screwin’ it all up so I guess I...
Posted by Marc Silvestri on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:28:00 PST

Secrets of the universe. Part Deux

Ah, the process. Now for all you regular readers who recognized my blasting of the word to describe creativity in a former blog add 5 points. For those of you who think I'm going to contradict myself ...
Posted by Marc Silvestri on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:37:00 PST

A movie you should see (If youre not a pussy).

As if I don't give enough, I have decided to make your lives even better by passing on the occasional movie recommendation. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is a movie you should see. It is one of the best I've...
Posted by Marc Silvestri on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:58:00 PST

Pet fish and metaphysics. Or not.

I shared this little something with some of the guys over at Top Cow. I thought they would be amazed at the universe and its infinite possibilities. They told me to stop smoking bat shit. Let's see wh...
Posted by Marc Silvestri on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:51:00 PST

Father blog. Because we all have them. Even if we dont know them.

One of my bestest myspace friends commented on my blog that she'd like to hear less business crap and more me crap (blame HER for this blog because she's cooler than you). All of you who read my blogs...
Posted by Marc Silvestri on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:54:00 PST

Why Bob Dylan still matters

This is not really a blog its just something I wanted to share so don't expect the usual flippant doucheness.Even if you are not a Dylan fan listen to this song. It is relatively new and proves that t...
Posted by Marc Silvestri on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:59:00 PST

Why is sequel a four letter word? Because I cant spell.

WARNING: I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I HAVE THIS STUCK UP MY ASS TODAY. I of course am talking about movie critics and their knee jerk bias against sequels (not what I really have stuck up my ass. I don't know...
Posted by Marc Silvestri on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:46:00 PST

Secrets of the universe. Part 1

So I was having sex the other day and right at that crucial moment (before the leg cramp) the answers to 7 of the 10 most pondered questions about the universe and our place in it came to me. Unfortun...
Posted by Marc Silvestri on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:26:00 PST

Delicious blog! We have a winnah!

Well, several winners actually as just about all of you seem to want to talk about the same thing. I posted in the last blog that I'm going to split the whole "throw me an idea" idea into two blogs. I...
Posted by Marc Silvestri on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:46:00 PST

Here, have some blog. It’s delicious!

We have already established that I blog because I have much love for you. So much in fact, I now feel compelled to spread it (the blog you sick little fucks). To express this love I've decided that t...
Posted by Marc Silvestri on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:25:00 PST