Boy, oh boy, do we have a good one for you today.

If I could afford it, if I could afford Donna Summer, the last dance, I'd be playing it for you right now.

Last dance.

What, a song, okay?

Because today it's about Image Comics, the last dance.

The last time we were all together.

2008, Atomic Comics, Mike Malvey's giant retail store. We gathered all of us. Todd McFarland, Rob Lifel, Jim Lee,

Mark Silvestry, Jim Valentina, Wolfs Portasio, Eric Larson. And it was magic. It was absolute magic.

We tried to get everybody back together in 2017 and do it again, but it wasn't as, uh, as it,

all of us did not assemble. There was not a full dance card. And it really was the beginning of what

was inevitably going to be the realization that we have had our last dance at Image Comics.

So today's, uh, uh, podcast is all about walking you through.

The reuniting all of us together at this epic store signing.

The fact that Image United, a giant crossover event blew up out of it.

And the last time we actually attempted all to get together

and why that will absolutely be the last time

you see us all together today on Robeservations Image Comics, The Last Dance.

Hey everybody, you are listening to another episode of Rob Observations. I am your host, Rob Leifeld. This is the show where we break it down,

pop culture, comic books, everything is pop culture and comic books nowadays, streaming film,

comics, toys, games, all of it. Eventually, one or the other, or all of them break on

through each and every show. I am covering comic books from my perspective from my youth, 1974, seven years old,

grabbing those comic books off the spinner rack, loving them so much,

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