at Image, which he published through his own Shadowline imprint. Unlike at Marvel, where Valentino worked on characters owned by that company, the original Shadowline titles, like all those of Image, were creator-owned. His first title under the Image banner was the super-hero series ShadowHawk, on which he was both writer and artist. In 1997 he began another series in black and white called A Touch of Silver, a semi-autobiographical book about a young comic book fan coming of age in the 1960s. Also during this time he repackaged most of his earliest autobiographical work into a trade paperback called Vignettes, with an introduction by Dave Sim. In 1999 he became the publisher of Image Comics. Under his directorship the company diversified its line considerably. The results were mixed. On one hand, Valentino's efforts led to the discovery of a number of talented creators, including Robert Kirkman and Brian Michael Bendis. On the other hand, with the earlier departure of Marc Silvestri's Top Cow line from Image and the 1999 sale of Jim Lee's WildStorm lines to DC Comics, Image Comics saw a drop in overall sales. Still, he was able to turn the company's first profit in nearly a decade by opening new revenue streams such as sales to traditional book stores and libraries. The company managed to maintain its standing as number three in overall market share. In 2003, Valentino was replaced as publisher of Image Comics by Erik Larsen, another co-founder of the company. Since then Valentino has resurrected Shadowline, his own arm of Image, and has published a revived ShadowHawk series, The Collected normalman, the auto-biographical Drawing From Life and creator owned properties including Bomb Queen, After the Cape and Sam Noir. He also serves on the board of directors of the comic industry charity The Hero Initiative and on its Disbursement Committee. In 2008 Valentino created Silverline Books, an all-ages imprint for original graphic novels. Bibliography normalman #1–12, Annual #1 (writer and artist, 1984–1986) Guardians of the Galaxy #1–29, Annual #1–2 (writer and penciler, 1990–1992) ShadowHawk #1–18 (writer and artist, 1992–1996) Avengers Vol. 2 #1–4 (1996–1997) A Touch of Silver #1–6 (writer and artist, 1997) Vignettes: The Auto-Biographical Comix of Valentino (1997) Altered Image #1–3 (writer and penciller, 1998) normalman 20th Anniversary Special #1 (writer and artist, 2004) The Return of ShadowHawk #1 (writer and artist, 2004) ShadowHawk vol. 2 #1–15 (writer and artist (#9–15),