) ▁USA ▁Network ▁animated ▁series ▁that ▁started ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 – 2 0 1 3 , ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁run ▁as ▁writer ▁and ▁artist ▁on ▁a ▁short - l ived ▁rev ival ▁of ▁Rob ▁L ief eld ' s ▁Supreme , ▁illustr ating ▁writer ▁Alan ▁Moore ' s ▁final ▁un pub lished ▁script ▁with ▁issue ▁# 6 3 ▁and ▁writing ▁new ▁stories ▁from ▁issues ▁# 6 4 – 6 8 . ▁ ▁Publish er ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Lars en ▁became ▁publish er ▁of ▁Image ▁Comics , ▁taking ▁responsibility ▁for ▁all ▁com ics ▁produced ▁by ▁cre ators ▁other ▁than ▁the ▁Image ▁partners ▁and ▁their ▁stud ios . ▁Lars en ▁stepped ▁down ▁as ▁publish er ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁and ▁executive ▁director ▁Eric ▁Steph enson ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁the ▁position . ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁Project ▁F an boy ▁Lars en ▁explained ▁that ▁the ▁rum ors ▁of ▁a ▁coup ▁for ▁the ▁position ▁were ▁bas eless ▁and ▁gave ▁his ▁reasons ▁for ▁ste pping ▁down ▁as ▁publish er : ▁ ▁Lars en ▁stated ▁that ▁Eric ▁Steph enson ▁was ▁chosen ▁as ▁his ▁replacement ▁because ▁" He ▁was ▁Jim ' s ▁second ▁in ▁command ▁and ▁mine ▁as ▁well . ▁He ▁worked ▁with ▁Jim ▁and ▁Rob ▁L ief eld ▁before ▁that . ▁He ' s ▁been ▁with ▁Image ▁almost ▁from ▁day ▁one ▁and ▁he ▁lives ▁and ▁breath es ▁com ics . ▁He ▁really ▁was ▁the ▁best ▁man ▁for ▁the ▁job ."