>>96943371
It's really only a US issue, the UK market is still making decent stuff, and Mainland Europe comics are still generally good.
Some Italian comic artists even did a lot of well-liked official Warhammer art for WFRP, i think.

>>95964575
Go Empire since you have already done some Dwarfs models for another game, Empire also allows you to play Dwarfs and Ogres in its army if you wanted to splash for all three to an extent with Imperial Dwarfs and Ogres