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Inkblot is a brand new fantasy series from Image Comics created by Emma Kubert and Rusty Gladd that stars a librarian in a fantasy world and a mischievous black cat Gladd, in the backmatter, breaks down their collaboration, saying, "The art comes first [Emma's] pencils, my inks, her colors, and finally, my words[...]

Recently we reported on the Top 25 Advance Reorders activity and saw Image Comics holding its own in the top 10 of those titles, taking Marvel on 6 to 4 with six-figure releases like The Department Of Truth #1 and Spawn #310 alongside the Ice-Cream Man resurgence phenomenon. As we've also reported – DC's departure from[...]

It seems it was not alone from Image Comics, as their second title ever has also reached a similar number – Spawn #310 by Todd McFarlane and Jim Muniz has also hit 100,000 – and more – orders A six-figure number is nearly unheard of for launch issues, and while Spawn managed that for #300[...]

Monday was the Final Order Cut-Off date date for the launch of The Department Of Truth #1 from James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds, published by Image Comics Bleeding Cool gets the word that those final orders are the highest that Image Comics has had for a launch comic book in some time, beating out[...]

Today is the FOC date for what may be Image Comics' biggest or second-biggest launch of the year – depending how Crossover does The Department Of Truth #1 by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds In his Empire Of The Tiny Onion newsletter he talks about a lot of covers Other thirty, apparently, courtesy of[...]

Given that Robert Kirkman has had Dave McCaig colouring The Walking Dead for the past five years, one might also wonder what else he has planned in that time period? Here are those interlocked Charlie Adlard covers one by one, as well as a preview of the first coloured issue. All 6 Of Charlie Adlard's Connecting[...]

John Layman was one of the writers who changed what it means to have an Image Comics series in the 2010s with Chew Now, he has teamed up with Dan Boultwood for a spinoff series, Chu, which focuses on Saffron Chu, sister of the original series' lead, Tony The first issue was a fun and thrilling gross-out that[...]

And now Image Comics has sent Ice Cream Man #20, which benefitted from a lot of promotion during lockdown, to its third printing with another Dr Seuss-style cover that appears to show the Lorax chopped down to size by the Ice Cream Man. Just hope the Dr Seuss lawyers don't think it is worthy of note[...]

Rumour has it that this stunt may not be one-off for the publisher… so retailers might be minded to play it safe and fluff up their Image orders a little more right now where it is safe to do so. SPAWN #309 CVR B MCFARLANE (RES) IMAGE COMICS JUN200269 (W) Todd McFarlane (A) Ken Lashley (CA) Todd McFarlane "CONSEQUENCE OF[...]

Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment has announced a partnership with author and artist Michelle Czajkowski Fus to release an all new print version of her YA fantasy/sci-fi webcomic Ava's Demon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC_lFSpUKYoVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Ava's Demon: Reborn Teaser (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC_lFSpUKYo) The comic, which has gained a dedicated online fan base, follows a young girl and an[...]

Rory McConville (Judge Dredd), Joe Palmer (2000 AD) and Chris O'Halloran (Ice Cream Man) have created a new original graphic novel being published by Image Comics in February Write It In Blood is a tragicomic crime tale aimed at exploring family loyalty and broken dreams. Write It In Blood, a New Crime Noir Graphic Novel Published[...]

NOCTERRA COLLECTOR'S EDITION will be released to backers ahead of Image Comics' release of issue 1 this winter and will mark the first time that one of Snyder's scripts has been published in its entirety. NOCTERRA takes place ten years after the world is plunged into an everlasting night that turns all living creatures into monstrous[...]

Credit: Image Comics Bliss started off very good and approaches great here with this second issue, which dives deeper into the consequences of a decision made in the name of a father's love Sean Lewis and Caitlin Yarski work beautifully together, with inventive pages that could often each be a standalone art piece with as much[...]

Credit: Image Comics Adventureman #2 and #3: (The only comic here not written by Hickman.) Matt Fraction and The Dodsons delve deeper into the mystery of Adventureman and a building that only appears to Claire and disappears even when she takes a picture of it Adventureman is propulsive, and the question of "is the titular character real[...]

Lots of second printings coming through for GI Joe and The Crow from IDW, Arkworld from Devils Due, Spawn from Image Comics and Strange Academy and Thor from Marvel Comics Last week's GI Joe #7 was a rather phenomenal comic book – for an issue of GI Joe, that is It showed the five-year progression[...]

REVIEW: A Man Among Ye #1 & 2 bring Anne Bonny's exploits as a female pirate to comic book life with Stephanie Phillips' thrilling script.

Rarely do hits in comics translate across formats and markets and sustain that momentum in the way that Image Comics' Monstress by Marjorie M Liu and Sana Takeda has done, and it sounds like, continues to do I'm hearing that orders are in for Monstress Vol 5 trade paperback and despite the scheduling delays, the[...]

Image Comics has overtaken Marvel, DC, and all other publishers in the month of July's graphic novels sales rankings, according to ComicHub figures The publisher swiped 7 of the top 10 best seller slots for graphic novel sales with their popular recent releases: Fire Power, Vol 1 OGN: Prelude, Pulp HC, Undiscovered Country, Vol 1,[...]

Image Comics has announced a reorganization of the their Sales department Jeff Boison has now been promoted to Director of Sales & Publishing Planning He will oversee Image's Sales Department and will report directly to Eric Stephenson, Publisher & Chief Creative Officer. Previously, Boison spearheaded the sales efforts in the Book Market channel, shepherding the company's[...]

Retailers might like to consider that the first issue is completely returnable for comic book stores that register with Image Comics' No Risk Number One programme Also, it's a thirty-page story for $3.99 A rare thing these days… STILLWATER BY ZDARSKY & PEREZ #1 (MR) IMAGE COMICS JUL200017 (W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Mike Spicer (A/CA) Ramon K[...]

We have already reported how Steve Orlando and Davide Tinto are creating a new superhero comic story, Commanders in Crisis, produced by Italian media company Arancia Studio, for Image Comics Commanders in Crisis, Orlando's first freelance job since 2015, is a new take on parallel realities which promises to be bold and surprising (certainly the[...]

Image Comics has a big launch for Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's Crossover #1 in November 2020 solicitations, as well as the resolicitation for the delayed Kick-Ass Vs Hit-Girl that was solicited before the world flipped over… and a lot more as well, of course Such as the first collection of Albert Monteys' Universe series[...]

Yesterday, Donny Cates took to the ReedPOP Retailer Event to plug his upcoming Image Comics series Crossover with Geoff Shaw and Dee Cunniffe, telling the assembled retailers that it took three years to organise to get all the various creators to sign on regarding their own intellectual properties And about a comic shop owner who dares to[...]

Credit: Image Comics Big Girls #1 introduces the concept fluidly, concisely, and with grace, feeding the reader all of the information they need to know very quickly so that the rest of the comic can focus on answering the book's core What If? question. Jason Howard is terrific as both a writer and an artist, delivering scenes of[...]

Here's the new cover: Image Comics Changes Name of Protector to First Knife, Thankfully And here is how it used to look… Image Comics Changes Name of Protector to First Knife, Thankfully They still need to fix the Diamond listing and the Amazon entry as well, of course. Protector was a terrible name for this comic book[...]

During Skybound Xpo and Comic-Con@Home, fans were introduced to the upcoming animated Amazon series' voice cast; following that, Kirkman and Skybound Entertainment used their Image Comics FCBD (Free Comic Book Day) issue to offer a look at the animated artwork ( with co-creator Cory Walker serving as lead character designer) Now, artist Ryan Ottley is[...]

We have another update on Image’s hot title Ice Cream Man to add to our recent coverage wherein we revealed that the series had seen growth of 50% and

We've been telling you about the cold war between Image Comics and Boom Studios, which reached a new level both with the multiple sellouts of Seven Secrets #1 headed to the 50,000 Club alongside Something Is Killing the Children and Once & Future and the over 75,000 copies sold of We Only Find Them When[...]

I read Think Tank volume four (subtitled Creative Destruction) recently. Think Tank, a comic about a DARPA-employed scientist called Dr. David Loren

Such as the fact that Great Britain and Northern Ireland didn't get any of Image Comics line from July 15th – and still haven't. They got the books scheduled for July 22nd, but a month later comic book stores and readers have missed out on the following titles: 20XX #5 Die!Die!Die! #11 Family Tree #7 Gideon Falls #23 Image Giant-Sized Artist's[...]