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Free Comic Book Day was meant to be the first Saturday in May and would have included the Image Comics title Fire Power #1 from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and Black Widow/Captain America artist Chris Samnee That was meant to come out just after the original graphic novel, Fire Power: The Prelude at[...]

Undiscovered Country was Image Comics' big launch last year, created by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Cumancoli and Daniele Orlandini, who have been working on every issue since But on issue 6, originally solicited for publication in April, and now scheduled for June 10th we have an artistic switch on the solicitations, Daniele Orlandini switched[...]

Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment are currently offering, until May 20th, 2020, what looks like all of The Walking Dead comics on the Humble Bundle platform The Book Industry Charitable Foundation is the charity which Image and Skybound chose to support with the profits from the bundle. The Walking Dead Credit: Image Comics Ignoring the value proposition[...]

We looked at a detailed list of Image Comics' schedule for May and June last week Now we get a better look at what the third biggest publisher in the direct market behind Marvel and DC has in store for following months as schedules get rewritten No doubt they will add to these schedules and[...]

Decorum, the new sci-fi comic by Jonathan Hickman and Mike Huddleston, was Image Comics biggest launch title of the year It only saw one issue published before the shutdown but in all the publicity, it was billed as an ongoing series. CBR reported that "Writer Jonathan Hickman (House of X) and artist Mike Huddleston (Middlewest) will[...]

Image Comics is returning to comic book stores with Diamond Comic Distribution at the end of May and through into June, and we have a new release schedule for when you'll expect to see what comics and when As the third-largest publisher in the direct market of comic book stores, it's also notable for a[...]

Bog Bodies was a new graphic novel written by Declan Shalvey and drawn by Gavin Fullerton, published by Image Comics, and currently caught in the distribution kerfuffle that is known as the global coronavirus pandemic It is currently intended to ship to comic book stores from Image for May 20th – in the US and[...]

During which, he confirmed that it was for Image Comics. Donny Cates Shows Off 'Pray The Capes Away' with Geoff Shaw at Image Art from Geoff Shaw. Donny Cates Shows Off 'Pray The Capes Away' with Geoff Shaw at Image Art from Geoff Shaw. Donny Cates Shows Off 'Pray The Capes Away' with Geoff Shaw at Image[...]

Todd McFarlane has already raised $1 million dollars on Kickstarter for the remastered Spawn figure release. Which tier did you back?

A trademark had been registered for "PACIFIC COMICS PC" by Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson, for the purposes of publishing comics. A little Pacific Comics history First a little history; Pacific Comics was founded in 1971 as a mail order comic store, by teenage brothers William and Steve Schanes Three years later, it launched as a physical[...]

Image Comics had three with Spawn getting two for Spawn and Backlist Publisher of the Year. 2019 Comic Book Publisher of the Year – Over 3% Winner: MARVEL Nominees: Image Comics Dark Horse Comics IDW DC Marvel 2019 Comic Book Publisher of the Year – Under 3% Winner: BOOM Nominees: Valiant Aftershock Albatross Funnybooks Ahoy Vault BOOM Dynamite 2019 Comic Book of the Year $3.99 or Under Winner: ONCE & FUTURE #1  Nominees: Walking Dead #193 (MAY190111) Bloodshot[...]

Coming from Image Comics in June 2020 and beyond. for now… CHU #1 WRITER: JOHN LAYMAN ARTIST / COVER: DAN BOULTWOOD JUNE 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99 "THE FIRST COURSE," Part One TONY CHU is a cibopath, able to get psychic impressions from what he eats SAFFRON CHU is a cibopars, able to learn secrets from[...]

Image Comics/Millarworld have been publishing a number of Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl series on late, based on Mark Millar and John Romita 's Marvel comic book, adapted into to movies and just waiting for the rights to revert to Netflix so that Mark Millar can start writing them again But in June, under a John Romita[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported that Image Comics had made all FOC titles this month returnable (did they check with all lead creators first? but who would be churlish to refuse?) We are waiting on Marvel and DC Comics to hear their plans  – I understand Marvel will be revealing help for fans and retailers[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported on comic book retailer Brian Hibbs, who informed fellow retailers that Image Comics – and only Image Comics – were making all their new comic books returnable for the foreseeable, in the light of the response to the coronavirus pandemic And now Image Comics have made if official, offerin the[...]

Which means the following four weeks worth of stock was locked before the coronavirus restrictions came into play, leaving many stores vulnerable to the changing market.  Image Comics has told Hibbs that they will be making all new stock ordered by stores fully returnable. That would be a massive hit for Image Comics if it's carried[...]

Ram V first announced Blue In Green as a jazz noir horror original graphic novel in October last year at MCM London Comic Con. And now it has gone all official and from Image Comics.  Bestselling creators Ram V (Grafity's Wall, These Savage Shores) and Anand RK (Grafity's Wall) team up for an exploration of ambitions, expectations,[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported on how Image Comics was one of the first comic book publishers to switch to work-from-home for its staff, in light of current fears over the spread of the coronavirus The publisher issued the following statements to readers, retailers and creators. Image Comics values the creative freedom that comes with creator-owned[...]

Feel free to contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Image Comics – staff told to go home earlier in the week. Archie Comics – staff given the option to work from home as needed. IDW Publishing – with few reported cases in San Diego, staffers have been told to practise social distancing at work. Diamond Comic Distributors – enhanced cleaning, cancelling meetings, allowing[...]

(Image Comics, creative team: Jonathan Hickman, Mike Huddleston, Rus Wooton) With enough supplementary material to make a good chunk of a series bible, this stylish and slick new series has clearly spent a lot of development time with worldbuilding, sussing out how things are to effect character interactions It's gorgeous looking, and has a super engaging[...]

Bad news Spawn fans- it looks like the reboot film may in fact be having some more issues getting off the ground. Jamie Foxx may be OUT.

During Final Kombat 2020 today, NetherRealm Studios had the proper reveal trailer for Spawn to be a character in Mortal Kombat 11.

Bleeding Cool ran the well-sourced rumour a few weeks back that Image Comics is planning the return of the shared superhero universe that kicked off the publisher back in 1992, with Spawn, Savage Dragon, Youngblood, WildCATS, Cyberforce, Shadowhawk, Wetworks and more Now WildCATS is back to being part of the DC Universe, and Youngblood has[...]

He said something very funny about his upcoming series from Image Comics, Ludocrats, but I can't remember what it was Anyway, it's inspired me to run this Brief History Of Kieron Gillen, what with Ludocrats #1 being FOC'ed this weekend. A Brief History Of Kieron Gillen For those amongst you who haven't been paying attention, Kieron Gillen[...]

It's the flip side of Chew, a ood powered female criminal instead of a food powered male cop… John Layman told the Hollywood Reporter, The closest comparison I can readily think of to Chew and Chu is Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul — two series set in the same universe, with obvious connections, but widely different in pace, tone, even structure.  Chu will be that to Chew,[...]

Outer Darkness/Chew #1 is out today from Image Comics, by John Layman, Rob Guillory and Afu Chan, creatively combining both universe courtesy of a little time travel scoop But this is only the beginning So while the cast of Chw get to catch up on both their past and future adventures by reading the very[...]

The BlackHand & IronHead web comic miniseries by David López, published online by Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martín's pay-what-you-want digital publisher Panel Syndicate, will be collected and in print for the first time in the US from Image Comics BlackHand & IronHead, Vol 1  will be available in hardcover in the usual places from[...]

Sean Lewis and Caitlin Yarsky, who last worked together on Coyotes, have re-teamed for a new two-arc dark urban fantasy comic called Bliss, launching from Image Comics in June. "I grew up seeing people getting addicted to things: drugs, success, sex… it always seemed to be about forgetting deeper pains," said Lewis "I spent some of[...]

Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo's Image Comics horror-fantasy comic book Ice Cream Man – so much so that I forgot I first reported on it In my defense, Universal Content Productions (UCP) first made the announcement back in October 2018 – and now it looks like it's found a home at short-form streaming platform Quibi. Quibi Originally published[...]

In May, Jason Aaron and R. M. Guera are bringing back their biblical noir comic book series for its second chapter. And it’s set in the run up to the tale