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Spread Is Back For More With A Standalone Issue #12
Image Comics is starting the New Year off with some more Spread Writer Justin Jordan (Luther Strode) and special guest artist Jen Hickman (The Dead) will launch a special stand-alone issue in the ongoing horror series next month. Here's what happened previously in Spread: A man named No found an orphaned baby named Hope Hope is the[...]
The Discipline Brings An Erotic Tale To The Comic Book World
I'm talking about a new series from Image Comics, written by bestselling writer Peter Milligan (X-Force / X-Statix) and artist Leandro Fernandez (Queen & Country) The comic is called The Discipline. In The Discipline #1 readers meet Melissa, one woman who—between fighting her sister and hating her husband—still finds time to fall in lust with a[...]
Image Comics Joins The Free Comic Book Day List With Two Titles
It's exciting to find out that Image Comics will be participating in Free Comic Book Day 2016, with two titles that are fun and appropriate for all ages The two comics are Oddly Normal by Otis Frampton, and Camp Midnight by Steven T Seagle and Jason Adam Katzenstein Camp Midnight will be the Gold Level[...]
Bloody And Brilliant Action In Wayward #12
From Image Comics, written by Jim Zub, with art by Steve Cummings, Wayward #12 brings us a ton of action, both bloody and heart-pounding. No more hiding The new gods of Japan are on the attack and Tokyo is caught in the middle. Besides getting to check in on the injured Rori, and the traumatized In this issue, we get a new[...]
Password? "Pizza." The Stakes Are Raised In I Hate Fairyland #3
From Image Comics, written and illustrated by Skottie Young, this comic continues to impress me. [WARNING: SPOILERS FOR I HATE FAIRYLAND #3 BELOW!] When we last left Gertrude, the odds seemed stacked against her I mean, who can handle an entire army of Zombie Faun alone? Turns out, Gertrude can Don't worry though, that isn't a big spoiler[...]
"The Beginning Of A Dark Ride" Four Eyes Continues This January
From Image Comics, writer Joe Kelly (I Kill Giants, Bad Dog) and artist Max Fiumara will launch a new story arc in their genre-splicing series Four Eyes next month. Here's what went down previously: Readers met Enrico, a young boy in an alternate 1930's New York The untimely passing of his father left him the man of the[...]
Bitch Planet #6 Standalone Special Issue Comes With A Content Warning
Image Comics, Bitch Planet was definitely my most memorable read of 2015 I stand by my stance of it being one of the most important comics to come along in quite some time The sixth issue is going to be a standalone special, with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Pretty Deadly, Captain Marvel) being joined by[...]
Deflated By Issue #10 Of They're Not Like Us
I can't believe we've already arrived at the tenth issue of They're Not Like Us, from Image Comics, written by Eric Stephenson, with art by Simon Gane. Normally, I'm quite satisfied after reading a new issue of They're Not Like Us, but something is falling flat for me I described issues #8 and #9 as build[...]
Two More WIP Sketches From Skottie Young
The same can be said for his I Hate Fairyland comic from Image Comics. The series third issue will release on December 16th, so it's not too late to go to your local comic book store and pick up the first two issues They're worth a read. If you don't believe me, maybe you'll believe Eric Stephenson who says: "It's been[...]
"The Wonderful And Weird" Kurtis Wiebe Talks Rat Queens Vol. 3 And What's To Come
I can safely say that Rat Queens has been one of Image Comics most interesting reads for me, but when writer Kurtis Wiebe sent out these tweets today it make me pretty happy to hear some honesty about how things have been. https://twitter.com/kurtisjwiebe/status/670308039673716736 https://twitter.com/kurtisjwiebe/status/670308177318121472 https://twitter.com/kurtisjwiebe/status/670308339188920321 I think the comic has never really stopped being enjoyable to read, but I'm happy to hear that[...]
"Quit Drinking Your Pee-Beer" I Hate Fairyland #2 Review
I want to climb a mountain and shout from the top of it, that everyone should be reading Skottie Young's comic I Hate Fairyland! Then I want Gertrude to magically appear and make a sarcastic comment. From Image Comics, written and illustrated by Skottie Young, I Hate Fairyland #2 brings us another hilarious adventure[...]
Great Premise, Could Have Picked A Better Title. Snowfall Is Coming From Image Comics
Creators of Great Pacific, Joe Harris (The X-Files) and Martín Morazzo (Vertigo Quarterly), are reuniting for an all-new ongoing science-fiction series from Image Comics The series entitled Snowfall will be set in the year 2045, where it no longer snows Readers will be introduced to a world where a catastrophic crash has left the climate[...]
The Legendary Comic Continues: A Review Of Wayward #11
(Volume 1: String Theory and Volume 2: Ties That Bind) This brilliant comic from Image Comics, written by Jim Zub, with art by Steve Cummings, quickly sky rocketed to the top of my favorite comics list So, what's the best part of binge reading trade paperbacks? Being caught up to read the single issues as[...]
What Twitter Has To Say About Brian Wood & Danijel Zezelj's Starve
The first issue of Starve released this past June from Image Comics Written by, Brian Wood, with art by Danijel Zezelj, Starve is set in a world where chefs are practically royalty, and access to them is the ultimate status symbol Chef Gavin Cruikshank, back from self-imposed exile, finds his little foodie television program "Starve" transformed into a gonzo[...]
Southern Bastards' Confederate Flag Cover Raises $18,000 For Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
The variant cover created by Southern Bastards' artist Jason Latour in the wake of the Charleston, South Carolina shooting. After being offered to retailers and readers, Image Comics has announced that as a result of the cover, $18,000 was donated to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund The fund provides direct financial support for the funeral and burial expenses of[...]
Mac's Books: "Part Mickey Spillane, Part Angel Heart" Limbo No.1 from Image Comics
By Olly MacNamee Limbo No.1 (Image Comics) Writer: Dan Watters Artist: Caspar Wijngaard The medium really is the message in this scene setting first issue of Limbo from Dan Watters and Caspar Wjingaard, as we are thrust into a world of skullduggery, black markets and Voodoo hoodoo, all set against the backdrop of the Day of The Dead festival[...]
Dive Into A Gritty Character-Driven Story In The Violent This December
Get ready for an all-new ongoing series from Image Comics this December Writer Ed Brisson (Sheltered) and Adam Gorham (Dead Drop) come together in The Violent. In the first issue readers meet Mason, an ex-con and former drug addict who's trying hard to give up his old life He's got more important things to live for[...]
An "Autobiographical Stew" From Ted McKeever's Pencil Head This January
From Image Comics/Shadowline Pencil Head explores the whacked-out world of the comic book industry Readers journey along as witness to protagonist Poodwaddle's trials and tribulations of working, and sustaining, his place in the absurd world of comics, where what happens behind the scenes is far more twisted, and bizarrely hilarious, than anything on the printed[...]
A Thrilling Bloody First Issue: The Goddamned #1 Review
From Image Comics, written by bestselling writer Jason Aaron, with art by R.M Guéra, Goddamned #1 is the beginning of an all-new series of Biblical proportions. This is how the series is described: The story takes place 1,655 years after Eden, and life on Earth has already gone to hell The world of man is a place of[...]
Image Comics Announces A Delayed Billing Programme For Comic Stores
Image Comics floor display at Escape Pod Comics, Huntington The word that this was coming was suggested by a Diamond listing for retailers, but today Image told retailers what was coming A new delayed billing programme for select retailers for select titles. Basically, buy now, pay later. If retailers order certain amounts of certain Image Comics collections based[...]
The Rat Queens Gods Have A Message For You: #13 Is On The Way, Plus A Hardcover Collection
This is definitely one of Image Comics best books, so if you haven't checked it out yet…get on that!   Christine Marie is a Staff Writer at Bleeding Cool, and bibliomaniac with a love for all things creative She hopes to one day be a Superhero/Disney Princess/Novelist You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @AWritersWay or on her blog writerchristinemarie.wordpress.com. [...]
Brian K. Vaughan Calls Saga #31 "A Perfect Jumping-On Point"
Luckily, we only have to wait a few more weeks until the new story arc begins! From Image Comics, award-winning writer Brian K Vaughan (Private Eye, We Stand On Guard) and artist Fiona Staples (Archie, North 40) will launch a new story arc in their three-time Eisner Award-winning sci-fi/fantasy series Saga at the end of this[...]