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Image Comics never got a chance to finish their 1996 series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol 3, but 25 years later, rival publisher IDW has resolved to finish the job TMNT Vol 3 ran for 23 issues and notably featured some crossover elements with other Image titles like Savage Dragon. The series wasn't considered canon by Mirage,[...]

Robert Kirkman has sworn to refrain from going back to press on Oblivion Song #1, the first issue of the exciting new comic from Kirkman and Lorenzo de Felici.

Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson is moving up in the world According to a press release sent out by Image, Stephenson has joined the Image board of directors, an esteemed group that includes Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino In the press release, Image did some bragging about their success under[...]

In the letter pages of Image Comics' The Walking Dead #176 — the most recent issue of the comic book series — zombie franchise creator Robert Kirkman seemingly confirms that the end of Morgan's storyline in TWD will segue directly into the events of FTWD's Season 4: "And this half of season 8 leads directly[...]

Image has unveiled five new "virgin" variant covers as part of its hashtag #WeBelieve promotion that takes the bold stance that artists are important to the comic book making process Shocking, we know We thought artists couldn't move the needle. The virgin variants are billed as "without titles, endorsement quotes, names, logos, or jacket copy, these wraparound[...]

Following up on December's story that legendary artist Bill Sienkiewicz would provide variant covers for The Walking Dead #175 and #176, Image Comics revealed today that Sinkiewicz will also provide covers for subsequent issues #177, #178, and #179 In the upcoming covers Sienkiewicz draws The Governor, Andrea, and Carl, adding to the previous covers which[...]

The Image Comics fantasy series, which also features colors by Adriano Lucas, will be produced by David Alpert, Bryan Furst, Sean Furst, Jeb Brody, and Robert Kirkman. Kirkman, the third famous person to ever come out of Kentucky behind Diane Sawyer and Loretta Lynn, brings the pedigree of being the co-creator of The Walking Dead, which he turned into[...]

Gail Simone rewarded her loyal Twitter followers today with a teaser Image for Crosswind Season 2, coming from Simone, co-creator Cat Staggs, and Image Comics in 2018 The series, launched in 2017, is about a Seattle housewife and a Chicago hitman who switch bodies, Freaky Friday style.  And as we learned in October, the comic[...]

Former Image Comics brand manager David Brothers has joined San Francisco based manga and anime publisher Viz Media as an editor Publishers Weekly reported the new role, as retweeted by Brothers on Twitter. New Year, New V https://t.co/f8h4ZMekdM — d a v i d b (@hermanos) January 9, 2018 Brothers announced his departure from Image Comics in December on[...]

A day after David Brothers announced on Twitter that he had quit his job as Brand Manager for Image Comics, the publisher has announced a replacement. "Image Comics is pleased to announce that Sean Edgar—formerly the Comic Books Editor/LIve Music/Photo Editor at Paste Magazine and contributor to The Atlantic, NPR, Playboy, and Stereogum—will be joining the[...]

Casey wasn't involved with John Wick as far as we know… OR WAS HE?! No, he wasn't. Kill or Be Killed was first published at Image Comics in 2016, marking a pretty quick turnaround time from comic book launch to movie deal Not Mark Millar quick, but quick by regular standards, so congrats Brubaker and Phillips[...]

Syfy dropped the first episode of their series adaptation of Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson‘s  Happy!…and Bleeding Cool‘s here with a live blog recap.

Hopefully Image prints enough copies this time, or it will need to go back for a third printing How embarrassing! Checkout a preview below the PR copy/paste. A journalist who thinks she's seen it all… Underwood is a contemporary character with an already storied past—and an unlikely recipient of the ancient and powerful artifact known as the[...]

Oh, and if you are a fan of WicDiv, then you HAVE to get this issue. The Wicked + the Divine Christmas Annual #1 cover by Jamie McKelvie Okay, The Wicked + the Divine Christmas Annual #1 from Image Comics by Kieron Gillen, Kris Anka, Jen Bartel, Dee Cunniffe, Matt Wilson, Rachel Stott, Ludwig Olimba, Tamra Bonvillain,[...]

Cyber Force is returning, again, from Image Comics this March, according to a new press release Matt Hawkins and Bryan Hill will write the new series with artist Atilio Rojo for this latest relaunch Creator Marc Silvestri will "oversee" the project For more on this, let's hear from the creative team. "I've always loved Cyber Force," said Hawkins[...]

Image has just announced a new comic by Rich Tommaso, set for release in March Tommaso will release Dry County while Spy Seal is on hiatus The press release describes the book: Miami Late 1990s—but still suffering a hangover from the 1980s Young Gen-Xer Lou Rossi has fallen for a lady, and fallen hard[...]

Image Comics is collecting Firebug, originally serialized in The Island, as its own trade paperback next March A press release provides the details on the comic by cartoonist Johnnie Christmas and colorist Tamra Bonvillain: A volcano goddess named Keegan is loose in the world, and the prophecies are unclear whether her coming will bring humanity's destruction[...]

Rich Tommaso's Spy Seal is getting a trade paperback collection from Image Comics in January, according to a press release sent out by the publisher today. Tommaso created the character, a British secret agent who is also an anthropomorphic seal, when he was 13 years old, and revived the character in 2017 as an Image Comic[...]

If you don't want to know anything about the ending to Invincible, you best click away now. Go ahead. Get out of here. Still there? Okay. Artist Ryan

We're spending a lot of money and just hiring people [I'm] obsessed with." It's worth remembering that Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl are not part of the major Netflix deal that Millar made earlier in the year, and that the series are making the move over to Image Comics. In fact, Image will be the new home of printed[...]

Thankfully for Evolution, the Skybound horror title by James Asmus, Joseph Keatinge, Christopher Sebela, Joshua Williamson, Joe Infurnari, and Jordan Boyd, it looks like the title has what it takes to survive. Evolution #1 is being "rushed back to print in order to keep up with increased customer demand," according to a press release from Image Comics. A[...]

First and foremost, the book is no longer being published by Marvel on their Icon imprint, but by Image Comics instead Patience Lee is the name of the new Kick-Ass, and she's described as a military vet and a mother of young children Millar also expanded on his idea of Kick-Ass as a legacy character: The[...]

Image has announced the date of its next Image Expo, a semi-annual event where fans gather to hear Eric Stephenson go on a rant about the comic book industry For the first time ever, the Image Expo will be held in Portland, on Wednesday, February 21st, from 10 a.m to 5 p.m at the Leftbank[...]

First comes love! Then comes marriage! Then comes Kirkman with the baby carriage! Image Comics is the latest publisher to go all in on the Madefire, making "a trove of back catalog titles" available on the innovative digital comics app.  In a press release, Image names a bunch of books they've published, though it doesn't specifically[...]

Targum, Remender, Feldsott, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Mike Larocca, and Krieger serve as executive producers. First published in 2014 by Image Comics, here's the series synopsis for Deadly Class: "It's 1987 Marcus Lopez hates school His grades suck He has no money The jocks are hassling his friends He can't focus in class, thanks to his mind constantly[...]

Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo are on board the project as executive producers. First published in 2014 by Image Comics, here's the series synopsis for Deadly Class: "It's 1987 Marcus Lopez hates school His grades suck He has no money The jocks are hassling his friends He can't focus in class, thanks to his[...]

Simmons, Michelle Rodriguez, and Todd McFarlane. Here's a rundown on what we'll see this season: ●  "The Trials of Superman" looks at the legal battles over the rights to the iconic character. ●  "Misfits Who Made Marvel" looks at the early days of creating what would become Marvel Comics. ●  "Image Comics: A Declaration of Independence" examines how the company[...]

Superstar writer Rick Remender has some strong words for anybody who isn't reading Black Science, the Image comic by Remender and Matteo Scalera: you're being an asshole Not in general, and not to Remender or his co-creator You're being an asshole, according to Remender, to some of the best art in the world. Remender called out art[...]

Looks like Syfy is venturing into the body-swapping business, as the cable network announced plans to develop Image Comics' creator-owned comic book Crosswind as a television series. Written by Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Clean Room) with art by Cat Staggs (Supergirl, Smallville), the comic book is being shepherded to the small screen by Vanessa Piazza[...]

Joke's on them – we write all our comic book news stories in the nude here at Bleeding Cool. Image Comics announced a new original graphic novel coming in February from writer Steven T Seagle and a bevy of cartoonists including Emei Olivia Burell, Tina Burholt, Patricia Amalie Eckerle, Christoffer Hammer, Andrada-Aurora Hansen, Rebekka Davidsen Hestbæk, Hope[...]