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Image Comics has announced a new series launching this July by Kyle Higgins and Felipe Watanabe Ordinary Gods is the name, and a press release from Image has the details. The cover to Ordinary Gods #1 Perfect for fans of Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández's The Old Guard and Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's God Country, this[...]

Image Comics unveiled the art for what it calls "a highly collectible" variant cover for Die #16 by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans The variant will be EXXXCLUSIVE for Diamond UK Direct Market accounts "as a Thank You and is designed to benefit our international partners during an exceptionally difficult period for independently-owned businesses," a[...]

Did you know there are all sorts of fancy rules and theories that go into the craft of comic book lettering? Well, one of the industry's foremost letterers, Nate Piekos, will explain it all to you in the forthcoming Image Comics release, The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering The book is… hey, where are[...]

While the clip below does another fine job in conveying the violence and intensity that's translated over from the comics- but this time, the series makes sure to throw out some "Worf fanfic" love to Michael Dorn's Battle Beast- and more. Image: Screencap Here's your look at the newest teaser, and make sure you stay all the[...]

On Thursday, THR reported that Netflix is looking to develop Henderson and artist Lee Garbett's upcoming Image Comics comic book Shadecraft to series Set to premiere later this month, the comics book focuses on 16-year-old Zadie Lu, who finds herself not only dealing with regular high school problems but also this feeling that the shadows[...]

"It is grounded, but in principle, more than 'The Boys,' it celebrates what makes superheroes special, in my opinion." (Image: Skybound/Amazon Prime) For Kirkman and Walker, the idea was to offer readers an epic superhero story that would plant its flag in every type of superhero story that readers have come to know[...]

With the series set to premiere on Friday, March 26, with three episodes (followed by weekly drops for the remaining five episodes) and an official trailer expected this Friday, viewers are getting another look at artwork from the series- this time, on display in comic book form. Image: Skybound Set to release next month, a limited-edition re-release[...]

However, one of its founding members has managed to create a beautifully adaptive and unnerving version called Rain Like Hammers, released by Image Comics. Rain Like Hammers Page Credit: Image Comics Brandon Graham got his start in the comic book world, drawing pornographic comics, and slowly moved through various professional tiers before eventually arriving at Image Comics[...]

From there, we saw a clip (with some of the screencap preview images below, and the clip following) offering a preview of Mark Hamill as Art before the big reveal: the series will premiere the series on Friday, March 26, with 3 episodes- followed by weekly drops for the remaining five episodes (and a full[...]

As one of the most unique-looking books on the shelves, this new offering from Image Comics seems guaranteed to catch many curious eyes But will the story be able to hold their interest? Home Sick Pilots #1 cover Credit: Image Comics Home Sick Pilots #1 introduces a group of teenagers that are in a band from which[...]

Big Girls by Jason Howard, with letters by Fonografiks, has been one of the most consistently thrilling and thought-provoking releases from Image Comics this year With this fifth issue, can Howard maintain that incredible quality? Big Girls #5 cover Credit: Image Comics Big Girls #5 is essentially a huge fight issue, functioning as a climax to most of the story[...]

Welcome to the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by several comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what is

The Scumbag, Rick Remender's new series from Image Comics, is a gross-out superhero (kinda) satirical comic that imbues a nasty, soiled-pantsed drug addict with the power to save the world While Remender writes the whole thing, each issue is set to feature a different artist. The Scumbag #2 is drawn by Andrew Robinson, colored by Moreno Dinisio, and lettered[...]

Credit: Image Comics In the best issue of Stillwater yet, Chip Zdarsky gives the comics industry a master class on how to dole out exposition After two issues of establishing that no one dies in this town without allowing the reader or narrator to get any more information, Zdarsky flips the script this issue[...]

Credit: Image Comics So, the Big Girl fight that was teased at the end of the last issue is resolved very quickly No complaints here, though, because while the action is interesting, the moral exploration has always been the strong point of this series The physical battle between these two defenders of the safe zone is about[...]

Image Comics has updated a couple of their covers for upcoming issues of Spawn The Todd McFarlane series that has been introducing a number of new versions of Spawn of late, ahead of the upcoming superhero team debut, The Chain Gang and the battle with the Omega Spawn Including this cover by Todd McFarlane and[...]

Credit: Image Comics Cat lovers are going to smile at the opening line: "Despite my efforts, the cat remains at large." We can relate. What's harder to relate to, though, is the other characters in Inkblot It's easy to love the reality-hopping cat when drawn with those expressive eyes and adorable little face by Emma Kubert, but the adventures[...]

Credit: Image Comics Crossover #1 is a big and bolt, high concept comic that, above all else, sets out to be a big and bolt, high concept comic After all, the cover is someone seemingly having their mind blown by reading Crossover, so that sets the tone well While the how and why is shrouded in mystery, this[...]

Credit: Image Comics Big Girls #3 has three major parts: Ember's flashback which sheds light on her uncertainty over outright slaughtering the jacks, Ember's present in which a jack speaks to her in the middle of an attack, and then the resistance as they deal with an attack on their safehouse It's a gripping issue that[...]

While this elevator pitch sounds more like a writer's challenge to themself than an actionable premise, let's see how this new Image Comics debut from writer Steve Orlando, artist Davide Tinto, colorist Francesca Carotenuto, letterer Fabio Amelia, and designer Fabrizio Verrocchi reads. Commanders in Crisis #1 cover Credit: Image Comics The challenge with the concept behind Commanders in Crisis is pretty obvious: readers[...]

Credit: Image Comics You ever watch a movie or read a comic from a decade or so ago and think, "Wow They could've never gotten away with that in 2020." That is The Scumbag #1 in a nutshell It's packed with did-he-just…? imagery and dialogue that quickly establishes the lead, Ernie, as a shockingly vile protagonist[...]

Credit: Image Comics The more Inkblot focuses on the cat, the stronger the series is This issue sees the cat leave the lead character of the first issue and find itself instead amongst a clan of elves on the day that they set out to fight a powerful dragon The story falters when it focuses on the[...]

A Man Among Ye #3 continues the Image Comics/Top Cow-published historical-fiction pirate comic by writer Stephanie Phillips, artist Craig Cermak, colorist John Kalisz, and letterer Troy Peteri The first two issues blended fact and thrilling fiction in this gripping tale of Anne Bonny, Calico Jack Rackham, and Mary Read Can this third issue of A Man Among Ye keep up this[...]

Credit: Image Comics Chu #3 continues this series streak of getting better with each issue The debut was good, but it felt more like an appetizer, packed with set-up and teases but little in the way of story that made Saffron Chu feel like the driving force of this series the way Tony Chu was of Chew[...]

Getting it Together, the new Image Comics series from writers Sina Grace and Omar Spahi, artist Jenny D Fine, and colorist Mx Struble makes its influences and intentions clear from the cover: it's Friends for the modern era The cover works as an interesting visual elevator pitch, but does it tell a story worth reading? Getting it Together[...]

Credit: Image Comics We're coming to the point in Bliss where what Benton has done to protect the life of his son stops being monstrous but understandable and starts being monstrous without caveat It's equal parts sad and thrilling to watch the story of a father caught up in a web of murder and deceit in order[...]

After absorbing last week's news that Image Comics has become Diamond's second largest comics supplier following DC's defection to the distribution operations set up by comics retailers DCBS and Midtown, an interesting realization set in: Despite the ongoing problems created by Covid-19 and the ensuing lockdown, Image is in the midst of its best year[...]

Credit: Image Comics Big Girls #2 continues from the cliffhanger at the end of the first issue, resolving it by introducing two more Big Girls into the heat of the battle… including one, Apex, who does not have the same moral questions that plague Ember's mind To Ember and, indeed, the forces that uphold the rules of the[...]

Stillwater is the new creator-owned series from Image/Skybound that pairs writer Chip Zdarsky, one of the funniest folks in comics, with artist Ramón K Perez and colorist Mike Spicer for this comic about a town with a unique secret. Chip Zdarsky and Ramon K Perez's Stillwater #1 cover Credit: Image Comics Going into Stillwater #1 blind is something else[...]

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[...]