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In an article at Multiversity, Eric Stephenson, Publisher of Image Comics is quoted as saying, in response to a question about why so many bigger names are moving to creator owned comics of late; A lot of people aren't familiar with how the comics industry actually works, but there's a lot of bullying that goes on[...]

Adi Tantmedh writes; This week sees the first issue of ZERO from Image Comics, the new spy series by enfant terrible Ales Kot. Edward Zero is a kind of all-purpose operative who's sent in for surgical strikes, for when things get messy He's a death machine trained from childhood to handle any situation, and with that comes[...]

Image Comics What's New? Well, in December, there's a bit of Christmas spirit going round Hence… KRAMPUS! #1 story BRIAN JOINES art / cover DEAN KOTZ DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99 Meet the Secret Society of Santa Clauses For centuries, Father Christmas, Ded Moroz, Hoteiosho, and others have magically distributed Christmas cheer to children around the world[...]

This is a book without a single weak link; the script, art, structure and idea all combining to create something extraordinary. Image have had a never ending stream of great new series this year but, based on this issue, Zero may trump them all Issue 1 is released on the 18th, published by Image and costs[...]

We've had Marvel and DC, Well now we're getting more from Image Comics in December Act II It's all just a big tease… for Mind The Gap, Act II Well, it will have been a few months between Jim McCann's issues Yes, actually, we will have minded the gap quite a bit, We've had Marvel[...]

Another look through a bunch of this week's comics! The Carry On team debut in It Came, as official British Army soldiers to provide some much needed

Coming up for Wizard World Ohio, September 20-22nd at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, the Mike Zeck variant cover for The Walking Dead #1, given

From the new August figures; PUBLISHER MARKET SHARES RETAIL MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 33.70% DC COMICS 30.16% IMAGE COMICS 7.86% IDW PUBLISHING 5.70% DARK HORSE COMICS 5.47% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.01% BOOM! STUDIOS 2.05% EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD 1.34% AVATAR PRESS INC 0.95% ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC 0.94% OTHER NON-TOP 10 8.83% UNIT MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 36.30% DC COMICS 33.14% IMAGE COMICS 8.51% IDW PUBLISHING 4.98% DARK HORSE COMICS 4.80% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 2.93% BOOM! STUDIOS 2.07% ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC 1.03% VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 0.97% ASPEN MLT INC 0.65% OTHER NON-TOP 10 So that's the marketshare, divided into Units, the amount of titles sold and[...]

Vaughan from Image comics  Following up its three Eisner Awards this year, the series and its creators have taken home six Harvey Awards tonight  Here's the complete list of Harvey Award winners, via Bleeding Cool senior New York Correspondent, Hannah Means-Shannon reporting from the Baltimore Comic-Con: Letterer: Todd Klein for Fables Color: Fiona Staples for Saga Syndicated strip: Dick[...]

He's done work for Aspen, Image and Zenescope with a few things in the works now and he posts a lot of his new work on his blog so you can keep up with his latest stuff But talk is cheap, lets get to the interview and art: BLEEDING COOL: How did you get started drawing? BRENT PEEPLES:[...]

Walking Dead #115 is the tenth anniversary of the comic, and they're giving you ten covers to choose from, detailing the history of the comic in some kind

But the launch of Image comic Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky And with the film on the way, and lots of publicity everywhere, X-Men: Days Of Future Past puts Marvel at the top of the Reorder list for comics already out. TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs (RETAIL) Product Price Publisher BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #23.4[...]

Rich Johnston talked to Glen Brunswick about his new Image Comic book with Victor Bogdanovic, published by Image Comics today. Rich: They say write what you know Reality Check is a comic about a guy trying to create a comic book in the current marketplace, battling with loneliness, rejection, sexual inadequacy… and creating a really bad[...]

That's the cover to the second print of parody comic, The Mocking Dead, from Dynamite. I understand that it has just sold out of it's over-ten thousand

New Image Comics issue one For some, that means a speculatory opportunity, a chance to buy up a stack and sell them when the moment is ripe And certainly Image Comics launches have been good for that of late But will it work? Love Stories (To Die For) Pros: Shadowline has produced a number of "sleeper" hits over[...]

And a teaser image. The Revenger, by Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill, to be published in January. Ross has Image titles Turf and America's Got Powers to his name but is better known in the UK as the our preeminent TV broadcaster and chat show host Churchill has X-Men, Supergirl, Cable and more recently Marineman on his resume. The[...]

She regularly presents images that are meant to stretch belief and imagination in ways that go much further than necessity demands Her work on full-page spreads helps unpack the story and gives the reader time to process the strangeness of what they are seeing while her close-ups and tighter panels challenge the reader to keep[...]

Image Comics has massively increased the profit margin on the second print of Saga #13, by increasing the discount to an unprecedented degree. This is to encourage increased orders and promotions on the book from retailers The second print will come out on September the 25th, the same day Saga #14 comes out Along with the[...]

In November, Image is publishing The Art of Millarworld, featuring every Mark Millar creator owned title cover, regardless of publisher. In the '40s, it was DC In the '60s, it was Marvel Now Millarworld has reshaped comics in the 21st century and turned into a powerhouse force to be reckoned with Riding a wave of grand[...]

The first issue, in which Zero encounters a bioengineered terrorist whose body is a bomb, is drawn by Michael Walsh, who previously worked on the critically-acclaimed time travel Image series COMEBACK, written by Ed Brisson. Subsequent issues will be drawn by comics stars like Mateus Santolouco (Dial H, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Morgan Jeske (CHANGE), Tradd[...]

It's Wednesday! Lots of comics came out today! Here are a few thoughts about a few of them. Mostly (but not totally) ones I haven't talked about already

Or how in one store Batman Li'l Gotham makes the top 10 but I doubt that it will hold against the other stores that contribute. Infinity did gangbusters! A really strong week for Image with the shipment of three of their strongest titles Saga has actually outsold Walking Dead so far this week; though I do[...]

But Image did not do a big overprint on that title And here's why. Co-creator Jonathan Hickman told me; "Orders for East of West #5 were, to say the least, bizarre The day before FOC*, they were around 44k After FOC, the orders dropped to around 39k. Frankly, I've never seen any kind of adjustment down like that[...]

By Chris Thompson With Joshua Williamson … After last week’s interview with Andy Belanger to round out my SDCC 2013 coverage (which you can still listen

sent to Bleeding Cool, with some linework to line things up… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself? If you are unable to do[...]

That's the mantra. And it's one that Image continue to pursue in November Seven new titles, many announced at Image Expo New work from familiar names such as Rick Remender, Matteo Scalera and Dean White, Antony Johnston with his Wasteland collaborator Christopher Mitten, Jonathan Luna,  Sarah Vaughn, JMS, Gordon Purcell, Alex Link and Riley Rossmo, as[...]

Another week, another lot of lovely comics to look through. So what's been taking my eye? In Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Nine today, Willow gets a

And, yes, we're mostly talking Image Comics Saga #13 and The Walking Dead #113 lead the pack, but there's also Peter Panzerfaust, East of West, Ghosted, Lost Vegas, Mind The Gap and Savage Dragon too. But also from Marvel, there's Infinity #1 IDW has Thunder Agents #1 DC has Batman #23 Dark Horse has new Fabulous[...]

Here's a look at the top 100 comic books and graphic novels for July 2013... DC may have most 6 of the top 10 but Marvel has 13 of the top 20, which is

There's interest from DC that I have to consider and there's interest from other people as well–from Image and Kirkman–and I've got to look at them all There's a possibility of just going freelance and playing around. Though he lays out that Marvel wouldn't be happy with him freelancing for both Marvel and DC. Marvel would not[...]