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Retailers Respond To Saga's Second Printing
But retailers seem to have responded well to Image's decision to reprint Saga #7 and offer incentives to increase orders on future issues with Saga #9. Avengers #4 also gets a show in, based on the impressive performance of the first Avengers issue in stores, and current news seems to be driving reorders of Superior Spider-Man[...]
Jonathan Ross And Ian Churchill To Create New Series, The Revenger – A Tragedy
A Jacobean Avengers perhaps? He's writing it for artist and fellow countryman Ian Churchill, recently DC's artist on the similarly titles Ravagers, though my favourite work of late was his Image comic Marine Man. I know literally nothing more about this comic Other than it is coming from Image, sometime in 2013. Published anonymously, the manuscript for[...]
Jonathan Ross And Tommy Lee Edwards Part Ways On The Golden Age
But it will be going ahead. They both worked on Turf, Ross' first comic, published by Image, and then serialised in CLiNT Magazine The Golden Age was to have been a new superhero comic from the pair and was planned to be published this year, and to have been followed by a racing comic called Speed[...]
Sunday Review: Witch Doctor Mal Practice #2 – Where Were You When?
Louis Falcetti writes; Witch Doctor: Mal Practice #2 is out and not only is it another dark, fun outing from Seifert and Ketner, but another feather in Image's hat for delivering comics jam packed with story at the most reasonable of cover prices This series differs from the first (if you're just joining us) as[...]
Four Ways Marvel Makes Image Look Bad
At Image, exactly how serial is in doubt, with several series running late, comics getting cancelled while future issues are still being solicited and books skipping months Whereas Marvel's aberration are few and far between, Uncanny Avengers, we're looking at you But so many other titles not only ship one a month, but twice, so[...]
Moving Stories – Image Comics And Diamond Comic Distributors Upping Sticks
Right now, Image Comics is on the move… from 2134 Allston Way, 2nd Floor Berkeley, CA 94704 to 2001 Center St., Sixth Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704. Yes, they're moving over Christmas I do hope Santa can work out where they are… hey have been (mostly) good boys and girls. Diamond Comic Distributors are also moving locations later[...]
Why Did Jupiter's Children Change Its Name To Jupiter's Legacy Anyway?
Recently, Mark Millar stated that Jupiter's Children, his upcoming Image book with Frank Quitely now scheduled for April, was changing its name to Jupiter's Legacy because; We just preferred it when we were playing around with finished logos and decided to tweak the title while we still could Is that the whole story? Posted on Facebook; Mr[...]
Luther Strode VS Comic Book Retailers
Larry Doherty of Larry's Comics is behind the Phantom variant covers to which a number of retailers have signed up to receive. However some of them are
Image Comics Clarifies Second Print Policy
From Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson He writes; Greetings, retail partners! As promised in the letter we sent out regarding Saga #7, I wanted take a few moments to further explain our reprint policy First off, "policy" is a terribly impersonal word, and honestly, I don't sit here and think of each decision as "policy." Like[...]
A Comic Show – "A Crazy Curse Word Or Pooping"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2SdjaSDG7k[/youtube] Aaron Haaland writes; Hey Fandom! This week we start with SAGA #8 and I weigh in on the Image reprint snafu Then there's Locke & Key and Chew to prove that I love creator owned books! I really do! Then I become a company man for DC and Marvel, but only for their best books[...]
Walking Dead "Image First" Comic Heads Towards $100
Image Comics have produced a number of reprints of the first issue of their ongoing series, priced at one dollar, called Image Firsts They've just put another batch out recently. But one of them, it seems, is no longer a dollar The Image First version of The Walking Dead #1 is on eBay over $90 with[...]
Sunday Review: Change #1
Wild Children actually came out the week of SDCC so while I was certain I had a copy waiting for me at my home store (Comics and More natch) I couldn't wait to get back to read it. So I was of course excited about seeing the Image panel that was about their new, rising talent[...]
Retailers Respond To Image's Decision To Drop Second Prints
Yesterday Bleeding Cool ran a letter from Image's Jennifer De Guzman addressed to retailers on Image's plans to stop publishing second printings on popular books that sell out, as a way to encourage retailers to order more of such titles initially Saga #7 and #8 were specific titles and De Guzman pointed out a number[...]
As Issue Seven Sells Out, Image Decides To Stop Reprinting Comics Like Saga
FOC stands for Final Order Cutoff, the last date retailers can order quantities of a comic from specific publishers and be sure of receiving copies (unless they are printed overseas, apparently.) In a letter to retailers, Image PR & Marketing Director Jennifer de Guzman wrote; I have some bad news: SAGA #7 is sold out[...]
Two Prequel Pages For Ales Kot's Change #1 – And Not In The Comic
These are two pages that are a prequel to the new comic Change by Ales Kot and Morgan Jeske for Image Comics They will not appear in the printed version, out next Wednesday. The eight pages below, however, will be An eight page preview to pore over on a Saturday. [...]
In One Week, In Two Weeks – A Dark Horse Avalanche
IDW kicks off Hollows, a book I have been anticipating for some time, Image gives us a new Chand and more Walking Dead, Marvel launches Cable & The X-Force and Avengers Arena, Avatar launches a new Caligula series, while Dynamite has the new Sherlock Holmes series… more on that later. And then in two wees time,[...]
Review: Great Pacific #2
The first issue of this new Image book showed up at local comic book shops last month and presented the interesting idea of environmentalism for profit with an intriguing main character named Chas Worthington This corporate centered comic book follows Chas as he attempts to set up his own country in a garbage patch in[...]
Tuesday Review: I Love Trouble
Published by Image Comics, the first issue of this series hits stores December 5th. The first issue of this book doesn't have a down moment We meet our cast, our heroes, our villains, and our loved ones Our main lady in charge, Felicia, is balls (if she had any) to the wall excitement and danger while[...]
Frankly, John Layman Is An Arse
Seriously, he is. Actually he's worse than that. And I told him. Because I've just gone and read issue #30 of Chew. The halfway point. John Layman sent it
Marvel NOW And Image Firsts Dominate Advance Reorders
But the bigger Image story is the success of the one dollar first issue books, that dominate the chart No guesses which is the best selling of those… And in the aftermarket, demand for the AVX Omnibus knocks Superman Earth One and Walking Dead aside, followed by a slightly surprising Underwater Welder. TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC[...]
Uncanny Skullkickers And Five More Launches From Image In February 2013
Fed up of having Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Force and Uncanny Avengers all on your comic shelf? Tell them to make room for Uncanny Skullkickers, the relaunch of Skullkickers in February by Jim Zubkavich and Edward Huang from Image Comics. But we have the American publication of Andy Diggle and Jock's Snapshot, which previously appeared in Judge[...]
In One Week, Bleeding Cool, In Two Weeks, Bronies
Is it too early to talk about next week's comics? Never! Obviously Bleeding Cool Magazine #1, that's going to be your big draw next week and I'll slap anyone who says it isn't. But there's also some fuss around something called Amazing Spider-Man #698, I suppose there's a new Justice League, the IDW Judge Dredd comic[...]