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Image Comics Also Have a Few Diamond Retailer Summit Offers to Share
And we looked today at some Archie Comics and Dynamite Entertainment offers and changes of business practices as well. But there is more to come. Such as with hype increasing for the June 5th release of The Walking Dead #192, retailers are getting a buy four, get fifth free on available back issues of the series. Image Comics[...]
Last Chance to Preview Thumbs from Image Comics Before FOC
Image Comics has sent out a last chance preview of Thumbs, the new cyberpunk comic series from Sean Lewis and Hayden Sherman, before final order cutoff on Monday Bleeding Cool Rumourmonger-in-Chief Rich Johnston listed the comic in his Thank FOC it's Friday column earlier today, noting that it is part of a "No Risk" promotion[...]
Image Reveals Mike Mignola Variant for Sea of Stars #1
Image Comics has unveiled Mike Mignola's variant cover for Sea of Stars #1, the first issue a new series by Jason Aaron, Dennis Hallum — who is actually Dennis Hopeless writing under an alias for some reason —  you're not fooling anyone, Dennis — Stephen Green, and Rico Renzi Described as The Neverending Story crossed[...]
Rob Liefeld
In the most shocking comic book news we've heard all week, superstar artist Rob Liefeld has told Russ Burlingame at ComicBook.com that he still hopes to complete Image United, and that he may even pick up some of the slack from his fellow Image founders to complete the book, which hasn't seen a new issue[...]
Image Continues to Defy Reboot Wisdom With Second Printing for Spawn #296
After all, only new #1 issues sell, right? Well, that the theory that Marvel Comics seems to rigorously adhere to, but Image Comics, ironically a company that was founded on the principle of giant #1 issues back in the 1990s (and sometimes never a #2), is blowing that theory out of the water First, we[...]
Little Bird Rushed Back for Third Printing Following Global Conflict
Image Comics has announced a third printing for Little Bird #1, the debut issue of the new series by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram As often seems to be the case, Image says the comic will be "rushed" back for the printing to "keep up with increasing customer demand," indicating a real need for[...]
EXORSISTERS is a Hell of a Good Read
Cate Harrow was a talented little girl who displayed genius-level mastery of the piano and experienced a happy childhood.  It wasn’t until her father left
Ascender #1 From Image Comics is Star Wars meets Lord of the Rings
Ascender is one of the newer releases from Image Comics this week, taking place in a society where technology has been wiped out by the magic of religious zealots  Set ten years after the conclusion of Descender, Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Animal Man) creates a world of Star Wars meets Lord of the Rings, setting[...]
Saga Will End With Issue #108; Plus: The Cover to that 1,400 Page TPB
Saga, the hit Image comic by writer Brian K Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples, will be coming to an end If course, we already knew that, but now we know exactly when Entertainment Weekly scored an EX-X-XCLUSIVE cover reveal for Saga: Compendium One, the massive tome which collects issue #1-54 of the fan-favorite series, currently[...]
Industry Descends Into Chaos as Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans' Die #5 Gets Second Printing
Panic rocked the comic book industry Friday as fans of Die, a comic book by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, were sent into a "frenzy" with demand for the book's fifth issue, Die #5, according to a press release from Image As a result, the book "will be rushed back to print," Image claims, though[...]
Jesusfreak – Image Comics Promises Ninja Jesus But Fails to Deliver
Fox & Friends promised me moral outrage and I am ready to be offended. The cover itself has the edgy vibes of a Quentin Tarantino movie, with blocky lettering on a yellow background and colored squares with bloody spears, hissing snakes, stoic villains, and more.  Even the introduction hints at something bigger than a religious retelling[...]
Man-Eaters Gets a New Lead Artist in June
Image Comics has announced that Elise McCall will take over as lead artist on Man-Eaters from Kate Niemczyk, starting with Man-Eaters #9 in June A press release contains further details: Image Comics and the Ministry of Trouble are pleased to announce that Elise McCall has been promoted to lead interior artist on Man-Eaters McCall will take[...]
Simon Says: Image to Publish Nazi Hunting Revenge OGN Inspired by True Story
Frattino and Jesse Lee will be published by Image Comics in September, the publisher revealed in a press release. Writer Frattino says of the comic: Simon Says is about an innocent and gentle man, an artist, whose family and life are destroyed by a real world event Not something sci-fi or fanciful, but something that has happened[...]
Image to Collect Ophiuchus Webcomic in August
Image must have misheard those people, because instead of bringing the world of print comics to the web, they're bringing webcomics to print! Well, it's better than doing nothing! Image announced today that it will collect Alexis Leriger de la Plante and Natasha Tara Petrović's popular teen webcomic Ophiuchus  in August The entire comic will be published[...]
Paul Pope's Heavy Liquid Gets 20th-Anniversary Edition at Image in June
Image Comics has announced that they will publish a 20th-anniversary trade paperback collection of Paul Pope's Heavy Liquid, collecting the sci-fy/cyberpunk series' five issues into one tome with remastered colors We can barely remember what we had for breakfast this morning, so you can't expect us to tell you anything about a 20-year-old comic book,[...]
Image Announces 12-City Concert Tour to Support Little Girls Graphic Novel
This April, Image Comics will publish a new graphic novel from Nicholas Afleje and Sarah DeLaine called Little Girls, and to promote it, they're sending the creators on a national concert tour And no, this isn't one of those times Image sends out a press release announcing a book signing tour and we hype it[...]
Image to Shut Down Image Direct Subscription Service This Week
Image Direct is a subscription service that allows readers to have the latest Image Comics titles shipped directly to their front door, saving up to 30% off the cover price in the process Or, at least, it was Image will shut down the service, effective this Wednesday, Bleeding Cool has learned. The publisher sent out an[...]
Khary Randolph and Brandon Thomas Make Magic at Image with Excellence in May
Image Comics has announced a new action/fantasy comic from Khary Randolph and Brandon Thomas, with Emilio Lopez also listed on the cover, called Excellence, touted in the press release for featuring a creative team comprised entirely of creators of color Spencer Dales is the protagonist of the series, son of a member of a secret society of[...]
Everyone Beware!  Man-Eaters #5 Seeks to Empower WEREPANTHERS
Their panels move fluidly with Cain's imagery, which had I not prepared my entire life to be resistant these charms, would have pulled me in completely If you are looking for a story to entertain and empower, I recommend diving into Man-Eaters immediately If you're a victim of werepanthers then I suggest immediately burning the[...]
Image Announces Line of 'Rumble' Variant Covers for Black History Month
Image Comics is celebrating Black History Month with a new line of variant covers for the series Rumble as envisioned by John Arcudi, kicking off the new story arc with Arcudi and David Rubín's Rumble #11 Artists on the variant covers will be Keith Pollard, Arvell Jones, Ron Wilson, Chris Brunner, and Sanford Greene. In the press release, Arcudi[...]