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We previously reported that Transformers from Image Comics and Skybound had set another franchise record with issue #13 of the series selling nearly 100,000 units to comic shops across the world – and becoming the best-selling Transformers comic in twenty years, more than the first print of Transformers #1 at Skybound and Transformers: Generation One #1 from Dreamwave in 2002[...]

Today Skybound, behind Invincible and The Walking Dead, published through Image Comics, announced the hiring of Nachie Marsham as Senior Editor Making him Skybound's fourth strategic executive hire this year in the Editorial division, joining recent hires Ben Abernathy (Executive Editor), Blake Kobashigawa (Senior Director, Business Development), and Alex Hargett (Director, Brand, Editorial). Skybound stated that[...]

Pizza Witch by Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins is a new YA graphic novel by the creators of Donut the Destroyer and Our Super Adventure, in which pizza magic trainee Roxy journeys to be the best Pizza Witch that's ever lived as she navigates unsupportive parents, a lackadaisical boss, and finding confidence in herself. Alex Antone[...]

Negan is one of the most infamous villains in Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic series from Skybound. This infamous villain made his debut in issue #100 and was a major part of the hit TV series that AMC adapted As the ruthless leader of the Saviors, Negan has his own brutal methods of control for the zombie apocalypse[...]

Looks like someone at Skybound, Image and Hasbro want to make some real money out of the comic book license to Transformers by giving them a middle-grade graphic novel series where, as everyone knows, the real money is in comics these days The Worst Bot Ever by Brian "Smitty" Smith and Marz Jr will be the[...]

The Energon Universe listings from the October 2024 solicits and solicitations from Image Comics, courtesy of Skybound, have finale issues for Destro and Scarlett, and new storyline arcs for Void Rivals and Transformers With GI Joe #1 to come after this year, set up by Scarlett and Destro, with the origin of Starscream. DESTRO #5 (OF 5) CVR[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. The ten most popular stories yesterday: A brand new GI Joe #1 GI Joe #1 Launches From Skybound/Image Comics in November 2024 Rick and Morty S07 Was Reset Season; Moving on From Drama: Harmon SCOOP: Joe Kelly To Take Over Amazing Spider-Man From Zeb Wells Marvel Has A New[...]

Today, Skybound and Image Comics, in collaboration with Hasbro, announced the debut of the all-new ongoing series G.I JOE #1 from the Duke creative team of writer Joshua Williamson and artist Tom Reilly with colourist Jordie Bellaire as part of the Energon Universe, shared with Transformers and Void Rivals on Wednesday, 13th of November. "Conrad Hauser,[...]

It's no secret that the Image/Skybound relaunch of Larry Hama's G.I Joe: A Real American Hero has been selling huge numbers and has been a cornerstone in Skybound redefining the G.I Joe brand at record levels  But now I've been hearing that Larry Hama and Skybound have broken another record, as the recently launched G.I[...]

Joe comic book sales record, and now we're here – as I predicted, I might add – with the news that Dan Watters and Andrei Bressan's Destro #1  from Image/Skybound has topped it. I'm hearing that Destro #1 saw orders around 85,000 units, which has now become the new best-selling G.I Joe comic launch in 20[...]

It was in March when we broke the news – that surprised even some at Image, Skybound and Hasbro, not to mention other comics publishers – that Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe had already sold over one million copies with just a handful of series and released issues, something unprecedented for any of the Big Three[...]

And it may not surprise you to learn that Scarlett #1 by Kelly Thompson and Marco Ferrari from Image & Skybound launched with incredibly strong numbers given all that buzz. But I've been hearing that Scarlett #1 has orders of over 80,000 copies, making it not only the best-selling G.I Joe comic book in over two[...]

Michael Walsh and Toni Marie Griffen are creating a new Universal Monsters comic for Skybound, in Image Comics' August 2024 solicits and solicitations With Frankenstein, based on the movie more than the Mary Shelley original, and following other titles Dracula and Creature From The Black Lagoon. But its not the only trip to the classic[...]

The Energon Universe titles from Skybound in Image Comics' August 2024 solicits and solicitations count Destro and Scarlett #3, Transformers #11 and Void Rivals #12 As well as the continuing GI Joe A Real American Hero #309, and a 40th-anniversary reprint of the first Marvel Transformers comic book on newsprint. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:[...]

Skybound, who recently got the Hasbro license for Transformers and GI Joe, is now republishing the Marvel Comics runs from the eighties and nineties in a new series of Compendium volumes at the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, with around fifty issues in each book. Transformers Compendium Vol 1 Paperback – February 18,[...]

Joe to be even bigger than before, as I told you about first with their FCBD special last weekend. Then in June, Image and Skybound are launching the next phase of their G.I Joe releases with Scarlett #1 by Kelly Thompson and Marco Ferrari, which not only brings the titular character to the Energon Universe but[...]

Skybound Entertainment, who publish comics through Image Comics, is hiring Gregg Sulak of Wondery as their new Chief Financial Officer, and Will Kassoy of Omaze as Head of Consumer Strategy. Gregg Sulak CFO & Will Kassoy Head Of Consumer Strategy, from Skybound PR "This expansion marks the dawn of a new era characterized by innovation and strategic prowess[...]

Arune Singh, Vice President Brand, Editorial at Skybound posts to social media, "Proud to say I storyboarded the new @Skybound Energon Universe trailer that will play before these Transformers theatrical screenings across the country, driving fans to their local comic shops Shout out to the epic Adam Huebner, whose video work will make you stand[...]

On the 9th of January, Bleeding Cool reported that Ben Abernathy had quit the Batman Group Editor job (one that DC still hasn't found a replacement for) and on the 10th that he was heading to Robert Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment Almost three months later and Skybound has confirmed that scoop, as another box of shoes[...]

We've been seeing the Energon Universe, Robert Kirkman's shared universe launching last June from Image & Skybound featuring the Transformers, G.I Joe and his newly created Void Rivals, dominating Marvel and DC's biggest releases both in our reporting and on Amazon's own digital rankings  turning the Big Two into The Big Two-And-A-Bit[...]

Universal Monsters: Frankenstein by Michael Walsh and Toni Marie Griffin will be the next in a line of official Universal Monsters comic books from Skybound/Image Comics But it might be a little familiar… has it been created from the limbs of others? IGN got the PR ahead of the announcement at ECCC in Seattle this weekend,[...]

Skybound Entertainment and Oni Press have provided funding to the American Library Association's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table, for grants to support library workers in expanding their knowledge of, and experience with, comics in libraries Which means going to San Diego this summer… but possibly not the San Diego event you were expecting[...]

Prepare to experience the raw power and intense action of Skybound's Invincible comic series with Kinetiquettes' latest masterpiece The Omni-Man 1/4 Scale Statue has arrived and captured a pivotal moment from the gripping storyline featuring the turn and true power of Omni-Man Coming in at 20" tall, this brutal diorama showcases the deadly slaughter of[...]

Joe properties in the pages of Void Rivals #1 last June from Image & Skybound (though I of course told you about it first). Then Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers #1 went on to become the best-selling Hasbro comic book launch of all time, with Joshua Williamson's two G.I Joe limited series, Duke and Cobra Commander, also setting[...]

Skybound brings its first GI Joe series to an end in April 2024, with Duke #5 promising a " last page shocker that no one will see coming" Depends if they do a spoiler variant cover or not, I guess Transformers #7 promises, "After last issue's shocking ending, Starscream and Soundwave battle for leadership—and the[...]

Here are Image Comics' full solicits and solicitations for April 2024. And they include the launches of Drawing Blood #1 from Kevin Eastman

Ram V, Dan Watters, Matthew Roberts, and Dave Stewart are the latest to take on a Universal Monsters comic from Skybound, Image Comics and Universal Products & Experience., Universal Monsters: Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives! is a new four-issue limited comic book series by Watters, V, Roberts, and colourist Dave Stewart, for April 2024[...]

As it stands, and as you may have gathered from this article headline, it appears that Ben Abernathy is heading to Skybound Entertainment. Ben Abernathy – YouTube screencap Skybound is an entertainment company founded in 2010 by Robert Kirkman and David Alpert, and is behind the comic, TV series, games, merchandise and now upcoming film versions of The Walking[...]

There was a whole lot of buzz leading into the FOC for Image/Skybound's Duke #1 this past Monday from Joshua Williamson, Tom Reilly and Jordie Bellaire, including some $400 sales of the high ratio variants and unique retailer video opportunities. It also doesn't hurt that Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe has arguably established the "Big Three" comic book[...]

We've been telling you recently that Joshua Williamson, Tom Reilly and Jordie Bellaire's Duke #1 from Image/Skybound was getting a big push behind it, not only as part of the record-setting Energon Universe but also with some unique video incentives (for stores ordering 100 copies or more) that will allow comic shops to decide if they're Joe or Cobra. And as[...]