Image Comics News

68: Hallowed Ground Benefit Print In Memory of Josh Medors

The creators of the Image comic book series ’68 are releasing a special one-shot issue called ’68: Hallowed Ground in memory of the recently passed artist Josh Medors. This special print is an 11″x17″ double-sided glossy reproduction of the one-shot. The cover was drawn by Medors before he died. The benefit print will also be signed by three of the ’68 founders: Mark Kidwell, Nat Jones and Jay Fotos.

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The Beauty STD Spreads to Chapter Two

The Beauty, a science-fiction series about a unique sexually-transmitted disease spread across the world that makes people beautiful, will be returning for round two! The second chapter of the series will begin with The Beauty #7, a prequel to the first chapter.

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Black Jack Ketchum: A Fantasy Western Adventure Missing Some Faces

Are fantasy western series the new “it” thing to do? First Greg Pak presented magic, racism and westerns in his announcement for Kingsway West at Dynamite Entertainment. Now, Image Comics’ has announced Black Jack Ketchum, a western fantasy adventure about a real historical figure and bounty hunters with no faces (they are not historically accurate).

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Burn the Orphanage Funding Cancer Research

Pancreatic cancer is a serious disease which affected 1 in 68 people and has a 6% survival rate. Sina Grace (The Li’l Depressed Boy, Self-Obsessed) has stepped forward to help the Lustgarten Foundation fund research of this deadly disease – with the help of comics.

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A Dark Spy Story: Velvet Announced

I’m not a big fan of the spy genre. James Bond never interested me, but I enjoy an occasional Danger Girl. Velvet is Image Comics latest ongoing comic book series that is a spy comic with a “dark twist.” The series will be the first creator-owned project from Ed Brubaker (Fatale) and Steve Epting (The Avengers), who previously teamed-up to write the popular Captain America: Winter Soldier series.

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Death's Daughter Rides This October: Pretty Deadly Announced

Kelly Sue DeConnick, writer of the popular Captain Marvel series, and Emma Ríos, who penciled The Amazing Spider-Man, will be releasing their first creator-owned comic book series this October. Get ready to meet Ginny, Death’s daughter who journeys throughout the West. She’s pretty deadly.

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Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Make Amazing Deal with Image Comics

For the next five years, Ed Brubaker (Fatale, Batman) and Sean Phillips (Fatale, Sleeper) are going to be doing as they please over at Image Comics. Why? Because this creative team have made a deal with Image that they will have total control and ownership over any projects they will be doing for them over the next five years.

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The End is Nigh... The End Times of Bram and Ben, that is!

The Rapture has come and gone in my most anticipated mini-series of January 2013, The End Times of Bram and Ben. The blessed have been taken to heaven, along with Bram, a self-centered sinner who went to heaven only because of a clerical error. Now, Bram is back on earth and he is the only one who knows what heaven looks like. With some help from his morally conflicted roommate Ben, Bram will try to get some ambition in his life. Hopefully without their friendship – or the world – ending.

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Fatale #1 Sells Out Before it Even Hits the Stands!

Before even hitting the shelves for release on January 4th, Fatale #1 (written by Ed Brubaker and penciled by Sean Phillips) sold out, even though it was grossly overprinted.

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Fatale Becomes Ongoing Series

I am not a Fatale fan. I did give pretty high praise to Fatale #1 and #2, but by Fatale #3 I lost interest. I don’t really know why, but it wasn’t pulling me in. But for fans who were sucked in by Fatale’s femme fatale Josephine and the mysterious plotline, rejoice, for the curse of the femme fatale is now ongoing – and will be revealed in four standalone flashback issues by Brubaker and Phillips!

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First Look: Whispers #1

Another supernatural mini-series from Image Comics will be hitting the stands in January, 2012. It will be written by Joshua Luna (Girls), an acclaimed creator who usually collaborates on projects with his brother Jonathan Luna, but Joshua will be working alone as both the artist and writer of Whispers.

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Get Ready for Murder, Mayhem and Rehabilitation in Bedlam

Bedlam's set-up sounds like it's taking a twist on the usual murder mystery from Image Comics. In Bedlam, it's no mystery who has killed people and bathed the streets in blood: Filmore Press, a.k.a. Madder Red. Now, Filmore has been rehabilitated but the town of Bedlam needs some rehabilitation itself.

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Hack/Slash Finale

It has been almost a decade since Tim Seeley (Witchblade writer) released his independent slasher comic Hack/Slash. Now, the series is unfortunately coming to a close. I have such fond memories of the series… killer animals that would make PETA mad… a guy with a Jack O’ Lantern head… and of course, the two entertaining protagonists and monster hunters Vlad and Cassie. I haven’t been reading the series in a while so the series feels even shorter for me than it actually is.

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Happy #3 Sells Out

Happy #3 was the first issue of the mini-series written by Grant Morrison (Batman and Robin, All-Star Superman) and drawn by Darick Robertson (The Boys, Transmetropolitan) to grab me and have me wanting more. Thankfully, this is the issue of Happy that has sold out at the distributor level.

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Have a Very Demonic Christmas with the Krampus

This holiday season we have a new Christmas series. But don’t expect it to be filled with too much holiday cheer because our “hero” is the Krampus. Worse than the Grinch, the Krampus is a famous creature of lore who punishes naughty children.

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Image Comics Announces New Zombie Mini-Series

Image Comics recently announced that they will be publishing, in conjunction with Shadowline Comics, a four-part zombie mini-series called Rebel Blood. The series will mimic such great horror classics as The Vault of Horror and Tales from the Crypt, and will be written by a newcomer to the comic book biz, Alex Link, and drawn by Riley Rossmo (Green Wake, Bedlam).

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Image Comics Announces Repulse

After showing his artistic skills in his debut title Spawn, Szymon Kudranski has unveiled his latest project called Repulse, a dark science-fiction thriller.

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Image Comics Gets a Reality Check

The only reason this new comic book mini-series Reality Check isn’t the number one comic book I’m looking forward to this year is because I had a similar idea for a comic book myself… which was partly inspired by an episode of TMNT that was dedicated to and featured Jack Kirby. But while this comic book doesn’t have Jack Kirby, it does have Willard Penn, a comic book writer who has a surprise hit. Yes, the protagonist of this comic book is a guy who is a comic book writer… who comes face-to-face with his own creation, the superhero Dark Hour.

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Image Comics iOS App Upgraded

Comic publisher Image Comics and the largest digital comics platform comiXology recently announced an upgraded version of their Image Comics iOS App. The Image Comics iOS App was upgraded from version 2.0 to 3.1.

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Image Comics' Snowfall Announced: It’s the year 2045 and there’s no more snow…

This seems like a very fitting new title considering how unseasonably warm it has been this year. In the world of Snowfall, it no longer snows. This upcoming science-fiction series takes place in the year 2045. According to writer Joe Harris (The X-Files), “With Snowfall, we’re presenting a 21st century America in which the climate has gone completely to shit and where fully recognized corporate personhood and control isn’t just accepted, but necessary. The time for industry forces lying about the effects of climate change have long passed.”

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Image Expo of April 2016 Announces New Creator-Owned Titles

During Emerald City Comicon at the Showbox Market Theater in Seattle Washington, Image Comics announced at their IMAGE EXPO twenty new creator-owned titles. I have included the creative team, a brief summary and my first impressions of each series. What series are you looking forward to the most? Let me know in the comments below!

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Image+ Previews Catalog Includes Original Walking Dead Story

Image+ is a new monthly magazine which will showcase upcoming Image Comics releases and bonus creator-owned comic book content. The first twelve issues of Image+ will also have an original, four page Walking Dead story exploring the origins of Negan. The story will be handled by The Walking Dead creative team, writer Robert Kirkman and artist Charlie Adlard, and will span a total of 48 pages.

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It's Time for Some REAL Heroes

Bryan Hitch (America’s Got Powers) is writing and drawing his work for the first time in a six issue mini-series about celebrities, superhero movies and a fight to the death. It’s time for some Real Heroes!

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Journey with Lewis and Clark in Manifest Destiny

Experience Lewis & Clark journeying where no man has ever set foot before: The United States of America. Writer Chris Dingess (Being Human) and artist Matthew Roberts (Battle Pope) will be taking you back to 1804 this November in their new Image Comics Skybound imprint series Manifest Destiny.

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LDB Returns in The Li'l Depressed Boy: Supposed to Be There Too

The Li’l Depressed Boy (or, as his friends have called him, LDB) has returned in a new series, The Li’l Depressed Boy: Supposed to Be There Too. His creative team has returned as well. Shaun Steven Struble will write the series and the artwork will be done by Sina Grace.

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Liefeld's The Infinite Cancelled

Liefeld lovers (if you exist), cry; Liefeld haters, rejoice. The Infinite has been cancelled due to both parties of the creative team having issues deciding on how to move forward with the series.

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Like Child's Play: Non-Humans Announced

Image Comics has a new and unique book to satisfy readers terrifying tastes this October. A NASA space probe has brought a disease to Earth. The disease has made toys, dolls, mannequins and other yet to be revealed inanimate objects walk, talk, speak, and unfortunately for the human race, think. This race of inanimate objects is known "creatively" as the Non-Humans. But, adding some legitimate creativity to the series, the dolls will have parts of the personalities of the people who used them, an aspect that could be very interesting and play a big role in the series.

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MacGyver Maneuvers His Way into Comics

MacGyver was a master adventurer who could survive anything with anything. see that keyboard in front of you? He could turn it into a lifesaving shield or a high-tech weapon with a few quick maneuvers. Finally, Image Comics are publishing their first new MacGyver comic book titled MacGyver: Fugitive Gauntlet. The first time we've seen MacGyver since the television series ended back in 1992.

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Making Money with The Walking Dead

During a recession in a down economy, you would hardly expect a comic no where near as ancient as the legendary Action Comics #1 from the 60s'. But The Walking Dead continues to defy expectations as both it's first issue and nineteenth issue recently sold for some surprising amounts.

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Man Shoots Girlfriend Over Walking Dead

Gurman has been charged with the attempted murder of his girlfriend. That would be terrible in its own right, but what makes this story even more shocking is the topic of discussion: The Walking Dead television show.

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Nailbiter Enters Chapter Three, Bound By Blood

The horror series Nailbiter is starting its third chapter this May. Nailbiter takes place in the town of Buackaroo, Oregon. Buckaroo is the birthplace of sixteen serial killers. The latest chapter,Bound By Blood, focuses on Alice (SPOILERS for Alice's parentage), the daughter of the Nailbiter.

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Nailbiter Meets Hack/Slash: There will be blood!

Two bestselling writers, Joshua Williamson (Birthright, Nailbiter) and Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, Witchblade) will be teaming up with artists Mike Henderson (Nailbiter, Masks & Mobsters) and Emilio Laiso (Hack/Slash, Grimm Fairy Tales presents Quest) to bring two of the most entertaining comic book horror titles together for the first time in Nailbiter/Hack/Slash.

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New Image Firsts Coming This May 2013

In the past Image Comics has released "Image Firsts" – reprints of the first issues of some of their most popular comics, including Fatale, Elephantmen, Saga and The Manhattan Projects. Now, on May 1st, six more "Image Firsts" will be added to these premier issues, all at the usual low price of $1. The release just so happens to coincide with Free Comic Book Day. The six titles which will be made into "Image Firsts" include Bedlam, Great Pacific, Mind the Gap, Morning Glories, Peter Panzerfaust and Super Dinosaur.

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New Nailbiter Story Arc Begins in November

The latest story arc for Nailbiter, the ongoing series about a town famous for being the birthplace of serial killers, will be starting this November. What mysteries and scares have the creative team thought of for this arc?

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Perchance to Dream Police

This March you will be patrolling with Joe Thursday and Frank Stanford in Dream Police. Join them as they go through dreams… and your worst nightmares.

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A Real Nailbiter Announced

Buckaroo, Oregon is the most common birthplace of serial killers. This is our setting in writer Joshua Williamson (Ghosted, Masks and Mobsters, Captain Midnight) and artist Mike Henderson’s (Masks and Mobsters, Venom, TMNT) new horror series Nailbiter which looks like it could be a real… well, nail biter.

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Remender Welcomed Back to Image Comics with Black Science

Best-selling writer Rick Remender (responsible for the awesome current Captain America series and Uncanny Avengers) is returning to Image Comics with a new comic book that is a spiritual sequel to his Fear Agent series. This November he will be introducing Black Science, a story about scientists who travel through different dimensions and are on the run from absolute chaos.

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Ron Richards New Image Comics Business Development Manager
(UPDATE: His Farewell Message)

Ron Richards has been hired to be Image Comics business development director. Image Comics is growing in popularity that publishes several titles a week (including like of the not-so-happy Happy and Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth). Richards will be focusing on sales and marketing strategies for the publishing line. This includes print and digital products and extending the Image Comics brand to wider audiences. He will be working closely with Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson and the PR and Marketing Director Jennifer de Guzman to increase awareness and the availability of Image using Diamond Distribution, retail stores, digital initiatives and other sales and marketing programs.

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Scott Snyder Takes Horrific New Approach on Wytches

Witches have become popular recently thanks to American Horror Story: Coven. It seems like the perfect time for Scott Snyder to unveil his latest horror comic book series Wytches.

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Sports to the Comic Book Max: Mara Announced

Coming this December from Image Comics, the first issue of Mara begins the title character’s journey through a technologically advanced world where the most important things are not morals and love but sports, war, and celebrity status – so, our world but with the technology a couple hundred years more advanced. Mara is the most popular person alive. She is both a model and an athlete and reaches unthinkably higher stardom when she gets superpowers on live television.

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Suing the Dead
(UPDATE: The Results of the Lawsuit)

Robert Kirkman, the creator of The Walking Dead, is currently involved in three lawsuits, two against him and one countersuit. Two of the lawsuits were filed by Tony Moore, the former artist and collaborator of The Walking Dead who wanted a share of the proceeds and ownership of the popular zombie apocalypse series.

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Todd McFarlane Fan's Ultimate Art Book

Apparently a long time in the works, the visual biography of president of Image Comics and Todd McFarlane Productions, Todd McFarlane will be coming in limited supplies to stores near you on Wednesday, November 21st, 2012. The Art of Todd McFarlane: The Devil’s in the Details will be McFarlane’s first and only art book.

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Todd McFarlane's "Devil's in the Details" Sells Out

I guess people didn’t listen to my careful calculations in Todd McFarlane fan's ultimate art book. Todd McFarlane fans numbered in the many, all clamoring for this visual autobiography of the writer and president of Image Comics and Todd McFarlane Productions. The book, The Art of Todd McFarlane: The Devil’s in the Details, sold out its 5,000 copy-limited run (700 were signed-and-numbered editions).

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Todd, the Ugliest Kid on Earth, Coming this January

What do you get when you combine Eisner-nominated artist M.K. Perker (Air, Fables, The Unwritten) and award-winning writer Ken Kristensen (The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist)? An oddity known only as Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth and probably the second title I am looking forward to this January (the first spot goes to The End Times of Bram and Ben).

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Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth TV Series Announced

Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth is an Image comic book series filled with black comedy. It’s popularity was surprising even with an award-winning creative team with the first two issues selling out 24 hours after they were released. Everyone seems to love the ugly little boy with a paper bag over his head. Especially Titmouse Inc., who are making Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth into a television series.

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Victor Krall Creates the Perfect Woman in "Madame Frankenstein"

Madame Frankenstein is an upcoming Image Comics series. This vintage-style horror drama takes place in 1932. Victor Krall’s lover has died but he’s not about to let that be the end of her. He decides to re-animate her. Unfortunately, that never seems to end well.

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The Walking Dead #100 Makes Comic Book History

Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead series has reached multiple milestones impressive for not only an Image Comics title, but any comic book title. His series became so popular, issues have sold for over $1,000 despite only being a couple of years old. It became a show on AMC, had it’s own interactive survival simulation at comic-con, and now with The Walking Dead #100, The Walking Dead has reached a new milestone by becoming the best-selling initial order issue of the century for Image Comics and Skybound.

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The Walking Dead Creator to Write Outcast

Robert Kirkman, the creator of the popular Walking Dead comic book series and television show, is writing a brand new horror comic. But this one doesn’t have walkers, it has exorcisms!

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The Walking Dead Works for Hero Initiative for Charity

Few people don't know about the Walking Dead – the post-apocalyptic zombie infested comic book series that was such a hit it became a TV show on AMC. I may have mentioned it once or twice. But the Hero Initiative is not as well-known. It is a charity that helps comic book creators that are in medical and financial need. The Initiative has gained attention in the past for its "100 Projects," which are events in which 100 different artists draw an original cover of a special anniversary issue.

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Who Are The Wicked + The Divine

At the Image Comics Expo fans were hoping to hear that Kieron Gillen (Three, Young Avengers) and Jamie McKelvie (Suburban Glamour, Young Avengers) were continuing their popular Phonogram series with a third series. Unfortunately, they were disappointed. Instead, Gillen and McKelvie announced they were going to be the creative team on a new Image comic book: The Wicked + The Divine.

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Win "Red Spike" Cover Drawn by Mark Texiera

Starting wednesday, May 4th, 2011, by spending one dollar on Images’ new comic book Red Spike #1 you could enter to win a free cover from artist Mark Texiera (Ghost Rider).

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