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Tuesday Runaround: StanCon
ShirtWatch: Threadless launch a new Normalmanish T-shirt… BoomWatch: Boom are running a new teaser campaign for an upcoming comic labeled "You Are Illegal On This Earth". AwardWatch: The French comics festoival Chamberry has announced a new annual comics award especially for Taiwanese artists. ValentineWatch: Two sides of a bad romance – Plastique and Captain Atom. WebWatch: The Image comic[...]
The First Shots In The Walking Dead Creator Owned War
But in a twist, once-collaborator with Remender, Cory Walker replied "Just how much of Strange Girl do I own?" Strange Girl was an Image series from Remender and Eric Nguyen But it clearly had an earlier artist on the book. Remender: When you quit the book you offered me the design as a parting gift for[...]
Not-Quite-A-Preview: The Manhattan Projects #1 By Hickman And Pitarra
The Manhattan Projects in March is the latest Jonathan Hickman project for Image Comics And today, exclusively for Bleeding Cool, he gives you an insight into everything he wants you to know about the comic before picking it up.      Surprise! The last chance retailers have to order copies of this comic and be guaranteed to get[...]
Ordering More Saga #1 Than Justice League #1
Saga, from Image Comics, written by one Brian K Vaughan and drawn by one Fiona Staples But he has some concerns about other retailers He writes for Bleeding Cool; As we are getting our Previews numbers together, I've noticed a lot of talk about the FCBD books and the lack on info on some titles, but[...]
And Now It's Image Comics' 20th Anniversary Too
It's Diamond Comics' 30th Anniversary… but it's also Image Comics' 20th Anniversary Here's a photo from February 1st 1992. Erik Larsen, Hank Kanalz, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. Okay, exactly what portraits of themselves are Rob, Todd and Jim hiding in the attic?   It's Diamond Comics' 30th Anniversary… but it's also[...]
Mashing Up Fatale And Winter Soldier
So much so… that you can do this sort of thing. Go on, read them both at the same time, it's a whole different experience… Fatale #2 is published today from Image and is already sold out at distributor level Winter Soldier #1 is published today from Marvel. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Their exhibition of Mary[...]
Out In One Week, Out In Two
Next week sees the start of Image's Alpha Girl, my Dark Horse debut in Dark Horse Presents, DC moving into month 6 of the relaunch and Winter Soldier #1 The week after sees the debut of Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan's Conan The Barbarian, the Bryan Talbot/Mary Talbot graphic novel Dotter Of Her Father's Eyes, Thief[...]
So What Was The Deal With The Infinite Anyway?
At the weekend, Bleeding Cool discovered that Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and Image Comics founder Rob Liefeld's collaborative book for Image, The Infinite, had been cancelled, as neither party was willing to move forward on the book as the other wished it. Creative differences were blamed, with Rob Liefeld citing plans to use an inker[...]
Rob Liefeld And Robert Kirkman Kill The Infinite Over Creative Differences
Now I'm re-discovering the appeal of working with a variety of inkers. The Infinite is a time travel action comic in the nineties style created by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman specifically for Rob Liefeld that launched from Kirkman's Skybound imprint of Image Comics at last year's San Diego Comic Con in a European hardcover format,[...]
In One Week, In Two Weeks
Out next week, at comic shops supplied by Diamond Comic Distributors… followed by a preliminary list of what's out from Premier publishers in two weeks! Dark Horse ANGEL & FAITH #6 AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 01 PROMISE PART 1 BPRD HELL ON EARTH RUSSIA #5 CARDCAPTOR SAKURA DARK HORSE OMNIBUS ED TP VOL 03 CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 12 CREEPY COMICS[...]
Mark Millar And Frank Quitely's Jupiter's Children From Image Comics This Summer
Mark Millar has announced, through Comic Book Resources, the name, concept and cover art for his new creator owned series from Image with Frank Quitely, Jupiter's Children A twelve ten issue comic series created by the pair that seems destined to rock the sales charts. They last worked together on the Marvel project 411, with one[...]
Todd Nauck To Create New Image Comic
And it's been a while since we saw any of his creator owned reality TV show comic, Wildguard from Image. Well, now it appears he has found a new home that may change all this Skybound, the imprint created by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman And a new creator owned book. I don't know, the name, the[...]
Dave Dorman Speaks Out Against Breastfeeding In His Comics
Like Saga by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples, due later this year. Fantasy artist Dave Dorman, best known in sci-fi and comics circles for his Star Wars work, has a problem. He writes; Juxtapozed against this image was Brian's specific quote, highlighted beneath the headline: "I just miss the days when I was a kid where you could[...]
Excavating Artifacts #1 To 13
One comic that today's Bleeding Cool moments man didn't mention is Artifacts #13, the final issue in Top Cow's universe defining series. We ran an art
America's Got Powers – The New Bryan Hitch And Jonathan Ross Comic For 2012
Jonathan Ross has tweeted "Morning! New year and a new beginning! Am beyond excited to announce that Bryan Hitch and I are publishing new comic with Image this spring…America's Got Powers" Full on superhero angst and action as Americas most gifted superpowered teen wannabes slug it out on tv for a place in the worlds[...]
Will Prophet #21 Be The First Speculator Hit Of 2012 (UPDATE)
Pick a first issue title, preferably from Image, by someone with a little history and fanbase, who has lucked onto a strong high concept The odds are it will be underordered and you'll be able to flip it in the first few weeks of sale before the market settles If you're lucky you might also[...]
The MacGyver Pitches That Weren't
Earlier this year, Bleeding Cool helped Tony Lee and Image Comics find a new artist to replace Becky Cloonan on the MacGyver comic book And yesterday we reported that a winner had been found, Will Sliney But who else pitched for the series? Here are a few examples – and they might just be available[...]
Will Sliney Is The New Artist On MacGyver
After Becky Cloonan stepped down from drawing the upcoming Image comic series MacGyver: Fugitive Gauntlet, based on the classic TV series and written by Tony Lee and show creator Lee David Zlotoff, the pair went on a bit of a talent hunt Bleeding Cool even got involved. The winer is Irish artist Will Sliney, who has[...]
FREE: Samurai's Blood #1 From Image Comics
The Samurai's Blood trade paperback by Owen Wiseman and Nam Kim , published by Image, produced by Benaroya Publishing, is on the 29th of February. Which is nice. But before that, why not read the full first issue, right here, right now. And here's the solicit; Set in feudal Japan, an era when lineage defined you, SAMURAI'S BLOOD involves[...]
Prophet #21: A Tasters' Menu With A Nineties Aftertaste?
Which was written in the eighteen nineties.  Prophet #21 is published by Image in January It is not anything you could have expected.   I remember Prophet by Rob Liefeld, Stephen Platt and the like An uber-Cable, a soldier fighting things, there was time travel involved, there was an end of days to prevent, or cause, I[...]
Joe Harris To Launch Great Pacific From Image Comics In 2012. With Octopi.
Bleeding Cool already mentioned the horror comic book that Joe Harris is creating with Ethan Van Sciver at DC Comics, Bastardized. Well, we also know about his upcoming comic from Image with Martin Morazzo With the title Great Pacific its an environmental disaster adventure comic And there are visuals and designs… Again, that's about it. [...]
Eric Stephenson Slags Off Marvel And DC Over 2012 Publishing Plans
In his private blog, the publisher of Image Comics, Eric Stephenson, has come out with a rather strong assault against Marvel and DC And possibly a challenge. He basically accuses them of living in the past, citing Marvel's big 2012 announcement of an X-Men Vs Avengers event reminiscient of a similar one from the eighties, and[...]
Swipe File: The Comic With The Dragon Tattoo
This is the cover to No Place Like Home, coming from Image Comics next year by Angelo Tirotto and Richard Jordan. And this is the cover to W Magazine… If only Rooney Mara had rememembered to wear her Wonderbra as well. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other [...]