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There are many independent comic creators of different ethnicities and backgrounds, a number of whom distribute digitally, telling their own stories. NF: Outside of achieving a healthier diversity in talent, what are the challenges facing comics today that you find most pressing? What do you think about Eric Stephenson's remarks in his February ComicsPRO speech? JI: Eric[...]

By David Dissanayake Out July 16th from Image Comics is Dark Engine, a new dark fantasy/mystery ongoing by Ryan Burton and John Bivens.  It's a twisted

And their "Newest Creation" (in the words of their press release) is something which every one of us 90s' children will recall…Dexter's Laboratory. You've probably also heard (boundaries!) of that already infamous interview with Image editor-in-chief Eric Stephenson, pointing out that the comics market is over-saturated with licensed property comics that readers instinctively know isn't "the[...]

Their latest show of support not only gives CAM a boost, but also rewards their employees with free museum admission and discounts at our bookstore." "Image is thrilled to support the Cartoon Art Museum," said Eric Stephenson, Publisher at Image Comics. "They do a fantastic job of fostering enthusiasm for sequential art and its historical and cultural value[...]

Two of the bigger stories causing a stir lately have been Nimona web cartoonist Noelle Stevenson's first experience going into a comic shop and Image Comics' publisher Eric Stephenson's ComicsPRO address (no relation). Noelle Stevenson's account of her comic shop experience rather quickly became a catalyst for conversation about women's treatment in comic shops with accounts of similar experiences[...]

Photo by Annette Price, of NewsOK On Friday, Bleeding Cool ran a speech by Eric Stephenson, publisher at Image Comics, to the gathered retailers at the ComicsPRO event in Atlanta, Georgia You can read the whole text here Eric Stephenson was also handed the 2014 ComicsPRO Industry Appreciation Award. Specifically mentioning that Star Wars, GI Joe and[...]

A message from Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson on the state of the comic book industry He was forthright. And straight away the tweeting began. Maybe people should focus on their comics rather than slagging off superheroes, Star Wars, GI Joe & other things people enjoy? Crazy I know. — Brian Truitt (@briantruitt) February 28, 2014 Proud of the[...]

This is the address that Eric Stephenson, Publisher of Image Comics, just gave to ComicsPRO in Atlanta, Georgia, I hope you don't mind if I deviate from standard practice, but instead of talking about Image Comics this morning, I'd like to talk about you. This is my fourth year at ComicsPRO, and one of the reasons I[...]

Even my fastest ones have the rise after the second S." Robert Kirkman says "Oddly enough, the SDCC issue 76 looks real… All others of mine are 100% fake." Eric Stephenson tells me "Yeah, I don't think that's mine Also, Robert's is pretty clearly fake." When asked, the seller told me. Wow, are you serious? First off[...]

Next weekend sees the Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds. But first, on Wednesday, November 20th, Nathan Fox will be signing his full colour graphic novel Dogs Of War, in paperback and hardback, at Forbidden Planet in London from 6pm to 7pm Which takes place just after Ales Kot and Tom Muller signing Zero at Orbital Comics in[...]

And he said, "Well, talk to Eric Stephenson Because Eric really likes the book", and I knew I had Kirkman in my corner It was strangely easy I told Eric I'd like to start doing the book again, and at that time I had a 12 issue arc in mind And he said, "Yes Talk[...]

I doubt we've heard the last of this one: In an article at Multiversity, Eric Stephenson, Publisher of Image Comics is quoted as saying, in response to a question about why so many bigger names are moving to creator owned comics of late; Most-Read Comic Stories Tuesday: Image Comics Publisher Alleges Comic Creator Bullying By Big Two In[...]

In an article at Multiversity, Eric Stephenson, Publisher of Image Comics is quoted as saying, in response to a question about why so many bigger names are moving to creator owned comics of late; A lot of people aren't familiar with how the comics industry actually works, but there's a lot of bullying that goes on[...]

Alex Wilson writes; Nowhere Men issue 2, written by Eric Stephenson and featuring the art of Mate Bellegarde and Jordie Bellaire, will be on comic book store shelves December 19th The first issue of this series left me a little confused but intrigued The second issue starts off on good old Earth with one of our[...]

This book, published by Image Comics and written by Eric Stephenson with art by Nate Bellegarde and Jordie Bellaire, has a theme of science and exploration of the unknown. The first issue in this series starts off with three of our four cover scientists arguing about the deaths of two employees who lost their lives fighting[...]

Continuing our occasional, rather frank, discussions with Image Comics Publisher, Eric Stephenson Now it seems rocking a rather retro look.  Well, I suppose revamps are in the air right now. Okay, to business. Rich: Every several months, we seem to get a boom in attention over a bunch of creator owned books The last time was around[...]

) So, down to the nitty gritty: The Keynote Address by Eric Stephenson was a short affair which recapped the history of Image, and then segued into some announcements of current and upcoming titles Stephenson began his association with Image through being friends with Jim Valentino, who he had interviewed for the magazine that would become Wizard[...]

Gotta say, I love the sentiment expressed in Eric Stephenson's blog today  Mostly because I've been thinking recently that our current group of industry EICs and other top execs is — with one or two notable exceptions — mostly a pretty low-key bunch  It hasn't always been so, but the echoes of excelsior! have been[...]

Eric Stephenson is publisher of Image Comics He is also one of the few publishers willing to be directly interviewed by Bleeding Cool At least one other asked to be in the light of our earlier interviews, but on receiving the questions, suddenly declined. So we're doing it again. Rich: So San Diego Image announced a shed[...]

Beginning a series of semi-regular chats with Image publisher Eric Stephenson You got a question, email it in or add it to the comments… Rich: A number of people criticised me for being terribly harsh on you last time, for being an Image hater, for being one-sided, for being unprofessional in my questioning Did[...]