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12 Facts You May Not Have Known About Image Comics
12 Facts You May Not Have Known About Image Comics
12 Facts You May Not Have Known About Image Comics
Everyone loves comic book trivia, but with decades of comics behind, there’s always some new obscure fact to learn. That’s why ComicsAlliance is going deep into the minutiae of your favorite names in comics in our continuing video series. You think you know comics? Well, here’s a few things you might not know! This week we're celebrating Image Comics' 25th anniversary, and after taking a look at the history of cartoons based on Image-published comics, today we're looking at the comics themselves.
Today in Comics History: The Start Of The Image Revolution
Today in Comics History: The Start Of The Image Revolution
Today in Comics History: The Start Of The Image Revolution
At the dawn of 1992, comic books were booming. Tim Burton's Batman had kicked off a new wave of big-budget film adaptations. Superhero products could be found in nearly every aisle of every department store and supermarket. New comic shops were springing up in shopping centers and malls, publishers were seeing their highest sales figures in years, and new companies were making names for themselves as serious players. And Marvel Comics was the unquestioned big fish in the pool, with their stock booming in the six short months since they'd gone public, and an unparalleled creative stable. But big changes were afoot. In December of 1991, Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, and Jim Lee, Marvel's three biggest artists, informed publisher Terry Stewart that the company's policies toward talent were unfair, that creators were not being appropriately rewarded for their work, and that they were leaving, effective immediately. In the month thereafter, they joined forces with a few more like-minded artists from Marvel's top-selling titles, worked out a deal with small publisher Malibu Comics for production and distribution, and decided on the title for their new company --- recycling a name that Liefeld had originally intended for an aborted self-publishing venture. On February 1st, 1992, a press release was sent out announcing the formation of Image Comics.
Happy 20th Birthday To Image Comics
Happy 20th Birthday To Image Comics
Happy 20th Birthday To Image Comics
Image Comics celebrated its 20th birthday today, truly a milestone year in the life of an independent comics publisher. The company was founded on February 1, 1992 by Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Mark Silvestri and Jim Valentino as a means for those popular creators to produce and publish their own original work while retaining full ownership of their intell
Wieringo-Inspired Art Available Via eBay Starting Today
Wieringo-Inspired Art Available Via eBay Starting Today
Wieringo-Inspired Art Available Via eBay Starting Today
Press Release Much-beloved comic artist Mike Wieringo passed away on August 12 of a heart attack. Many artists immediately did Wieringo tribute pieces, and many wished to donate them to charity. As Mike was a lover of both comics and animals, Mike's family elected to donate them to The Hero Initiative and the ASPCA ...
Image Releases Jim Valentino’s Complete normalman this July!
Image Releases Jim Valentino’s Complete normalman this July!
Image Releases Jim Valentino’s Complete normalman this July!
Press Release A Visitor From Another Planet crash lands on Levram, where everyone has super powers except him! Rocketed into space by his junior CPA father (who thought his planet was about to explode -- it didn't), he traveled for 20 years and is about to embark on a series of senses-shattering misadventures under the wing of the witless Captain Everything ...