Just another WordPress weblog

Archive for May, 2009

MIKE ALLRED AND THE GEAR END MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS THIS AUGUST!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 posted by Mike Allred ends his acclaimed series with big bang and a musical epilogue! 12:00 am
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS comes to an end this August as creator Mike Allred wraps up an entire series' worth of stories in a final blockbuster issue and his new album, THE GEAR: LEFT OF CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, both featuring the return of characters from his highly praised hit RED ROCKET 7. "MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS marks the end of an era, but definitely not the end of MADMAN at Image," Allred said. "MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS was a really fun time for me, Laura, Madman and friends....

JOSH MEDORS BENEFIT AUCTION GOES LIVE ON EBAY!

Saturday, May 23, 2009 posted by The benefit auctions for artist Josh Medors are now live and on Ebay! 12:00 am
Starting at 9am PST, a new auction will list every minute until they are all up. They will all start at $9.99 or less starting bids, and almost all without reserves. You can see them all as they list at: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/madman1138 Contributing artists include Frank Frazetta, Nat Jones, Tim Seeley, Mike Allred, Josh Medors (of course), Ben Templesmith, Steve Kurth,...

TYRESE GIBSON AND IMAGE COMICS UNLEASH MAYHEM AGAINST THE CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD THIS AUGUST!

Friday, May 15, 2009 posted by The mega-popular superstar brings his unique creative vision to Image Comics this August! 12:00 am
Tyrese Gibson, the Multi-Platinum selling R&B singer and mega-star behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Death Race and 2 Fast 2 Furious, comes full force to comics with ANGEL artist Tone Rodriguez and co-writers Mike Le & William Wilson in August's three-issue action packed thriller, MAYHEM! "I am extremely excited to be working with Image Comics on the launching my debut comic book MAYHEM," Gibson said. "Image has a long and rich history of great titles...

SPAWN’S ENDGAME REACHES ITS STARTLING CLIMAX WITH A MASSIVE SELL OUT IN TIME FOR THE LONG AWAITED COLLECTION!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 posted by SPAWN 'Endgame' storyline reaches the halfway point with a complete distributor-level sell out! 12:00 am
SPAWN, the long-running superhero saga recently relaunched by series creator Todd McFarlane and fellow Image Founder Whilce Portacio, kicks off the second half of its series altering storyline 'Endgame' with a distribution-level sell out making way for the upcoming collection. "Our goal is to slowly build up momentum and the sellout of issue #191 is another indication that we're accomplishing that goal," McFarlane said. "With a majority of our single issues out of print...

CHRIS GIARRUSSO’S G-MAN FLIES AGAIN THIS AUGUST!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 posted by MINI-MARVELS creator Chris Giarrusso brings back his creator owned hit in G-MAN: CAPE CRISIS! 12:00 am
G-MAN: CAPE CRISIS, an all-new mini-series by MINI-MARVELS' cartoonist Chris Giarrusso, brings back everyone's favorite kid friendly superhero to the Image Universe this August! "Getting to work on G-MAN: CAPE CRISIS has been a long time coming," Giarrusso said. "I had a great time working on MINI-MARVELS while it lasted, but I've also had some G-MAN stories I've wanted to tell for a while. Short MINI-MARVELS back-up strips are always fun, but with G-MAN, I finally hav...

IMAGE COMICS, TOKYOPOP AND BRANDON GRAHAM REOPEN THE DOORS TO KING CITY THIS AUGUST!

Monday, May 11, 2009 posted by Brandon Graham's KING CITY returns courtesy of TOKYOPOP and Image Comics! 12:00 am
KING CITY, the Eisner-nominated major debut by cartoonist Brandon Graham, continues in an ongoing series presented in the deluxe, oversized format courtesy of TOKYOPOP and Image Comics! "Continuing KING CITY has been a long time coming and I'm thrilled that TOKYOPOP and Image Comics are bringing it back in the best way possible," Graham said. "We're doing it as thirty-two page monthly issues, the first six issues remastering the original series along with as much cool ...

LIVE AGAIN AFTER DEATH THIS JULY IN THE UPCOMING EXISTENCE 2.0!

Thursday, May 7, 2009 posted by Science fiction and noir crime combine like never before in July's EXISTENCE 2.0! 12:00 am
This July writer Nick Spencer and illustrator Ronald Salas give one man the chance to start life anew after dying in the science fiction romp, EXISTENCE 2.0. "I brought this book to Image, because in all my years of reading comics I've never quite seen anything like it," Image Comics Vice-President Jim Valentino said. "The way Nick and Ron combine the standard tropes of crime and science fiction to create something wholly new blew me away. It's a comic I had to read and...

Josh Medors Benefit Auction Announcement

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 posted by By Dave Kopecki 12:00 am
This is a call to action! As many of you may know already, artist Josh Medors (Frazetta's Swamp Demon & Sorcerer, Runes of Ragnan, 30 Days of Night) has been fighting a losing battle against a terminal form of cancer for well over a year, and it has recently taken a turn for the worst. The doctors and conventional medicine have all but given up on him and say there isn't anything else they can do. But he has found an alternative treatment that has the possibility of extending his ...

OLYMPUS TO EXPAND ITS PANTHEON OF COMICS RETAILERS!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 posted by New Image series, OLYMPUS, develops all-new retailer outreach program! 12:00 am
OLYMPUS, the upcoming action series of mythological proportions by writer Nathan Edmondson and illustrator Christian Ward from Image Comics, is looking to reach out to the many comic book retailers supporting the title with an incentive to boost customer awareness! "Christian and I have worked hard to interact with as many retailers as we can, and the response has been magnificent and overwhelming," Edmondson said. "Unlike other entertainment mediums, comics does not th...