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{{Infobox Company
| company_name = Image Comics
| company_logo = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Image Comics logo.gif]] -->
| company_type = [[List of comic book publishing companies|Comic publisher]]
| company_slogan =
| foundation = 1992
| key_people = [[Todd McFarlane]]<br />[[Rob Liefeld]]<br />[[Jim Lee]]<br />[[Marc Silvestri]]<br />[[Erik Larsen]]<br />[[Jim Valentino]]<br />[[Whilce Portacio]]
| location =
| industry = [[Comics]]
| homepage = [http://www.imagecomics.com/ ImageComics.com]
}}
'''Image Comics''' is an [[United States|American]] [[comic book]] publisher. It was founded in 1992 by seven high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the [[copyrights]] to the characters they created, as [[creator ownership|creator-owned]] properties. Image's success has significantly changed the position of creators in the comic book industry.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} Along with [[DC Comics|DC]], [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]], Image Comics is one of the four largest comic book publishers in America.
Its better-known series include ''[[Spawn (comics)|Spawn]]'', ''[[Pitt (comics)|Pitt]]'', ''[[The Savage Dragon]]'', ''[[Shadowhawk]]'', ''[[Youngblood (comics)|Youngblood]]'', ''[[Supreme (comics)|Supreme]]'', ''[[Wildcats (comics)|WildC.A.T.s]]'', ''[[Gen¹³]]'', ''[[Wetworks]]'', ''[[Cyberforce]]'', ''[[Witchblade]]'', ''[[The Darkness (comics)|The Darkness]]'', ''[[Invincible Comics|Invincible]]'', the third volume of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage comics)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', and ''[[The Walking Dead]]''.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
==History==
===Founding===
[[Image:15 anniversary of Image Comics.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Panel at [[ComicCon]] 2007 on the 15th anniversary of the founding of Image Comics. [[Todd McFarlane]] seated our far left, with [[Erik Larsen]] to his left. Photo: [http://www.flickr.com/people/9650079@N04 Comiquero.com]. ]]
In the early 1990s, several popular [[Marvel Comics]] illustrators grew increasingly annoyed that artwork and characters they created were being heavily merchandized, with the artists -- working as [[freelance]]rs -- receiving only page rates for their work and modest [[royalties]]. They also resented a common attitude among Marvel management that the writers and artists were less important to the success of a series than the characters, and could easily be replaced. In December 1991, a group of these illustrators approached Marvel president [[Terry Stewart]] and demanded that the company give them ownership and creative control over their work. Accounts vary as to whom this group included, but it is generally accepted that [[Todd McFarlane]] and [[Rob Liefeld]] were among its leaders. Marvel did not meet their demands.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
Several months later, seven illustrators announced the creation of Image Comics. The company's original line-up included [[Todd McFarlane]] (famous for his work on Marvel's ''[[Peter Parker: Spider-Man| Spider-Man]]''), [[Jim Lee]] (''[[X-Men]]''), [[Rob Liefeld]] (''[[X-Force]]''), [[Marc Silvestri]] (''[[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]]''), [[Erik Larsen]] (''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]''), [[Jim Valentino]] (''[[Guardians of the Galaxy]]''), and [[Whilce Portacio]] (''[[Uncanny X-Men]]''). This development is sometimes called the "X-odus", because four of these creators (Liefeld, Lee, Silvestri, and Portacio) were famous for their work on the X-Men franchise. Although each artist had become relatively well-known at Marvel, the trio of Lee, Liefeld, and McFarlane were comic book superstars. Image's initial titles were solicited and produced through [[Malibu Comics]], a publisher that had specialized in low print run black and white creator-owned and licensed comics since 1986. Malibu provided administrative, production and marketing support for the launch of the initial titles.<ref>[http://www.platinumstudios.com/universes/awesome.php Platinum Studios: Awesome Comics]. Accessed February 3, 2008</ref>
Image was formed under two provisions:<ref>[http://www.tcj.com/3_online/n_image3.html "The Image Story" (Part Three)], ''[[The Comics Journal]]'', [[2005-10-25]]. Retrieved on [[2008-03-15]].</ref>
* Image does not own a creator's work; the creator does.
* No Image partner would ever interfere, creatively or financially, with any other's work.
Image itself owns almost no intellectual property except the company trademarks: its name and its logo.<ref> Erik Larsen, "Grand Larseny", printed in the back of various Image titles, February 2008 </ref>
In the spirit of the second rule, each Image partner founded his own studio, which published under the Image banner but was autonomous from any central editorial control. Because Portacio did not opt to become a full partner in the company, Image originally consisted of six studios:{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
*[[Extreme Studios]], owned by Rob Liefeld
*[[Highbrow Entertainment]], owned by Erik Larsen
*[[ShadowLine]], owned by Jim Valentino
*[[Todd McFarlane|Todd McFarlane Productions]], owned by Todd McFarlane
*[[Top Cow Productions]], owned by Marc Silvestri
*[[Wildstorm|Wildstorm Productions]], owned by Jim Lee
[[Image:Spawn.jpg|right|thumb|170px|''Spawn'' #1 (1992), art by Todd McFarlane]]
===Development===
The first Image comic books to arrive at stores were Liefeld's ''[[Youngblood (comics)|Youngblood]]'', Larsen's ''[[The Savage Dragon]]'', McFarlane's ''[[Spawn (comics)|Spawn]]'', and Lee's ''[[WildC.A.T.s]]''. Propelled by the artists' star power and the eagerness of comic book collectors to get in early on the "next big thing", these series sold in numbers that no publisher other than Marvel, [[DC Comics|DC]] or [[Valiant Comics]] had achieved since the market's drastic decline in the 1970s. The company experienced lesser successes with Silvestri's ''[[Cyberforce]]'', Valentino's ''[[Shadowhawk]]'' and Portacio's much-delayed ''[[Wetworks]]''{{Fact|date=March 2007}}.
Some of the founders' studios came to resemble independent publishers, each with several ongoing series set in a shared universe. (At first there were indications of a shared universe ''among'' the studios, but these decreased as the studios developed their own directions.) The use of freelancers to write and/or illustrate series that were owned by the Image partners led to criticism that some of them had reproduced the very system they had rebelled against, just with them in charge instead of a corporation. Image partners who did not take this approach assumed a neutral position on it, in keeping with the requirement that none of them had any say in how the others' studios were run.
[[Image:The Maxx 01 cover.jpg|thumb|170px|left|''The Maxx'' #1, illustrated by Sam Kieth.]]
Some of the Image partners used their studios to publish the works of other independent creators, offering them the chance to do so while owning the copyrights and maintaining editorial control over their own series{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. Other publishers had offered similar deals to creators, but this was not typical in the industry. These included [[Sam Kieth]], who created ''[[The Maxx]]'', [[Dale Keown]], who created ''[[Pitt (comics)|PITT]]'', [[Jae Lee]], who created ''[[Hellshock]]'', and [[Kurt Busiek]], [[Brent Anderson]] and [[Alex Ross]], who created ''[[Astro City]]''. Later, some established [[self-published]] series also moved to Image, such as [[Jeff Smith (cartoonist)|Jeff Smith]]'s ''[[Bone (comics)|Bone]]'' and [[Colleen Doran]]'s ''[[A Distant Soil]]''.
Image soon came to rival Marvel and DC in terms of fan popularity and sales{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. However, the Image partners had little experience as writers and editors, and critics focused on this and other shortcomings they saw{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. Critics charged that the artwork was excessively flashy, and often showed weaknesses in anatomy and storytelling fundamentals{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. The characters were derided as simple variations on generic archetypes, and poorly developed. The level of violence and the sexual presentation of female characters drew further criticism though ironically the amount of violence at the time was on par with what was found in DC and Marvel{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. Only a few Image-published properties were critically acclaimed (such as ''[[Astro City]]''), some met with neutral or mixed responses from critics (''The Savage Dragon'', ''Spawn''), and many were outright despised by critics and older comic book fans (''WildC.A.T.s,'' ''Cyberforce'', and especially ''Youngblood'').{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
The partners also had little business experience and found themselves overwhelmed with the responsibilities of managing their respective studios. Soon the company became notorious for falling behind its publishing schedule. For example, ''WildC.A.T.s,'' which was intended to be published monthly, had only 4 issues in 9 months (#29-32, Apr '96, Jun '96, Sep '96, Jan '97). Retailers' orders of newly-solicited issues were typically based on the sales of recent issues, but as the issues shipped weeks and even several months late, fans' interest tended to wane, leaving retailers with inventory they couldn't sell. In response, retailers cut orders even further to reduce their risk. This significantly hurt the studios, which were each responsible for their own cash flow and profitability.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
In 1993, the partners hired [[Larry Marder]] to act as "executive director" for the publisher. Valentino quipped in interviews that Marder's job was literally to "direct the executives". He developed better financial planning and had some success in disciplining creators to deliver their work on time, in part by insisting that retail orders for new issues would not be solicited until the books had been illustrated, usually ensuring they would be ready to ship when promised{{Fact|date=February 2007}}.
[[Image:Wb80cover.jpg|thumb|right|170px|''Witchblade'' #80.]]
By the mid-1990s Image series such as ''Spawn'' and ''The Savage Dragon'' had proven themselves as lasting successes (the former frequently topping the sales charts for months in which new issues came out), while new series such as Wildstorm's ''[[Gen¹³]]'', and Top Cow's ''[[Witchblade]]'' and ''[[The Darkness (comics)|The Darkness]]'' were also successful. Image had established itself as a strong competitor in the comic book industry, although critical reactions were often still less than enthusiastic.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
Clashes between partners began to harm the company. Several of the partners complained that Liefeld was using his power as [[CEO]] of Image to promote and perhaps even to financially support his own separate publishing company [[Maximum Press]]. Silvestri withdrew [[Top Cow]] from Image in 1996 (although he retained his partnership in the company). This was due in part to Liefeld attempting to "steal away" Silvestri's talent pool, which included then [[Witchblade]] superstar artist [[Michael Turner]]. Silvestri was infuriated by this and decided that to prohibit this practice from continuing he would pull Top Cow out. In September 1996, Liefeld, before he could be voted out, resigned and Silvestri would later return.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
Wildstorm's [[Cliffhanger (comics)|Cliffhanger]] imprint, established in 1998, was also a commercial success, launching high-selling creative-owned properties for new stars such as Image artists [[Humberto Ramos]], [[J. Scott Campbell]] and the recent Marvel transfer [[Joe Madureira]]. Though the great success at the top of the sales charts was marred with production delays, the imprint continued to attract more star talents such as [[Chris Bachalo]], [[Joe Kelly]], [[Kurt Busiek]] and [[Carlos Pacheco]]. When Jim Lee sold Wildstorm to DC Comics in 1999, citing his desire to drop his responsibilities as a publisher for more creative work, the Cliffhanger imprint moved along but the popularity of the line was already showing signs of fading, with many of its titles missing production schedules one after the other.
A promised "10th Anniversary" book for Image, in which each of the four remaining partners would create a story featuring their signature characters, experienced delays reminiscent of the period 10 years earlier, and the ''Image Comics'' #1 hardcover was eventually resolicited for release in November 2005.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
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Meanwhile, Valentino, who had previously become less active in the company, began using his position as a partner to publish a number of "indie" titles by other creators, in a deliberate attempt to diversify Image's output and its image. Although most of these series - ironically dubbed the "non-line" because of their lack of commonality - did not sell well and were soon cancelled, they introduced an increasingly important business model for the company: offering other creators the same total-ownership terms the partners enjoyed, but taking a fixed fee upon publication for the company's administrative costs. This practice increased after Marder left the company in 1999 and Valentino became publisher and manager of "Image Central", the business unit independent of any of the studios.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
In February 2004, Larsen replaced Valentino as publisher, largely continuing existing business practices. As of 2005, the majority of books Image publishes in a given month (in terms of titles, not necessarily sales) are non-studio productions. McFarlane's ''Spawn'' and related titles, his [[McFarlane Toys]] line, and Silvestri's Top Cow imprint remain a substantial segment of Image's total sales. Since 2004, Robert Kirkman's ''[[The Walking Dead]]'' has emerged as one of the most successful black and white comics of the past twenty-five years, routinely surpassing the sales of many of Image's (and other publisher's) color books. Larsen's ''Savage Dragon'' continues as the longest-running owner-created title by an Image partner. Valentino has returned to creating comics, including a new incarnation of ShadowHawk. The company retains its position as the third or fourth largest publisher in the North American [[direct market]] (after Marvel, DC, and sometimes [[Dark Horse Comics]]), but has lost significant sales momentum compared to its first several years.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
Larsen stepped down in 2008 and Executive Director [[Eric Stephenson]] was promoted to Publisher.<ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080710-estephenson.html Eric Stephenson: Talking to the New Image Publisher], [[Newsarama]], July 9, 2008</ref>
==Image Comics Universe==
Though some Image Comics titles take place in their own continuity, many occur within the same [[fictional universe]]. Many Image-published comics, including ''Spawn'', ''Shadowhawk'', ''Noble Causes'', ''Blacklight'', ''Firebreather'', ''Invincible'', ''The Darkness'', ''Brit'', ''Astounding Wolf-Man'', ''Dynamo 5'', ''Savage Dragon'', ''Cyberforce'', and ''Witchblade'', have crossed over with each other.
==Notable series published==
{{seealso|List of current Image Comics publications}}
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===A - D===
*''Adrenalynn''
*''[[After The Cape]]''
*''[[Age of Bronze (comics)|Age of Bronze]]''
*''[[Aletheia (comics)|Aletheia]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13482 LeFevre Crafts a New Mythology In "Aletheia"], [[Comic Book Resources]], March 25, 2008</ref>
*''[[Allegra]]''
*''[[Alley Cat (comics)|Alley Cat]]''
*''[[Alliance]]''
*''[[Altered Image]]''
*''[[Alter Nation]]''
*''[[Amazing Joy Buzzards (comics)|Amazing Joy Buzzards]]''
*''[[Angela (comics)|Angela]]''
*''[[Ant (fictional)|Ant]]''
*''[[Arcanum (comic)|Arcanum]]''
*''[[Area 52]]''
*''[[Aria (comics)|Aria]]''
*''[[The Amory Wars]]''
*''[[Ascension (comic)|Ascension]]''
*''[[Astro City]]''
*''[[The Atheist (comics)|The Atheist]]''
*''[[Athena Inc.]]''
*''[[The Astounding Wolf-Man]]'' (beginning May 2007)
*''[[Avengelyne]]''
*''[[The Awakening (Image Comics)|Awakening]]''
*''[[Backlash (Wildstorm)|Backlash]]''
*''[[Back to Brooklyn]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17216 Ennis & Palmiotti Go "Back to Brooklyn"], [[Comic Book Resources]], July 15, 2008</ref>
*''[[Badger (comics)|Badger]]''
*''[[Badrock]]''
*''[[Badrock and Company]]''
*''[[Battle Chasers]]''
*''[[Battle Hymn (comic book)|Battle Hymn]]''
*''[[Battle of the Planets]]''
*''[[Big Bang Comics]]''
*''[[Black & White]]''
*''[[Bloodmaster Scarlet]]''
*''[[Bloodpool (comics)|Bloodpool]]''
*''[[Bloodstrike (team)|Bloodstrike]]''
*''[[Bloodwulf]]''
*''[[Bomb Queen (comics)|Bomb Queen]]'' 2006
*''[[Bone (comics)|Bone]]''
*''[[Boof]]''
*''[[Boof & the Bruise Crew]]''
*''[[Brigade (comics)|Brigade]]''
*''[[Brit (Comics)|Brit]]''
*''[[Broken Trinity]]''
*''[[Casanova (comics)|Casanova]]''
*''[[Case Files: Sam & Twitch]]''
*''[[Celestine]]''
*''[[Channel Zero (comic)|Channel Zero]]''
*''[[Chapel]]''
*''[[Chassis]]''
*''[[Cholly and Flytrap]]''
*''[[City of Heroes comic book|City of Heroes]]''
*''[[City of Silence]]''
*''[[The Clock Maker]]''
*''[[Codename: Strykeforce|Codename: Stryke Force]]''
*''[[Comic Book Tattoo]]''<ref>[http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2274817,00.html Tori Amos's comic reinvention], ''[[The Guardian]]'', April 18, 2008</ref>
*''[[Common Grounds]]''
*''[[Compass Zero]]''
*''[[Crawl Space (comics)|Crawl Space]]''
*''Creed''
*''Creech''
*''[[Crimson (comics)|Crimson]]''
*''Cross Bronx, The''
*''Crow''
*''Crypt''
*''[[Curse of the Spawn]]''
*''Cursed''
*''[[Cyberforce]]''
*''[[Cybernary]]''
*''[[Danger Girl]]''
*''[[Darkchylde]]''
*''[[Darker Image]]''
*''[[Darkminds]]''
*''[[The Darkness (comics)|The Darkness]]''
*''[[Dart (comics)|Dart]]''
*''[[Dawn (comics)|Dawn]]''
*''[[Dead Space (comics)|Dead Space]]''
*''[[The Deadly Duo]]''
*''[[Death, Jr.]]''
*''[[Deathblow]]''
*''Deep Sleeper issues 3 and 4''
*''Defiance''
*''[[Deity: Revelations]]''
*''[[Desperate Times]]''
*''[[Divine Right (comic)|Divine Right]]''
*''[[Doom's IV]]''
*''Drain''
*''[[Dust (Image Comics)|Dust]]'' <ref>[http://www.12gaugecomics.com/dust.html 12 Gauge Comics :: Paolo Parente's Dust<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <ref>[http://www.dustgame.com Paolo Parente’s Dust: The Army Weekly<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9533 "Dust" Debuts from mink & Parente this Summer at Image], February 1, 2007, [[Comic Book Resources]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11715 Preview: ''Dust'' #2], August 28, 2007, [[Comic Book Resources]]</ref>
*''Dusty Star''
*''[[DV8]]''
*''[[Dynamo 5]]''
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===F - L===
*''[[Faction Paradox]]''
*''[[Fathom (comics)|Fathom]]''
*''[[Fear Agent]]''
*''[[Fearless (comics)|Fearless]]''
*''Feather''
*''[[Fell (comics)|Fell]]''
*''[[Firebreather]]''
*''[[Fire From Heaven (comics)|Fire From Heaven]]''
*''First Man''
*''Forever Amber''
*''[[Four Eyes]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16958 A Boy & His Dragon: Kelly talks "Four Eyes"], [[Comic Book Resources]], June 26, 2008</ref>
*''[[Frankenstein Mobster]]''
*''[[Freak Force]]''
*''[[Freshmen (comics)|Freshmen]]''
*''G-Man''
*''[[G.I. Joe]]''
*''[[Gear Station]]''
*''[[Geeksville]]''
*''[[Gen¹³]]''
*''[[Ghost Spy]]''
*''[[Girls (comics)|Girls]]''
*''[[Glory (comics)|Glory]]''
*''[[Gødland]]''
*''[[Go Girl!]]''
*''[[Graveslinger]]'' <ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11710 Denton and Mariotte Go West in "Graveslinger"], [[Comic Book Resources]], August 27, 2007</ref>
*''[[The Gray Area]]''
*''[[Grease Monkey (comics)|Grease Monkey]]''
*''[[Groo the Wanderer]]''
*''[[Grounded (comics)|Grounded]]''
*''[[Grrl Scouts: Work Sucks]]''
*''[[Hawaiian Dick]]''
*''[[Hazed (comics)|Hazed]]''
*''[[Heirs of Eternity]]''
*''[[Hellcop]]''
*''[[Hellshock]]''
*''[[Hellspawn (publication)|Hellspawn]]''
*''[[The Horror Book]]''
*''[[Humankind (comics)|Humankind]]''
*''[[Hunter-Killer (comics)|Hunter-Killer]]''
*''[[I Kill Giants]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16178 Joe Kelly: "I Kill Giants"], [[Comic Book Resources]], April 25, 2008</ref>
*''[[Isis (Bluewater Comics)|Image Introduces: The Legend of Isis]]'' (2002, one-shot)
*''[[Imaginaries, The]]''
*''[[Immortal II]]''
*''Intrigue''
*''[[Intimidators]]''
*''[[Invincible Comics|Invincible]]''
*''[[Iron Wings]]''
*''[[Jack Staff]]''
*''[[Jade Warriors]]''
*''Journeyman''
*''[[Jinx (Image Comics)|Jinx]]''
*''[[J.U.D.G.E.]]''
*''[[Kabuki (comics)|Kabuki]]''
*''[[Kid Supreme]]''
*''[[Kill All Parents]]''<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=155337 Martin Andrew Smith on ''Kill All Parents''], [[Newsarama]], April 29, 2008</ref> <ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16237 Mark Andrew Smith Plans to "Kill All Parents"], [[Comic Book Resources]], April 30, 2008</ref>
*''Kin''
*''[[Kiss: Psycho Circus]]''
*''[[Knightmare]]''
*''Kore''
*''[[Lady Pendragon]]''
*''[[Lady Rawhide]]''
*''[[Last Shot]]''
*''[[Leave It to Chance]]''
*''Legacy''
*''[[Legend of Supreme]]''
*''[[Liberty Meadows]]''
*''[[Lions, Tigers and Bears]]''
*''Little Red Hot''
*''Lucha Libre''
*''[[Lullaby: Wisdom Seeker]]''
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===M - Y===
*''[[Madman|Madman Atomic Comics]]'' (beginning April 2007)
*''[[Magdalena (comics)|Magdalena]]''
*''[[Mage (comics)|Mage]]''
*''[[Mask of Zorro]]''
*''[[Masters of the Universe]]''
*''[[Maximage]]''
*''[[The Maxx]]''
*''[[Mech Destroyer]]''
*''[[Megaton Man]]''
*''[[Meltdown (Image Comics)|Meltdown]]''
*''[[The Mice Templar]]''
*''[[Micronauts]]''
*''[[Midnight Nation]]''
*''[[Misplaced]]''
*''[[More Than Mortal: Otherworlds]]''
*''[[M. Rex]]''
*''[[Mutant Earth]]''
*''[[Mythstalkers]]''
*''The Necromancer''
*''[[New Men (Image Comics)|New Men]]''
*''[[The Next Issue Project]]''
*''[[Night Club]]''
*''[[1963 (comic book)|1963]]''
*''[[Noble Causes]]''
*''[[NYC Mech]]''
*''[[Obergeist]]''
*''[[Occult Crimes Taskforce]]''
*''[[The Others]]''
*''[[The Pact (comics)|The Pact]]''
*''[[Paradigm (publication)|Paradigm]]''
*''[[Pax Romana (comics)|Pax Romana]]''
*''[[Phantom Guard]]''
*''[[Phantom Jack]]''
*''[[PigTale]]''
*''The Pirates Of Coney Island''
*''[[Pitt (comics)|PITT]]''
*''[[Plus (comics)|Plus]]''
*''[[The Portent]]''
*''[[Power Rangers: Zeo]]''
*''[[Powers (comics)|Powers]]''
*''[[Proof (comics)|Proof]]''<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=126471 Alex Grecian and Riley Rossmo on ''Proof''], Augst 23, 2007, [[Newsarama]]</ref>
*''[[Prophet (comics)|Prophet]]''
*''[[PvP]]''
*''Riptide''
*''[[Rising Stars]]''
*''[[Rotogin: Junkbotz]]''
*''[[Runes of Ragnan]]''
*''[[The Safest Place]]''<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=150871 Finding The Safest Place With Riches, Grant & Mandrake], [[Newsarama]], march 21, 2008</ref>
*''[[Sam and Twitch]]''
*''[[Sam Noir]]''
*''[[The Savage Dragon]]''
*''[[Savant Garde]]''
*''[[Scud: The Disposable Assassin]]''
*''[[Sea of Red]]''
*''[[The Second Stage Turbine Blade (comic)|The Second Stage Turbine Blade]]''
*''[[Shadowhawk]]''
*''[[Shadows]]''
*''[[Shaman's Tears]]''
*''Ship of Fools''
*''[[Sidekick (comics)|Sidekick]]''
*''[[Small Gods (comics)|Small Gods]]''
*''[[SOCOM: SEAL Team Seven]]''
*''[[Sorrow (comics)|Sorrow]]''
*''[[Spawn (comics)|Spawn]]''
*''[[Stardust Kid]]''
*''[[Stone (Image Comics)|Stone]]''
*''[[Stormwatch (comic)|Stormwatch]]''
*''[[Strange Girl]]''
*''[[Strykeforce]]''
*''[[Stupid Comics]]''
*''[[Suburban Glamour]]''
*''[[Superpatriot]]''
*''[[Supreme (comics)|Supreme]]''
*''[[The Sword (comics)|The Sword]]''
*''[[Sword of Dracula]]''
*''[[Team 7]]''
*''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
*''[[Tellos]]''
*''[[The Last Christmas]]''
*''[[The Tenth]]''
*''[[10th Muse]]''
*''[[Texas Strangers]]''
*''[[A Touch of Silver]]''
*''[[Transhuman (comics)|Transhuman]]''
*''[[Tribe (comics)|Tribe]]''
*''[[Trencher (comics)|Trencher]]''
*''[[True Story Swear To God]]''
*''[[Tomb Raider (comics)|Tomb Raider]]''
*''[[Ultra (comics)|Ultra]]''
*''[[Umbra]]''
*''[[Urban Monsters]]''
*''Victory''
*''[[Violent Messiahs]]''
*''[[Voltron]]''
*''[[Wahoo Morris]]''
*''[[The Walking Dead|Walking Dead, The]]''
*''[[Wanted (comics)|Wanted]]''
*''[[War Heroes (comics)|War Heroes]]''<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=150801 War Heroes #1], [[Newsarama]], March 20, 2008</ref>
*''[[Warlands]]''
*''[[Weapon Zero]]''
*''[[Wetworks]]''
*''[[Wildguard (comics)|Wildguard]]''
*''[[WildStar]]''
*''[[Witchblade]]''
*''[[Youngblood (comics)|Youngblood]]''
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==One-shots and graphic novels==
[[One-shot (comics)|One-shots]] and [[graphic novels|original graphic novels]] include:
*''[[13 Chambers]]'' (with [[Christopher Morrison|mink]] and [[Denis Medri]], 2008)<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=12630 TWISTORY: mink Talks Fantasy Western "13 Chambers"], [[Comic Book Resources]], February 21, 2008</ref> <ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16976 Venturing West: Medri talks "13 Chambers"], [[Comic Book Resources]], June 27, 2008</ref>
*''[[Aqua Leung]]'' (by [[Mark Andrew Smith]], & [[Paul Maybury]] 2008, ISBN 1582408637)<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153210 Mark Andrew Smith on ''Aqua Leung''], [[Newsarama]], April 10, 2008</ref>
*''[[Ascend (graphic novel)|Ascend]]'' (by [[Keith Arem]] and [[Christopher Shy]], paperback, ISBN 1582404305, hardcover, ISBN 1582405182, 2005, reprinted as Special Edition by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]])<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=137113 Keith Arem on ''Ascend: special Edition''], [[Newsarama]], November 21, 2007</ref>
*''[[Black Cherry (graphic novel)|Black Cherry]]'' (by [[Doug TenNapel]], graphic novel, 2007, ISBN 1-58240-830-0)
*''[[Earthboy Jacobus]]'' (by [[Doug TenNapel]], graphic novel, 2005, ISBN 1-58240-492-5)
*''[[The Five Fists of Science]]'' (by [[Matt Fraction]] and [[Steven Sanders]], graphic novel, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-605-7)
*''[[Flight (comic)|Flight]]'' ([[comics anthology]] currently running to 4 volumes)
*''[[Four-Letter Worlds]]'' ([[comics anthology]], 2005, ISBN 1-58240-439-9)
*''[[Gear (graphic novel)|Gear]]'' (by [[Doug TenNapel]], graphic novel, 1999, ISBN 1-58240-680-4)
*''[[Hector Plasm|Hector Plasm: De Mortuis]]'' (by [[Benito Cereno (writer)|Benito Cereno]] and illustrated by [[Nate Bellegarde]], one-shot)
*''[[Iron West]]'' (by [[Doug TenNapel]], graphic novel, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-630-8)
*''[[Long Hot Summer]]'' (by [[Eric Stephenson]] (writer) and [[Jamie McKelvie]] (artist), graphic novel, 2005)
*''[[Popgun (comics)|Popgun]]'' (edited by [[Mark Andrew Smith]] & [[Joe Keatinge]], 2007)
*''[[Stagger Lee (graphic novel)|Stagger Lee]]'' (by [[Derek McCulloch (comics)|Derek McCulloch]] and [[Shepherd Hendrix]], 205 pages, graphic novel, 2006, ISBN 1582406073) <ref>[http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2007/February/18/style/stories/05style.htm Home - Santa Cruz Sentinel<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*''[[Tales From the Bully Pulpit]]'' (by [[Benito Cereno (writer)|Benito Cereno]] and illustrated by Graeme MacDonald, graphic novel)
*''[[Tommysaurus Rex]]'' (by [[Doug TenNapel]], graphic novel, 2004, ISBN 1-58240-395-3)
*''[[The Wizard's Tale]]'' - This book was a top votegetter for the [[Comics Buyer's Guide]] Fan Award for Favorite Original Graphic Novel for 1998
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==Notes==
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==References==
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*''Image Comics: The Road To Independence'' (by [[George Khoury (author)|George Khoury]], 280 pages, [[TwoMorrows Publishing]], June 2007, ISBN 1-893905-71-3)<ref>[http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=543 Publisher profile for ''Image Comics: The Road To Independence'']</ref> excerpts:
** [http://comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=10833 McFarlane and Khoury on 15 Years of Image Comics], [[Comic Book Resources]], June 13, 2007
** [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=116559 Marc Silvestri from Image Comics: The Road to Independence], [[Newsarama]], June 14, 2007
** [http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=006361 Dale Keown excerpt from Image Comics: The Road to Independence], June 14, 2007
** [http://www.popimage.com/content/imageroadtoindy062007.html Robert Kirkman Interview]
*{{gcdb publisher|id=709|title=Image Comics}}
*[http://www.comics-db.com/Image_Comics/ Image Comics] at the [[Big Comic Book DataBase]]
*{{comicbookdb|type=publisher|id=6|title=Image Comics}}
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==External links==
*[http://www.imagecomics.com/ Image Comics Homepage]
*[http://www.tcj.com/3_online/n_image1.html "The Image Story"] by Michael Dean. ''[[The Comics Journal]]'', 2000.
*{{MySpace|imagecomics|Image Comics}}
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