Image Expo has just kicked off, you can follow our Beat reports there at @comicsbeat and @victorsentme. And here are a few highlights. We’ll update as the day goes on should be a corker!
One. More. Thing. BKV! Chiang! Most weird & personal thing he’s done. Even over Saga?! I need to prepare #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/HHx8fdCfYx
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
Skottie Young w/ his take on the absurdity of living/trapped in Fairyland #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/KyUQySopVc
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
Darwyn Cooke couldn’t visit but sent some great audio for his 1st #imageexpo moment. Crime! Obsession! Revengeance! pic.twitter.com/Ox2gpUVnhd
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
Characters look crazy zany #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/3Nduh5BbCO
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
Chip Zdarsky w/ his own little Kanye stage moment. Time for some space comedy #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/Bp0fTZMSnt
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
More Wicked & Divine to come. Individual books for characters w/ guest artists. Why? Take a look #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/gbeB0j96ZZ
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
Gillen comes orating w/ prose 4 The Ludocrats. When he is this passionate how can you can not be curious? #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/uEIF2tt8bh
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
Here’s a peek of Sons Of The Devil #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/CGar3CZxC4
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
Sons Of The Devil, where your dad is a cultist and wants to kill you. Art by Infante looks crazy dynamic & was found online #imageexpo
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
BKV announces new book w/ Steve Skroce, artist from Wachoski’s movies #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/EiLq7n8gQ9
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
Scott Snyder with truly heartfelt thank you for supporting creators taking chances at Image. Trust fall & Image catches #ImageExpo
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
Audience fave Kelly Sue DeConnick joins Emma Rios for Pretty Deadly updates. Yes it’s coming #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/mhwmerUCZC
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
Dig continued wide options Image offering readers. Expansion by new, not same. Mirror sounds Dr Moreauish #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/gNVZmVn0DL
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
“Anthony Bourdain meets Spider Jerusalem”. Well that’s a tag. #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/qLavgYZwVu
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
“Anthony Bourdain meets Spider Jerusalem”. Well that’s a tag. #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/qLavgYZwVu
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
Next up for McFarland is Savior. And here’s the pages to prove how far along they are (8 issues done) #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/hY405Gtnnt
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
McFarlane excited about Spawn #250 w all its variants. Scottie Young one was great but I missed the pic #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/VPUqoJvfDj
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
But wait, there's more! Brian K Vaughn and Cliff Chiang doing "Paper Girls" an on-going series, Vaughn's "most personal" writing #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Eric Stephenson wrapping up, thanking Image staff on stage, has doubled in size in recent years #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Skottie Young @skottieyoung new book "I Hate Fairyland" with Jean-Francois Beaulieu, what if stuck in Wonderland for 30 years? #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Darwyn Cooke's Revengeance!, his first fully creator owned book, crime story, "really dark" Spillanesque, late '80s setting #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Actually, Zdarsky's new book with Kagan McLeod, "Kaptara" sci-fi comedy with Island of Dr. Moreau vibe (2nd mention of Moreau at #ImageExpo)
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Chip Zdarsky crashes #ImageExpo to push Howard the Duck.
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Gillen/McKelvie re-announce Phonogram 3 (The Immaterial Girl) with awesome Nagelesque cover. August 2015 #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Jamie McKelvie joins Kieron Gillen heading to 3rd volume of Wicked+Devine with guest artists #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Alex De Campi @alexdecampi Carla Speed McNeil @CSpeedMcNeil "No Mercy", a teen service trip that goes very wrong, April 2015 #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Eric Canete and Jonathan Tsuei, "Run Love Kill" coming after a decade of discussion with Image. Robots, Dinosaurs, ass-kicking promised
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Brian Buccellato and Toni Infante premiere Sons of the Devil, what if someone like Charles Manson was your father? #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Marjorie Liu @marjoriemliu announces "Monstress" with Sana Takada, young girl teaming with monsters #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Vaughn announces "We Stand on Guard" about US invasion of Canada, with Steve Skroce, features giant robots, comes out in 2015 #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Brian K. Vaughn, "just riding Fiona's coattails" in Saga's success #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Jeff Lemire and Scott Snyder announce A.D. After Death, fall 2015, what happens when a cure for death is discovered #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Jeff Lemire and Emi Lenox announce Plutona, about when teens discover the body of dead super hero, feelings of lost innocence. #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Emi Lenox @emibot announces Tadaima about personal experiences in visiting family in Japan. Out in Summer #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Kelly Sue Deconnick @kellysue appears with Pretty Deadly partner Emma Rios @emmartian, comes back for second arc in September #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Brandon Graham @royalboiler re-announces 8house, Emma Rios will also do a run on the title #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
James Robinson, teases Airboy, announces Heaven, a Sci-Fi title, makes first reference of the day to events in France #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Image Expo Kicks off: Image had double digit market share, #2 trade book publisher http://t.co/poHPoBgwBr http://t.co/NraH90yl9g
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
#ImageEXPO “Starve” by @brianwood, Danijel Zezelj & Dave (@Dragonmnky) Stewart http://t.co/SX4iMq6Fpq pic.twitter.com/LntOPkR1En
— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) January 8, 2015
James Robinson and Emma Rios @emmartian also working on Island: Comics Magazine for Comics, a heavy metal influenced anthology in June 2015
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
#ImageEXPO new Spawn creative team @ForcesOfGeek pic.twitter.com/d8PCzZA0tr
— Scott (@Scott_Duvall) January 8, 2015
“Price should never be an obstacle to curious readers”. #imageexpo pic.twitter.com/iVU4u1W98E
— Victor Sent Me (@victorsentme) January 8, 2015
#ImageExpo begins with honoring the @ImageComics founders pic.twitter.com/eMdmI2i0zX
— In the Library (@withacomicbook) January 8, 2015
Image finished the year with double-digit market share. #ImageExpo pic.twitter.com/OboBcBnw7B
— Image Comics (@ImageComics) January 8, 2015
https://twitter.com/ReverendMagnett/status/553260001385390080
Image committed to keeping 9.99 price point for intro graphic novels. Has a 16.48% market share of Bookscan 2014 comics #ImageExpo
— The Beat (@comicsbeat) January 8, 2015
Note the lack of a numeric scale on the digital sales chart.
All that and a new Humble Image Bundle.
I don’t think I’ll be throwing in at the top tier on this one (as I’ve already got all of Walking Dead and Saga), but I can see doing the $15 tier.
According to the pie chart: 13% is digital.
But that’s a crazy scale on the bar chart!
According to the July earnings report filed by IDW’s parent:
Digital is 13% of sales for last three months including July, 11 for last nine months. (2013: 11/10)
For three months:
DM: 58 Books: 15 Digital: 13 Specialty: 6 Mail Order: 8
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