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For the last few days Image has been releasing ambiguous teasers of this kind. Here at his lunch presentation at the 2013 Diamond Retailer summit, Image publisher Eric Stephenson revealed that it refers to a big media event to be held on that date in San Francisco. Robert Kirkman and Ed Brubaker will be there along with many "special guests." Admission will be charged but the event is free for retailers or press.

An intriguing beginning, containing a single panel that is worth the cover price alone. Mark Millar is, of course, the master of hype. From the headline-grabbing The Authority to the more recent Superior, Supercrooks, and...

Jimmie Robinson can do basically anything. Writer, artist, designer and letterer, his most recent work Five Weapons has been receiving great acclaim from fans and critics alike. Set in a school for young would-be-assassins,...

With the Image soliciations for June 2013 came the news that It Girl & The Atomics, the series spinning out of Mike Allred's Mad Man, will be ending with issue #12. Writer Jamie S....

With a he said/they said going around and around and around on the giant cloud chat room, Image publisher Eric Stephenson reached out to set the record straight. Given all the confusion about what the heck happened, I tried to ask questions that establish a chain of events rather than assign blame or point fingers. Many thanks to Eric for his time, and to Ron Richards for setting this up.

The matter of "Who censored Saga #12?" has been termed a fiasco by some, and that's probably the right word. While I certainly didn't foresee the shocking swerve that saw comiXology revealed as the...

News of Apple's decision to ban SAGA #12 from any app-based storefronts spread like wildfire yesterday, prompting outrage and head shakes from those who believe having a single corporation controlling our access to entertainment—no...

As I suggested in my early con impressions, WonderCon had a reasonable amount of space and handled the numbers of attendees pretty well. It was no surprise that Saturday brought bigger numbers than Friday,...

Bob Fingerman talks about the new definitive version of Minimum Wage, surviving as a cartoonist, why people like the apocalypse and more in a wide ranging interview.

You might have heard that Greg Rucka and Michael Lark have a comic coming out from Image.  It's called Lazarus and it's coming out in June.   Rucka and Lark previous teamed up on the...

I noticed a common feature in the comics I was reading this week, a feature that made them all compelling as stories: the role of the underdog pitted against overwhelming odds. Seeing the psychological...

J. Michael Straczynski has had a strange ride in comics over the last few years.  The Twelve, which finally wrapped up last year, was highly regarded by critics.  Superman walking across the country... not so...