Six years after cartoonist Jason Latour was accused by several women of sexual assault and harassment, Image Comics has announced it will publish a new anthology of his work, titled Super Ego.
The book, which was originally crowdfunded on Kickstarter, features comics Latour previously published through his newsletter on Substack. Image’s announcement on Monday was met with criticism from the industry.
Joey Esposito (The Pedestrian) was among those who criticized the publisher on social media. On Bluesky, he shared a comment from Latour’s accuser Lauren Tracey in The Comics Journal’s report on the story, saying, “Memories are short. Reminder of this crushing statement from (one) woman: ‘I dropped my dream of being a comic artist shortly after and fell into a depression while I tried to figure out how I could have my future still be art related. I’ve hardly read a comic since.’”
Tyler Crook (The Lonesome Hunters, Harrow County) stated, “All I have to say is fuck Jason Latour. We don’t need more comics from that creep. We need the voices he harassed out of the industry to be welcomed back and we need to keep dudes like him from happening in the first place.”
Image was likely buoyed by the news Hulu is developing a pilot based on Latour and Jason Aaron’s crime series Southern Bastards. The source material itself has been on hiatus since 2018, two years before the allegations broke. Latour briefly apologized to Tracey before departing from mainstream comics work, so Image may feel that enough time has passed and that he feels genuinely remorseful.
However, Monday’s press release does not mention any of this, nor has Latour further addressed the allegations either on his Substack or YouTube channel. It also appears that none of his accusers have said he has made amends with them.
