Tag: Image

Image revs its interstellar engine in preparation to destroy February sales.

Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott launched their new Image comics this week, with Black Magick #1, which stars a female PD in a...

  Debuting today at NYCC, here's the first trailer for Cinemax's adaptation of Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta's Outcast. Outside of The Knick, there's not...

We're live at the "Using Tumblr to Sell Your Ideas" panel.  Our panelists include Ghost Rider writer Felipe Smith, My Little Pony artist Katie...

Image Comics expands its digital footprint onto your Kindle.

Wrapping up our preview of what's what at NYCC, Image Comics has two parties, three panels, six show specials and a gazillion signings.  And a digital sale: $0.99...

Although the comics industry seems to be hitting a rough patch, one thing that I noticed at last week retailer summit is that a bunch of people have just been hired as staffers to actually work in the comics business! And interestingly, many of them are working directly with comics retailers. I think if you're going to invest money in your business at a time like this, investing in new employees who work directly with the people who buy your products is a pretty smart move. Here's the new faces:

Former Vice President, Publishing Planning & Collected Editions at DC Entertainment Jeff Boison has just been hired by Image Comics and will join them Monday, October 5 as Director of Publishing Planning & Book Trade Sales. Bison worked at DC since 2009 and was at Rondom House for 11 years prior to that.

Comics sales have been growing and continue to grow, but we're definitely entering a period of retrenchment and contraction for many, as I...

Local Comics Shop Day is the latest holiday on the comics calendar, to be held November 28th, the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The date has...

Last week, we learned that we had an internal leak at Stately Beat Manor, home of the staffers of the Comics Beat, the world’s...

In the debut issue of Sktchd.com's Off Panel podcast interview series, David Harper sat down with Sean Gordon Murphy, prolific illustrator of titles including The Wake and Hellblazer: City of Angels. Recently, he collaborated with Mark Millar on Chrononauts, a time-hopping action miniseries that was optioned for a movie deal before the release of its first issue. While Murphy is known as one of the most talented artists in comics, he's also one of the most brutally honest, and this podcast is full of truth bombs about the harsh realities of working in comics.