Tag: Image
Advance Review: Uncanny Skullkickers #1 tests out The Adjective of Power
Uncanny is such a strange word to use to describe a comic, much less a range of different comics which tend to feature characters...
Review: Completely Happy!
The concluding issue of Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson's Happy! has finally made its way to the shelves, and has seemingly divided critics right...
GREAT PACIFIC #4 gets a Phantom Variant
Continuing the tradition of Phantom Variant covers from the semi-secret Phantom Variant retailer group—as opposed to the totally secret and nonexistent Ghost Variant retailer group—Joe Harris's GREAT PACIFIC #4 will have a Phantom Variant cover by regular artist Martin Morazzo, which is also an homage to the classic Y
REVIEW: On the Road with Paul Pope’s THE ONE TRICK RIP-OFF +DEEP CUTS
For those savvy enough to have read Paul Pope’s (BATMAN: YEAR 100, HEAVY LIQUID, BATTLING BOY in 2013) ONE TRICK RIP-OFF when it first...
“ZED: A Cosmic Tale” – Reviewing A Children’s Comic That’s Not For Children
The collected edition of ZED - A Cosmic Tale will be coming out next week. It may be under your radar, and that's understandable. It certainly...
“Chris Pine is Rob Liefeld in ‘ICONS’ the Image Comics story”
In case you missed yesterday's blockbuster news, the irrepressible Rob Liefeld took three days out of his schedule to write a screenplay called ICONS about the early days of Image. Hitherto shown only to close friends, the screenplay turned up at the website Dreammoviecast where you can read several sample pages up along with Liefeld's own dream casting choices. I don't want to spoil all the surprises but here are two:
Changes at Image: Ron Richards in, Martinez and Delaine out
Some changes at Image Comics; Ron Richards, formerly of iFanboy, has been hired as Director of Business Development. You can read about Richards' new...
Beat Reviews for 16/01/13: X-Men, Hoax Hunters & Armstrong
Another week where I purposely ignore Saga! What devilry is this? Surely answers must be forthcoming.
This week I'll be reviewing X-Men #40, Hoax Hunters...
Interview: Image Publisher Eric Stephenson on the year behind and ahead
As announced earlier today, Image publisher Eric Stephenson was decisively voted The Beat's Comics Industry Person of the Year by comics professionals. Stephenson graciously agreed to be interviewed on the big impact Image had on the industry in the past year and what's next for the publisher.
Announcing the 2012 Comics Industry Person of the Year: Eric Stephenson
This is the third year of our Comics Industry Person of the Year poll, and the winner was pretty much a landslide. Every year we ask the participants in our survey to name who they thought was the person who made an impact or set the pace, and to comment anonymously (or on the record) and it was a clear choice this time out. With many people saying it was the Year of Image, Image publisher Eric Stephenson was the runaway winner—and the Saga team of Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples were definitely the Team of the Year, with a significant number of votes.
The Beat Reviews for 02/01/13: Featuring Illicit Benedict Cumberbatch Pictures!
2013 rolls in like a Swiss person being pushed down a hill, which means it's time for some more reviews! And some photos of...
Image clarifies reprint policy and retailer incentives
After Image's Jennifer De Guzman played bad cop, and publisher Eric Stephenson played good cop, Image has released a new set of guidelines to...