Image Comics

Image Comics
StatusActive
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Founders
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationPortland, Oregon
Distribution
Key people
Publication typesComic books, graphic novels
Fiction genres
Imprints
Official websiteOfficial website

Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest direct market comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry by market share.[4] Its best-known publications include Spawn, The Walking Dead, Kick-Ass, Invincible, Jupiter's Legacy, Witchblade, The Maxx, Savage Dragon, Bone, Saga, Radiant Black and Stray Dogs.

It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-owned properties, in which comics creators could publish material of their own creation without giving up the copyrights to those properties. Normally this is not the case in the work-for-hire-dominated American comics industry, where the legal author is a publisher, such as Marvel Comics or DC Comics, and the creator is an employee of that publisher. Its output was originally dominated by superhero and fantasy titles from the studios of the founding Image partners, but now includes comics in many genres by numerous independent creators.

  1. ^ a b Alverson, Brigid (May 24, 2023). "Image Goes Exclusive with Lunar for Direct Market Distribution". ICv2. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Publishers". Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2017. "IMAGE SIGNS EXCLUSIVE BOOK DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH S&S". Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  3. ^ "IMAGE SIGNS EXCLUSIVE BOOK DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH S&S". Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "DC's Market Share Continues to Decline". icv2.com. Retrieved July 18, 2024.