Image Comics

Image Comics
Status	Active
Founded	1992
Founders	Erik Larsen; Jim Lee; Rob Liefeld; Todd McFarlane; Whilce Portacio; Marc Silvestri; Jim Valentino;
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Portland, Oregon
Distribution	Lunar Distribution (direct market starting September 2023); Diamond Comic Distributors / Diamond Book Distributors (books until January 2024 and direct market sub-distributor through Lunar Distribution starting September 2023; direct market until September 2023); Simon & Schuster (books starting January 2024) ;
Key people	Todd McFarlane (President); Jim Valentino (Vice President); Marc Silvestri (CEO); Robert Kirkman (COO); Erik Larsen (CFO); Eric Stephenson (Publisher, CCO);
Publication types	Comic books, graphic novels
Fiction genres	Superhero; Horror; Fantasy; Science fiction; Action; Adventure; Crime; Comedy;
Imprints	Highbrow Entertainment; ShadowLine; Skybound Entertainment; Todd McFarlane Productions; Top Cow Productions;
Official website	Official 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.

^ ^a ^b Alverson, Brigid (May 24, 2023). "Image Goes Exclusive with Lunar for Direct Market Distribution". ICv2. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
^ "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.
^ "IMAGE SIGNS EXCLUSIVE BOOK DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH S&S". Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "DC's Market Share Continues to Decline". icv2.com. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[LunarImage-1] 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.

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