I is for A and A is for Awesome! Awesome is a word I use to much. And Image Comics is a publisher producing too many Awesome comics. Now with that ramble over here are the titles that caught my eye during the Image Expo and the rest of the announcements for you to check out!
First of all two of my favourite creators are teaming up. Scott Snyder from Batman fame, and don't forget American Vampire. With his current independent series Wytches, co created with Jock, already being published by Image, we now see him team up with Jeff Lemire, writer and artist of brilliant Graphic Novels like 'Underwater Welder' and 'Essex County' along with his Vertigo series 'Sweet Tooth'. This series is the first time Jeff Lemire is illustrating a series not written by himself. The two are teaming up for 'A.D. After Death', just realised the pun with the name while typing this, set in a near future where Death has been cured. I can not wait to get a look at this, Jeff Lemire is one of my favourite artists and his creator owned works are some of my favourite Graphic Novels ever. Check out a teaser image for this below and click on the title name for more info at the Image site.
Next up is 'Black Road' created by Brian Wood and Garry Brown. This sees Brian Wood's first return to the Viking genre since his critically acclaimed run on Northlanders at Vertigo; a series which heavily influenced my final piece while studying art at Uni anyway I'm going off topic. Set in Viking age Norway and to be illustrated by Garry Brown the series will follow a character named Magnus the Black a fixer for the Christian Church. The series promises to be steeped in 'historical intrigue, mystery and suspense'. Basically its about Vikings so I would have taken a look at this when released anyway but Brian Wood has a good track record with the genre and Garry Brown is a talented artist so this series should have promise, if your interested to learn more about the series click the title above and check out the promotional image below;
First of all two of my favourite creators are teaming up. Scott Snyder from Batman fame, and don't forget American Vampire. With his current independent series Wytches, co created with Jock, already being published by Image, we now see him team up with Jeff Lemire, writer and artist of brilliant Graphic Novels like 'Underwater Welder' and 'Essex County' along with his Vertigo series 'Sweet Tooth'. This series is the first time Jeff Lemire is illustrating a series not written by himself. The two are teaming up for 'A.D. After Death', just realised the pun with the name while typing this, set in a near future where Death has been cured. I can not wait to get a look at this, Jeff Lemire is one of my favourite artists and his creator owned works are some of my favourite Graphic Novels ever. Check out a teaser image for this below and click on the title name for more info at the Image site.
Finally and by no means least, seeing as this is a title I am very excited for, and created by two British creators, the fan favourite creative team from Marvel NOW! Young Avengers, Kieren Gillen and Jamie McKelvie will finally be releasing the conclusion to 'Phonogram' titled 'The Immaterial Girl' beginning August this year, currently the creators have been focusing there time on another creator owned title at Image, The Wicked + The Divine. I must be honest it wasn't until I attended London Super Comic Con a couple of years back that I grabbed the trades for the first two volumes of Phonogram, but I read both volumes back to back one morning as I had to finish them both, the story and characters are intriguing and it is great to see how McKelvie's style has developed from the first volume to the second and now I look forward to the third. As with the other two click the title for more info at the Image site and check out the promo image below (sometimes I feel I repeat myself a little too much).
These are just the titles I am most excited for. For the many other announcements made at the expo, and there are many more! Take a look at the link below. There are more titles being released from many popular creators out there from Skottie Young to Brian K Vaughan and many others!
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