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Twenty Free Image Comics #1s at comiXology

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Image Comics has been pumping out solid first issues this year for numerous series that are guaranteed to be classics. Not bad for a publisher celebrating their twentieth anniversary. Now, the first issues of many of the new series are free at the digital distributor comiXology. The issues switched to free on August 24 and will remain free permanently.

The free issues include the first issues of some of 2012’s best-selling comics, including:

  • Saga #1
  • Fatale #1
  • The Manhattan Projects #1
  • Thief of Thieves #1
  • America’s Got Powers #1
  • Mind the Gap #1
  • Alpha Girl #1
  • Creator-Owned Heroes #1,
  • Dancer #1
  • Danger Club #1
  • Epic Kill #1
  • Glory #23 (first issue of the relaunch)
  • Grim Leaper #1
  • Hell Yeah #1
  • Hoax Hunters #1
  • No Place Like Home #1
  • Peter Panzerfaust #1
  • Planetoid #1
  • Prophet #21 (first issue of the relaunch)
  • Secret #1

Many of these titles have been or will soon be collected into trade paperbacks, making the free issues the perfect way for readers to sample new Image Comics titles before purchasing collections.

Around the Tubes

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I took the weekend off, so a nice extended post this morning with news and reviews you might have missed this weekend.

Around the Blogs:

CBC – How the graphic novel has become a teaching tool – More coverage of comics being used in education.

Arts Beat – Graphic Books Best Sellers: Sex, Violence and Intrigue in ‘Scalped’ – The New York Times has a list of best sellers.

Examiner – Comics Legend Joe Kubert Passes Away – Another giant lost.

Around the Tubes Reviews:

CBR – American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #3

Talking Comics – Batman #12

Read Comic Books – Complex #1

Talking Comics – Creator-Owned Heroes #3

Talking Comics – The Creep #0

Poisoned Rationality – Fables Deluxe Volume 3

Talking Comics – Fairest #6

Seattle Pi – Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince

Read Comic Books – Fury Max #5

Christopher East – Petrograd

ICv2 – Secret of the Stone Frog

Talking Comics – The Sensational Spider-Man #33.1

Otakus Geeks – The Wizard Of Oz

Think Hero – Comic Book Reviews – “ink Hero” Batman #12, Spider-Men #4, Punk Rock Jesus #2 (VIDEO)

Preview – Creator Owned Heroes #3

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Creator Owned Heroes #3

Story by: Steve Niles, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray Art By: Phil Noto & Kevin Mellon
Price: $3.99

“TRIGGERGIRL 6,” Part Three
by JIMMY PALMIOTTI, JUSTIN GRAY & PHIL NOTO
In this sci-fi thriller, Triggergirl 6 is underground and dealing with a violent gang as the entire secret service tracks her back to the place where she was created. Her world has just been turned upside down and its only going to get worse.

“AMERICAN MUSCLE,” Part Three
by STEVE NILES & KEVIN MELLON
Separated and captured! Gil’s heroic but foolish attempt to help the group has backfired in the worst possible way. Now his only hope is that Chloe and the gang can find him before the “civilized” crazies of Mutantville USA turn him into dinner.

PLUS! An interview with MARK WAID, a KEVIN MELLON art gallery, con photos, and original articles all celebrating the creator-owned spirit!

Chew: Secret Agent Poyo and Other Image Comics’ Get 2nd Printings

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Secret Agent Poyo 2nd Printing CoverChew: Secret Agent Poyo, the unlikely and awesome story of a cybernetic, kung-fu expert fighting cock, has sold out and will receive a second printing. A one-shot spin-off of the wildly popular, Eisner-Award-winning Image Comics series Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory, Secret Agent Poyo is a full-color comic featuring 22 pages of story and ten pin-ups by some of independent comics’ best artists, including Jim Mahfood, Nick Pitarra, and Ben Templesmith.

Layman’s comments about the news matched the humor of the comic:

Secret Agent Poyo is the most important thing to happen to comics in the last three hundred and fifty years, and it’s clear that the public recognizes it for the towering literary achievement that it is.

The second printing of Chew: Secret Agent Poyo will be in stores on August 29 and is available now for pre-order with the Diamond code JUN128113.

Other Image Comics Reprints in stores on August 29

The debut issue of anthology series Creator-Owned Heroes #1 by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Steve Niles, Phil Noto and Kevin Mellon goes back to press for a second printing. (JUN128117)

Invincible continues its renaissance as issue #92 of the Robert Kirkman superhero series, drawn by Ryan Ottley, gets a reprint. (JUN128118)

The debut issue of the relaunch of Image Comics first comic, Youngblood #71 by John McLaughlin, John Malin and series creator Rob Liefeld also gets a second printing. (JUN128119)

Preview – Creator-Owned Heroes #2

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Creator-Owned Heroes #2

Story by: Steve Niles, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray Art By: Phil Noto & Kevin Mellon
Price: $3.99

“TRIGGERGIRL 6,” Part Two
by JIMMY PALMIOTTI, JUSTIN GRAY & PHIL NOTO
In this sci-fi thriller, Triggergirl hits the ground running, fighting her way to the White House to assassinate the President of the United States. Can nothing stop this one woman killing machine?

“AMERICAN MUSCLE,” Part Two
by STEVE NILES & KEVIN MELLON
Facing the realization that he has led the gang to a dead end, Gil takes matters into his own hands. Unfortunately, heading into a mutant infested desert my yourself leads to big, nast trouble.

PLUS! An interview with PAUL POPE, a PHIL NOTO art gallery, con photos, and original articles all celebrating the creator-owned spirit!

Around the Tubes

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The weekend is here, yay!

Around the Blogs:

Kotaku – Here’s How You Bring Superman and Batman into World of Warcraft – Still won’t get me to play.

The Beat – Madefire (Read: Mamtor) Launches New Digital Graphic Novel Format With Dave Gibbons, Bill Sienkiewicz and Friends – I’ll have to check this out.

MTV Geek – JManga Drops Subscription Requirement, Allows Readers to Pay as They Go – Smart.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews:

The Herts Advertiser 24 – Kick-Ass 2

CBR – The Punisher #12

Talking Comics – This Week in The Avengers – 6/20/2012

Think Hero – Comic Book Reviews – “ink Hero” Avengers Vs. X-Men #6, Before Watchmen: Comedian #1, Saga #4, Creator Owned Heroes #1

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The weekend is here, yay!

Around the Blogs:

The Beat – Mile High’s Chuck Rozanski is building a fortress made from of 2 miles of comics – That’s a lot of comics.

Spinoff Online – WB Mulls Green Lantern Relaunch – Or how about a solid sequel and skip the relaunch?

The ComicChron – May 2012 biggest month of century for comics market – Congrats to all.

ComicsAlliance – Laura Hudson Leaves ComicsAlliance as Editor-in-Chief – Even though she indicates differently, you have to wonder if the HuffPo’s influence at AOL had to do with this.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews:

Talking Comics – Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1

CBR – Creator Owned Heroes #1

Talking Comics – Earth 2 #2

CBR – Harbinger #1

Preview – Creator Owned Heroes #1

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Creator Owned Heroes #1

Story by: Steve Niles, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray Art By: Phil Noto & Kevin Mellon
Price: $3.99

“AMERICAN MUSCLE,” Part One
by STEVE NILES & KEVIN MELLON
The world ended a long time ago. How it happened exactly and what exists in the wasteland have always been a mystery. Now Chloe, Gil and a gang of rebels have escaped the last human stronghold and are blazing across Post-Apocalypse America in search of paradise.

“TRIGGERGIRL 6,” Part One
by JIMMY PALMIOTTI, JUSTIN GRAY & PHIL NOTO
In this sci-fi thriller, the sixth in a series of genetically modified assassins born in a secret laboratory sets her sights on the ultimate target. But what happens when the perfect killing machine takes a personal interest in her target only to uncover a conspiracy that may change the fate of the entire human race?

PLUS! An interview with NEIL GAIMAN! Triggergirl cosplay! Con photos! And original articles all celebrating the creator-owned spirit of independence!

Creator Owned Heroes in June

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HEROES GO INDEPENDENT
CREATOR OWNED HEROES anthology debuts in June

“American Muscle”: a race against nothing across a post-apocalyptic America. “Triggergirl 6”: the perfect assassin — except for her conscience. These are the first two titles showcased in the new Image Comics anthology, CREATOR OWNED HEROES, edited by Jimmy Palmiotti.

“Creator-owned” isn’t just a business model — it’s also a publishing philosophy that focuses on creators of comics, who retain the ownership and all the rights to their creations, rather than on “properties” that are corporate property. CREATOR OWNED HEROES was created not only as a vehicle for creators’ creativity but emphasize the importance of this model to the reading public.

“With Creator Owned Heroes we wanted to not only have a place to introduce new ideas and concepts, but to give the reader a place to come each and every month to interact and explore the world around us,” said Palmiotti. “This is a personal project that will continue to grow with the support of our readers and I for one am looking forward to its evolution. ”

In “American Muscle,” written by Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) with Kevin Mellon (HEART) on art duties, a group of rebels break off from the last stronghold of human civilization in search of a fabled paradise on what used to be the West coast of the United States. What they find, however, is something much different…

“Triggergirl 6,” by Jimmy Palmiotti (Jonah Hex, QUEEN CRAB), Justin Gray (Power Girl, Jonah Hex) on the writing side and art by Phil Noto (Avengers: The Origin, THE INFINITE HORIZON) offers a very different kind of future, one where a woman designed to be a perfect killer can be created in a tank and then let loose on the world.

The first issue of the monthly anthology also includes interviews with comics and literature superstar Neil Gaiman and with cosplaying twins Juli and Alex Abene, who created a Triggergirl costume based on an incentive cover of the first issue.

CREATOR OWNED HEROES #1 is a 40-page, full-color comic book for $3.99. It is available now for pre-order from the April issue of Previews (cover A: APR120420, cover B: APR120421, cover C: APR120422) and will be in stores on June 6.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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