Image Comics - You Think You Know Comics?

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Published on Jan 31, 2017

Image Comics is an American comic book publisher. 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, as is normally the case in the work for hire-dominated American comics industry, in which the legal author is a publisher, such as Marvel Comics or DC Comics, and the creator is an employee of that publisher. Image Comics was immediately successful and remains one of the largest comic book publishers in North America. Its output was originally dominated by superhero and fantasy series from the studios of the founding Image partners, but now includes comics in many genres by numerous independent creators. Its best-known series include The Walking Dead, Spawn, Savage Dragon, Witchblade, The Darkness, Invincible, Saga, and Chew.

Founded: 1992

Headquarters: Portland, OR

Distribution: Diamond Comic Distributors (books)

Founders: Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Whilce Portacio, Jim Valentino

Subsidiary: Beckett Comics

Key people: Todd McFarlane, Jim Valentino, Marc Silvestri, Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson

Artwork, trademarks, trade names, company names or product names mentioned herein are used for identification only and may be the property of their respective owners.