NYCC’09: Image Comics Friday Panel

Here’s the lowdown on what went transpired during Friday’s Image Panel at the New York Comic Con 2009.

• New graphic novels and series on the way from Image include
  • G-Man
  • Elephantman
  • Killing Demons (Christopher Yost)
  • Olympus
  • Dead@17: Afterbirth (see previous announcement)
  • Power Up
  • The Walking Dead Compendium (collecting issues #1-#48)
  • Imperial (Steven Seagle with art by Marc dos Santos)
  • Two new Dawn projects by Joseph Michael Linsner
• Image also announced new versions of the early Spawn trades that will be relabeled as Spawn: Origins – it’s like reliving the 90’s all over again.
• Robert Kirkman was not at Friday’s panel – he is probably trying to catch up on the backlog of delayed issues.
• Several of the panel members stated they came to Image as it allows them to do the work they want to do.
• Steven Seagle and Mike Allred might team up on a future project that is still being kicked around.
• Rob Liefeld announced the Armageddon Now original graphic novel will arrive this year followed by Armageddon Now: Jada in May.
• Invincible #60 will be 40 pages in length.
• Image United sounds like an interesting project, where each creator will be drawing their own character in the series.  Sounds like a cool jam piece book!
• The indication from Rob Liefeld was that Jim Lee was indeed working on the Image United project as well.

Quote of the Panel
“Yes, some of you may think I‘m a douchebag, but I’ve done it my own way for 20 years,” Liefeld said to chuckles from the audience, “And that’s the way to go.”
– Rob Liefeld

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