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Image Comics 20th Anniversary: Let the Festivities Continue!
By Dan Horn
March 1, 2012 - 10:13
Image has come a long way since its less than humble beginnings in 1992.
What was once simply a joint venture of the comic book industry's top
talent--creators attempting to cut their restrictive ties to the Big
Two--is almost unrecognizable now, and the publisher is better off for
it. Vestiges of Image Comics' origins are still discernible within
series like Spawn and Savage Dragon, but the independent publisher has
made a gradual transition in past years to refine its line of comic
books into an eclectically heady amalgamation of mature, intelligent,
entertaining, and humorous titles created by writers and artists not
necessarily already well-established or renowned with average comic book readership. The result has been the realization of one the most
powerfully unique and consistently intriguing publication lines in the
medium's history.
This February, Image celebrated twenty years of groundbreaking comic
books and kicked things off with the first ever Image Expo in Oakland,
CA. But, here at the Bin, we'd like to keep this party going, and over
the course of 2012, Image's twentieth year in the comic book business,
we're going to be creating quite a bit of content, like my pet project
Image Comics Alphabet, several Spotlights, some great reviews, and more,
dedicated to helping readers discover which Image titles they ought to
be reading and which Image titles have left their indelible stain on the
comic book medium.
I hope you'll join us for this momentous occasion. Please RSVP with choice of beef or fish.
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