Shannon Wheeler Takes Aim at Men-Children (and Himself) in Memoirs of a Very Stable Genius
| By Mark PetersCartoonist Shannon Wheeler—best known for his superhero-skewering Too Much Coffee Man and the recent Sh*t My President Says: The Illustrated Tweets of Donald J. Trump, which is exactly what it sounds like—is releasing his first Image Comics collection, Memoirs of a Very Stable Genius.
Following Chew, Rob Guillory Cultivates New Horrific Ground in Farmhand
A Bible verse from the New Testament famously warns “for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” In Rob Guillory’s new series Farmhand, that venerable adage takes on sinister, bloody implications.
Mirka Andolfo Brings Her Sex-Politics Parable Stateside in Unnatural
Mirka Andolfo has witnessed life imitate her art.
Joe Casey and Ulises Fariñas Riff off Classic ’90s Image in New Lieutenants of Metal
| By Jakob FreeThe inside front cover of a debut comic traditionally lists the names of the talent who labored to produce it. In New Lieutenants of Metal #1, that real estate pays respect to something entirely different: a heavy metal playlist and dedication to the founding members of Image Comics.
Why I Believe in Comic Readers, by Joe Kelly
They tried to destroy us once, you know. Almost got away with it, too.
Proxima Centauri: Farel Dalrymple Warps Teenage Alienation into a Stunning Sci-Fi Fantasy
Farel Dalrymple doesn’t create imagery that can be easily ignored.
Christopher Sebela & Joshua Hixson Tread Bloody Water in Shanghai Red
During the 19th century, Portland, Oregon invited waves of pioneers into its valley for work and commerce around the Columbia River and the nearby Pacific Ocean.
Jody LeHeup and Nathan Fox Give a Cataclysmic Forecast in The Weatherman
| By Vernon MilesNathan Bright isn't a weatherman in the traditional sense.
Anthony Del Col, Geoff Moore, and Jeff McComsey Chase the Prodigal Son of Hitler
| By Heather AyresVienna, 1908: the Academy of Fine Arts rejects Adolf Hitler for the second time, citing his “unfitness for painting.” This one fateful moment will alter not only the course of the future dictator’s life, but that of the globe, culminating in a devastating conflict that sent nations into the throes of a second world war.
Dean Haspiel's Red Hook Writes a Striking Love Letter to Brooklyn and Silver-Age Bombast
| By Rich BarrettThere were rumors that the “Heart of Brooklyn” was broken, wounded by a self-entitled, indifferent society spoiling the promise of a better tomorrow.
Landry Q. Walker and Justin Greenwood Cut Deep Into Medieval History for The Last Siege
| By Jakob FreeLandry Walker has been waiting a long time to tell a specific story. “I’ve [wanted] to tell a straight medieval historical drama for 20 years and have been watching the shelves carefully out of fear that someone would beat me to the punch.”
Todd McFarlane Reflects on the Spawn Empire and Where It’s Expanding in 2018
| By Robert TuttonTodd McFarlane says he was about six years old when he received the advice that would shape the rest of his life.
Why I Believe in Comics, by Jordie Bellaire
When I began coloring comics, I had very little understanding of how comics worked and what it took to create them from page to page. I graduated from a prestigious art school with an illustration degree in hand—I wanted to draw comics.
Cullen Bunn on Being the World’s Youngest Hypnotist and the Subliminal Dread of Regression
Comic creators aren’t made: they’re forged. The people who devote their lives to sequential storytelling contain a pandora’s box of wayward adventures, often reflected in the subtext of their comics. In Secret Identities, we quiz select creators on their most noteworthy, bizarre, and outlandish gigs.
Why Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin's Barrier Is a Tool for Empathy in Trump’s America
| By Chris KindredIn the tail end of 2015, writer Brian K. Vaughan, artist Marcos Martín, and colorist Muntsa Vicente—the powerhouse team behind the sci-fi noir The Private Eye—quietly dropped Barrier #1 on their pay-what-you-want digital comics outlet Panel Syndicate. For those that missed its initial run, Barrier is a sci-fi miniseries that cuts straight to the heart of the conversation around American immigration. The miniseries introduces Liddy, a cattle rancher who prepares to protect her land from Mexican drug traffickers after finding a mutilated horse head on her property.