Celebrate Image Day On Wednesday, February 1st
Image Comics Celebrates 25 Years of Excellence
By Staff Reports
On February 1, 1992, seven comics superstars Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino came together to form their own company that would change the landscape of comics forever. Current partners McFarlane, Valentino, Kirkman, Larsen, and Silvestri collectively have brought creator-owned comics to the forefront of industry change and, after 25 years of amazing storytelling freedom, Image is pleased to celebrate the milestone anniversary with Image Day—Feb. 1, 2017.
Image Comics wouldn’t have succeeded without the tremendous creativity and passion of its creators, the unwavering support of retailers, bookstores, and libraries, or the unbridled and unrelenting enthusiasm of the fans who show up each and every Wednesday to purchase Image titles. On Image Comics Day we celebrate together, nationwide, the exciting legacy that Image’s creator-owned publishing model has cultivated as we prepare for the next 25 years of amazing creator-owned comics to come.
There will be Image Comics promotions, giveaways, creator signings, social media events, and more—don’t miss out on all the festivities and check back to the events pages on imagecomics.com for more information and announcements about Image Comics Day celebrations near you.
Join us for the single most anticipated day of the year, as we come together and celebrate the 25th anniversary of Image Comics—but more importantly, the 25 years of true creative freedom and history-making storytelling from the best writers and artists in the world. Find an Image Day event near you in the complete list below!
IMAGE COMICS DAY EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
ARIZONA
Phoenix
Samurai Comics | 3:00 PM-7:00 PM | 1051 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix Az 85014
Jay Fotos, Meredith McClaren, Scott Godlewski
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Meltdown | 6:00 PM | 7522 Sunset Bl., Los Angeles, CA 90046
Brian K. Vaughan, Steven Seagle, Joe Casey, Matt Hawkins
A Shop Called Quest | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM | 300 S Santa Fe Ave B, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Malachi Ward, Keenan Keller, Kyle Higgins, Tom Neely, Greg Hinkle, Megan Hutchinson, Chris Burnham
The Last Bookstore | 7:30 PM-9:00 PM | 453 S Spring St, Ground Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Rus Wooton, Gabriel Hardman
Golden Apple | 1:00 PM-3:00 PM | 7018 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Matt Hawkins, Darick Robertson, Marc Silvestri
The Grove Barnes & Noble | 7:00 PM | 189 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Rick Remender, Ed Brubaker, Chris Burnham
Long Beach
Pulp Fiction Comics
Dustin Nguyen
Paradise Valley
Collector’s Paradise | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | 319 S. Arroyo Prkwy Unit 4, Pasadena, CA 91105
Sina Grace
Pasadena
Collector’s Paradise | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | 7131 Winnetka Ave, Canoga Park, CA 91306
Garry Brown
Petaluma
Brian’s Comics | 3:00 PM-6:00 PM | 1 Fourth Street Suite B, Petaluma, CA 94952
Nick Dragotta, Justin Greenwood
San Diego
Yesteryear Comics
Brandon Thomas
San Francisco
Mission Comics
Brian Schirmer, Ken Garing, Jeremy Saliba
Comix Experience | | 12:00 PM-2:00 PM | 305 Divisadero St., San Francisco, California 94117
Ken Garing
GEORGIA
Atlanta
My Parents’ Basement | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | 22 North Avondale Road, Avondale Estates, GA 30002
Rich Tommaso
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Graham Cracker Comics | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM | 77 E. Madison, Chicago IL 60602
Tim Seeley
MARYLAND
Annapolis
Third Eye | 11:00 AM | 2027-A West St, Annapolis, MD 21401
Jonathan Luna, Justin Jordan
MINNESOTA
St. Paul
The Source Comics and Games
Otis Frampton
MISSOURI
Joplin
Hurley’s Heroes
Jeremy Haun
Kansas City
Elite Comics | 11:00 AM | 11842 Quivira Rd, Overland Park, KS 66210
Megan Levens, Steven Sanders
St. Louis
Star Clipper | 11:00 AM-5:00 PM | 1319 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103
Kyle Starks
NEW YORK
New York
Forbidden Planet | 8:00 AM | 832 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
Cliff Chiang, Joe Harris, Brenden Fletcher, W. Maxwell Prince, Alex de Campi, Brandon Montclare, Cameron Stewart, Jason Katzenstein, Amy Reeder, Ivan Brandon, Karen Berger
OREGON
Portland
Floating World | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | 400 NW Couch St., Portland, OR
Joe Keatinge, Sloane Leong, Leila del Duca, Emi Lenox, Eric Stephenson, Brandon Graham, Farel Dalrymple
Excalibur
Kurt Busiek
Bridge City | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | 3725 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, Oregon 97227
Joseph Bergin III
Books with Pictures | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | 1100 SE Division Street, Portland, Oregon 97202
Kelly Sue DeConnick, Matt Fraction
Cosmic Monkey | 11:00 AM | 5335 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97213
Steve Lieber, Tony Parker
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
Fat Jack’s Comicrypt
Bryan J.L. Glass
TEXAS
Austin
Austin Books | 8:00 AM-9:00 PM | 5002 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, Texas 78751
Donny Cates, Nick Pitarra
Dallas
Zeus Comics
Michael Lark, Jordan Boyd
WASHINGTON
Lacey
Olympic Cards and Comics | 10:00 AM-11:59 PM | 4230 Pacific Ave SE, Lacey, WA 98503
Greg Rucka
Vancouver
I Like Comics | 1715 Broadway St., Vancouver, WA 98663
Michael Oeming
INTERNATIONAL IMAGE COMICS DAY EVENTS:
AUSTRALIA
Melbourne
All Star Comics *will take place on February 4* | 11:00 AM-5:00 PM | 53 Queen St., Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
Fil Barlow, Helen Maier
Sydney
Kings Comics | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | 310 Pitt St., Sydney, Australia 2000
Nicola Scott
CANADA
British Columbia
Kelowna
Okanagan Sports Cards & Comics | 1795 Harvey Ave, Kelowna, British Columbia
Ed Brisson
Vancouver
Golden Age Comics | 852 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1K3
Kaare Kyle Andrews, Steve Skroce, Nathan Fairbairn, Colin Lorimer
Ontario
Toronto
The Beguiling | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | 319 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T1S2
Chip Zdarsky, J. Bone
Silver Snail | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM | 329 YONGE ST., TORONTO ONT. M5B1R7
Raffaele Ienco
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Dublin
Big Bang | 6:30 PM | Unit 2.3, Sandyford Road, Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin 16, Ireland
Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire, Simon Spurrier
UNITED KINGDOM
Leeds
Travelling Man
Antony Johnston
London
Forbidden Planet | 6:00 PM-7:00 PM | 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2h 8JR
Sara Kenney, Tradd Moore
Orbital | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | 8 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JA
Kieron Gillen, Alison Sampson
Gosh!
Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard
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, fantasy, 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.