Daily Archives: 14 July 2007

Due to the huge crowd expected for the Image Founders Panel at Comicon (hosted by our own George Khoury), Comicon International will be moving it to room 6A. Same time (10:30-11:30am, Friday, July 27), just a much larger room, which will now hold 1,000 people instead of 500. Here is the updated blurb from Comicon:

FRIDAY, JULY 27

10:30-11:30 Image Comics: The Founders—Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino reunite for Image’s remarkable 15th anniversary. Join the conversation as they explore Image Comics’ beginnings, impact, and future in the comics industry. Moderated by George Khoury (author of Image Comics: The Road to Independence from TwoMorrows Publishing). Room 6A

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I’m thrilled to announce that the original seven founding members of Image Comics (Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino) will reunite to make their first-ever panel appearance together at this year’s Comicon International: San Diego! It takes place on Friday, July 27, from 10:30-11:30am in Room 5AB, at the “Image Founders Panel,” hosted by George Khoury (author of our new book Image Comics: The Road to Independence).

Yes, that’s right; while they’ve all been on various panels over the years, this will be the first time that all seven have ever appeared on a panel together! And in light of the company’s sometimes controversial past (nicely documented in George’s book), it’s really poised to be a landmark event, a great commemoration of Image’s 15th anniversary, and the talk of Comicon.
This came about through the dedicated efforts of George Khoury, and the Image founders themselves, and a big round of applause should (and I’m sure will, a week from Friday) go to them all for coming together for this special event. The fans are going to go absolutely nuts!

The hall that was planned for the event only holds 500 people, so get their early if you want a seat!

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Yeah, the blog has been silent the last few weeks, due to lots of San Diego Comicon activity taking place at TwoMorrows. Like most publishers, Comicon International: San Diego (as it’s properly named) is an important venue for us to promote our new and upcoming products, and unveil our plans for the year to come.

I’m happy to say that, with one exception, everything we were trying to get out right before or during Comicon is on press, and has been proofed. This includes:

New issues of Alter Ego, Back Issue, Rough Stuff, Draw, and Write Now

Modern Masters Volume 12: Michael Golden

Comics Introspective Volume One: Peter Bagge

John Romita… And All That Jazz (both softcover and hardcover)

Our new, free Catalog Update

It’ll all be in stores, or at our Comicon booth (#1215, in our usual place across from the Golden & Silver Age Pavilion) between now and July 25.

The only one that’s iffy for Comicon is our new Modern Masters: In The Studio With Michael Golden DVD, which is going through some last minute editing to get it just right. Cross your fingers that it’ll make it!

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