Category:Image Comics



Image Comics is a comic book publishing company founded in 1992. The company was put together by eight industry professionals, mostly artists who freelanced for Marvel Comics, who wished to create a creator-owned business environment in which comic book characters and titles would be under the editorial control and ownership of the individual creator, not the company. The company was founded by seven primary partners (as well as veteran Marvel writer Chris Claremont) including Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Jim Valentino, Marc Silvestri, Erik Larsen and Whilce Portacio.

Six of the main partners created their own in-house studios and/or imprints which becam associated with the tiles under their aegis.
 * Todd McFarlane Productions, Publisher of Spawn; owned by Todd McFarlane.
 * Wildstorm Productions, Publisher of WildC.A.T.S. and StormWatch; owned by Jim Lee.
 * Extreme Studios, Publisher of Youngblood; owned by Rob Liefeld.
 * Top Cow Productions, Publisher of Cyberforce; owned by Marc Silvestri.
 * ShadowLine, Publisher of Shadow Hawk; Owned by Jim Valentino.
 * Highbrow Entertainment, Publisher of Savage Dragon; owned by Erik Larsen.