Around the Bay: Cape and Cowl hosts Image+ release party
Cape and Cowl, 1601 Clay Street in Oakland, celebrated the release of the first issue of Image+ with a well-attended event on Wednesday. In addition to introducing comic readers to the new…
Launch: Cape and Cowl present Image+
Image Comics is launching it's newest promotional publication at the Bay Area's newest comic shop. Cape and Cowl Comics, 1601 Clay Street in Oakland, is hosting a launch party on April…
Image to release Sex Criminals on local comic shops
Berkeley-based Image Comics is preparing to release the first trade paperback of Chip Zdarsky and Matt Fraction's wildly successful time stopping sex romp Sex Criminals next month. The publisher announced…
Image Expo 2014: A photo gallery of onstage antics
Below is a photo gallery of various creators on stage at Image Expo 2014. Click here to view the images in a larger Flickr slideshow.
Advancing Image Expo 2014
Tomorrow Image Expo returns to San Francisco's Yerba Buena Cultural Center to share with retailers, media, and fans what the company will be churning out over 2014. Twelve guests have…
Dead Universes (prologue): A time traveler finds holes in the multiverse
Originally published October 8, 2013 | Updated April 2026
In 2013, we began exploring the death of shared comic universes from the 1990s boom. Over a decade later, we’re revisiting this series. Jim Shooter passed away in June 2025, and the successful Schism Kickstarter, completing his unfinished Defiant Comics story, reminded us that these dead universes still matter to creators and collectors. The time felt right to explore them more deeply: not just what they were, but why they disappeared, and what their legacy tells us about comics history.
Launch Party: Isotope to launch “East of West” trade with Nick Dragotta themed cocktails
When 2013 comes to a close there's little doubt Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta's East of West will be on many "best of" lists. There have been many versions of…