Image Comics
Image Comics is an independent comics group set up in 1993 by seven artists, among them Todd McFarlane, who rose to fame with his visual reinvention of Spider-Man. Now, along with Dark Horse and CrossGen, Image rivals the two main comics houses DC Comics and Marvel, with a range of titles including Spawn, Witchblade, Battle of the Planets, The Darkness and others. Some of their titles are distributed through Top Cow Productions, Inc.There was a great fracas surrounding Image Comics' inception. The imprint's first two titles, McFarlane's Spawn and Rob Liefeld's Youngblood, sold enormous numbers, but shipped to retailers late and — in Liefeld's case — met with scathing critical and fan reaction for the poor quality of the art and storytelling. Liefeld was later forced out of the company by the remaining partners.
Many of Image's initial woes were finally smoothed over with the hiring of Larry Marder, who took over handling most of the business operations.
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