[BALTIMORE COMIC CON:] IMAGE COMICS SHOW

September 28, 2008 on 5:21 pm | In Baltimore Comic-Con | No Comments

Joe Keatinge started the Sunday panel by introducing the panelists Richard Starkings, Jimmy Palmiotti, Erik Larsen and Robert Kirkman.

“Barak Obama will be guest starring in every issue of Invincible,” joked Kirkman after Keatinge pointed out that Larsen’s issue of Savage Dragon that endorsed Obama went through three printings already.

Keatinge talked about Mark Millar’s War Heroes, now optioned for a film, and Tori Amos’ Comic Book Tattoo. Keatinge also talked about upcoming works from the Man of Action studios: Bad Dog by Joe Casey, the Great Unknown by Duncan Rouleau and Soul Kiss by Stephen Seagle.

Keatinge premiered the cover to Madman #14, which features a jam cover by Mike Allred, Darwyn Cooke and J. Bone. The issue features two stories—one by Allred and one by Cooke and Bone.

Next year celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Dawn. Keatinge said to expect announcements coming down the pipeline as time goes on.

Dynamo 5 comes out with an issue #0 in January and introduces a new character to the series.

Keatinge showed a slide for a new series Jersey Gods, which features variant covers by Allred, Paul Pope, Cooke and others.

A cover of Elephantmen came on screen featuring the character Sahara naked in the bath.
“It’s not designed to exploit,” joked Starkings. “It’s a key story moment.”
Ian Churchill drew the cover.

Kirkman announced that starting in January his books will be guaranteed to ship on time.
“We’re going to be on time in 2009,” said Kirkman. “To help me along, I’ve hired former Marvel editor Aubrey Sitterson. That late in 2008 thing did not work out too well for me.”

Keatinge then showed the promo jam piece for Image United—the six-issue jam series written by Kirkman and featuring pencils of the Image Founders. Keatinge also debuted the cover to Image United #2.
“Robert is like the wayward son bringing the divorced parents back together,” joked Starkings of Kirkman’s involvement and the Image Founders working together on the project.

Kirkman talked about the Image United Production Blog, which shows the progress of the series as time goes on. Check out: http://www.imagecomics.com/ImageUnited for the blog.