A DVD and digital release is scheduled for January 2014. Related Content: Clip From The Image Revolution Documentary Excerpt From Rob Liefeld's Icons Script, Based On The Highs And Lows Of Launching Image 20 years ago, a group of artists left Marvel Comics to create their own company, a company that continues to influence mainstream comics and culture to this day. Image Comics began as more than just a publisher — it was a response to years of creator mistreatment, and it changed comics forever. The Image Revolution will tell the story of Image Comics, from its founders’ work at Marvel, through Image’s early days, the ups and downs of the ’90s, and the publisher’s new generation of properties like The Walking Dead. We will tell the company’s story through new interviews with the people who made it happen. And what better time than during Image’s 20th anniversary to make this documentary?...
- 12/23/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
Related Content: Excerpt From Rob Liefeld's Icons Script, Based On The Highs And Lows Of Launching Image 20 years ago, a group of artists left Marvel Comics to create their own company, a company that continues to influence mainstream comics and culture to this day. Image Comics began as more than just a publisher — it was a response to years of creator mistreatment, and it changed comics forever. The Image Revolution will tell the story of Image Comics, from its founders’ work at Marvel, through Image’s early days, the ups and downs of the ’90s, and the publisher’s new generation of properties like The Walking Dead. We will tell the company’s story through new interviews with the people who made it happen. And what better time than during Image’s 20th anniversary to make this documentary? Directed by Patrick Meaney; director of photography, Jordan Rennert; produced by...
- 12/12/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
December of 1991 will always be a special month in comic book history – if only because it was when superhero fanatics learned that some of the biggest creators in the industry were breaking away from Marvel to form their very own imprint – renegade company Image Comics. Now, we get an opportunity to relive those heady days with the documentary The Image Revolution. Set to be the definitive retelling of the upstart company’s formation, the new documentary features interviews with pretty much everyone involved in the birth of the company – including Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld. The film’s already being hailed as a “must watch” for comic geeks. As someone who was really into comics during that era, I can remember the buzz and...
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- 12/10/2013
- by Mike Bracken
- Movies.com
As the legend goes, twenty one years ago this month, in a ballsy power move that would forever change comics, comic book all stars Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Whilce Portacio, and Jim Valentino left Marvel Comics to form their own comic book publishing company called Image. As a response to years of creator mistreatment at the time and given maybe six months to live, twenty years later Image Comics continues to influence mainstream comics and popular culture to this very day.
Hot documentary The Image Revolution tells the story of Image Comics, from its founders’ work at Marvel, through Image’s early days, the ups and downs of the ’90s, and the publisher’s new generation of properties like The Walking Dead.
The Image Revolution is an absolute Must Watch for comic book fans, and in my opinion one of the best documentaries of the year.
Hot documentary The Image Revolution tells the story of Image Comics, from its founders’ work at Marvel, through Image’s early days, the ups and downs of the ’90s, and the publisher’s new generation of properties like The Walking Dead.
The Image Revolution is an absolute Must Watch for comic book fans, and in my opinion one of the best documentaries of the year.
- 12/9/2013
- by El Mayimbe
- LRMonline.com
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