04-09-2004, 08:54 PM
Reported 09/04/2003
Source ComicsContinuum & ComicBookResources
Marvel Comics on Friday announced the launch of ICON, a new publishing imprint that will produce projects utilizing properties outside of the Marvel Universe.
ICON will launch with two titles currently published at Image Comics: Brian Bendis' Powers and David Mack's Kabuki. According to Marvel, the ICON imprint has been created with "a mandate to pursue both these creator and licensed projects, while maintaining the highest level of talent and the brands that readers have come to expect from Marvel."
Dan Buckley, Publisher, said, "We had been considering this kind of imprint for a while before talking to Brian and David. But once we did, everything fell into place. Starting with Brian and David on Powers and Kabuki really sets the standard for the whole line. We are very excited about this initiative, and are thrilled that Powers and Kabuki are launching it." Said Bendis: "We have always said that we have benefited so much from the generations of comic creators before us who worked so hard to pave the way for creator rights. We have had it so good and we are stunned that we get to help take it to the next level... Marvel's first true creator-owned imprint."
Read fuller account here
Source ComicsContinuum & ComicBookResources
Marvel Comics on Friday announced the launch of ICON, a new publishing imprint that will produce projects utilizing properties outside of the Marvel Universe.
ICON will launch with two titles currently published at Image Comics: Brian Bendis' Powers and David Mack's Kabuki. According to Marvel, the ICON imprint has been created with "a mandate to pursue both these creator and licensed projects, while maintaining the highest level of talent and the brands that readers have come to expect from Marvel."
Dan Buckley, Publisher, said, "We had been considering this kind of imprint for a while before talking to Brian and David. But once we did, everything fell into place. Starting with Brian and David on Powers and Kabuki really sets the standard for the whole line. We are very excited about this initiative, and are thrilled that Powers and Kabuki are launching it." Said Bendis: "We have always said that we have benefited so much from the generations of comic creators before us who worked so hard to pave the way for creator rights. We have had it so good and we are stunned that we get to help take it to the next level... Marvel's first true creator-owned imprint."
Read fuller account here