Image Comics All Over Best of 2018 Lists

December 20, 2018

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In 1992, Image Comics was formed by superstar artists Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino and Rob Liefeld. Comics released by the founders included Spawn, Youngblood and WildC.A.T.s. The books sold well, but were not the type recognized by major publications.

A lot can change in 26 years.

Best of 2018 lists are being released and an unprecedented number of Image books are being acknowledged. Frequently singled out titles include Montress, Gideon Falls and Saga.

A few of the recognitions include:

NPR‘s Best Books of 2018
includes: Infidel, Bingo Love

Entertainment Weekly‘s Best Comics of 2018
includes: Monstress, The New World
honorable mentions: Saga, Prism Stalker

The Washington Post‘s The Ten Best Graphic Novels of 2018
includes: Monstress

Forbes Magazine‘s The Best Graphic Novels of 2018
includes: Gideon Falls

The Beat‘s Best Comics of 2018
includes: Crowded, Infidel, Bloodstrike: Brutalists, Prism Stalker, Self/Made, Unnatural, The Dead Hand

ComicBook.com‘s Golden Issue 2018
includes: Saga

and don’t forget to check out Super Hero Speak’s Year in Review: https://superherospeak.com/wp/287-2018-in-review/

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.