"Injection," "Mythic," "The Mantle" & More Debut in Image Comics' May 2015 Solicitations

[Trilipush]

Also, has anyone heard ANYTHING about Material #1 so far? It sounds like they're just dropping this on us out of nowhere? Cool though, the synopsis sounds kinda like "Change" which I loved. Ales Kot is always worth a look, which issue of Zero was Will Tempest on again?

Well, there's this teaser image from Ales Kot's newsletter:
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Will Tempest did the art for Zero #5.

[BaneofKings]

INJECTION #1
MYTHIC #1
MATERIAL #1
SONS OF THE DEVIL #1 (True Detective and Orphan Black blend? Sold!)
RAT QUEENS #11
ROCKET GIRL #6
CHRONONAUTS #3
DEADLY CLASS #13
DESCENDER #3
INVISIBLE REPUBLIC #3
SAGA #28
SOUTHERN CROSS #3
VELVET #13
THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #11

[TotalSnorefest]

Well, there's this teaser image from Ales Kot's newsletter:

Will Tempest did the art for Zero #5.

Neat, thanks! I dropped Zero for financial reasons after #9, but I remember #5 ending on a huge cliffhanger. Will dig out the issue to see if I like the art and decide from there whether to try Material #1. Thanks!

[johnmahananda]

As much as I like Image Comics, this company WAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY over-publishes. It's going to burn them. That's a shitload of #1 issues in May...preceded by a shitload of #1 issues since at least December 2014. Just too much...they're obviously going for a get-rich-now strategy...

Caveat: Still, the quality is mostly there...but sometimes less is definitely more...see Valiant...

[cc008]

As much as I like Image Comics, this company WAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY over-publishes. It's going to burn them. That's a shitload of #1 issues in May...preceded by a shitload of #1 issues since at least December 2014. Just too much...they're obviously going for a get-rich-now strategy...

Caveat: Still, the quality is mostly there...but sometimes less is definitely more...see Valiant...

I think if that were the case, they'd double ship, make all their books 3.99 and not allow their creators to take monthly breaks in between story arcs.

[johnmahananda]

I think if that were the case, they'd double ship, make all their books 3.99 and not allow their creators to take monthly breaks in between story arcs.

Possibly, but they way they're doing it now, in a content-flood, works just as well in securing a lot of revenue.

[Tayne Japal]

As much as I like Image Comics, this company WAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY over-publishes. It's going to burn them. That's a shitload of #1 issues in May...preceded by a shitload of #1 issues since at least December 2014. Just too much...they're obviously going for a get-rich-now strategy...

Caveat: Still, the quality is mostly there...but sometimes less is definitely more...see Valiant...

Well, Marvel is launching Secret Wars in May so it makes sense if creators to launch their titles in May in hopes to pick up some new customers taking a break during yet another event. Plus the vast majority are independent titles not tying into some shared universe so it gives customers more to choose from. It's just survival of the fittest. Not all titles published by Image are going to be long running successes. For example, none of the #1's interest me from the month of May, so that's one customer lost. Let's see what launches in June. So on and so on.

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

As much as I like Image Comics, this company WAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY over-publishes. It's going to burn them. That's a shitload of #1 issues in May...preceded by a shitload of #1 issues since at least December 2014. Just too much...they're obviously going for a get-rich-now strategy...

Caveat: Still, the quality is mostly there...but sometimes less is definitely more...see Valiant...

but Image really isn't forcing anything here... these are (mostly) creator-owned comics. in most cases, the creators go to Image to publish their work. Image actually (allegedly) rejects a lot of pitches, from what I've read.

I think if that were the case, they'd double ship, make all their books 3.99 and not allow their creators to take monthly breaks in between story arcs.

exactly (I sense the sarcasm). They can't make the creators do something they don't want to.

[nebezial]

yeah, i can tell you from quite a bit of personal experience, image makes no demands on taking breaks... that's just creators.

now why that happens

well, a lot of creator owned stuff starts off with decent numbers, but they fall off, after issue 1

after the speculators took their bite, and the trade waiters took their taste, all of a sudden without some crazy marketing you find yourself staring at a book that is sinking you and sinking you fast

and it is your love project. so you try to stay afloat, you take on sidegigs , do anything and everything to keep it going... but the fact is, you realize you are hemorrhaging money XD

that is when you take on more siddegigs, books get late, start selling even less...

some take breaks between arcs to take a rest, others take the breaks to bounce back financially

creator owned is a wonderful prospect but rare books actually make it.

and yet... i friggin love it! XD

[Trilipush]

Neat, thanks! I dropped Zero for financial reasons after #9, but I remember #5 ending on a huge cliffhanger. Will dig out the issue to see if I like the art and decide from there whether to try Material #1. Thanks!

Always a pleasure! Zero is actually my favorite ongoing right now so I'm always up for another Ales Kot series. And I'm really digging Will Tempest's art.

[pdjones]

I will most likely pick up Five Ghosts Deluxe HC. I'm a sucker for those.

[Danny Rand's Other Fist]

Remender mentioned to a person on twitter that LOW would be back in June.

June! Dang, that's a shame, I was really getting into it, the last couple issues were brilliant.

[wwise03]

June! Dang, that's a shame, I was really getting into it, the last couple issues were brilliant.

I think we're do for issue 6 next week. That will be the concluding chapter of the first arc. I think what Remender was saying was that the second arc of Low will start in June.

[johnmahananda]

Well, Marvel is launching Secret Wars in May so it makes sense if creators to launch their titles in May in hopes to pick up some new customers taking a break during yet another event. Plus the vast majority are independent titles not tying into some shared universe so it gives customers more to choose from. It's just survival of the fittest. Not all titles published by Image are going to be long running successes. For example, none of the #1's interest me from the month of May, so that's one customer lost. Let's see what launches in June. So on and so on.

Those are good points.

[El Sombrero]

I don't think Image flooding the market with new titles is a problem since they have so much genre and style diversity. It's not like you're getting so much of the same thing.