Shadwoline establishing a web-comic community

Not to be outdone by Marvel Comics, Image Comics is getting on board with this whole digital comics thing. Image's Shadowline arm is expanding their online selection with a combination of familiar Shadowline comics as well as new stuff from the next generation of Shadowline creators. Everything from Finder to Chicago will be online, and you can even read Action, Ohio as well. Some of the newer stuff that is up there includes Hannibal Goes to Rome, Yenny and Brat-Halla. And what's on the horizon? Li'l Depressed Boy and Platinum Grit. "While my first love comes in the traditional comics format, there's no denying the massive amount of new ideas and talent coming from the online world," said Shadowline Publisher Jim Valentino. "It's become a way for creators like PLATINUM GRIT's Trudy Cooper to gain recognition or established names like FINDER's Carla Speed McNeil to get their work to a wider audience. We're thrilled to bring these creators together in one collective." Image Comics is really the latest in a string of publishers realizing that comics are moving into the digital age. This is a good and a bad thing. Good because it makes comics that much more accessible, and bad because flies in the face of the whole tradition of comic books. But times change, and we have to change with them. Full press release below. Shadowline establishes web-comics community with fan favorites and newcomers alike! 23 September 2009 (Berkeley, CA) - The digital comics revolution continues as Image Comics' Shadowline expands their web comics division with a number of titles from fan favorites and the newest generation of creators! "While my first love comes in the traditional comics format, there's no denying the massive amount of new ideas and talent coming from the online world," said Shadowline Publisher Jim Valentino. "It's become a way for creators like PLATINUM GRIT's Trudy Cooper to gain recognition or established names like FINDER's Carla Speed McNeil to get their work to a wider audience. We're thrilled to bring these creators together in one collective." Shadowline's continued diversity will be reflected in the web comics, as the line will vary from the science fiction of FINDER to the political intrigue of Len Kody & Jenny Frison's CHICAGO: 1968 and even the oft-kilter superheroics of ACTION, OHIO by Neil Kleid and Paul Salvi. The lineup also currently includes newer titles like HANNIBAL GOES TO ROME, and the long-running YENNY and BRAT-HALLA. Future contributions include the web comic hit, PLATINUM GRIT by Trudy Cooper and Danny Murphy, and the upcoming LI'L DEPRESSED BOY featuring art by Jim Mahfood, Sam Kieth and more to come! More information can be found at www.shadowlinecomics.com/webcomics. Image Comics is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Since that time, Image has gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. There are currently five partners in Image Comics (Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino), and Image is currently divided into four major houses (Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, and Image Central). Image comics and graphic novels cover nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable, offering science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. Visit www.imagecomics.com.