IMAGE COMICS SOAR WITH EAGLE AWARDS!
Image Comics sweeps nominations for 2007 Eagle Awards!


28 February 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - Fans from across the pond have honored Image Comics with an overwhelming amount of nominations in their annual Eagle Awards, the most prestigious comic book award in the United Kingdom.


"Receiving this many nominations is an unprecedented honor," said Image Comics Executive Director Eric Stephenson. "Everyone at Image is very happy with the nominations and thanks all of our fans who participated."


Nominations range from Image Central creators such as Matt Fraction, Jonathan Hickman, Jamie McKelvie, Jay Faerber and Robert Kirkman to titles such as Proof and The Walking Dead. In addition, Image founder Jim Valentino's imprint, Shadowline, has specifically received an immense amount of support for everything from their editor, Kris Simon, to titles such as Bomb Queen and Cemetery Blues.


Fans can still vote for their favorite creators at www.eagleawards.co.uk. For more information on the Image Comics nominated, please see www.imagecomics.com.


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 four partners in Image Comics (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.