Image Comics Brings Fan Favorite BITCH PLANET to Local Comic Shop Day™
Exclusive Hardcover Edition Adds to November 28 Event
Exclusive Hardcover Edition Adds to November 28 Event
ComicsPRO,
the trade association of storefront comic book specialty retailers, and
Image Comics are pleased to announce support of Local Comic Shop Day™
participating retailers with the first hardcover collection of BITCH
PLANET.
Written by Eisner Award nominee Kelly Sue DeConnick (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) with art by Valentine De Landro (X-Factor),
BITCH PLANET takes place in a dystopian reality where non-compliant
women are jailed in an off-planet prison. The LCSD hardcover edition
features cover art by Filipe Andrade and is limited to 750 copies. It
collects the first five issues of the series.
“We’re
thrilled to have Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, and Image
Comics choose Local Comic Shop Day™ as the event to release the first
Bitch Planet hardcover,” said Marco Davanzo, ComicsPRO Executive and
owner of Alakazam Comics in Irvine, California. “Image Comics continues
to be ahead of the curve with originality, quality, and vision.”
Founded in 1992, Image Comics is the publisher of many award-winning, creator-owned and fan-favorite series.
Local
Comic Shop Day™ is a new event focusing on locally owned independent
comic book specialty stores and their role in shaping the pop culture
market. The first Local Comic Shop Day™ will be Saturday, November 28,
two days after Thanksgiving and coinciding with American Express’ “Small
Business Saturday” event.
On
Local Comic Shop Day™, participating retailers will have exclusive, and
in some cases, limited items debuting from supporting publishers. The
goal of Local Comic Shop Day is to jump start the holiday buying season
for storefront comics specialty retailers by giving comics fans more of
what they most desire.
ComicsPRO invites all brick and mortar comic book specialty stores to be part of Local Comic Shop Day™.
Retailer registration for the event is ongoing until October 1 at www.comicspro.org/lcsd
A retailer FAQ is also posted at www.comicspro.org.
ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and
graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling
artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics
publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners:
Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim
Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions,
Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound 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.
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