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Imprint of Marvel Comics

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::summary Imprint of Marvel Comics ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox company"]

FieldValue
nameIcon Comics
logoIconcomicslogo.png
foundation2004
predecessorEpic Comics
defunct2017
parentMarvel Comics
ownerMarvel Entertainment
(The Walt Disney Company)
industryPublishing
productsComic books
homepage
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::callout[type=note] the Marvel Comics imprint ::

| name = Icon Comics | logo = Iconcomicslogo.png | foundation = 2004 | predecessor = Epic Comics | founder = | key_people = | defunct = 2017 | location = | parent = Marvel Comics | owner = Marvel Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) | industry = Publishing | products = Comic books | homepage =

Icon Comics was an imprint of Marvel Comics for creator-owned titles, designed to keep select "A-list" creators producing for Marvel rather than seeing them take creator-owned work to other publishers.

History

Icon Comics was launched in 2004 with Michael Avon Oeming and Brian Michael Bendis' superhero/detective series Powers and David Mack's Kabuki moving to the imprint, both from Image Comics. In June 2005 the imprint's third title J. Michael Straczynski's Dream Police was launched, followed in September by The Book of Lost Souls, also from Straczynski. Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is an ongoing crime comic also published by Icon.

Mark Millar has described the deal with Icon in relation to his Kick-Ass series:

You could end up out of pocket because some of the team get paid upfront under these deals whereas Johnny and I don't take a page rate. But it was a calculated risk as we both have pretty good reps and so anything over, say, 25,000 would basically cover our Marvel page rates.}}

Titles

Following the move of Brian Michael Bendis (as well as all of his comics) to DC Comics in 2017, the Icon imprint has been dormant:

Notes

References

  1. Brady, Matt. (January 16, 2008). "Mark Millar, Marketing Machine". [[Newsarama]].
  2. Ching, Albert. (March 19, 2011). "Bendis and Bagley on Their BRILLIANT Creator-Owned Debut". Newsarama.
  3. Richards, Dave. (March 19, 2011). "C2E2: Bendis & Bagley's "Brilliant" New Creation". [[Comic Book Resources]].
  4. "Kabuki: Reflections (1998) - TPB vol. 01".
  5. Renaud, Jeffrey. (December 4, 2009). ""Nemesis" Asks: What if Batman was The Joker?". Comic Book Resources.
  6. Arrant, Chris. (November 16, 2017). "MARVEL Cancels POWERS and UNITED STATES OF MURDER INC.".
  7. Richards, Dave. (April 16, 2010). "C2E2: Bendis Turns "Scarlet"". Comic Book Resources.

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