July 1 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - As announced at Wizard World Chicago this
weekend, Image Comics Publisher Erik Larsen is stepping down from his
current position and will be replaced by Executive Director Eric
Stephenson, effective immediately.
"Being the publisher has been a blast, but it's long past time I put my
focus on what matters most to me - creating new comics," said Larsen.
"We accomplished the goals I set out for the company, and it's long past
time for me to go back to doing what I do best. Even more so, I feel
Eric deserves the position as he's completely instrumental in our
company's recent success. It's an honor to hand him the reins."
Stephenson's background with Image goes back to the inception, as Jim
Valentino's assistant. He later went on to work as the managing editor
of Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios before returning to Image as Director
of Marketing in 2001. Stephenson became Executive Director in 2004.
Stephenson added, "Even after over sixteen years of working with Image
off and on, I'm more excited about the company now than I've ever been.
The unprecedented variety of creators, genres and formats we've been
publishing really reflects what I love so much about this medium, and
I'm looking forward to carrying on and growing upon this tradition."
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.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
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