Rick Remender, his Giant Generator imprint, and Image Comics have in the present day introduced the signing of a three-year exclusivity deal on his future creator owned initiatives. The deal is in speedy impact.
In a press launch Image delivered the information:
“Bestselling, creative trailblazer Rick Remender has signed a three-year exclusive contract with Image Comics, effective immediately. This exclusive gives Remender carte blanche on his upcoming titles and signals a wave of exciting plans for his Giant Generator imprint.”
Image Comics Publisher and Chief Creative Officer Eric Stephenson stated:
“Working with Rick is like speeding down the open road in a convertible with the top down. When he’s behind the wheel of his Giant Generator comics imprint, there is always some new high speed adventure or undiscovered place to visit. All creativity and energy. If that isn’t the Image Comics spirit, I don’t know what is. Looking forward to finding out where he’ll take us next.”
Remender talked concerning the deal – saying that he had batted again affords with the Big Two to stay with Image:
“I’ve recently turned down very generous offers to write X-Men and Batman, and while flattered, that would ultimately be a step backwards artistically, and not where my heart is at.”
Adding,
“Image takes no OWNERSHIP, so my partners and I co-own 100% of our properties. It’s short-term vs long-term thinking. You want to build your own house? Make something that your children will inherit? Image is the only place. This contract is me saying that I bet on myself. I bet on my collaborators. I bet on our characters, stories, and owning what we make. Exclusively. With all we’ve got. Like our lives are on the line.”
Remender has had a protracted affiliation with Image Comics for his creator owned work – courting again to 2005 with sequence Fear Agent (with Tony Moore and Jerome Opeña); Sea of Red (with Salgood Sam) and Strange Girl (with Eric Nguyen). He has served temporary stints at Dark Horse – the place he moved Fear Agent and launched different creator owned initiatives like End League – and different publishers. At Marvel Comics (2007-2015) he constructed his trade profile additional with common runs on The Punisher, Captain America, Uncanny X-Force, and extra – even taking a shot at an occasion with the AXIS storyline in 2014. His first comics exclusivity deal was introduced with Marvel in 2009, presumably ending round 2013.
From 2013 onwards he returned to Image and seemingly by no means left with new sequence and longrunning sequence galore. Remender’s work within the 2010s was a part of a brand new renaissance for the writer with critically acclaimed sequence by stable writer-artist pairings. During this era he created Black Science with Matteo Scalera (2013-2019); Deadly Class with Wes Craig (2014-2022); Low with Greg Tocchini (2014-2021); Tokyo Ghost with Sean Gordon Murphy (2015-2016); and Seven to Eternity with Jerome Opeña (2016-2021).
In 2016 he based his Giant Generator imprint which is described as “the home studio of Rick Remender specializing in the development of unique and top flight entertainment born from comic books co-created with passion in partnership with the best artists in the world.”
A lot of Remender’s longrunning Image sequence (and a few shorter sequence) concluded in 2021-2022. Currently his most up-to-date – and solely working – sequence is The Sacrificers with Max Fiumara, which started in August 2023. October will see him workforce up with Andy Samberg and Joe Trohman for The Holy Roller. With the ink on this new exclusivity deal drying and New York Comic Con across the nook – a brand new slate of Remender written titles from his Giant Generator imprint will certainly be introduced.
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