Do you love Mike Allred’s Madman? Of course you do. Everyone does. Madman is one of the most influential independent comic book characters of our time (if not the most). First appearing in Creatures of the Id in October, 1990 for Caliber Press, Madman grew to prominence on Tundra Comics before moving to Dark Horse and eventually resting at Image. With spin-offs, crossovers and specials galore, Madman and his musical odyssey through comics have been some of the most entertaining in the medium for the past 20 years.
In celebration of Madman’s 20th anniversary, Mike Allred and Image comics are releasing a massive oversized (11 x 17!) hardcover in the tradition of Gargantua and Atomica, collecting various Madman comics by tons of your favorite creators, such as Peter Bagge, Kyle Baker, Philip Bond, Peter Milligan, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Cooper, Dean Haspiel, Los Bros Hernandez, Erik Larsen, David Mack, Pat McKeown, Bernie Mireault, Michael Avon Oeming, Paul Pope, Eric Powell, Frank Quitely, Steven T. Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen, Jeff Smith, Jay Stephens, Craig Thompson, Matt Wagner, Joe Quinones, and Maris Wicks, as well as pin-ups by some of the most famous comic creators like Frank Frazetta, Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, Moebius, Frank Miller, and Dave Stevens.
The book will also feature a brand new Madman comic by creator Mike Allred, in which Frank goes on his own retrospective trip through time, reflecting on his past. “In my new story I was inspired to take Frank “Madman” Einstein on an adventure that took him on retrospective time trip, an inter-dimentional detour, a jungle excursion, and a kind of faux-family therapy exchange. I pulled out all stops,” Allred says in the press release from Image. “We’re making sure that everyone will be getting some serious bang for their buck!”
The book will retail for $100 in stores, but can be pre-ordered on Amazon right now for almost half-off. If anyone on your Christmas shopping list is a Madman fan, this will assuredly make a great gift, so get buying.
For an eight-page preview as well as the press release from Image, check after the cut.
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| Art by Darwyn Cooke |
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Image Press Release
This is THE BIG ONE! This December, 20 years after Michael Allred’s independent comics icon was introduced to the world, a celebration of all things Madman will take the form of a gigantic 11 x 17 hardcover! The MADMAN 20TH ANNIVERSARY MONSTER HC will include an all-new MADMAN story from Allred, as well as contributions from an impressive list of industry giants such as Darwyn Cooke, Frank Quitely, Jeff Smith, and Erik Larsen.
The jam-packed 264 pages of this epic coffee table book will weigh in as the perfect selection for those looking for the most ginchy of gifts this holiday season. The MADMAN 20TH ANNIVERSARY MONSTER HC will appeal to any fan of the heartfelt, retro-pop heroics of MADMAN and Allred’s other critically acclaimed work like X-Statix and iZombie.
Continued belowTwenty years on, Madman still holds the same appeal with fans, and with his creator, more than ever. “In my new story I was inspired to take Frank “Madman” Einstein on an adventure that took him on retrospective time trip, an inter-dimentional detour, a jungle excursion, and a kind of faux-family therapy exchange. I pulled out all stops,” Allred said. “We’re making sure that everyone will be getting some serious bang for their buck!”
Nearly every great artist to ever work in comics is in this book! That means more new Madman strips from Peter Bagge, Kyle Baker, Philip Bond & Peter Milligan, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Cooper, Dean Haspiel, Los Bros Hernandez, Erik Larsen, David Mack, Pat McKeown, Bernie Mireault, Michael Avon Oeming, Paul Pope, Eric Powell, Frank Quitely, Steven T. Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen, Jeff Smith, Jay Stephens, Craig Thompson, Matt Wagner, Joe Quinones & Maris Wicks. Plus, almost every Madman illustration collected over the past 20 years from all the greats will be included, including images by the likes of Frank Frazetta, Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, Moebius, Frank Miller, and Dave Stevens.
MADMAN 20TH ANNIVERSARY MONSTER HC (OCT110429, ISBN: 978-1-60706-472-5), a 264-page oversized full-color hardcover graphic novel for a hundred bucks, will be on sale in stores on December 21, just in time to make the list of perfect gifts!
ABOUT MICHAEL ALLRED
Never met a comic book fan he didn’t like. And he loves making comic books for folks who love comic books. For more information about the creator and his work, visit http://allredart.blogspot.com/.
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, 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.
