Image Comics will celebrate its 35th anniversary with special promotions starting in February 2027. The company was founded in February 1992, with the goal of allowing creators to retain ownership and control of their work. It was built by a group of talented artists including Erik Larsen, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino. Now, Image is recognized as one of the biggest publishers in comics and is still focused on creator-owned projects and their independent roots.

For their 35th anniversary, Image will revive the publisher’s original “i” logo that was designed by Liefeld. The logo with a 35th anniversary treatment will appear on comics and company branding throughout the year. Image will work with comic shop retailers for anniversary-branded promotional swag like a wall calendar.

Image will run a team-up variant cover campaign featuring old and new characters that will appear each month of the year. It begins in February with D’orc team-up covers to celebrate the first anniversary of Brett Bean’s character.

“When Image launched in 1992, there was no shortage of detractors and the general consensus was that it wouldn’t last,” Image Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Eric Stephenson said. “Three and a half decades later, Image is bigger and better than ever, and it’s all thanks to the company’s ongoing commitment to publishing work owned and controlled by comics’ best talent. We look forward to celebrating that talent – past, present and future – over the course of the next year.”

“As Image heads into this momentous year we’ll be celebrating all the long running, beloved series that first put the company on the map alongside championing the new school of Image talent joining their ranks,” Image VP of PR & Marketing Kat Salazar said. “We also have an array of new initiative announcements to spring on everyone – a few of which have even been years in the making and in response to many, many fan requests over time. We can’t wait to share more with you in the coming months!”

Image will make more anniversary announcements in coming months.