THE WALKING DEAD #33 is an instant sell out! The most controversial issue of Robert Kirkman's end-days epic to date has sold out at Diamond in less than 24 hours, and to respond to the overwhelming demand, Image Comics is going back to press .

In a world filled with flesh-eating zombies, humanity must become savage to survive. This issue features ex-lawyer Michonne turning the tables on her sadistic captor the Governor – who Wizard Magazine named "Villain of the Year." Fans everywhere are talking about the latest haunting installment of the fan-favorite zombie saga.

"A 24 hour sell-out is an incredible achievement," said Image's Executive Director Eric Stephenson. "Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard really pushed the envelope with this issue. It's terrifying, it's challenging, and what's so great about THE WALKING DEAD is you never know what's going to happen next. From brutal action to desperate romance to powerful commentary on the human condition, anything can happen in THE WALKING DEAD. This horrifying issue is a great example of why this series is such a hit."

The zombie tale that never ends just got a whole lot darker. THE WALKING DEAD #33 will be back in stores in early January.

The second printing of WALKING DEAD #33 will ship on December 16th and on sale December 27th.

Because YOU demanded it, Sam Noir, Samurai Detective is back in action this February with an all new mini-series, and a collection of his critically acclaimed and completely sold out debut adventure!

Walking the way of the samurai on the seedy streets of pulp fiction, Sam Noir delivers an exciting new brand of heroism. This February his saga continues in the three-issue mini-series Sam Noir: Ronin Holiday by Eric A. Anderson and Manny Trembley. After love went tragically wrong, Sam decides that a tropical retreat is just the thing to take his mind off the pain. But when bloodthirsty assassins interrupt Sam's vacation he's forced to put down his Pina Colada and pick up his sword. With Sam on the case, those white sandy beaches are gonna run red!

Just because Sam wants to forget about his earlier adventures, doesn't mean you should, so Image is rushing out a special edition collecting his first mini-series in its entirety! On the third floor of a low-rent office, Sam Noir met his destiny. She wore a dress and took Sam on the best ride of his life -- until they snuffed her out. They nixed his Betty, and now he's gonna nix them! Sam Noir: Samurai Detective Special Edition #1 brings back all the hard boiled action that flew off the shelves the first time around. Don't miss out again!

Sam Noir Ronin Holiday #1 (of 3) carries a cover price of $2.99 ships Feb 7 and is available through Diamond Previews (DEC061865).

Sam Noir: Samurai Detective Special Edition # 1 goes on sale January 24 with a cover price of $7.99, and is available through the December 13 issue of Dateline- Previews Plus #745 (OCT068144 D).

This April, Michael Allred's pop classic MADMAN bolts back to stores from Image Comics! A modern masterpiece, MADMAN was Adult Swim before cartoons were cool. Now Image is taking the character to the next level with an all new series, and a hardcover collection of every MADMAN adventure!

For Allred, it's a dream come true. “From the first page I drew, I knew MADMAN was exactly what I wanted to do in comics. I’m proud to be working with Image – the only company that really gets what creator freedom is all about – to bring Frank’s stories back in the way I’ve always wanted to show them!”

First up in the MADMAN revival is MADMAN GARGANTUA! a mammoth 852- page, full color hardcover collecting every MADMAN tale from Madman, Madman Adventures, and Madman Comics in a single, oversized, handsomely produced volume. A must for lovers of Allred’s unique brand of pop illustration, MADMAN GARGANTUA! is the holy grail!

Launching immediately on the heels of MADMAN GARGANTUA! is the all new monthly series MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS! “Artistically, this is my best work ever,” Allred says. “The first storyline is called Jumping Silent Cars That Sleep At Traffic Lights, and it will turn the Madman world upside down. It’s designed so that new readers can jump on, but buckle up, because it’s gonna be a strange and scary rollercoaster ride!”

“Image has always been the company designed by creators, for creators, and we’re honored to welcome Mike aboard!” says Image Executive Director Eric Stephenson. “He’s always had a great vision for his comics, and we’re excited to be the ones to bring his vision out to the world.”

MADMAN GARGANTUA! is scheduled for February release. MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS is scheduled for an April release. Full ordering information and product details will be announced in the February edition of Diamond Previews.

And in other Image Comics news - WALKING DEAD vol. 5: BEST DEFENSE has sold out of it's entire print run, in less than a month. The second printing for WALKING DEAD vol. 5 BEST DEFENSE arrives in stores November 14, 2006.

Coming this December, Image Comics is readying a giant-sized limited edition hardcover chronicling the adventures of Mark Grayson, the teen super hero INVINCIBLE!

Written by Wizard Fan Award winner Robert Kirkman and featuring artwork by Russ Manning Award nominees Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley, plus colors by Harvey Award nominated colorist Bill Crabtree, THE COMPLETE INVINCIBLE LIBRARY, VOL. 1 HC collects INVINCIBLE #1-24, 0 and the Free Comic Book Day 2004 story plus over 150 pages of sketchbook material, covers, scripts and the original proposal! Clocking in at almost 800 pages, it will retail for $125.00.

Continuing the string of successful anthologies produced by Image Comics, LOW ORBIT VOLUME ONE hits shelves with a blast this November.

This fresh new anthology series will feature the talents of a variety of up-and-comers, including Nick Bradshaw (Danger Girl: Back in Black), Sean "Cheeks" Galloway (Hellboy Animated, Teen Titans Go), Alina Galloway (Boondocks Animated), Ryan Odagawa (Twinblades), Jonboy Meyers (Spider-Man/Arana), Allison Strom, Kevin Dalton, Mark Andrew Smith (Amazing Joy Buzzards) and Michael Woods! The cover was provided by Sean and Alina Galloway

"LOW ORBIT began as a simple project among friends," explains Michael Woods. "A modest book to sell for various conventions where we could have fun and each do our own thing. It has since grown into something much more ambitious."

LOW ORBIT features seven different stories, ranging from science fiction to fantasy and mythology. "With this book, you get a little action, a little suspense, even a bit of comedy," says Woods. "There is a little something for everyone!"

LOW ORBIT VOLUME ONE (SEP061790) is a 64-page full color anthology retailing for $6.99 and is available for pre-ordering now in the September Previews. It is scheduled to be in-stores November 15th, 2006. For more information, visit the website

Evoking feelings of experiencing the best of both pop comics and pop culture, PHONOGRAM has struck a chord with retailers and fans alike. Now, both PHONOGRAM #1 and PHONOGRAM #2 have sold out at Diamond!

With high demand and heaps of critical praise, Image Comics is going back to press on both of the issues. Each issue will feature the same cover as the original with some slight color changes, otherwise no changes will be made to the content except for an indicator in the indicia that the books are Second Printings.

"When Image told us we’d sold out, we were horrified," says writer Kieron Gillen. "We put our Fugazi albums loudly on repeat and started to prepare a statement that, as punky ex-fanzine kids, we will NEVER sell out. Eventually Image managed to explain that they weren’t casting dispersions at our unimpeachable artistic integrity, but they’d just ran out of copies to sell."

"In which case we thought we better print some more," adds artist Jamie McKelvie.

The new printings of PHONOGRAM #1 and PHONOGRAM #2 are scheduled to be in stores in late October.

PHONOGRAM traces the misadventures of Phonomancer David Kohl as he hunts for whoever is interfering with his old patron, the long-dead Goddess of Britpop, Britannia. If he fails, history itself will be rewritten - with him entirely out of it.

"Phonogram’s the comic we’ve wanted to create since literally the first moment McKelvie and I met," says Gillen, "It was something we were compelled to do. For this labour of love - by two unknowns - about a mid-nineties pop-cult to not just find an audience, but a sizeable and voracious one is somewhat overwhelming. And pleasing. Enormously pleasing."

"The only thing that makes me happier than Phonogram selling out," says Jamie McKelvie, "is having more copies printed so even more people can read it."

Meet Suki. She has multiple personalities. She hears voices. She's crazy... but not for long. Suki is almost ready rejoin society thanks to the Siamese Burn, an experimental machine which is burning those voices away one by one. All except for THE SCRIBBLER; that one is getting louder. For a voice, it doesn't talk much - instead, its messages come in the form of backwards scribbles.

And what it's scribbling is "Let me out!" That is the premise behind THE SCRIBBLER, a 96-page original graphic novel by writer/artist Dan Schaffer (INDIGO VERTIGO, Dogwitch) out this November from Image Comics.

"THE SCRIBBLER is not a superhero story, but it might be superhero story in negative," explains Schaffer. "The heroes are all nutters, characters with secret identities that are so secret, even they don't know about them! And they're engaged in a fight between good and evil, but it might not even exist. It's not so much a dissection of superheroes themselves, because this is really not a superhero book, but is an exploration of archetypes, the reasons we invent them, and how we use them to create and fight invisible wars."

Confined to Juniper Tower, a halfway house for crazies where suicides are a daily occurrence, Suki starts losing time - whole days - and somebody's been modifying the Siamese Burn in her absence. With the help of Hogan, an old hospital boyfriend, and a cranky hallway stalker called Alice The Pusher, Suki plays a dangerous game experimenting with the machine, trying to understand its ultimate purpose. But each time she plugs herself in, the machine changes... and so does she. The Scribbler is growing and fighting to get out.

"THE SCRIBBLER explores our perceptions of identity and how that affects the way we experience ideas of good and evil. It asks the question, who are you? And then gives you a moment to doubt your answer," says Schaffer.

THE SCRIBBLER is a 96-page black & white original graphic novel retailing for $7.99 and is available for pre-ordering now in the September Previews. It is scheduled to be in-stores November 15th, 2006.

Readers just can’t seem to get enough of the wildly popular LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS books. With the first miniseries selling out of every consecutive issue and the first printing of LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS, VOL. I TP selling out as well, it only made sense for Image Comics to release a second printing of the book.

Follow Joey Price on the adventure of a lifetime through the Stuffed Animal Kingdom is this epic all-ages odyssey! When Joey’s worst fears, The Beasties, come crawling out of his closet in the middle of the night, he finds out his new stuffed animals, The Night Pride, are more real and more needed than he ever could have imagined.

"I’m extremely happy we were finally able to get this story back in print. The demand for it far outweighs the available supply of books we’ve been able to put out so far," stated series creator and writer Mike Bullock. "We never dreamed the book would catch on like it has, and we’re overjoyed with the response we’ve see from parents, teachers, librarians and others of just about every walk of life. The only downside has been that there just aren’t enough books to meet the demand. Hopefully, this new edition will cure that."

The new printing will feature everything that made the first printing such a hit, as well as extra content including an introduction from series editor Ron Marz, new pinups and an added back up story.

With the news of a feature film in development, as well as the continuation of LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS Volume II from Bullock and new series artist Paul “Gutz” Gutierrez, this book is the perfect place for those who’ve never experienced the Stuffed Animal Kingdom to find out what the excitement is all about. A third volume is on the horizon, so now is the perfect chance to get in on the ground floor.