This Summer, the digital market will taste a little sweeter. Image Comics joins an exciting new digital platform.
Last month, The Beat reported on the launching of a new digital comics app called Sweet Shop, and we've been eager to learn more ever since. Today, we received a press release from Image Comics announcing their partnership with Sweet Shop and explaining how we can expect to see their titles on the platform when it officially launches this Summer. We're more than intrigued now; we're excited.
We've been friends with Sweet owner Kenny Myers since the early days of Omnibus, our one-time podcast sponsor. He's a passionate fan of the medium and a firm believer in a relationship between the digital market and brick-and-mortar businesses. If you listen to this week's Off Panel podcast, hosted by David Harper, you'll hear how Myers sees these entities working in collaboration, not opposition. We certainly think it's possible.
Navigating the digital space for comics these last few years has been tumultuous, and it need not be so. Sweet Shop will support vertical scrolling functions as well as right-to-left and left-to-right reading, depending on what's called for by the comic. They're embracing Manga, webcomics, young adult, and all-ages in addition to traditional Wednesday warrior faire. Oh, and day-and-date purchasing is a top priority, which is not the case for many other alternatives.
Please read the Image Comics press release below and check out Sweet Shop's pre-launch site.
Sweet Shop Launches with Image Comics
GROUNDBREAKING NEW COMICS READING APP, SWEET, SET TO LAUNCH THIS SUMMER WITH IMAGE COMICS TITLES AMONG FIRST AVAILABLE OFFERINGS
Reading your favorite comics has never been this Sweet
SEATTLE 02/25/2025 — Image Comics will join Sweet Shop ahead of the app’s upcoming launch set for later this Summer. The publisher and new-to-the-scene digital comics store will work in partnership to bring nearly 400 of Image’s bestselling, creator-owned titles to the shelves of the app in time for its debut.
“Image Comics publishes some of the absolute best comics in the business, with a model that is wonderful to creators,” said Kenny Meyers, owner of Sweet. “We are huge fans of the work they do, and couldn’t be more excited to release their titles for purchase day and date around the globe.”
Fantastic new titles like James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh’s Exquisite Corpses and Matthew Rosenberg and Stefano Landini’s We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us will join the catalog alongside popular ongoing series offerings such as the Transformers, Spawn, Ghost Machine comics, Invincible, and The Walking Dead.
Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Strategy at Image Comics, added: “We’re always looking for great ways to get our comics into readers’ hands, and Sweet Shop is shaping up to be an exciting new option. We’re thrilled to have so many incredible creator-owned titles available at launch.”
Sweet Shop users will be able to read the library of comics on both Apple and Android devices and Manga and North American comics alike will be available on the app. Fans will be able to confidently browse and buy—either in-app or in DRM-free download format—from a variety of Image titles, available globally, with few exceptions.
This exciting new app will support vertical scrolling function—a feature that will delight webcomics readers in particular—and right-to-left and left-to-right reading versatility for relevant titles. Even more features are available for viewing on Sweet Shop’s pre-launch site. Readers can sign up for the mailing list to receive updates on launch, as well asannouncements on new features and a growing list of fantastic publishers coming later in 2025.
ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States, and is the #2 graphic novel publisher in America. It is the publisher of such award winning titles as, Spawn, The Walking Dead, Invincible, Saga, Monstress, Deadly Class, Chew, The Old Guard, I Kill Giants, Criminal, The Department of Truth, W0rldtr33, Geiger, Descender, Gideon Falls, It’s Lonely At The Centre of The Earth, Do A Power Bomb, and more. The company currentlyhas six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, 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.
ABOUT SWEET SHOP
Sweet’s singular goal is to make things less s****y for people in comics. With Bindings for creator marketing, Find Your Comic Store (FYCS) for finding your new favorite comic shop, and with Sweet Shop the “Sweet” is tackling all it can with technology to help grow comic sales and readership everywhere. Bluesky, Instagram, Threads, Facebook.
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