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Posted in: Comics | Tagged: Blake Northcott, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Mark Millar, massive, Mitch Bretweiser, Roc Upchurch, scott lobdell, sean gordon murphy, WhatnotMassive Publishing (home of Whatnot Publishing has named Blake Northcott as Editor-in-Chief of their line, effective immediately.Massive Publishing (home of the Whatnot Publishing imprint, and which recently underwent a public facing name change) has named author, comic book writer, and screenwriter Blake Northcott as Editor-in-Chief of their line, effective…

Vault Comics is announcing their second annual Pride Charity Auction on Whatnot where 100% of money raised will be donated to Trans Lifeline.Vault Comics is announcing their second annual Pride Charity Auction in partnership with Gatecrashers, taking place on June 28th, on Vault's Whatnot streaming sales platform, where 100% of money raised will be donated to Trans Lifeline. Auction items will include original art, rare signed comics, exclusive editions, and pop culture finds from the likes of Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum,…

Simon Furman appeared at the London Comic Con Spring 2023 this weekend with an adaptation of the Astro Bots line published by WhatNot Publishing.Simon Furman appeared at the London Comic Con Spring 2023 this weekend alongside his co-creator of Transformers, Death's Head, Dragon's Claws and To The Death, Geoff Senior. Simon Furman also had his new comic book series to show off, an adaptation of the Astrobots line of robot figures into a comic book, published by WhatNot Publishing later this year. The first issue drawn by…

Blake Northcott, Giuseppe Cafaro and Bryan Valenza are launching a new series,  North Valley Grimoire for WhatNot Publishing, in they May 2023 solicitsBlake Northcott, Giuseppe Cafaro and Bryan Valenza are launching a new series,  North Valley Grimoire for WhatNot Publishing, also pitting out Exiles, Gryffin, Astro Bots, Liquid Kill, Quested, Ramgod and Wesley Snipes' Exiled. Heavy Metal is also rescheduling previously cancelled Heavy Metal collections – but weirdly, no sign of Heavy Metal Magazine Vol 2 #4. Looks like…

Comic book stores got a little new year's treat, a special one-per-store thank you edition of Quested #1 from WhatNot. Did your store get one? | WhatNot sent out a one-per-store "New Years Thank You" edition of Whatnot Publishing's Quested #1 to comic store retailers through Diamond Comic Distributors over the New Year, to every Diamond retailer that accepts promotional material, at no cost to retailers, and is already becoming a little bit of a collector's item with copies selling for over $11 on eBay. Originally listed…

| Whatnot Publishing is a collaboration between live streaming sales platform Whatnot, Inc. and Starburns Industries Press, who earlier this year bought Heavy Metal Magazine and related titles. Heavy Metal Magazine has been through a number of owners and controllers of recent years, with stories of internal coups, challenging comings and goings, non-delivery to customers, callousness and challenges from creators, former employees, their widows and estates. And now the previously planned Heavy Metal Magazine #321 is now…

| Next week sees the release of 100,000+ ordered Ninja Funk #1 by writing duo JPG Paras and Steve Schuitt with artist Alex Riegel, from Whatnot Publishing to comic book stores through Diamond Comics Distributors. However the Whatnot App was selling the comic book directly to readers this week, which has causes some upset from comic book retailers, who ordered heavily on the comic, and have now found WhatNot competing directly with them and getting a week's lead on all the comic book shops' ability to sell the comic. Now…

| One month after Whatnot Publishing revealed their first release, Alpha Betas #1, had over 45,000 copies ordered, and a few days after announcing their imprint partnership with Heavy Metal,  they are at it again. Whatnot Publishing's second release and their first creator-owned series, Ninja Funk #1, by writing duo JPG Paras & Steve Schuitt with artist Alex Riegel, reached an astonishing 105,000 orders between Diamond Comics Distributors and retailer exclusive covers after FOC.  According to Michael Calero and Kevin…

| Whatnot Publishing is a collaboration between Whatnot, Inc., whose live streaming sales platform increased in popularity during the pandemic shutdown, and Starburns Industries Press, the publishing arm of the animated studio responsible for Rick And Morty, Animals, Anomalisa and Happy Tank. They began publishing comics this year, and have lined up a number of high profile titles based on existing media properties or with Hollywood stars. And now they have signed a deal to be the new publisher of Heavy Metal Magazine…

https://madcavestudios.com/On Thursday, October 6th, 2022 at New York Comic Con 2022, a partnership between Heavy Metal and Whatnot Publishing was announced. Beginning in 2023, publication of over a dozen Heavy Metal titles will be executed by Whatnot Publishing, including the legendary fantasy and sci fi publisher’s flagship title, Heavy Metal magazine. In a quote provided to Publisher’s Weekly, Whatnot Publishing publisher Michael Calero stated, “Heavy Metal is an institution with over 40 years of history in the…