Hundreds Of Thousands Of Copies Of Heavy Metal Magazine Destroyed?

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Reports are comig in of lots of of 1000’s of copies of Heavy Metal Magazine destroyed, to save lots of on warehouse space for storing.

Heavy Metal Magazine started as a translated license from the French science-fantasy journal Métal Hurlant and included work by the likes of Enki Bilal, Philippe Caza, Guido Crepax, Philippe Druillet, Jean-Claude Forest, Moebius, Chantal Montellier, and Milo Manara. It would then publish unique American-originated work in the identical vein. It was purchased by large Heavy Metal fan Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in 1992. It was later offered to David Boxenbaum and Jeff Krelitz in 2014. till they have been pressured in and out 2019, Heavy Metal was taken over by Matthew Medney and David Erwin. With tales of inner coups, difficult comings and goings, non-delivery to clients, callousness and challenges from creators, former staff, their widows and estates, money move issues noticed the writer shut down, earlier than a deliberate relaunch and revamp from Whatnot Publishing/Massive was introduced. In the top, they solely printed a closing concern of the earlier model of the journal, a yr late, for San Diego Comic-Con and the promised revival was deserted. Massive/Whatnot had determined to not publish it in spite of everything.

But what of what stays of Heavy Metal Magazine? As an organization, as a trademark, as a writer, it nonetheless exists and is having all kinds of conferences. A Heavy Metal Vol 2 #1 had truly been accomplished however not printed. But precise comedian books themselves? I perceive that lots of of 1000’s of copies of again problems with the journal have been pulped fairly than proceed to accrue warehouse prices. Not even Chuck Rozanski of Mile High Comcis was approached to take such a set on task, simply lots of of 1000’s of copies of the journal stretching again by its archive have been destroyed. They nonetheless have loads of copies on sale. Just… fewer than they as soon as had.

Well, I suppose it would make again points abruptly so much rarer.

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