David Steinberger and Chip Mosher‘s new publishing venture DSTLRY has come out of the gate hot. The publisher, which offers its founding creators an equity stake in the company, officially launched in mid-April, with the promise of physical and digital collectibles to come. Last month DSTLRY announced deals for distribution to direct market comic shops through Diamond and Lunar and to the bookstore market and internationally through Diamond. Now some non-English readers will have the opportunity to read DSTLRY’s choices, because the writer has entered right into a overseas rights deal with Groupe Delcourt, who can have a “first look” choice to translate the writer’s titles into French.
In an announcement saying the deal, Mosher and Steinberger expressed their enthusiasm at partnering with Delcourt:
“Groupe Delcourt has remained an essential foundation of the French speaking comic book community. We’re overjoyed to partner with them so more readers can enjoy the upcoming slate of our graphic novels by some of the most acclaimed writers and artists in the United States, Europe, and beyond.”
Delcourt was one of many first overseas publishers to deliver their digital backlog of titles to the U.S. through Comixology, and Groupe Delcourt was listed amongst DSTLRY’s group of preliminary buyers when the enterprise was introduced. In an interview with The Beat on the time of launch, Steinberger spoke about his prior relationship with Delcourt founder Guy Delcourt, and the way Delcourt got here to again DSTLRY:
“For Guy specifically, he became a mentor of mine during Comixology, the first French publisher to get on board with Comixology. I really learned a tremendous amount from him, and I have a lot of respect for the success as the biggest independent publisher of bande desinee. And frankly, he’s one of the first people I reached out to once Chip and I decided we were going to work together on this. We’re honored that he [joined] but there’s no contractual relationship there other than its investment.”
Look for DSTLRY’s first launch, the one-shot anthology The Devil’s Cut, to launch to English language readers digitally and in comedian outlets in August.
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