With the shortage of gross sales charts nonetheless bedeviling the trade, noting sell-outs continues to be the closest factor now we have to a hit metric, and DSTLRY, the brand new writer on the block, has been doing nicely with that.
They simply introduced that GONE #1, the primary difficulty of Jock’s futuristic story of have-nots stowing away on a luxurious house cruiser, has offered out on the distributor stage from each Diamond and Lunar. The first 48–web page difficulty debuted final week to optimistic evaluations.
DSTLRY, which was launched earlier this 12 months from trade vets Chip Mosher and David Steinberger, additionally offered out of its first publication THE DEVIL’S CUT.
But worry not, GONE #1 continues to be accessible at native comics outlets. Spinning out of Jock’s 8-page story “The Stowaway” from The Devil’s Cut, GONE is edited by “industry legend” Will Dennis (Snow Angels, Y: The Last Man). The logline reads:
On an impoverished and distant planet the place menial employees scratch out a residing resupplying starships, one of the best place to be is GONE… and that’s precisely the place 13-year-old Abi needs to be. Along with her street-tough pals, Abi stows away on a colossal luxurious space-liner, hoping for a greater life. Unbeknownst to her, Abi’s ‘friends’ are usually not who they appear, and he or she immediately finds herself branded a saboteur as she desperately struggles to evade the ship’s lethal crew to remain alive! As the younger heroine confronts betrayal, discovers her true allies, and fights in opposition to all odds, Abi will quickly understand that nothing is farther away than…dwelling.
This is Jock’s first comedian achieved on his personal as creator,w riter, artist and co-colorist and “I couldn’t be more thankful for GONE’s reception, he said in a statement. “This is a true labor of love, and I can’t wait for retailers and readers to see where this cosmic tale will wind.”
“It’s phenomenal to see Jock’s first creator-owned work—that he’s both written and drawn—create so much excitement and enthusiasm,” stated DSTLRY co-founders Chip Mosher and David Steinberger in a joint assertion. “Jock is the first creator in a line of many legendary writers and artists—our Founding Creators and friends—who are going to release comics that will be new benchmarks for the medium. We promise to work tirelessly on behalf of creators, retailers, and fans to continue the high bar this sets.”
And let’s face it, a sell-out PR is simply an excuse to run some good artwork, so right here’s the preview pages and canopy variants for GONE #1. All inside artwork by Jock, covers as marked.
Main cowl by Jock
Online unique cowl by Caitlin Yarsky
Online unique cowl by Cliff Chiang
For extra details about GONE and to join information concerning DSTLRY’s upcoming drops, go to www.dstlry.co and observe the writer on social media through @DSTLRY_Media.
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