WhatNot Sent Out Thank You Variant Of Quested #1, One Per Store

WhatNot despatched out a one-per-store “New Years Thank You” version of Whatnot Publishing’s Quested #1 to comedian retailer retailers via Diamond Comic Distributors over the New Year, to each Diamond retailer that accepts promotional materials, for gratis to retailers, and is already changing into slightly little bit of a collector’s merchandise with copies promoting for over $11 on eBay. Originally listed as “Questmas”, printing points led it to be a New Year merchandise as a substitute, and had a print run of 3000.

The cowl paintings by Simon Hutt (MFKZ, Tinybuild sport artwork director) showcases the lead characters of Quested by WhatNot’s Michael Calero, Thomas Parsons and Kit Wallis. Calero says “We have been blown away by the support we’ve received from retailers since our debut and we felt like we needed something to commemorate that feeling of gratitude. As a lifelong comic book fan who always wanted to be a creator in this business there really isn’t any cooler way to start the new year than getting to directly thank the people who’ve made this possible.”

The e-book comes with a thanks letter on the again cowl:

Hello Retailers, Thank you for contributing to an AMAZING launch for Whatnot Publishing in 2022. Your robust help and quick embrace of us as a associate in your comicbook cabinets has been overwhelming. This New Years “Thank You” e-book is a small token of our gratitude for welcoming us into all your nice shops!
The Administrative workforce at Whatnot Publishing / Massive Publishing is made up of comedian writers, artists and former retailers that every one wish to create an important place for each contributor to the comicbook ecosystem. We are all on the identical workforce in any case, with a typical aim: share our distinctive ardour for comics with extra folks every single day and preserve this medium that all of us love wholesome by getting books into the fingers of readers and followers.
With 2023 being our first full 12 months of publishing, we wish to do every thing we are able to to contribute to the success of your corporation this 12 months. We want you a wonderful 12 months of gross sales, love, ardour, a wholesome household and achievements!
Cheers to 2023! – Whatnot Publishing Team

Whatnot Publishing launched in October 2022 with Alpha Betas, the companion collection to the animated pilot produced by 3Blackdot and Starburns Industries, the studio behind Rick & Morty. Followed in November by Ninja Funk, Whatnot Publishing’s first unique creator-owned collection which bought over 115,000 models of its debut difficulty. Quested is a creator-owned collection impressed by the visuals and action-adventure of online game collection like Zelda however with a tougher edge. And now 2023 brings The Exiled #1 on February ninth, co-created and co-written by Wesley Snipes, a sci-fi detective noir story described as Seven meet Blade Runner. Followed by Liquid Kill, introduced as ”John Wick meets Ghost in The Shell”, the relaunch of Heavy Metal Magazine on March 1st and Astrobots #1, a Gundam / Transformers-like collection written by Marvel UK Transformers author Simon Furman to be launched on March twenty second.