Wild River Comics Publisher Closing Down, Staff Laid Off

Wild River Comics is a Shoreditch, London-based comedian guide writer behind the Immortal London collection of titles that have been closely promoted at latest MCM London Comic Cons. However, they’re unlikely to be at May’s occasion, as Bleeding Cool has been knowledgeable that the editorial, advertising and publication employees have all been laid off and the corporate is anticipated to shut any day now.

Wild River Comics first noticed publication a 12 months in the past, after a profitable Kickstarter, with the dystopian sci-fi collection Daughter Of Albion, by Denis Phan, Trevor Jayakody and artist Matt Timson, and created by Wild River Comics’ studio head Trevor Jayakody and editor Martin Eden. It was adopted by the horror comedian collection Lurker, by Beanie White and Anna Readman, a part of the Immortal London universe. They have been about to launch their direct market choices in Diamond Previews and Lunar Distriubution for July, however the shutdown got here in simply earlier than solicitations have been because of be despatched off to distributors.

There have additionally been recommendations that Wild River Comics nonetheless owes cash to comedian guide creators behind the revealed – and unpublished – titles that the writer has been growing. Bleeding Cool has been knowledgeable by sources that the intent is for everybody to be paid out when the corporate closes. Those who should be owned cash, be happy to maintain Bleeding Cool updated with that. Board member Stu Levy who was appointed a director of Wild River Comics in February 2022, went by way of comparable points with TokyoPop, so we anticipate he will not need to make that very same mistake twice.

Wild River Comics was initially based in 2021 by Gently co-founder Anas Aljumaily and attourney and charterered accountant Kyran Peng Thomas. Thomas had his directorship terminated in April, leaving Levy and Aljumaily because the remaining administrators.