“I’d been looking for some way to be able to post my comics on a platform that I had more control over,” She-Ra and the Princesses of Power showrunner Noelle Stevenson told Polygon last year. This pitch has an obvious appeal in the comics community, where creator ownership and remuneration remain hot topics. Substack is attempting to lure comics creators away from DC and Marvel with the same pitch that has drawn big-name journalists and writers to its service (sometimes assisted by substantial signing fees): own the rights to your work, and charge readers for it directly. Jonathan Hickman’s collaborative new comics universe 3 Worlds / 3 Moons will be getting two new titles, and Hawkeye and Captain Marvel writer Kelly Thompson will launch the first issue of her new book The Black Cloak on Substack, with art by Meredith McClaren. James Tynion IV, who published Blue Book on Substack as part of its first wave of signings, will release the first chapter of his new graphic novella The Closet to his subscribers. Jeff Lemire, whose Sweet Tooth was recently adapted into a Netflix series, will be bringing the universe of his Dark Horse series Black Hammer to Substack in some form. Then there are the new comics from creators who launched their Substacks last year. Finally, among the new signings, manga podcast Mangasplaining will launch a Substack. Vaughan will team up again with Pride of Baghdad artist Niko Henrichon for a new joint project.īatman writer Tom King will collaborate on a new comic with French artist Elsa Charretier, while hot cover illustrator Jen Bartel and artist Khary Randolph will both launch solo projects. The creators joining Substack for the first time are headed by Scottish comics legend Grant Morrison, with a new independent publication.

New publications from the first wave of creators to sign to the platform have also been announced for 2022. Email newsletter platform Substack is continuing its push into comics publishing with the announcement that six more high-profile creators will use the service to launch new subscription-supported projects this year.

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