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Joshua Hale Fialkov Is Now Creator-Owned Exclusive With Oni Press

Published Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:23:30 -0600

Ahead of the ComicsPRO comic book retailer event today in Portland, local publisher Oni Press has announced via the Hollywood Reporter that Joshua Hale Fialkov, co-creator of their series The Bunker and The Life After, has signed an creator-owned exclusive deal with the publisher.

Normally people sign work-for-hire exclusive deals. Could this be a new thing?

And he will be publishing his new series Jeff Steinberg: Champion of Earth with Tony Fleecs.there Writer on NBC's Chicago Fire, as well as semi-controversial runs on Marvel and DC Comics titles, he told THR,

the thing that means the most to me about being published there at all, is that their logo, when it's on the side of a book means in no uncertain terms, quality. They've curated their line for the 20-plus years they've been publishing. When I was first getting back into reading comics, the one constant was that Oni books were always awesome. Queen and Country, Blue Monday, Love Fights, the Kevin Smith books, Scott Pilgrim and on and on.

Nobody is as precise and as passionate about the books they publish. Nowhere I've worked gives the type of TLC, and singular devotion.

And he has his Godzilla series with IDW to come….

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