Whatnot Archives

Michael Calero and Kit Wallis launch Quested spinoff series Detective Kaiju in Massive/Whatnot's March 2025 solicits and solicitations… he's a kaiju, he wears a trenchcoat, he asks "just one more thing"… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ DETECTIVE KAIJU #1 (OF[...]

Well, at least Tony Hawk makes it into the future. By randy stewart from Seattle, WA, USA – Tony Hawk – 140TC, CC BY-SA 2.0, As well as more The Crow with James O'Barr and John Wagner, Liquid Kill, Vampiro Rockabilly Apocalypse and Eye Lie Popeye all part of Massive, Massive Select and WhatNot Comics November 2024 solicits[...]

Ramgod #1 from Morgan Rosenblum, Owen Rosenblum, Canaan White, Ren Spiller and Ismail Nihad is a new comic book series, launching through Massive/Whatnot in their July 2024 solicits and solicitations As well as Luchaverse Catalyst #1 by Marco Lopez, Ivan Plaza, Ben Harvey, Bryan Magnaye and Diego Simone. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1[...]

Don't expect any new Massive/WhatNot/Sumerian books solicited for June 2024 Instead, they are doing something else for the month before San Diego Comic-Con Massive Select, for their second anniversary, selling some of their exclusive, variant and premium covers of previously published titles direct to comic book retailers, without the tiers, qualifications or convention-exclusive nature[...]

Which is why Massive/WhatNot/Sumerian is running ahead with a licensed Popeye comic while they still get to have the exclusivity But also why they appear to be getting a little more leeway with how they portray him With Eye Lie Popeye by Marcus Williams launching for Free Comic Book Day in May, it will be [...]

Sean Murphy's Zorro: Man Of The Dead comes to an end with its fourth issue in Massive/WhatNot/Sumerian's April 2024 solicits and solicitations With new issues of JPG, Steve Schuitt and Alessandro Micelli's Ninja Funk, Misfortune's Eyes  by Brooklynn Prince and Aliz Fernandez, Quested by Michael Calero, Thomas Parson and Kit Wallis, The Fog by Steve Ekstrom, Marco Fodera and Crashdown by[...]

He's Popeye The Sailor Moon, he's Popeye The Chainsaw Man, courtesy of Marcus Williams for Free Comic Book Day, alongside the rest of Massive, Whatnot and Sumerian solicits and solicitations for February 2024 As well as the launch of The Fog #1 by Steve Ekstrom and Marco Fodera. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width:[...]

Sean Gordon Murphy had licenced the rights to Zorro to publish his own comic book, Zorro: Man Of The Dead, from his own imprint and Massive.

Tom Garcia and Ryan Sargeant, the hosts of the ComicTom101 YouTube Channel, are teaming up with Ben Templesmith for a new comic book, Crashdown, from Massive/WhatNot in their January 2024 solicits and solicitations As well as the new Zorro comic book from Sean Murphy And The Dillinger Escape Plan: One Of Us Is The Killer[...]

Massive/Whatnot/Sumerian have released their December 2023 solicits and solicitations, beginning with Washed In Blood #1 by Kevin Roditeli, Rob Cannon and Kostas Pantoulas Previously published by Sumerian when it was known as Behemoth back in 2020 under the name Freak Snow, it's being repurposed for 2023 and 2024 While Quested gets its second series from[...]

and now Massive/Sumerian/Whatnot are launching a Basic Instinct comic book, by Sam Freeman and Vanesa R Del Rey as a sequel to the original As well as a new Assassin's Creed: Visionaries title by Rafael Albuquerque and more. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see[...]

Easta, Good Boy, and Whatnot Publishing's Quested, returns to his roots with this all-new cover for the hard to find first appearance of Hellicious! Don't miss this chance to get these brand new cover releases of the sold out debut issue of Hellicious, soon to be an animated series starring Anthony Kiedis of the Red[...]

Massive Publishing was founded in 2022 by Michael Calero, Trevor Richardson, and Kevin Roditeli, and launched with its first imprint Whatnot Publishing, a partnership with the social commerce platform, Whatnot. Massive Publishing & Studio Lounak are to publish new Assassin's Creed comics based on the popular Ubisoft games franchise, beginning with Visionaries #1 in November[...]

At San Diego Comic-Con, Todd McFarlane, as well as announcing five new Spawn comic books and a new series Knights Vs Samurai by David Dastmalchian, has also announced he is going to cut his booth at San Diego Comic-Con into little pieces, sign them and then auction them off non the Whatnot streaming platform I[...]

In October 2022, Bleeding Cool reported that relatively new comic book publisher Whatnot Publishing, now more widely known as Massive Publishing, was to take over the publication of the legendary long-running sci-fi-fantasy comic book anthology Heavy Metal Magazine from Heavy Metal Entertainment And would be starting over with a Volume #1 issue 1 at the[...]

A lot of those Whatnot guys that have come and gone." Whatnot is an online streaming sales platform that was very popular amongst comic book sellers during lockdown, it looks like a number of them came and went fairly sharpish. There are eight-four accounts on the Penguin Random House list that ordered nothing from PRH in[...]

WhatNot Publishing began as a spinoff of the Whatnot streaming online sales channel,later revealed to be part of Massive Publishing, and led to a Massive name change They also bought publishing rights to Heavy Metal Magazine for a Vol 2 relaunch but have not actually published an issue, despite the first one being lined up[...]

Massive Publishing (home of the Whatnot Publishing imprint, and which recently underwent a public facing name change) has named author, comic book writer, and screenwriter Blake Northcott as Editor-in-Chief of their line, effective immediately. Blake Northcott is best known to Bleeding Cool readers for working with Mark Millar, Sean Gordon Murphy, Mitch & Elizabeth Breitweiser, Scott Lobdell[...]

It began shipping out in January 2022, And now it will be published by Massive, the new name for Whatnot Publishing, who are now a Deluxe publisher at Diamond Comics… here are the full Massive-Whatnot-Heavy Metal solicitations for August 2023. The Plot Holes are a squad of fictional warriors who transport themselves into the pages of[...]

Vault Comics is announcing their second annual Pride Charity Auction in partnership with Gatecrashers, taking place on June 28th, on Vault's Whatnot streaming sales platform, where 100% of money raised will be donated to Trans Lifeline Auction items will include original art, rare signed comics, exclusive editions, and pop culture finds from the likes of[...]

Crashdown is a new launch title from Whatnot Publishing for July 2023 solicits and solicitations from Tom Garcia, Ryan Sargeant and Ben Templesmith Alongside the Ninja Funk collection, and ongoing North Valley Grimoire, Astrobots and Liquid Kill. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode()[...]

Whatnot Publishing is giving Ninja Funk a one-shot as it continues Astro Bots, The Exiled, Gryffen, North Valley Grimoire and Liquid Kill into their June 2023 solicits and solicitations as well as Ramgod from the Heavy Metal side Talking of which, still no sign of a solicitation for Heavy Metal Magazine Vol 2 #4 Looks like[...]

Simon Furman also had his new comic book series to show off, an adaptation of the Astrobots line of robot figures into a comic book, published by WhatNot Publishing later this year The first issue drawn by Hector Trunnec was due to be published this month but has been delayed rather, until May the 3rd,[...]

Blake Northcott, Giuseppe Cafaro and Bryan Valenza are launching a new series,  North Valley Grimoire for WhatNot Publishing, also putting out Exiles, Gryffin, Astro Bots, Liquid Kill, Quested, Ramgod and Wesley Snipes' Exiled Heavy Metal is also rescheduling previously cancelled Heavy Metal collections – but weirdly, no sign of Heavy Metal Magazine Vol 2 #4[...]

WhatNot Publishing launches a brand new series Gryffen #1 by Ben Kahn and Bruno Hidalgo, as well as a Heavy Metal series Ramgod #1 by Morgan Rosenblum, Owen Rosenblum, Canaan White, Ren Spiller and Ismail Nihad in their April 2023 solicits and solicitations Take a look below. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1[...]

WhatNot sent out a one-per-store "New Years Thank You" edition of Whatnot Publishing's Quested #1 to comic store retailers through Diamond Comic Distributors over the New Year, to every Diamond retailer that accepts promotional material, at no cost to retailers, and is already becoming a little bit of a collector's item with copies selling for[...]

Simon Furman is known as the finest writer of Transformers comic books to man, as well as co-creator of Death's Head, Dragon's Claws and more, working in comics and animation, and now launching a brand new title from Whatnot Publishing, Astrobots, written with and drawn by Heavy Metal artist Hector Trunnec and based on a[...]

Bleeding Cool understands that Whatnot Publishing, a collaboration between Massive Publishing and Whatnot Inc, has received strong initial orders of over 40,000 units for The Exiled #1 by Wesley Snipes, Keith Arem, Adam Lawson and artist Eskivo The comic book co-created by the star and producer of the Blade franchise is Whatnot Publishing's highest initial[...]

Whatnot Publishing is a collaboration between live streaming sales platform Whatnot, Inc and Starburns Industries Press, who earlier this year bought Heavy Metal Magazine and related titles Heavy Metal Magazine has been through a number of owners and controllers of recent years, with stories of internal coups, challenging comings and goings, non-delivery to customers, callousness and challenges from creators, former employees, their widows and estates[...]

Next week sees the release of 100,000+ ordered Ninja Funk #1 by writing duo JPG Paras and Steve Schuitt with artist Alex Riegel, from Whatnot Publishing to comic book stores through Diamond Comics Distributors. However the Whatnot App was selling the comic book directly to readers this week, which has causes some upset from comic book retailers, who[...]