FCBD ’08, the Nev-R-Late Guarantee, and Reviews!
I don’t know if I’m allowed to say, but it looks like Team Robo is going back to work earlier than expected. What’s the occasion? Free Comic Book Day ’08! That’s right — no reprinted material, no D-List talent. This is an official Team Robo venture (so, y’know, C-List talent). Story’s under wraps for now but I will say that it’s our first glimpse of Cold War era Robo.
Before we ever finished our first page together, Scott and I agreed to never deliver a late product. What’s funny is that, for some reason, Atomic Robo #3 came out yesterday: a full week ahead of schedule. This is all on Diamond’s end, so I dunno how or why it happened. They really like Robo, maybe they were just excited to get it out to people? Perhaps with good reason, check out what folks are saying about issue #3.
Looks like Atomic Robo #1 broke the Top 300. In an industry where about 90% of the sales are from established creators working on established properties for four established publishers, this is a fairly significant feat for new guys right out of the gate. We couldn’t do it without you guys though. Thanks for going out on a limb and taking a chance on our weird little book. We hope to keep doing this for a long, long time.
