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Mark Spears ' Monsters # 3 , put out by Keenspot , gets 239 % of the comic store orders that Mark Spears ' Monsters # 2 got .
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Bleeding Cool learns that funny book publisher Keenspot has get pre - orders from Diamond Comic Distributors forMark SpearsMonsters # 3 of 37,572 copies , an unheard - of 239 % increase from pre - orders of # 2 , which itself increased 29 % from # 1.Mark Spears Monsters#3 is scheduled for release on January 29th , with a back price of $ 5.99 and a total print run of 42,000 written matter . " base on publicly available sales figures , it tookThe Walking Deadsomething like eight years and eighty way out to have orders of 30,000 copy or more of a single subject , " said Chris Crosby , chief executive officer of Keenspot . " It tookInvinciblea hundred matter . Mark Spears Monstersdid it in a few month ! And at a significantly smaller publisher than Image , too ! This is a truly spectacular winner story , a will to Mark ’s terrifically fun storytelling style and attractively unique graphics . "
Mark Spears Monstersis one of the most democratic and fastest - develop creator - owned indie funny book this century . It comprised eight of the Top 8 Diamond Advance Reordersplaced between the 3rd and the 9th of December , and has dominatedCovrprice ’s chart over the retiring two month , fill up 10 of the Top 20 slots last workweek , something no deed had ever done before .
Issue # 1 first hit shop on September 18th , immediately sell out of its 13,000 - written matter mark tally . The first exit then went to a 2d printing process of 4,500 copies , and a third printing of 11,000 copies , for a sum of 28,500 copies combine . The third printing is scheduled to hit stores on January 1st but has already sold out at the electrical distributor storey , so a fourth impression is planned for February . to boot , a 2d printing of # 2 with a 12,600 - copy mark run will hit stores on January 22nd , after November ’s 16,000 - written matter first printing instantly sold out , with some copies fetch hundreds of dollars on eBay .
Mark Spears Monstersis a bimonthly series from Keenspot , create , write , and illustrated by prize - win cover artist Mark Spears ( who is also writing and illustrate the Todd McFarlane comical seriesSpawn ' 77this spring ) . base on his strike trading add-in serial of the same name , Spears brings classic monsters to life with a modern bend . put in the 1980s , it follows a retire monster slayer who descend out of concealment to confront an ancient evil , as every iconic creature of legend — vampire , lycanthrope , mummy , and more — come forth from the phantasma , drawing two detectives and a group of adventuresome kids into a sprawl fight against the military force of darkness .
Keenspot and Spears are currently making plans for the moving picture and television rights toMark spear ' Monsters , and have signed what they see as exciting licensing spate for other ancillary rights to be announced soon .
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