AfterShock Comics Is Bankrupt!
The well-known indie comic book publisher that launched in 2015 has filed for Chapter 11 in Central California District Court.
Not much of a surprise. A string of its creators had been publically complaining that AfterShock hadn’t paid them.
There is a long list of people standing in line with their hands out and expectant looks on their faces including San Diego Comicon and several media companies that were developing AfterShock IPs.
Normally a company can emerge from Chapter 11 if it was just a cash flow problem that got out of hand. After all the debtors don’t want them out of business, they don’t get paid that way. But given the state of the traditional comic book market, I have serious doubts about AfterShock ever opening, its doors again.
The creators are the guys who I guarantee will see nothing.
I sympathize especially this close to Christmas.
However, pamphlets are dead. The future is webtoons.
Come to the Darkside. Where
you get paid on time.
