Image Comics announced that both BONE REST #1 and GROUNDED #1 have sold out at Diamond. Despite that fact that both were supported by a 25% overship to retailers as well as Image's standard overprint, the books have moved through their initial print runs, and with demand remaining high, the decision has been made to go back to press on both, both featuring brand new covers.
GROUNDED #1 will feature a new cover by series artist Paul Azaceta, while BONE REST #1 features a stunning collaboration between series artist Giuseppe Camuncoli and superstar painter Gabriele Dell'Otto (Marvel's Secret War).
"When the news started to come in about selling out, I was overwhelmed," said Azaceta. "Luckily, I get to do a whole new cover for the second printing as kind of a thank you to the fans. The new cover has real significance to me, because I couldn't have done it if it wasn't for the great response we've received."
"I'm really thrilled with the response, both critically and commercially, to GROUNDED," added Sable. "It only gets better from here, and although issue 2 is a great jumping-on point for new readers, I'm glad Image is going out of its way to make sure that no one has to miss out on our debut."
GROUNDED, a six-issue miniseries by Mark Sable and Paul Azaceta, tells the story of Jonathan, a normal kid sent to to a high-school for super-powered children after making a startling discovery about his parents. He now has to abandon his superhero fantasies and deal with the reality that he's actually the only kid at school WITHOUT powers.
Meanwhile, Matteo Casali and Giuseppe Camuncoli's BONE REST is about a man named Adam Bone, who has come to New York to settle a mysterious debt, but unwittingly brings about the end of days. Critically acclaimed overseas, BONE REST #1 marks the series' debut in the United States.
"Since BONE REST sold out so fast, Image Comics is releasing a second printing with a brand new cover by myself and red-hot painter extraordinaire Gabriele Dell'Otto, who people got to know on Marvel's greatly successful Secret War miniseries," explained Camuncoli. "I'm so happy with how BONE REST has been doing that right now, if the real Apocalypse started tomorrow, I wouldn't even notice!"
"We are both happy and sort of surprised BONE REST #1 has sold out so fast," added Casali. "Even after the success it had in Italy, Germany and France, we could but hope to get a positive feedback from the US readers as well and... we got it!
"It's a great feeling, because we know well how many books are out there every week and to be granted so much confidence right from the start is something truly amazing for us. We can only thank the readers who decided to give BONE REST a chance – and those who already told us they loved it in particular – and everybody at Image Comics who made it possible."
