Vito Delsante, the "unofficial" press liason for Speakeasy Comics has sent out the following statement:
"As unofficial public relations for Speakeasy Comics, I feel it is my duty to inform everyone that as of 3:30 PM today, Speakeasy Comics has shut its doors and will not be publishing comics for, at the very least, the rest of the year. Most, if not all, creators have been contacted and informed. If I'm not mistaken, all books scheduled to ship in March will ship. April and May books are up in the air, while June books are cancelled. "
The news had been percolating throughout the industry for the better part of the afternoon, with creator Joshua Hale Fialkov (Elk's Run) posting on his blog around 3:00 pm:
So, just got off the phone with Adam Fortier, President etc. of Speakeasy Comics. Speakeasy is no more. Due to some payment problems and low sales, it seems, they've had to lock up shop.
Elk's Run... well... We're working on it. The book is 90% done, and it's murder keeping it away from you guys, cause frankly, I've never been prouder than I am of the back half of the series. Everything clicks, and it's just amazing work from Keating and Noel... The type of stuff you, as a writer, only dream of having turned in.
The book will come out. You will get to read the rest of the series.
When and How are still our main questions.
Developing...
I'm in shock.
Craig
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Is it possible to still re-order Speakeasy product? If its not already in Diamond's warehouses I would assume not....
__________________ carlgiannini: All I wanted to know is what trades have been released. Now I've committed to spend an extra hundred or two on comics. What happened here? The Lord Retail: I happened. Lord Retail happened to you. I'm sorry friend, but I simply can't turn it off..
For me, this comes out of like really left field. I never saw it coming. I knew they were having problems, but I also knew that they had just signed a deal that I thought would keep them around for a while. Just unfortunate that this has happened.
From what I hear, Adam Fortier is a great guy, and really brillant. I can imagine it killed him to do this. I know though that he'll be back again with his vision for comics sooner than later.
Craig
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