Calling Creative Comic Collecting Collaborations!
Yes its true GoCollect Friends - SWAGGLEHAUS himself, through his affiliation with 24/7 Comics has partnered with VeVe Digital Collectibles, and released SANITY #1, Rise of the Occult on Sunday October 20th during NYCC '24!!!
Mickey's first visit to ComicCon New York has just added so much more to his experience there. Sanity #1 is a Pulp Adventure that pays homage to the detective comics of the 1930's but with a Lovecraftian spin. Hardboiled detective Robert Grant is thrust into the world of the occult when taking up a missing person case for the renowned business tycoon James Dumas.
As with most VeVe comic offerings, this will include (5) Variant covers at a $6.99 USD release (drop price): The COMMON - Santiago Espina cover, UNCOMMON - Sean Chen cover, RARE - Pascal Campion cover, ULTRA RARE - Lukas Ketner cover and SECRET RARE - Lukas Ketner cover. In total, only 2800 editions will be available across all variant options.
Additionally, ABLAZE Publishing, now in its 5th year as an independent publisher, is the latest comic brand inking their pages into the digital comic scene with a partnership with the new VeVe Comics platform, the second publisher on the platform after Marvel to do so. In late October 2024, fans can snag digital versions of ABLAZE's popular titles, like The Cimmerian and He Who Fights With Monsters, through VeVe Comics.
This collab brings ABLAZE's diverse lineup to a broader audience, offering interactive, limited-edition comics with exclusive cover variants for those of us who enjoy the catchy artwork these alternative covers so often offer! Ablaze comics range from horror and fantasy to action & adventure. VeVe’s platform makes it easy for fans to buy, read, display, and enjoy these digital comics, all fully licensed and official, which is once again proving to be a great platform for publishers to offer their products from.
ABLAZE expressed enthusiasm about giving fans a fresh way to engage their titles. VeVe Co-CEO David Yu, a huge comic fan himself, is thrilled to add ABLAZE’s mix of horror, fantasy, and action to the VeVe roster. “We’re excited to bring our comics to VeVe Comics and offer fans a whole new way to engage with our stories,” said Rich Young, Head of Creative & Business Development at ABLAZE Publishing. Read the full announcement at https://blog.veve.me/post/veve-comics-welcomes-ablaze-comics
Collectors can expect comics in rarities ranging from Common to Secret Rare, available via VeVe’s web store and reader app, which offers an immersive panel-by-panel reading experience - with no subscription needed!
In addition, VeVe Comics also just announced a new partnership coming to fans shortly with DYNAMITE COMICS. Their repatoire of titles is incredible, from Alice Cooper to PowerPuff Girls, Battlestar Galactica to Vampirella and Xena. Dynamite is no stranger to selling digital copies off their website, but an alliance with VeVe adds further value with VeVe's ability to sell those titles and with all the work VeVe is currently doing with CGC, who knows - maybe there are even more exciting utilities pending for our modern titles too!
If you're new to the VeVe experience, you might just really enjoy it! Marvel first enlisted its own artists to create custom, exclusive variant covers just for VeVe, known as Rare and Ultra Rare variants. In addition to their limited, unique editions, serious digital collectors also enjoy earning additional 'Points' (knows as MCP, or Master Collector Program points) that can be used for additional benefits today, and likely far more pending in the near future. Rare & Ultra Rare variants offer substantially higher point rewards, making their collection even more exciting!
ABLAZE, known for their "quality-first" approach, continues to push creative boundaries, while VeVe, the world’s largest mobile-first digital collectible platform (now with over 10,000,000 3D Digital Collectibles sold, with a further 10,000,000 comic transactions in its marketplace), makes it easy to take your collection wherever you go. The VeVe Comic Reader app is a simple, free download without subscription where you can further download your favourite comics to read anywhere you wish.
FREE COMICS AVAILABLE TOO!
Be sure to visit https://www.veve.me/comics and try it out yourself - FREE! VeVe Comics currently have their TRICK OR READ promotion running, just in time to stuff your Halloween reading bags and learn the platform. These are free assets that can be read and enjoyed, though not resold. At the time of purchase, you will also have the option of clicking your preferred title(s) to purchase LIMITED EDITION COMICS at seriously tricked-out discounts, which you own and can resell at any time in the VeVe Market.
These are exciting examples of brands experimenting within the digital collectibles ecosystem. This is clearly no longer a fad or ‘test’ space - 20 Million transactions in just 4 years on VeVe cannot be argued. That’s a LOT of movement for a (comic) industry that some had believed was on a downward slide in terms of overall audience engagement. This is anything but…new users, new partnerships, new experiences that are doing a great deal to rebuild the market.
Sorry naysayers, but no more debating the merit of VeVe Comics okay? I think Swagglehaus, amongst all the other brands (INCLUDING MARVEL) jumping on board are testiment that those earlier arguments are now kinda...OUTDATED!
Beyond Marvel titles, other fun examples of VeVe comic partnerships include 24/7 Comics, ZQ Studios (The Addiction), Independant Artist Ron English, LucasFilm/Star Wars, Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan), and yes…even DISNEY COMICS!
As many of you now know, VeVe’s partnership with Marvel has been simply incredible. VeVe was also responsible for launching the first-ever DC Digital Collectible, the Todd McFarlane Batman in October 2020. What an incredible (4) years it’s been, so our congratulations to the team at VeVe for enduring what many would have thought an insurmountable uphill battle.
If you’d like to learn more about these VeVe Comics partnership, check out www.veve.me/comics. Full details about all other VeVe assets are found at www.veve.me.
Thanks for Reading!
