Alterna Comics was founded in 2006 by president and publisher Peter Simeti. This year marks their 10th anniversary, and they have some big announcements at SDCC to celebrate the milestone. Alterna Comics is distributed globally in print and digital formats in several languages. Alterna is a creator-owned company where creators own the licensing and merchandising rights to their creations. Alterna Comics titles are distributed to the direct comic market by Diamond Comics Distributors and the book and ebook market by IPG (Independent Publishers Group). Digital versions of the comics can be found on comiXology.
Alterna’s new (yearly) anthology is set to release in November 2016. This year’s theme is “Super Powers.” Some of the 96 indie creators involved are:
Tyler Chin-Tanner (American Terrorist)
Mike Loniewski (Myth)
Jason Inman (Co-host of DC All Access)
Tim Shinn (Neal Adams’ Blood)
Peter Simeti ( The Chair)
Ashley Victoria Robinson (Apollo IX )
Anna Wieszczyk (Red Angel Dragnet)
Lea J. Zimmt (Side Show)
This year’s anthology is two times bigger than last years science-fiction teamed collection, with 384 pages. The 2016 collection will appear in Diamonds September previews.
For more information on the anthology and Alterna Comics, check out alternacomics.com. Also @ALTERNACOMICS and @petersimeti on Twitter.
Here is a preview of some of the art and stories from 2016 IF Anthology: Super Powers.
Best of luck to Alterna Comics! Hope this release for them goes well!
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