Rebellion Announces New Publishing Schedule Due to Covid-19 Restrictions

Posted on April 8, 2020 in Comic News

While Rebellion Publishing have previously confirmed that their weekly and monthly comic schedule (including the likes of 2000 AD, Judge Dredd Megazine and more) will continue as normal during the ongoing Covid-19 situation, they announced today that – with the safety of printers, distributors and staff in mind – they would be amending their graphic novel release schedule.

With the closure of many book and comic book shops, some graphic novel collections will now be delayed by a few months while others have been completely rescheduled for 2021.

Some graphic novels due for release in May, June, July, and August 2020 will go digital-first, with standard print editions postponed until later in the year. Webshop-exclusive print editions of some titles will still go ahead. This means readers can still enjoy collections while in lockdown, while avoiding a glut of titles hitting retailers when they reopen.

Speaking about the ongoing situation, Ben Smith, Head of Publishing, said: ”Due to the challenges facing the book and comic book industry in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have revised Rebellion’s 2020 publishing schedule, pushing back some graphic novel releases until later in 2020 or 2021.

“We won’t be going on hiatus – the periodical comics will continue while some book collections will go digital-first so we can continue to share and shout about the amazing work our creators and editors are putting together while we’re all in lockdown. Where special hardback editions have already been printed we will release these from our webshop on the planned dates.

“We look forward to getting back to normal service, but in the meantime our mission to deliver to best in new and classic comics continues.”

Digital titles will be available from the 2000 AD and Treasury of British Comics webshops, as well as from the 2000 AD app. By registering with the same details on the webshop and app, readers will be able to purchase and read titles in both.

REVISED REBELLION GRAPHIC NOVEL SCHEDULE

The Complete Johnny Future

Digital and standard print edition – 30 April

Judge Dredd Case Files 35

Digital release – 14 May
Standard print edition postponed to 1 October 2020

Smash! Special

Print and digital release – 27 May

Sláine: The Horned God Collector’s Edition

Digital and webshop-exclusive edition – 28 May
Standard print edition postponed to 3 September 2020

Strontium Dog: Search and Destroy

Digital and webshop-exclusive edition – 11 June
Standard print edition postponed to 12 November 2020

2000 AD Summer Sci Fi Special: Twenty Years of Rebellion

Print and digital – 24 June

Concrete Surfer

Digital and webshop-exclusive edition – 25 June
Standard print edition postponed to 17 September 2020

War Picture Library: Battler Britton

Digital – 9 July
Standard print edition postponed to June 2021

Judge Dredd: Control

Digital – 9 July
Print edition postponed to 10 December 2020

Tammy & Jinty Special

Print and digital – 29 July 2020

Hope Book 2

Digital – 20 August
Print edition postponed to 21 January 2021

Essential Judge Dredd: America

Print and digital – 3 September 2020

Battle Special 2020

Print and digital – 16 September 2020

Misty & Scream Special 2020

Print and digital – 30 September 2020

The Dracula File paperback edition

Print edition – 1 October 2020

The Thirteenth Floor Vol.2

Print and digital – 15 October 2020

Thriller Picture Library Special

Print and digital – 11 November 2020

Faceache Vol.1 paperback edition

Print edition – 12 November 2020

Death Squad

Print and digital – 26 November 2020

Misty Creepy Christmas Special

Print and digital – 2 December 2020

Sláine: Web of Weird

Print and digital – 10 December 2020

Sugar Jones

Print and digital – 24 December 2020

Cor! Buster Collection

Print and digital – 24 December 2020

King’s Reach: John Sanders’ Twenty-Five Years at the Top of Comics

Print and digital – 7 January 2021

2000 AD Regened Collection

Print and digital – 7 January 2021

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Vol.36

Print and digital – 4 February 2021

The Vigilant

Print and digital – 1 April 2021

Thistlebone

Print and digital – 29 April 2021

Devlin Waugh: Blood Debt

Print and digital – May 2021

Ken Reid Football Funnies

Print and digital – July 2021

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Vol. 2

Print and digital – July 2021

Essential Judge Dredd: Origins

Print and digital – September 2021

Fiends of the Eastern Front

Print and digital – October 2021

Black Max Vol.2

Print and digital – October 2021

Please note: this list does not include all graphic novel titles slated for release in 2021, just new dates for titles that have been postponed from the 2020 schedule.

The writer of this piece was: Craig Neilson-Adams (aka Ceej)
Article Archive: Ceej Says
You can follow Ceej on Twitter