Dreamchilde's Quantum #1 Sells Out

Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Posted By: Shawn Patty

New York Small Press Publisher Gaining Momentum.

Just over a year after its initial publication, "QUANTUM: Rock of Ages" #1 has officially sold out. "Decent online sales and strong convention presence helped us keep this book moving to the masses," Dreamchilde publisher Philip Clark explains. "All we could do was try to put an issue in every hand we could, and that seemed to help a lot."

Clark also admits to comping a number of copies to comic book industry and press. It seems to be a gamble that paid off, as QUANTUM garnered its fair share of positive press in 2004. "In this market, no publisher fresh out of the gate is going to just sell 1000 copies without putting multiple ads in Diamond's PREVIEWS. I knew that going in, and had no qualms about giving out copies to help keep the buzz alive. In an age where more people are buying trades, it's not smart to keep boxes upon boxes of comics just sitting around waiting to sell."

"QUANTUM: Rock of Ages" follows the story of Nick Vargas, reluctant teleporter and time-traveler, who must locate 7 fragments of the QUANTUM SILICA--an alien artifact which gave him his powers--in order to set a fractured time and space to right again. As he recovers the Quantum fragments he is joined by various cross-time counterparts who have also been empowered by the gem. It's a tale of friends, foes, dark science, love and intrigue that later leads Nick to an awesome revelation about himself and his companions.

Dreamchilde Press has retained 10 copies of QUANTUM #1 which will be re-released as collectors item editions upon QUANTUM'S 10th anniversary, December, 2013.

"QUANTUM: Rock of Ages" is still available from your comic shop through Diamond, FM International, and Cold Cut Distribution or directly from the Dreamchilde Press website (Diamond Order #s DEC03-2366, FEB04-2306, APR04-2589, AUG04-2683). More information can be found at http://quantumcomic.net.

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