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WILD BLUE YONDER #1. JUNE 2013. FIRST PRINTING. Wild Blue Yonder © Noble Transmission Group, LLC. © 2013 Idea and Design Works, LLC. All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works,LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street, San Diego CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publicationmay be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.
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STORY AND SCRIPT: MIKE RAICHT • STORY AND ART: ZACH HOWARD • STORY: AUSTIN HARRISONCOLORS: NELSON DANIEL • LETTERING: THOMPSON KNOX
EDITS: BOBBY CURNOW
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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR PICKING UP OUR FIRST ISSUE OF WILD BLUE YONDER. WE CAN'TEXPRESS HOW EXCITED WE ARE FOR THE BOOK TO BE ON THE STANDS AND IN YOUR HANDS.YOU'VE SPENT YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY ON US AND WE HOPE IT WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY.WE ARE PUSHING TO GET BETTER WITH EACH ISSUE. EVERY ONE OF YOU IS A HUGE PART OF THISBOOK'S SUCCESS, SO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.
WE ALSO NEED TO THANK CHRIS RYALL, BOBBY CURNOW, AND THE REST OF THE IDW GANGFOR WORKING SO HARD WITH US TO MAKE THIS BOOK A REALITY. THAT THANKS GOES DOUBLETO COLORIST SUPREME, NELSON DANIEL, WHO HAS PROVIDED KILLER DIGITAL PAINTING PAGEAFTER PAGE. OUR LAST BIT OF APPRECIATION (AND IT IS A LARGE BIT) GOES OUT TO THERETAILERS WHO GAVE US A SHOT AND WHO DRIVE THIS INDUSTRY BY BACKING WHAT THEY LOVE.WE KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO MAKE CHOICES EVERY MONTH ON WHAT TO HAVE ON YOUR COMICBOOK SHELVES. WE ARE HONORED TO BE A PART OF YOUR STORE.
OUR GOAL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN TO DELIVER THE COOLEST,MOST TRUE EXPERIENCE OF YOUR COMIC BOOK LIVES. AT THE VERY LEAST, WE'D LIKE TO CLIMBTO THE TOP SPOT OF YOUR WEEKLY MUST READ WEDNESDAY NEW COMIC DAY PILE. LOFTY GOALSIN BOTH CASES, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH. IF WE FULFILLED THAT GOAL, LET YOUR LOCAL RETAILERKNOW. LET YOUR COMIC READING BUDDIES KNOW. TELL YOUR MOM! SPREADING THE WORD ISA HUGE DEAL IN THIS INDUSTRY AND WITH A CREATOR OWNED BOOK LIKE OURS EVERY SINGLESALE IS A VICTORY. THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO COOL. YOU ARE PART OF CHOOSING WHAT BOOKSWILL LAST. WE HOPE YOU FEEL WILD BLUE IS ONE OF THOSE BOOKS.
FINALLY, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. IF YOU LOVE THE BOOK LET US KNOW. HATE THEJUDGE AND FEEL HE IS NOT A VERY NICE MAN AND SHOULDN'T SHOVE BROKEN GLASS INTOPEOPLE'S STOMACHS? FEEL FREE TO VENT YOUR RAGE! IF YOU THINK CRITTER AND HIS GOGGLESARE THE BEE'S KNEES, SHOUT IT TO THE ROOF TOPS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE JUST WANT TO HEARFROM YOU. DROP US A LINE AT [email protected] AND MAYBE YOUR MESSAGEWILL SHOW UP IN AN UPCOMING ISSUE OF WILD BLUE.
NOW, BACK TO WORK FOR US. SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.
MIKE, ZACH AND AUSTINCO-FOUNDERS OF NOBLE TRANSMISSION
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