AfterShock Comics NewsUpdatedInside the AfterShock Comics bankruptcy - $17m+ owed, staff departures, and the creditor seeking to take over the companyThe company estimates anywhere in the region of 200+ debtors in court filingJanuary 11, 2023Graeme McMillanFeaturesAfterShock Comics bankruptcy: Almost all of the creators, owners, conventions, press, listed as being owed money by the comic publisherAll the creators, the staff, the owners, and more who are owed money by AfterShock, according to AfterShockJanuary 10, 2023Tiffany BabbNewsAftershock Comics petitions for access to funds to avoid "operational shutdown" as bankruptcy process beginsAn emergency motion has been filed to allow the company the money necessary to maintain operationsJanuary 10, 2023Graeme McMillanFeaturesWho owns AfterShock? The founders, staffers, investment fund, and Donny Cates, as listed by its main creditorThe six men and one investment portfolio company that own AfterShock Comics.December 23, 2022Chris ArrantNewsAfterShock Comics bankruptcy reveals Chris Ryall never began working for the company despite announcementDespite what AfterShock Comics has announced, Ryall is not working as a publishing advisorDecember 22, 2022Graeme McMillanNewsAfterShock Comics' VP of finance left just as bankruptcy proceedings beganAccording to his LinkedIn profile, AfterShock Comics' VP of Finance Blake Stocker quietly left the company back in OctoberDecember 22, 2022Graeme McMillanNewsAfterShock Comics' managing editor exits and replacement is promoted as bankruptcy filings underwayLongtime AfterShock Comics managing editor Christina Harrington has left the company, and has been replaced by Teodoro LeoDecember 22, 2022Chris ArrantNewsAfterShock Comics sibling Rive Gauche also files bankruptcy, with Discovery Networks, AMC, and TBS as creditorsLooking at the parallel bankruptcy filing of AfterShock Comics' sibling companyDecember 22, 2022Graeme McMillanNewsThe $13+ million dollar loan default which led AfterShock (and its film/tv division) to file for bankruptcyThe company was being sued by its primary lender for defaulting on loan payments, a new filing revealsDecember 22, 2022Graeme McMillanNewsAfterShock Comics responds to criticism over late payments to creators"There are no non-payments," the company says in a statementDecember 16, 2022Graeme McMillanNewsBrian Cunningham and Chris Ryall join AfterShock ComicsThe former DC editor will be AfterShock's new EiC, while IDW veteran Ryall will consult on publishing effortsOctober 04, 2022Graeme McMillanNewsAfterShock Comics co-founder and editor-in-chief Mike Marts announces his departure from the companyIn his farewell statement, Marts said that his time with the publisher was "an experience I wouldn’t trade for the world"September 30, 2022Graeme McMillan
NewsUpdatedInside the AfterShock Comics bankruptcy - $17m+ owed, staff departures, and the creditor seeking to take over the companyThe company estimates anywhere in the region of 200+ debtors in court filingJanuary 11, 2023Graeme McMillan
FeaturesAfterShock Comics bankruptcy: Almost all of the creators, owners, conventions, press, listed as being owed money by the comic publisherAll the creators, the staff, the owners, and more who are owed money by AfterShock, according to AfterShockJanuary 10, 2023Tiffany Babb
NewsAftershock Comics petitions for access to funds to avoid "operational shutdown" as bankruptcy process beginsAn emergency motion has been filed to allow the company the money necessary to maintain operationsJanuary 10, 2023Graeme McMillan
FeaturesWho owns AfterShock? The founders, staffers, investment fund, and Donny Cates, as listed by its main creditorThe six men and one investment portfolio company that own AfterShock Comics.December 23, 2022Chris Arrant
NewsAfterShock Comics bankruptcy reveals Chris Ryall never began working for the company despite announcementDespite what AfterShock Comics has announced, Ryall is not working as a publishing advisorDecember 22, 2022Graeme McMillan
NewsAfterShock Comics' VP of finance left just as bankruptcy proceedings beganAccording to his LinkedIn profile, AfterShock Comics' VP of Finance Blake Stocker quietly left the company back in OctoberDecember 22, 2022Graeme McMillan
NewsAfterShock Comics' managing editor exits and replacement is promoted as bankruptcy filings underwayLongtime AfterShock Comics managing editor Christina Harrington has left the company, and has been replaced by Teodoro LeoDecember 22, 2022Chris Arrant
NewsAfterShock Comics sibling Rive Gauche also files bankruptcy, with Discovery Networks, AMC, and TBS as creditorsLooking at the parallel bankruptcy filing of AfterShock Comics' sibling companyDecember 22, 2022Graeme McMillan
NewsThe $13+ million dollar loan default which led AfterShock (and its film/tv division) to file for bankruptcyThe company was being sued by its primary lender for defaulting on loan payments, a new filing revealsDecember 22, 2022Graeme McMillan
NewsAfterShock Comics responds to criticism over late payments to creators"There are no non-payments," the company says in a statementDecember 16, 2022Graeme McMillan
NewsBrian Cunningham and Chris Ryall join AfterShock ComicsThe former DC editor will be AfterShock's new EiC, while IDW veteran Ryall will consult on publishing effortsOctober 04, 2022Graeme McMillan
NewsAfterShock Comics co-founder and editor-in-chief Mike Marts announces his departure from the companyIn his farewell statement, Marts said that his time with the publisher was "an experience I wouldn’t trade for the world"September 30, 2022Graeme McMillan