Rich Johnston’s Holed Up #1ships next week

Holed Up, the new comic from Lying In The Gutters rumourmonger Rich Johnston, and published by Avatar is to ship on April the 21st to the USA, April the 22nd to the UK.

Solicited for May, Holed Up is shipping early to, in Richard’s words, “get a look in before Astonishing X-Men comes and takes the wind out of my sales.”

Holed Up, by Rich Johnston and Gonzalo Martinez tells the story of a family of survivalists, working together to keep federalists and communists at bay, and proving that the family that flays together stays together.

However, in May, Marvel Comics are publishing the first issue of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s Astonishing X-Men. “That monster’s going to sell 300,000. It’s all anyone’s going to be talking about. So I want to get a week or two of people talking about Holed Up before I get flattened.”

Avatar Press have also chosen to give Holed Up a significant over-order, ensuring copies of Holed Up are available for curious readers and retailers “before the great vacuum known as Astonishing X-Men sucks all the interest away” said Rich Johnston.

Already facing criticism for his choice of subject, Rich Johnston is also planning to leave the country while Holed Up is being published. “I’m allergic to death threats, so I decided to go and visit the Czech Republic. It’s a lot safer there..” he mumbled.