Broken Frontier

After losing distribution to retailers, A Wave Blue World made the decision to stop printing individual issues of its series Adrenaline .

Instead, they opted to post the remaining four issues online and then collect the entire series into a trade paperback. This plan remains intact, but with one exception. The publisher has printed two hundred copies of Adrenaline #5 for the two conventions it will be attending this summer. One hundred copies will display the MoCCA Art Festival logo and the other hundred will have the San Diego Comic-Con logo. Both versions will be hand-numbered to 100.

"Having to end the print run of the individual issues was certainly a tough decision. On top of that, we had tables at two of the best show this summer. I couldn't show up without the new issue, not with it finished and looking like our best issue yet," says Tyler Chin-Tanner, founder of A Wave Blue World and creator/writer of Adrenaline . "Many readers have expressed their desire to be able to own the printed issues. I couldn't disappoint them."

Plans for the remaining three issues are still up in the air. The options being considered are: creating a similar short print run, going with a print-on-demand system, or sticking exclusively to online issues. The one definite plan, however, is to collect the series into a trade paperback.

"We're very much looking forward to the trade," says Wendy Chin-Tanner, editor-in-chief. "The story really comes together at the end. We feel that Adrenaline's strength is as a complete volume."

For more information, or to obtain a copy of Adrenaline #5, please contact Tyler Chin-Tanner at AWaveBlueWorld@gmail.com .