EXCLUSIVE: AHOY Comics takes CAPTAIN GINGER digital-only, reveals updated summer schedule

Jun 01, 2020
By 
Joe Grunenwald
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As the wheels of the direct market comics industry have begun to turn again in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, publishers of all sizes have made adjustments to their schedules. The latest to release information on their return to comic shops is AHOY Comics. The publisher of titles like The Wrong EarthPlanet of the Nerds, and Second Coming has unveiled their revised schedule for the summer, including a format change for one of their titles, and a delayed launch for another.

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