In February, Massive Publishing announced a new deal with Lunar Distribution called Massive Indies. Massive Indies is a sub-distribution program aimed at helping independent publishers and self-published studios get their books onto comic shop shelves worldwide. It has been announced that Heavy Metal Magazine and Devil’s Due Studios are the first two publishers to take advantage of this new program.

Heavy Metal recently relaunched with a Kickstarter raising nearly $800,000.

Massive Indies is an open platform for submitting titles for inclusion in the Massive Indies solicitations within the Lunar catalog. Unlike traditional imprint models, this sub-distribution approach enables each publisher or studio to retain its autonomy and control over their publishing lines.