A couple of articles containing "official" announcements of Heavy Metal Magazine's rebirth have appeared:
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/heavy-metal-relaunches-with-frank-forte-chris-thompson-dave-kelly/
https://www.cbr.com/heavy-metal-magazine-returns-new-lineup/
Both apparently drawn from the same press release, and both rather lacking in "official" links. There are some ideals expressed and references to a kickstarter for the first issue. It sounds ... hopeful ... sad ... so many things. It may illuminate how hard it is to restart it, how deep the hole must be, how hard the climb out will be.
But perhaps a little optimism may be warranted. It might be nice to have a Hildebrandt cover again. There's likely to be an initial rush of interest, there may be enough energy to make a splash and gain some momentum. Maybe it won't suck. So much to hope for.
I'll believe it when I see it, of course. And we'll see then what "it" is.
I got the links via the "fan" Discord. There has been more chatter on the "official" Discord" as well. There's other social media out there, of which I am without clue. I signed up via the "official" website for a newsletter a while ago, but nothing yet. We'll see what happens next.
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