'The Metabarons #1' goes to a second printing

Official Press Release

Los Angeles ­ November 6, 2001 ­ Humanoids Publishing is pleased to announce

that a second printing of the first issue of THE METABARONS is available for

ordering. The first printing has been sold out from the publisher for many

months. Copies of this reprint will ship the first week of December. A

change in the color of the Humanoids logo on the books cover will indicate

the second printing.

"We are excited on several levels about this reprinting of the first issue

of our flagship title", said Ian Sattler, Marketing Manager for Humanoids

Publishing. "It¹s amazing how long THE METABARONS has sustained the ability

to bring in new readers. We printed about double the orders of the first

issue. Over time so many new readers came aboard by sampling the first issue

that we needed to do a new printing to keep this activity going."

Part of the decision to do a second printing is the result of requests from

retailers, who responded positively to the news of the reprint. "THE

METABARONS' popularity continues unabated, both individual issues and the

collected edition. As with Green Arrow, keeping the early (affordable)

issues in print will continue to bring in new readers", said John Dacey,

manager of Hi De Ho Comics & Books with Pictures in Santa Monica, CA.

Gib Bickel, owner of The Laughing Ogre in Columbus Ohio explained, "With

Humanoid's commitment to their stock levels, I was able to sell five to six

times my initial order of THE METABARONS #1. Its strong sales have continued

month after month, and with the new printing of #1 that trend can continue."

The second printing of THE METABARONS #1 will be full color, 32 pages, and

retail for $2.95. For more information, go to: www.metabarons.com

Humanoids Publishing is a division of The Humanoids Group, with offices in

Paris, Brussels, Saigon, Geneva and now Los Angeles. The Humanoids Group is

a multi-faceted conglomerate headed by Fabrice Giger, its chairman.

Humanoids features subsidiaries that include an internationally renowned

graphic novel/comic book publishing house, a 3-D animation and visual

effects studio, an animation software development company and an entity

currently developing interactive, role-playing computer games.

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