The first 3 titles to be published by Buño will be: LIGHT (written & illustrated by Rob Cham), CLOUDIA & REX (written by Ulises Fariñas & Erick Freitas, illustrated byDaniel Irizarri), and THE GUARDIAN FORCE DESIGN MANUAL (written & illustrated byUlises Fariñas, inked by Mike Prezzato).
“We started Buño because we want to make this industry better,” said Fariñas. “I'm a Latino creator, I'm Cuban American, I'm Cuban/Afro-Cuban, I'm a lot of things, and I want to not just hear publishers talk about diversity, I want to be that diversity, and I want to make that possible for others as well.
“Buño is an indie publisher and a half, but we've been working with our like-minded partners Magnetic Press because Buño will be jumping beyond the small-scale self-publishing model to get these new books into the hands of audiences all around the world, and no one does that better than Magnetic Press."
Magnetic Press President & Publisher Mike Kennedy said of Buño, “Ulises has fostered an amazing and eclectic community of artists and storytellers with such a wonderfully diverse range of style and vision. We’re excited to see these projects make their way out into the world, and are thrilled to provide an opportunity and channel to help him get these fantastic titles out there.”
“Buño is a silly made-up word, and it really reflects the kind of content we want to publish,” said Fariñas. “We’re going to publish comics that are fresh and unexpected. We are going to make the kind of books you can make when you have 100% creative freedom.”
Buño debuts with Rob Cham’s LIGHT, in stores September 2016.
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