\nAt San Diego Comic-Con, Bleeding Cool heard some gossip at the Westgate Hotel CBLDF\/ComiXology event regarding the future of Substack Comics, set up by Nick Spencer last year with comic book publishing deals set up for major comic book creators. The word was that a) Nick Spencer had been fired from Substack comics and b) Substack Comics was being shuttered. From what we can gather, that's not true – but there is a nugget of truth that may have been blown up a bit.
\nThe Year One Substack Comics Pro deals are coming to an end, as was originally planned and the Substack Pro deals will switch from those large six-figure advance payments against subscription royalties, to no advances but with Substack taking 10% of subscription figures. This is how the deal was always promoted.