Having sold through a 30,000 copy first printing and a 10,000 copy second printing, totaling 40,000 copies sold out, Clerks: The Comic Book is now going into a 10,000 copy third printing. “The second printing of Clerks: The Comic Book is now sold out from us,” stated Joe Nozemack, Oni Press publisher. “In order to prevent a lag time in availability to the retailer, and thus the public, we are going into a third printing now,” Nozemack added.

Bob Schreck, Oni Press publisher commented, “We want this story, in fact, all our stories, available. We continue to show our commitment to doing so, with the second printing of Oni Double Feature #1, and the second, and now third, printings of Clerks: The Comic Book.”

Marketing director, Shannon T. Stewart stressed, “Clerks is available right now from your distributor. It is sold out from us, and in order to meet upcoming demand, we have committed to another printing now. What this means to the distributors, retailers, and ultimately, consumers, is that in a few weeks, when the second printings have sold through, third printings will already be available. This way, no one will have to back order our comics. They are, and, for the foreseeable future, will always be readily available, in one printing, or another.”

In response to the third printing and Oni’s commitment to keeping their books in print, Marty Hyder, comics department manager for Criminal Records in Atlanta, Georgia, had this to say, “Great! We sold through our 100 copy initial order in only a few weeks and Clerks continues to sell on a daily basis. As long as you keep it in print, and I keep it in stock, I don’t have to worry about lost sales. The phenomenal thing about this book is that new customers, people from outside the [traditional] comics buying public, are picking it up. I have high hopes for Jay & Silent Bob [the upcoming limited series].”

Like all books that Oni Press goes back to print on, the Clerks: The Comic Book third printing will feature a color change to the cover art. “Oni’s practice of altering the covers with each printing of a comic is great. It helps collectors differentiate between printings at a glance, and doesn’t discourage casual readers in the least,” said Debbie Fagnant, manager of Excaliber Books and Comics in Portland, Oregon “Its a nice little perk,” she added. In addition to the cover color changes, all printings of Oni comics contain printing information in the indicias inside the comic.

Clerks: The Comic Book is available to retail accounts through Diamond Comic Distributors, FM International Distribution and Cold Cut in the U.S. and Red Route in the U.K., and to the public in finer comic shops across the globe.