Whaleden started in 2024 with one comic. Today it is a studio with its own stories, co-productions in the Czech Republic and the USA, and a network of more than 50 artists.
Here is what is behind us, what we are working on and where we are heading: towards stories that can be licensed further.
Status as of October 2026.
2024
Spring
Whaleden starts with its first own comic, Dracula 2168. Claudio Chiaverotti writes the script, Giuseppe Cafaro draws.
October and November
Our first contest for artists, on the theme of our character Luna. We received 77 entries from around the world, and some of the artists then started working with us.
November
Whaleden presents itself at the Czech Counter-Strike Championship in Brno, the biggest esports tournament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
2025
February and March
Dracula 2168 #1 on Kickstarter: 83 backers, 210% of the goal and a Project We Love badge. We printed and shipped the comic.
April
Our first booth at Comic-Con Prague with the comics Dracula 2168 and Thrawn Janet. Luca Maresca and Stewart Kenneth Moore sign there. Out of five pitches, visitors vote for Neon Requiem.
From summer
The first partner stories. Alongside our own stories we start finishing stories brought by others: Dead King Society, Kingdom of Dreams and Alzheimer NF with the story A Mind Erased.
Summer and autumn
We sponsor the cosplay festival ConCrunch and HumbookFest, the biggest Czech festival of young adult books.
Throughout the year
We build a network of professional creators. Step by step we connect with more than 50 artists and authors, including people with experience from Marvel, DC or Disney.
December
Excoms. The pre-sale on our website reached its minimum and raised over USD 9,000.
2026
February
Creators get their own profiles. Each one shows what they are involved in.
May
We introduce Moral Code, the true story of Olympic fencer Jiří Beran. The Czech Olympic Team website also writes about the upcoming comic.
Summer
Sound Bound, our first co-production from the USA: a comic with its own playlist. 20 tracks were entered in the contest for a place on the first chapter's soundtrack.
August
Creator Cards, collectible cards for cosplayers, premiere at ConCrunch.
Today
Whaleden is no longer one comic. We are working on our own stories and on co-productions in the Czech Republic and the USA.
Stories
The first issue is being drawn in Buenos Aires by Ezequiel Di Savino. Premiere on 17 October 2026 in Prague, Na Příkopě, followed by the pre-sale of the first issue.
Our first co-production from the USA. The first chapter is in production. The first editions are already on offer: the printed comic, a collector's edition and vinyl.
After a successful pre-sale it is moving into production. Art by Ezequiel Di Savino.
A Whaleden Original by Gaia Cafiso, chosen by the visitors of Comic-Con Prague. It is in production.
The second issue is in pre-sale. Script by Alice Rosso, art by Luca Maresca.
Orders are open. After ConCrunch we want to go to more cons.
Studio
Every story gets its own page. Moral Code and Sound Bound already have one.
For Moral Code and Sound Bound you can get your own link. Rewards will be shown in your account; we are working on paying them out.
We are putting together a group of people who will help us open up new opportunities and move the studio in the right direction.
Stories
In print and digitally.
Our own character. She is designed to appear across stories. She enters someone else's story only with the consent of whoever owns it.
With athletes, musicians, institutions and creators who have a story and want to stand behind it.
Studio
We will merge whaleden.com, collect.whaleden.com and shop.whaleden.com into one website.
The joint website will have a page with the whole model: who keeps the rights, what we do, who pays for what and how the profit is split.
Follows on from showing them in the account.
One contract, no entry fee, a pre-sale with a minimum. You get a story page, payments and delivery. You stand behind the story and bring its first readers.
A name in the credits, a backer card in the collection, early access to the next chapter.
First chapters of selected stories on the big reading sites. A preview goes there, not the whole story.
More issues where the first one confirms the interest. For Sound Bound the plan is an eight-issue series followed by a graphic novel.
Shops and distributors, foreign publishers, brands and organisations the story is close to. For Moral Code this has already begun with chocolate by Steiner & Kovařík and partners from the world of fencing.
Printed editions in comic shops and bookstores, booths at cons, translations. We want every story to find readers even where its author cannot reach alone.
This is our main goal. A story with cleared rights and proven reader interest is offered to those who can take it into other formats: animation and game studios, film producers, publishers and manufacturers. With co-productions always together with whoever owns the story. Only stories people want move forward.
We want her to appear in more stories one day. Wherever their authors agree. For now it is an intention, not a done deal.
We measure interest through pre-sales and subscriptions, and over time through previews too. We develop what proves itself. What doesn't catch on, we don't drag out.
Everything we build has one job: to get a specific story to people.
Subscribe to the story you are interested in. We will let you know on the day the pre-sale starts or the story comes out.
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