Chachu #1 Sells Out as Iman Vellani’s Solo Writing Debut Heads Back to Print

Chachu #1 Sells Out as Iman Vellani’s Solo Writing Debut Heads Back to Print Image Comics has another fast-moving new series on its hands. Chachu #1, the solo writing debut from actor and writer Iman Vellani, has sold out completely at the distributor level and is being rushed back to print this week. The five-issue miniseries pairs Vellani with artist Marianna Ignazzi, colorist Jordie Bellaire, and production house Tiny Onion for a coming-of-age neo-noir story set in 1979. For readers following new creator-owned launches from Image Comics, this is one to watch closely. Chachu #1 Gets a Second Printing Chachu #1 introduces readers to Leila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian film obsessive and pulp novel fan who travels to California hoping to reconnect with her estranged uncle, known as her “Chachu.” Her uncle is a semi-retired private investigator with a strange claim to fame: he once married the starlet he was hired to find. But when that same wife mysteriously disappears again, Leila and Chachu are pulled into an unexpected road-trip investigation filled with family secrets, unresolved grief, and the dangerous fantasies both characters have built around themselves. Image Comics w...