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Homies And Creator David Gonzales Hit Comics Shops This Fall

Published Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:00:16 -0500

About a year ago we did a story about Dynamite making a deal to publish comics based on the 90's cultural phenomenon Homies. Now things are moving forward as the publisher has announced the comic book adventures of Hollywood, Big Loco, Smiley, Gata, and the rest of the Homies cast, courtesy of all-new stories by Homies creator David Gonzales, Elliott Serrano, and Andrew Huerta.

Set in the fictional "Barrío Quién Sabe", the Homies comic book series features the long-awaited wedding of Hollywood and Gata. It's been a day that she has imagined for her entire life, but now Gata has to deal with everyone trying to ruin it! What will she do when she hears the whispers about Hollywood and his womanizing ways? Will the wedding still take place when everything that can go wrong actually does? Is Hollywood destined to be a bachelor for life, or will Gata finally get him to settle down? It's a day that will be full of love, laughs, and possibly heartbreak!

Co-written by original Homies creator David Gonzales and Grumpy Cat writer Elliott Serrano, the series features stunning artwork from rising star artist Andrew Huerta (Sovereign, Pathfinder). Together, they bring the world of the Homies to life as never seen before!

The comic debuts in October and then in November will be the release of Homies: A David Gonzales Retrospective, a 280-page art book chronicling the turbulent times, remarkable artistry, and youthful street culture of a pop culture phenomenon.

Fans and retailers will be able to choose from three different covers for the debut of Homies: Cover A Wraparound by Andrew Huerta, Cover B Wraparound by David Gonzales, and Cover C "Vending Machine Variant" by Michael Adams. Special covers include a Blank Authentix Edition and a Huerta "Black & White" Wraparound incentive edition only available to qualifying retailers.

Created by David Gonzales, the Homies first appeared as an underground comic strip that debuted in Lowrider Magazine in 1978, a reflection of his friends and lifestyle. At first a group of tightly knit Chicano buddies from East Los Angeles, the Homies expanded their crew to over 300 characters from all different cultures, genres, and even species. In an inner-city world plagued by poverty and oppression, they formed a strong, binding cultural support system that enabled them to overcome negativity and turn to laughter and good times as an antidote for reality. Homies erupted as a mainstream sensation in 1994 when trend-savvy retailer Hot Topic offered Homies shirts for sale, rapidly becoming popular with the youth market. Following on the heels of a successful T-shirt run, Homies was licensed for figurines in the vending machine toy industry, where all sales records were broken, with over 150 million figurines sold worldwide. The licensing program soon spread to products such as action figures, remote-control and die-cast cars, notebooks, posters, plush, Halloween masks, video games, music, and more, carried by specialty and mass retailers everywhere.