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Comics Industry to be Struck by Smooth Criminals in November
BOOM! Studios has announced another title as part of its Road to San Diego marketing campaign This one is not, as the name sounds, a sequel to the 1988 Michael Jackson arcade game Moonwalker, but rather a brand new series from Kristen "Kiwi" Smith, Kurt Lustgarten, and Leisha Riddel A press release reveals the premise[...]
BOOM! Studios sdcc 2018
BOOM! Studios has released their list of 2018 San Diego Comic-Con exclusives, featuring some variants for Adventure Time, The Dark Crystal, Power Rangers, and Thrilling Adventure Hour, as well as Power Rangers figures, enamel pins (everyone loves enamel pins, you can put them on your jean jacket), and a limited edition print featuring WWE's Becky[...]
Get Sand in Your Shorts This December with Shawn Simon and Conor Nolan's Wizard Beach
Another day, another announcement from BOOM! Studios as part of their Road to San Diego marketing initiative This time, the announcement is for a new five-issue mini-series called Wizard Beach by Shawn Simon and Conor Nolan, which is about, as expected, wizards on the beach The press release elaborates: Wizards exist As do witches and frost[...]
black badge #1
BOOM! Studios has released a first look inside Black Badge #1, the new ongoing series from Grass Kings creative team Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins The series was announced back in May In the press release, BOOM! Senior Editor Eric Harburn drew the short straw and was forced to provide the latest in a never-ending[...]
R.L. Stine Signs 4-Book Deal with BOOM! for New Middle Grade Series
Stine has signed a multi-book deal with BOOM! Studios to produce original graphic novels, the publisher announced via press release today Stine will produce a series of four middle grade supernatural horror comics for BOOM! under the terms of the deal, with the first one dropping in fall 2019 under the KaBOOM! imprint No artists or any[...]
DX Invades WCW Nitro in First Look at WWE Attitude Era Comic
BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at the upcoming WWE: Attitude Era oversized one-shot featuring creators Ryan Ferrier, Andy Belanger, Aaron Gillespie, Julian May, Michel Mulipola, Hyeonjin Kim, and Kendall Goode with covers by Razzah, Will Robson, and Jeremy Lawson The comic explores WWE's objectively best era, back when WWE was cool. Said Editor Chris[...]
BOOM! Opens Pandora's Legacy Ahead of San Diego Comic-Con
As part of their ongoing Road to San Diego marketing initiative, BOOM! Studios has revealed a preview of the upcoming original graphic novel by Kara Leopard and Kelly and Nicole Matthews, Pandora's Legacy Originally announced back in March, the book is set to hit stores in November. The press release describes the story: What starts out as[...]
Steven Universe: Harmony #1
BOOM! Studios has released a first look at Steven Universe: Harmony #1, the first issue of the new five-issue mini-series by writer S.M Viduarri and artist Mollie Rose The comic is "inspired by" the world of the Cartoon Network series, which is a nice way of saying "not really in canon." The premise: As Steven helps[...]
BOOM! and GLAAD Team Up at SDCC for 'Entertainment is LGBTQ' Panel
BOOM! Studios announced its schedule for San Diego Comic-Con, and the publisher will be teaming up with advocacy group GLAAD for a panel called Entertainment is LGBTQ Featuring guests such as Emily Andras, Lilah Sturges, Marguerite Bennet, Noah Hayes, and "more," the panel takes place on Thursday, July 19th and will "present an in-depth roundtable[...]
bone parish
Bone Parish is growing to a fully engorged 12-issue series, a press release from BOOM! Studios revealed Thursday The comic, which is not, as the name implies, a church-themed porno, is actually an all-new "necromantic horror" series from genetically-engineered super-writer Cullen Bunn and artist Jonas Scharf Though the first issue doesn't hit stores until July,[...]
First Look at John Allison and Christine Larsen's By Night #2
BOOM! Studios has released a first look at By Night #2, the upcoming comic by John Allison and Christine Larsen hitting stores on July 18th from BOOM!'s portable stereo-themed imprint, BOOM! Box Just like the first issue, the book features a regular cover by Larsen and a variant by Allison The press release sums up[...]
First Look at Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf's Bone Parish
BOOM! Studios has released a first look at Bone Parish, the new comic from genetically engineered super-writer Cullen Bunn and artist Jonas Scharf which is, despite the impression the name might give you, not a porno that takes place in a church Instead, the comic is billed as an "all-new chilling necromantic horror series, which[...]
First Look at Giant Days #40
As BOOM! Studios' BOOM! Box Jam week comes to a close, the publisher has sent out a first look preview at one more of its upcoming young adult comics: Giant Days #40 hitting stores on July 4th, Giant Days #40 is the latest issue of the 2018 Eisner Award-nominated series from writer John Allison and returning[...]
First Look at Si Spurrier and Matías Bergara's Coda #3
Someone at BOOM! Studios must not have gotten the memo that this is BOOM! Box Jam week, highlighting the publisher's Young Adult comics, because BOOM! Studios has accidentally released this preview of a non-YA comic from its regular BOOM! line of comics We're not about to complain, though, when that comic is Coda, by the[...]
First Look at Giulio Macaione's Alice: From Dream to Dream
All week long, BOOM! Studios has been celebrating its upcoming Young Adult comics in the best way a comic book publisher knows how No, they're not rebooting them with new #1 issues For the most part, they're sending out first-look previews as part of their BOOM! Box Jam week-long event Today's comic is Alice: From[...]
First Look at Lumberjanes: A Midsummer Night's Scheme #1
The comic by Nicole Andelfinger, Maddi Gonzalez, and Brittney Williams is set to hit stores in August, but BOOM! is giving readers a sneak peak as part of their BOOM! Box Jam, a week-long promotion of the publisher's upcoming YA comics. A press release provides further details: Arriving in stores August 2018, The Midsummer Masquerade is here[...]
NXT Takeover Weekly Event Comic
Move over, NXT Takeover Chicago! The biggest event to hit both wrestling and comics is coming in September from BOOM! Studios with WWE: NXT Takeover, a weekly event series, and the worlds of comics and wrestling will never be the same again! That's what happens in event comics, right? Dennis Hopeless and Jake Elphick will be[...]
BOOM! Studios and Natalie Nourigat Want to Teach You How to Break Into Animation
BOOM! Studios announced plans to publish I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation, an autobiographical comic by Natalie Nourigat which also serves as a how-to guide for anyone who wants to follow in her footsteps It's like two graphic novels for the price of one! How can you beat that?! A press release provides more[...]