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Polarity #1 At Hastings – Would You Prefer To Pay $5 Or $25?
The Hastings variant of Max Bemis' Polarity #1 for Boom! Studios sells easily on eBay for $25 Buy It Now On an Open Auction it has no trouble selling for $18. Except, and here's the weird thing Hastings themselves are selling the comic for only $5 on their website For now. Just saying. The Hastings variant of[...]
BC Mag #3: Big! Bold! Boom!
Bleeding Cool Magazine article by James Kuhoric We know BOOM! Studios from the weekly comics they publish… but who really are the guys and gals making the decisions behind titles like Adventure Time, Hellraiser, Planet of the Apes, Deathmatch, and 2 Guns? What is the process they use for deciding which creators to bring in and[...]
Mike Kunkel On Why HeroBear Is At Boom Studios Now
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhEVg5PUxKI[/youtube] From the ComicsPRO Presentation by Boom! Studios, Mike Kunkel on why he, and HeroBear And The Kid, are at Boom! Studios now. Though I'm sure IDW will take issue with one or two of those statements… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhEVg5PUxKI[/youtube] From the ComicsPRO Presentation by Boom! Studios, Mike Kunkel on why he, and HeroBear And The Kid, are at Boom![...]
A British Explosion! (UPDATE: Yes, It's Mike Carey)
So… I'm told that next week, Boom! Studios will be launching a new creator owned ongoing series from a British writer, who hasn't launched such a thing before outside of Vertigo… Paul Cornell is out, he's already worked for Boom… Could it be Mike Carey? Peter Milligan? Jamie Delano? Any other suggestions UPDATE: Yes, thanks for all the[...]
Boom! Goes The Dynamite – Solicitations For April 2013
Here you go folks, the April solicitations in full for both Boom! and Dynamite for April 2013.  From Dynamite's Miss Fury to Boom!'s Regular Show and Polarity, there's lot's of comics new and old… but mostly new. Let's start with Dynamite… MISS FURY #1 Rob WIlliams (w) Jack Herbert (a) J Scott Campbell (50%), Alex Ross[...]
So Which Publisher Has The Biggest Selling Comic… On Average?
But it is expanding… October 2012 Marvel DC Valiant Image Dark Horse IDW Boom Dynamite 80 85 4 29 18 26 6 23 303722 148305 16299 74379 25577 21516 17020 16362 41025 31706 15000 14670 11538 9752 10996 7756 5630 5857 14382 5279 5201 5502 5516 5161 November 2012 Marvel DC Valiant Image Dark Horse IDW Boom Dynamite 68 82 5 34 25 29 13 25 303722 148305 16299 57546 24606 80128 23656 63932 47373 31833 15965 12641 10056 12556 8830 10022 5630 5857 13156 4366 4341 5270 4546 4526 December 2012 Marvel DC Valiant Image Dark Horse IDW Boom Dynamite 63 82 5 42 22 30 8 24 200966 151568 16917 57781 28096 39841 30946 16923 43385 32393 14243 11276 12208 10197 12521 7092 4917 4879 12508 4755 4676 4755 4649 4649       Marvel may have sold over 300,000 copies of Uncanny Avengers #1 Image may have sold almost 400,000 of Walking Dead #100. BUt what about the lower selling titles? How do they stack up? We're going to cheat a little by only including the Top[...]
Some Rather Remarkable Covers For A Regular Show Comic
And what do I find waiting for me, and me alone? The covers to the new Regular Show #1 comic from Boom! for April. Which is probably going to go rather Adventure Timey very soon indeed. So I thought I'd share them with you Don't they look pretty? And look, there's some solicitation text as well… REGULAR SHOW…IT'S[...]
BC Mag #2: The New Adventures Of Charlie Brown
In 2011, BOOM! Studios published Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, an adaptation of a direct-to-DVD animation. You can find the full article in Bleeding Cool Magazine #2 at a comics retailer near you  Here is the Bleeding Cool Directory of retailers who have shown special support to the magazine and this website Are you[...]
Adventure Time
However, the two writers for the KaBOOM! comic series, Ryan North and Joey Comeau, recently got together to discuss what it is like to bring these characters new adventures in comic form. Ryan North is the Toronto-based creator of Dinosaur Comics, co-editor of Machine of Death, and writer of the Adventure Time comic series He is[...]
Deathmatch #2 – Who Will Win?
Deathmatch #1 was a huge success for BOOM!, selling more than any non-licensed comic for the publisher Paul Jenkins' debut issue provided thrills and surprises, while developing the setting for this deadly new series. 32 Were Chosen 31 Will Die. Deathmatch #2 arrives later this month (1/30), and here are the next contestants… A powerful and mysterious supervillain has[...]
Deathmatch #1 Sells 37,000, Goes To Second Print, But #2 Orders Are Under 10,000
Indeed, it's sold more than any non-licensed Boom! comic to date Selling 37,000 copies to retailers (and retailers selling them to customers for a dollar), it has now gone to second print Hence the new cover above by Tom Derenick. Issue 2 will be Boom!'s first book eligible for FOC – where retailers can increase or[...]
The Bravest Warriors Ad That Doomed Adventure Time #11?
And that a new version would be coming from Boom! soon. I didn't find any shops that got copies, but I understand that the problem was an advertisement inside for Bravest Warriors being considered a little too "risque" by the licensors, requiring a completely new print run But some copies seem to have escaped into the[...]
Boom To Join Diamond's FOC Program In The New Year
And now we have a date. Boom! Studios will join Diamond's FOC program, which stands for Final Order Cut-Off in which retailers can change their orders up and down closer to the comics' shipping dates, to better reflect demand in their store. The first FOC date will be January 7th, for comics shipping on January 30th. In an[...]
Deathmatch Profile: Mink
32 Were Chosen. 31 Will Die. Introducing... Mink. A powerful and mysterious supervillain has imprisoned the world’s greatest superheroes, forcing them to
Deathmatch Profile: Perpetu-Hedron
DEATHMATCH #1 is just $1 and will be in stores on December 26th! Here's How It Works: This month and next, Bleeding Cool will spotlight DEATHMATCH and each individual character, in conjunction with BOOM! Studios Characters will be introduced through profile page entries detailing their histories, powers, origins and other key pieces of information Prior to each[...]
Deathmatch Profile: Professor Higgins
DEATHMATCH #1 is just $1 and will be in stores on December 26th! Here's How It Works: This month and next, Bleeding Cool will spotlight DEATHMATCH and each individual character, in conjunction with BOOM! Studios Characters will be introduced through profile page entries detailing their histories, powers, origins and other key pieces of information Prior to each[...]
Avatar, Boundless, Boom, Dynamite And Valiant Solicitations For March 2013
She will free them, or die trying… LADY DEATH is one of the longest running independent series of modern comics! Available with Regular cover by Pow Rodrix, Wraparound and Sultry covers by Renato Camilo, and incentive Art Deco cover by painter Michael Dipascale! LADY DEATH #23 AUXILIARY COVER Retail Price: $3.99 US Cover: Juan Jose Ryp Writer: Mike Wolfer Art:[...]
Deathmatch Profile: Meridian
DEATHMATCH #1 is just $1 and will be in stores on December 26th! Here's How It Works: This month and next, Bleeding Cool will spotlight DEATHMATCH and each individual character, in conjunction with BOOM! Studios Characters will be introduced through profile page entries detailing their histories, powers, origins and other key pieces of information Prior to each[...]
Deathmatch Profile: The Glyph
DEATHMATCH #1 is just $1 and will be in stores on December 26th! Here's How It Works: This month and next, Bleeding Cool will spotlight DEATHMATCH and each individual character, in conjunction with BOOM! Studios Characters will be introduced through profile page entries detailing their histories, powers, origins and other key pieces of information Prior to each[...]
Deathmatch Profile: The Mutate
DEATHMATCH #1 is just $1 and will be in stores on December 26th! Here's How It Works: This month and next, Bleeding Cool will spotlight DEATHMATCH and each individual character, in conjunction with BOOM! Studios Characters will be introduced through profile page entries detailing their histories, powers, origins and other key pieces of information Prior to each[...]
Eric Esquivel Gets On Freelancers Early
Eric M Esquivel is an occasional writer for Bleeding Cool, though I get the feeling he's about to become a lot less regular. He's taking over Freelancers, the new comic from Boom!, and just like Batgirl, he's being retrosolicited onto the title He's scripting issue 2 and then fully writing the series from issue 3 on. As[...]
Deathmatch Profile: Monkey
DEATHMATCH #1 is just $1 and will be in stores on December 26th! Here's How It Works: This month and next, Bleeding Cool will spotlight DEATHMATCH and each individual character, in conjunction with BOOM! Studios Characters will be introduced through profile page entries detailing their histories, powers, origins and other key pieces of information Prior to each[...]
Deathmatch Profile: The Collective
DEATHMATCH #1 is just $1 and will be in stores on December 26th! Here's How It Works: This month and next, Bleeding Cool will spotlight DEATHMATCH and each individual character, in conjunction with BOOM! Studios Characters will be introduced through profile page entries detailing their histories, powers, origins and other key pieces of information Prior to each[...]
Deathmatch Profile: Nephilim
DEATHMATCH #1 is just $1 and will be in stores on December 26th! Here's How It Works: This month and next, Bleeding Cool will spotlight DEATHMATCH and each individual character, in conjunction with BOOM! Studios Characters will be introduced through profile page entries detailing their histories, powers, origins and other key pieces of information Prior to each[...]