higher earth Archives

If casually bumping into your favorite creators and BS-ing about comics is your thing, you NEED to make the trip to one of these major shows. Caught Sam Humphries on his way out the door at the show where he dropped the unfortunate news on me that Higher Earth would be no more And no, Sam,[...]

  HighWatch: Sam Humphries shares designs from Higher Earth; TwitWatch: Did someone at Image forget to log out of the official account before tweeting something of a more personal nature? 101Watch: Remember those newspaper articles about how comics aren't all just superhero comics from the eighties and nineties? They're back. GuardianWatch: The Guardian fetes Mark Millar in the light[...]

Mark Robert Bourne writes for Bleeding Cool; Credits: Sam Humphries – Writer Francesco Biagini – Artist Andrew Crossley – Colorist Ed Dukeshire – Letters Dafna Pleban – Editor Frazer Irving – Covers Phil Noto Michael Golden Garry Brown To me, Higher Earth, published by Boom Studios, is a fusion of ideas used in many Sci-Fi based European graphic novels such as The Incal, Metabarons and in[...]

I want to try out some new ideas and explore the opportunities that keep coming up to write novels and screenplays." JoeEismaWatch: Boom! seem really pleased about this hire on Higher Earth… and the morning glories it will bring. SaccoWatch: Moyers & Company on American PBS talking with Joe Sacco on Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt. MarketWatch:[...]

We call it Issue Three syndrome.  Go on and try to find a Walking Dead #3. I understand that Boom! believes that Higher Earth #3 has been considerably under ordered Both the first and second issues sold out and went to second print fast, breaking Boom records. A super high concept, big sci-fi epic about an empire[...]

I'm told that the print run for the first print of Boom's Higher Earth #2 by Sam Humphries, Manuel Bracchi and Francesco Biagini was 7,550 And that it sold out faster than anything Boom! has previously published, seventeen days before it went on sale – possibly as an affect effect of the $1 first issue[...]

Many were new, many were regulars, it was a great mix. I gotta tell you, whether it's FCBD or just a regular day, it's a fantastic feeling to have an entire store packed with so many different people all stoked on one thing: COMICS. FUTUREFUN! We're prepping for a big signing with Sam Humphries today (Saturday, 5/12)[...]

Higher Earth by Sam Humphries and Francesco Baigini. "Space is dead Why conquer other planets when there's a perfectly good Earth in the universe next door? Heidi, a girl born in garbage Rex, a soldier gone rogue The only thing between them and their destiny is an empire of a hundred different Earths, across a hundred[...]

To follow up on the Joe Jusko Valen The Outcast covers, and Arthur Suydam's Fanboys Vs Zombies, here is the Michael Golden CGC 9.8 cover for Sam Humphries' Higher Earth. And, yes, retailers will have to order a hundred copies to get one… This is the latest in a series of promotional covers created by Boom![...]