My daughter and I recently sat down together to read BOOM! Kids’ new [[[Incredibles]]] comic. The concept behind these books, as we reported here back in July, was to present new stories set in the world of the film. My daughter was immediately excited to see characters she recognized on the cover (the first four…
BOOM! Studios has debuted the trailer to Irredeemable, Mark Waid’s new ongoing superhero series that premieres this April. Take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnh7rj7iJ6s If you go to the BOOM! website, there’s also a coupon you can give to your comic store, but really, who wants an Irredeemable coupon?
You may have seen BOOM! Studios‘s marketing slogan a while back: MARK WAID IS EVIL. What you probably didn’t know was that there were other slogans that were considered and rejected…
Somehow I forgot to note that Mark Waid, writer extraordinaire and editor in chief of BOOM! Studios, started blogging a month ago over at Kung Fu Monkey while John Rogers takes the break afforded him from Blue Beetle to exec producing Leverage over at TNT, which is a hoot and a half. He’s been talking…
After garnering near unanimous critical acclaim, BOOM! Studios announced Monday that Farscape #1 is completely sold out. Fans should keep in mind, while distributor Diamond Comics are completely sold out, Farscape #1 may still be found at direct market retailers across the country. BOOM! Studios is working closely with Diamond Comics Distributors and evaluating the…
Tony Shenton has been hired by BOOM! Studios to represent their trade paperback and hardcover lists to comic books stores and other specialty stores across the nation. "Tony brings a personal touch that you just don’t see anymore in the comic book industry. As the former buyer for Meltdown Comics, one of the largest…
With tongue in cheek, Kevin Smith pokes fun at when we can expect the next two issues of this week’s Batman mini series, plus: Guillermo DelToro fills us in on the Hellboy DVD extras Get your checkbook – BSG props for sale A Beatles Rock Band? All that and more – but only when you…
Imagine an inter-company “Crisis” style crossover that included The Muppets, The Incredibles, Farscape and even some of the cast of Cthulhu. Ok, farfetched, but all these titles from one company are not. We have the latest from Boom! Studios, plus: Four big sellouts and now variants coming from Marvel Who has the Best Death in…
Earlier this year, retailer David Pirkola was seriously injured during a robbery of his comic shop in Kentwood, Mich. He’s still recovering, and now Boom! Studios and Jeffrey Brown are launching a benefit auction. Brown is a customer and friend of Pirkola, and he partnered with Boom and iFanboy.com to do a tribute page of…
I was talking to cartoonist Jim Rugg recently about comics anthologies, and he said his thought as a reader is that each collection should have one great story, and then anything else good is just gravy. In the case of the latest volume of Meathaus, SOS (Nerdcore, $30), Rugg’s Afrodisiac story is the gravy. His…
Boom! Studios announced today that Universal Studios and Wanted producer Marc Platt have optioned the Steven Grant graphic novel 2 Guns for big-screen adaptation. Boom! co-founders Andrew Cosby and Ross Richie are attached to produce via their Boom Entertainment banner. 2 GUNS was created and written by Steven Grant, a veteran comic book scribe well…
Boom! Studios has announced they’ll be publishing comic book adaptations of Pixar cartoon properties, with the first announced being an Incredibles project. The news comes as an early announcement from Comic-Con International, which is just getting underway. Boom EiC Mark Waid will be writing the Incredibles series, featuring covert art from Darwyn Cooke. "Today, American…
