Happy Thursday, comic fans! BOOM! Studios month on Ten Tweets continues with Stephanie Hocutt (@StephHocutt)! Stephanie is currently the marketing assistant and Hufflepuff at BOOM! Studios by day, magical girl by night, over 9000 24/7. #1 What is the first comic you remember reading? It was an older issue of The Flash, something I’d picked…
Spurrier & Stokely’s THE SPIRE Coming In July
June 5, 2015 (Los Angeles, Calif.) – The top cop of a sprawling structure with over a million inhabitants has a triple homicide on her hands—and a new boss who can’t stand her. That’s the premise behind The Spire, a new limited series from Simon Spurrier and Jeff Stokely, the team that created the critically…
GIANT DAYS Upgraded to 12-issue Maxiseries
June 4, 2015 (Los Angeles, Calif.) – BOOM! Box, an imprint of award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios, is thrilled to announce that Giant Days, the comedic slice-of-life series from creator John Allison (Bad Machinery, Scary Go Round) and artist Lissa Treiman, has graduated from a six-issue miniseries to a 12-issue maxiseries due to popular demand. In…
#TenTweetsThursday with @melcaylo
Happy Thursday, comic readers! Ten Tweets returns with @melcaylo! Mel Caylo is currently the Marketing Manager for BOOM! Studios and has worked in the comics industry since 1998, having spent time at Wizard Magazine, Top Cow Productions, and Archaia Entertainment. #1 What is the first comic you remember reading? Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7, featuring The…
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels Added to #BlackComicsMonth SENYCC Panel
Press Release via vixenvarsity.com SPECIAL EDITION: NYC CELEBRATES #BLACKCOMICSMONTH Diversity in Comics Panel features Pak, De Landro, free comics for attendees June 1, 2015, NEW YORK, NY: Comic book convention Special Edition: NYC, held on Pier 9, will be host to the #BlackComicsMonth: Diversity in Comics panel on June 6, featuring some of comics’ hottest creators and…
Pires & Rubin Bring THE FICTION to BOOM! In June
May 14, 2015 (Los Angeles, Calif.) – Award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios is excited to announce the June debut of The Fiction, a new limited series from Curt Pires (POP, Mayday) and rising star artist David Rubín (Battling Boy: The Rise of Aurora West) about a group of childhood friends who discover doorways to other worlds…
Review: ARCADIA #1
ARCADIA #1 Written by Alex Paknadel Art by Eric Scott Pfeiffer Published by BOOM! Studios Release Date: May 6, 2015 I know what you’re thinking. You’ve seen The Matrix. You know how this story goes. You’re good. But you haven’t yet, I promise. What Arcadia #1 has to offer is a much more nuanced and complicated version…
Review: HIT: 1957 #2
HIT: 1957 #2 Written by Bryce Carlson Art by Vanesa R. Del Rey and Niko Guardia Published by BOOM! Studios Release Date: April 29, 2015 The tension continues to build as we hit the half way point of Bryce Carlson’s Hit: 1957. Set between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and featuring a strong cast of…
THE HANGOUT ft. Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti: April 27, 2015
It’s the epic return of the savvy couple that own Kickstarter and all fans who love fun comics: Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti. They discuss Abaddon, what lead to the creation of The Big Con Job with BOOM! Studios, of course their wacky relationship with Harley Quinn and how it is different from their upcoming…
TRADE WAITING: Week of April 15, 2015
It’s been an epic weekend of television after binge-watching Daredevil on Netflix and jumping for joy for the return of Game of Thrones, but that’s all behind me now. It’s officially Monday and that means another look at some of the hottest trade paperbacks, collected editions, and graphic novels in this week’s “Trade Waiting” –…