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Boom Studios Full December 2020 Solicitations
We have an earlier than expected look at Boom Studios' December 2020 solicitations, including the end of Lumberjanes, the launch of the Expanse comic book, a new Jim Henson's Masquerade and the conclusion of the Firefly event, Blue Sun Rising And the third issue of BRZRKR… THE EXPANSE #1 (OF 4) DEC 2 ON SALE $4.99 32[...]
Back to the Once & Future Second Printings
Not only was it the first (but not last) series to join Boom Studios' 50K Club, but it famously went through eight  printings on the first issue The second issue needed four printings, the third warranted three, and the fourth a mere two printings. By the fifth issue, it seemed that retailers had sorted out how[...]
Lumberjanes Comes To An End In December 2020
Publisher Boom Studios Lumberjanes, the Eisner and GLAAD award-winning series, will wrap its six-year run in December 2020, with a special one-shot oversized comic book Lumberjanes: End Of The Summer by Kat Leyh (Snapdragon), co-writer and co-creator Shannon Watters, artists Kanesha C Bryant (Encyclopedia Lumberjanica) and Alexa Bosy (Lumberjanes: Somewhere That's Green #1), as well[...]
The Down River People
Last year, Boom Studios announced a new original graphic novel The Down River People, from the Long Walk to Valhalla team of Adam Smith and Matt Fox, for "a gripping southern gothic thriller about finding your family and the true cost of happiness" It was planned for July 2020, but has now been rescheduled for[...]
Keanu Reeves' Comic BRZRKR Heads To Kickstarter
Today, comic book publisher Boom Studios launched a Kickstarter campaign for their Keanu Reeves co-created comic book series BRZRKR, launching in November Co-writer Matt Kindt is no stranger to Kickstarter, having run two successful campaigns on his own for MIND MGMT and for Cosmic Detective with Jeff Lemire and David Rubin And this announcement certainly[...]
More Printings: Mega Man, We Only Find Them When They're Dead, Wynd
Boom Studios is putting there of their titles back to the printing mill – second printings for We Only Find Them When They're Dead #1 (the first print isn't even out yet), Mega Man #1 (with a 1:25 variant as well) and a third printing for Wynd #1 The second printings for September 23rd and[...]
Boom Studios Really Want Mega Man to be the New Power Rangers
In 2015, Boom Studios announced they'd picked up the license for Power Rangers Expectations were understandably… low.  I remember meeting up with Eric Stephenson at San Diego Comic Con and mutually shaking out heads as we passed by some promotion for it And this is from a man who used to write Youngblood spin-offs –[...]
Alessandro Vitti Replaced By Ron Garney on Keanu Reeves' BZRKR
Today USA Today shared this beautiful project that I'm doing for Boom Studios together with the legendary Keanu Reeves and the great Matt Kindt The two of them together are making a story full of action and suspense It's scary They decided to give me the task of putting their ideas on paper I jumped[...]
75,000 Copies Not Enough for We Only Find Them When They're Dead
This continues a nearly 18-month trend for Boom Studios of major launches, beginning with Once & Future and Something Is Killing The Children selling-out before on-sale despite increasing overprints and full returnability for retailers All of these printings have attracted not only collectors, which have fueled aftermarket prices, but readers which have pushed the collections[...]
Something Is Killing The Children #10 Outsells #2
The only real question is how long can this upward sales trend last… and will they climb high enough to rejoin Boom's 50K Club it broke into with issue #1? All of this momentum bodes well for next week's Boom Studios launch, Al Ewing and Simone di Meo's We Only Find Them When They're Dead, which[...]
Boom Studios November 2020 Solicitations
Boom Studios has issued its November 2020 solicitations – the launch of their new series Origins from Clay Chapman and Jakub Rebelka, and the two MMPR titles, Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers launch with up to 1:500 cover copies for both Keanu Reeves' BZRKR continues, as does Boom's upcoming massive hit, We Only Find Them[...]
BOOM! Heads to ALA with R.L. Stine, Delilah S. Dawson, Greg Pak, More
Boom Studios has announced new benefits to their Boom Retailer Support Services Program, that will come into effect from September 2nd. They are promising Full Returnability Through December for comic book stores that have signed up to the free Boom Guarantee programme, for all comic books, trade paperbacks, hardcovers and graphic novels, fully returnable by affidavit[...]
Is Boom Studios’ Favorite Image Series Actually Getting It Together?
We've been telling you about the cold war between Image Comics and Boom Studios, which reached a new level both with the multiple sellouts of Seven Secrets #1 headed to the 50,000 Club alongside Something Is Killing the Children and Once & Future and the over 75,000 copies sold of We Only Find Them When[...]
Boom Orders Retailers Destroy Faithless II #2 Second Printing
Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet's hit series Faithless at Boom Studios returned this year with a strong debut in Faithless II #1 that sold out immediately, but the second issue has seemed a bit cursed. First, the erotic cover (which we told you was bound to sell out) was improperly bagged in a way that covered[...]
We Only Find Them When They're Dead, Boom's Biggest Launch - Again
Last week we told you that Al Ewing and Simone DiMeo's We Only Find Them When They're Dead #1 had become the biggest creator-owned launch ever from Boom Studios. But now I'm hearing not only is this series the biggest launch in the company's history, but is likely to send chills down the spine of rival[...]
We Only Find Them When They're Dead, Boom's Biggest Launch - Again
For the last 18 months, Boom Studios has been rising up the sales charts and setting new records for their creator-owned launches – first with Once & Future, then with the mega-hit Something is Killing The Children which some tout as "the next Walking Dead", the recent surprise launch Wynd and finally with the recent[...]
Juliet Takes A Breath With Keanu Reeves in Boom October 2020 Solicits
Boom Studios are bringing their new Dune: Hosue Atreides series to bear with a major launch initiative including 1:100 variant covers by Paul Pope They are clearly expecting big things But nothing near what they are expecting for Keanu Reeves' very first comic book BZRKR with 1:100 covers from Rafael Grampa No variant covers necessary[...]
LOS ANGELES - MAY 15: Keanu Reeves arrives for the John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum' L.A. Special Screening on May 15, 2019 in Hollywood, CA (Image: DFree / Shutterstock.com)
Last month, Bleeding Cool asked who the very big name was that Boom Studios was getting to write a new comic book series later in 2020 Today, USA Today and Brian Truitt have revealed the answer It's one Keanu Reeves and the comic book he is writing is called BRZRKR, drawn by Alessandro Vitti. Keanu Reeves to Write[...]
Faithless II #2 Erotic Variant Covers Ordered Destroyed, Now Selling For $35
We already knew that these variants from by Tula Lotay at Boom! Studios were going to be rare, but now Boom Studios have asked for the copies to be destroyed, this triggered a series of events that made this book one of the hottest releases of the week. Faithless II #2 Variant by Tula Lotay, with our[...]