Say “En Garde” to the Next Installment of C.S. Pacat & Johanna the Mad’s FENCE

Posted on 04/26/2022 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

Discover Brand New Drama, Action, and Romance in the
GLAAD Award-Nominated Series in August 2022 

LOS ANGELES, CA (April 26, 2022) – BOOM! Studios is proud to announce a new original graphic novel, FENCE: RISE, from the GLAAD Award-nominated series and best-selling novelist C.S. Pacat (Captive Prince), fan favorite artist Johanna the Mad, colorist Joana LaFuente (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), and letterer Jim Campbell (Giant Days), presenting the next all-new thrilling chapter in the story of the Kings Row fencing team, available in August 2022.

Excitement is in the air as Nicholas and his friends celebrate their coveted invitation to the Halverton Training Camp. They immediately come face-to-face with the best fencing teams in the country, and Nicholas struggles as he suffers defeat after defeat by an old enemy. Will a new addition to a rival team bring Nicholas closer to the rest of the Kings Row team and awaken the resilience within that he needs to prevail?

But Seiji, in contrast to Nicholas, remains unchallenged and let down by the camp. With Seiji’s goal to learn (instead of win) stuck in his head, will Nicholas step up to pose a real challenge to Seiji, maybe even growing their friendship as a result?

FENCE: RISE is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning BOOM! Box imprint, home to groundbreaking original series such as Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Gus Allen, and ND Stevenson; Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera and Celia Moscote; Giant Days by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin; Mamo by Sas Milledge; Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard and Kelly and Nichole Matthews; Specter Inspectors by Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto; The Last Witch by Conor McCreery and V.V. Glass; Ghosted in LA by Sina Grace and Siobhan Keenan; The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes; Buckhead by Shobo and George Kambadais; Goldie Vance by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams; educational series Seen: True Stories of Marginalized Trailblazers, Getting Dizzy by Shea Fontana and Celia Moscote, and the upcoming Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, and Berenice Nelle.

Print copies of the FENCE: RISE will be available in August 2022 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) and at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.

For continuing news on FENCE and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

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Jamie Raskin to Keynote the ‘Libraries Are Essential’ Program at the 2022 U.S. Book Show

Posted on 04/26/2022 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

– Congressman Raskin to Address Librarians and Publishers at Trade Book Show   –
NEW YORK—April 26, 2022—U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08) will deliver the closing keynote at the Libraries Are Essential program on day one of the 2022 U.S. Book Show.

More than 2,000 librarians are expected to attend the virtual trade show’s Libraries Are Essential program, an all-day series of panels and conversations dedicated to issues facing the library community. This year’s program will tackle a range of issues, including the alarming rise of book bans and other legislative efforts targeting public and school libraries. Congressman Raskin’s keynote is scheduled for Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 4 p.m. ET.

Rep. Raskin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy (HarperCollins) about the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. A tireless advocate for free speech, Congressman Raskin, as chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing on April 7, 2022 that explored the ongoing efforts across the country to ban books from schools and public libraries.

The hearing came during National Library Week, and after the American Library Association announced it had tracked 729 challenges to remove nearly 1,600 books from school and public libraries in 2021—a dramatic surge and the highest number of attempted book bans in the 20 years that the ALA has tracked this data. The vast majority of the challenged books involved race and LGBTQ+ issues.

“Freedom, truth and democracy are under siege all over the world today by tyrants, dictators, war criminals, fascist mobs and vigilante censors,” said Congressman Raskin. “But the democratic societies, movements and peoples are fighting back to defend the freedom to read and write, the freedom to seek and speak the truth against lies and disinformation, and the sovereign rights of democratic self-government against violence. Libraries and books have never been more essential—or more controversial—in our lifetimes, and writers and illustrators have a critical role to play in upholding everything precious in our civilization. I am honored to appear alongside them at the Libraries Are Essential program at the U.S. Book Show.”

“Raskin’s focus on the health of our democracy, the perils of misinformation, and his concern over the rise of book bans and the state of free speech make him the ideal speaker for librarians and publishing professionals at this year’s Libraries Are Essential program,” said Publishers Weekly senior writer Andrew Albanese, who oversees the Libraries Are Essential program at the U.S. Book Show.

The U.S. Book Show (#USBookShow) will run online from May 23 – 26, 2022. The show focuses on Fall 2022 books and will feature an array of speakers; editor, book and author panels; international publishing roundtables; topical library and bookseller panels; professional programming geared to publishers; networking opportunities and awards celebrations; and a robust virtual exhibit hall with galley giveaways and more.

Booksellers, librarians and members of the media are invited to register for the virtual trade fair at no charge. Members of the media may apply for virtual press passes on the show’s press page.

For more information about the show and registration, visit https://www.usbookshow.com.

For more about Libraries Are Essential: “PW’s 2022 U.S. Book Show To Open with Full-Day Library Track” by Lisa Peet, Library Journal.

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Eisner-Nominated Writer/Artist Ibrahim Moustafa’s RETROACTIVE Follows A “Temporal Agent” Trapped in an Inescapable Time Loop

Posted on 04/26/2022 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

RETROACTIVE is the Second of a Three-Book Deal with Iconic Publisher Humanoids

 (April 25, 2022) Humanoids, the Los Angeles-based publisher of some of the world’s most iconic and groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy graphic novels, will publish Eisner-nominated writer/artist Ibrahim Moustafa’s graphic novel RETROACTIVE, a sci-fi tale about an agent working for the U.S. Bureau of Temporal Affairs who sets out to discover the source of several anomalies in the timeline—only to become imprisoned in an inescapable time loop. The book is being published on April 26, 2022 as part of a three-book deal between Moustafa and Humanoids, the first of which was the critically acclaimed graphic novel COUNT, which re-imagined the story of The Count of Monte Cristo.

In RETROACTIVE, the discovery of time travel is unknown to the general public, but a new Cold War rages between global intelligence agencies as they attempt to alter historical events in favor of their respective futures. When new intel points the U.S. Bureau of Temporal Affairs (BTA) toward a hostile anomaly in the past, veteran field agent Tarik Abdelnasser and his new partner, Lucia Olmos, are dispatched to investigate. They discover a radical adversary wielding a new technology that could unravel everything the BTA fights to maintain. As Tarik gets closer to the truth, he finds himself trapped in a time loop where an imminent terrorist attack, and his own death, trigger the day to restart. He must keep his sanity intact and find a way to prevent the attack, escape the loop, and return to his own timeline to thwart the destruction of the BTA and everyone inside of it.

“I’m so thrilled to bring another book to life with Humanoids,” said Ibrahim Moustafa. “They’ve given me the creative autonomy to tell the kinds of stories that I’m most passionate about, and I’m very excited to share this work that the rest of the creative team and I are so proud of. Brad Simpson (colors) and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (letters) are at their very best on RETROACTIVE, and I can’t wait for people to see what we made together under the stewardship of Rob Levin, one of the best editors in the industry.”

PRAISE FOR RETROACTIVE:

“A rock-solid time-travel thriller with impeccable action sequences and real human emotions.”—Steve Lieber (Whiteout, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen)

“RetroActive is a mile a minute thrill ride by a cartoonist at the top of their game. Clear, concise and action-packed storytelling make this a great read with some serious depth. Ibrahim keeps the reader guessing up until the very end. I couldn’t put it down.”—Michael Walsh (The Silver Coin, Comeback)

“Tackling the morality and responsibility involved with time-traveling, RetroActive is a fast-paced time travel story that will have you guessing at every time jump. I devoured this story in one sitting. Ibrahim Moustafa and the team have craft ed a suspenseful story with gorgeous artwork that you won’t be able to put down.”—Stephanie Phillips (Harley Quinn, The Butcher of Paris)

“Breathlessly cinematic. Forget three-dimensional: this is a four-dimensional sci-fi spy epic the likes of which we haven’t seen in decades—if ever.”—Phil Nobile, Jr. (Editor-in-Chief, Fangoria)

“Tightly wound MI6-style espionage with mind-bendingly dangerous time travel. Auteur Ibrahim Moustafa is quickly carving out his own comics niche with one slick, sci-fi action gem after another. RetroActive is a rush. I wish I could travel back in time and experience it fresh all over again.”—Tony Fleecs (Stray Dogs, Time Shopper)

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Daedalic Entertainment Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary With Three Brand New Releases and Updates to Multiple Hit Titles

Posted on 04/21/2022 by Pop-Culture Spectrum
The entire portfolio, including new titles, is discounted during sale events on Steam and the Nintendo store
Hamburg, Germany, April 21st, 2022 – Daedalic Entertainment, Germany’s most decorated studio and publisher, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this week with a number of new releases, pre-order starts as well as updates to some of their most popular games. The cherry on top of the birthday cake is a sale both on Steam and the Nintendo store from April 21st, 10 am Pacific to April 25th, 10 am Pacific, where all titles are reduced by up to a whopping 90%.
Daedalic celebrates its anniversary with three new game releases on Steam: The crazy and murderous restaurant management sim Godlike Burger, the meditative automation/programming game VELONE, and the 1.0 version of the pixelated strategy game Warpips.
In Godlike Burger, you play as a space-travelling chef always looking for the best ingredients for his delicious burgers – the ingredients being his own guests. Lure them into cunning traps, upgrade your restaurant and avoid getting caught by the space police.
While Godlike Burger allows you to channel your inner culinary maniac, VELONE challenges your logical thinking abilities and creativity in a relaxing atmosphere. In this automation puzzle game, you are tasked with restoring energy to the desolated planet Velone by creating complex mechanical mechanisms.

 
Lastly, the popular, quick-to-learn but complex strategy game Warpips finally receives its 1.0 update after a successful Early Access phase. Between EA and full launch, the game received many new features like more maps, modes, new units and more. And with the full release, you can also use helicopters!
In addition to these exciting new titles, popular games Barotrauma, Fling to the Finish, and Hidden Deep receive major content updates today. The colonies in the sci-fi submarine survival sim Barotrauma were overhauled and are now bigger, better and more realistic. Each crew member also has their own wallet so they can go shopping in the colonies. The crazy coop racer Fling to the Finish gets a new level as well as a lot of quality of life improvements. And the 80s throwback horror game Hidden Deep features a hideous new creature, two new levels, new music and more.
Last but not least, the bullet-hell shooter with extra cat-content Wildcat Gun Machine (available on May 4th) is now available for pre-order on PC and Nintendo Switch.
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Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky Announces New Original Series FLAVOR GIRLS from BOOM! Studios

Posted on 04/20/2022 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

Discover a Brand New Series About Magical Guardians Defending Mother Earth in July 2022

LOS ANGELES, CA (April 19, 2022) – BOOM! Studios today announced FLAVOR GIRLS, a brand new comic book series from highly acclaimed illustrator and cartoonist Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky (Persephone), about a young woman suddenly called to join a group of magical heroes whose powers derive from the Earth in order to defend against a great looming danger.

Naoko, Camille, and V are the Dragonfruit, Pomegranate, and Artichoke FLAVOR GIRLS, Sacred Fruit Guardians of Earth! They defend the Mother Tree—the source of their power—from the threat of ever-looming aliens, who landed twelve years ago and whose motives regarding the planet are yet unknown…

Sara’s a young woman studying to become an international peacekeeper until one day she gets caught up in an alien attack. In the midst of battle, she is chosen by the Mother Tree as the newest FLAVOR GIRL with a sacred duty to defend the Earth and all its inhabitants. There’s just one problem… she’s never fought an alien in her life and she has no clue what she’s doing. Can she figure out her powers and her place on the team in time to help save the world?

“FLAVOR GIRLS started as a few characters I imagined years ago but over time they’ve evolved into an entire world full of superheroes, aliens, adventure, and magic,” said Locatelli-Kournwsky. “I’m very proud to invite you all into this world where heroes come from the most unexpected places and the Earth is the most precious resource we have in the fight against a global threat!”

Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky is a French artist and illustrator based out of Tokyo, Japan. He has published original graphic novel Ni Dieu Ni Maitre with Lombard Editions, and is best known for his original graphic novels Pocahontas with Pegasus Books and Persephone with Archaia.

“This series takes its influences from bandes dessinées and manga in the best way possible to create a coming-of-age story that tackles all the complications, heartbreak, and passion it takes to save the world, while trying to figure out your place in it,” said Dafna Pleban, Senior Editor, BOOM! Studios. “Loïc’s got a lot of surprises and heartwarming moments waiting for you to discover in FLAVOR GIRLS!”

FLAVOR GIRLS is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning Archaia imprint, home to inspiring graphic novels such as Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Ryan North, and Albert Monteys; The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne-Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby; Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank “Big Black” Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane, The Killer by Matz and Luc Jacamon, We Served the People by Emei Burell, New World by David Jesus Vignolli, Eighty Days by A.C. Esguerra, Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure by Jeff Jensen and George Schall, The Short While by Jeremy Sorese, and About Betty’s Boob by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau, as well as licensed series including Sabaa Tahir’s An Ember in the Ashes, Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, and Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Storyteller, and Labyrinth. 

Print copies of FLAVOR GIRLS #1 will be available for sale in July 2022 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.  

For continuing news on FLAVOR GIRLS and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

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John Grisham and Celeste Ng to Speak at U.S. Book Show

Posted on 04/13/2022 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

– U.S. Book Show Eyes Hot Fall Books, Targets Censorship, Invites Librarians and Booksellers to Attend Free of Charge –

NEW YORK—April 12, 2022—Bestselling authors John Grisham and Celeste Ng will speak at the U.S. Book Show, the trade show of the publishing industry, to be held virtually May 23 – 26, 2022. Sponsored and organized by Publishers Weekly, the show is centered on fall 2022 “big books.” Scheduled are book and author panels, “Editors’ Picks” panels, keynotes, a library track, bookseller panels sponsored by the American Bookseller Association, industry-focused discussions and more. Librarians and booksellers are invited to attend the show free of charge. Both Grisham and Ng will speak on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, a day devoted to adult fiction.

“The 2022 lineup for the U.S. Book Show is a cornucopia of voices representing bestsellers, literary excellence and on-point issues of the day,” said Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly senior v-p and editorial director. Milliot will headline Tuesday’s “industry day” in conversation with Christopher Finan, executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship and author of How Free Speech Saved Democracy: The Untold History of How the First Amendment Became an Essential Tool for Securing Liberty and Social Justice.

Grisham, known for his legal thrillers and storytelling par excellence, beginning with A Time to Kill and The Firm, has for 30 years been a perennial New York Times bestselling novelist. Fifteen of his books have been made into feature films or television series. His next book, due out in May 2022, is Sparring Partners. He will speak in conversation with a bookseller to be announced at 11 a.m. ET, preceding an Editors’ Picks: Mysteries and Thrillers panel.

Celeste Ng will speak in the afternoon of the same day at 2:30 p.m. ET, in advance of the Editors’ Picks: Fiction panel. Ng is the author of the bestselling Little Fires Everywhere, which Reese Witherspoon discovered and selected for her book club. Subsequently, Witherspoon and Kerry Washington banded together to create and sell an eight-part streaming series that aired on Hulu in 2020. The Emmy-nominated series also won an NAACP Image Award.

Ng is an award-winning novelist and short-short writer. Her debut novel, Everything I Never Told You, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and named Amazon Best Book of the Year (2014). In 2020 she received a Guggenheim Award. Our Missing Hearts will be published in October 2022.

The full schedule may be viewed at https://usbookshow.com.

Early-bird registration is now in effect, with individual rates set at $105 ($149 beginning May 1, 2022). Corporate and group rates with discounted pricing are available. Special discounts are also available to nonprofit organizations and small presses.

Booksellers and librarians may attend for free.

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I HATE THIS TRAILER: IMAGE/SKYBOUND DEBUT NEW TRAILER FOR UPCOMING HORROR SERIES I HATE THIS PLACE  

Posted on 04/12/2022 by Pop-Culture Spectrum
The Hotly Anticipated New Comic from Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin and Lee Loughridge Launches May 18

“I Hate This Place is everything you want in a comic, and it should come with a neck brace as it shifts from crime, horror and romance at whiplash speeds. Add it to your pull list.” —Gerry Duggan, X-Men
LOS ANGELES 04/12/2022 — Today Image/Skybound released a brand-new trailer for I Hate This Place, the buzzed-about new supernatural horror series from the superstar team of Kyle Starks (Assassin Nation, The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton), artist Artyom Topilin (Ice Cream Man Presents Quarantine Comix Special), colorist Lee Loughridge (Deadly Class, The Good Asian), and letterer Pat Brosseau (Birthright, Manifest Destiny).

The new trailer shows a sneak preview of the series protagonists Trudy and Gabby as they inherit the family farmhouse that unfortunately, is already home to some other mysterious forces. They expected a fresh start—not to move into the most frightening place on Earth. Join Trudy and Gabby in the electric new series that will have you saying, “I hate these demons. I hate these aliens. I hate these monsters. I hate these warnings… I HATE THIS PLACE.”

In order to provide retailers and fans with options, each issue of I Hate This Place will have open-to-order covers by Topilin with clean and explicit cover options, featuring the new series title and the explicit version of the series’ original title, F*ck This Place.

The available covers for the debut issue include:

  • I Hate This Place #1 CVR A (Diamond Code MAR220046)
  • Fuck This Place #1 CVR B Explicit Variant (Diamond Code JAN228364)

Both versions of I Hate This Place #1 will be available at  comic book shops  on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, with the standard edition available on digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play.

Official I Hate This Place #1 Description: 
After inheriting a farmhouse, Trudy and Gabby are ready to start the next chapter of their lives together…except it’s already home to a mysterious force that’s attracted ghosts, aliens, and all kinds of supernatural beings for decades. Now, Gabby and Trudy must play by the “house rules” in order to survive the most frightening place on Earth.

For more info and updates, visit  www.skybound.com.
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NICKELODEON ORDERS HEXVET, BRAND-NEW ANIMATED PRESCHOOL SERIES BASED ON BOOM! STUDIOS GRAPHIC NOVELS

Posted on 03/24/2022 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

Paramount Consumer Products to Lead Licensing Worldwide
for HexVet Property 

BURBANK, Calif.–March 24, 2022 – Nickelodeon is bringing the magical world of Willows Whisper to life with the greenlight of HexVet, a brand-new animated preschool series based on the eponymous BOOM! Studios graphic novels by Sam Davies. The CG and 2D-hybrid adventure-comedy series (20 episodes) follows unlikely best friends Nan and Clarion as they navigate life’s weird and wacky challenges, while apprenticing to be magical veterinarians for fantastical creatures. Paramount Consumer Products will lead consumer products cross-category licensing worldwide for the HexVet property. HexVet will launch 2023 in the U.S. and continue to roll out internationally. The news was announced today by Brian Robbins, President & Chief Executive Officer, Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon, and Chief Content Officer, Movies and Kids & Family, Paramount+.

“The high-stakes adventures, wild antics and heartfelt camaraderie Nan and Clarion in the HexVet graphic novels are all great qualities we look for in an animated series,” said Ramsey Naito, President, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation. “It’s incredibly exciting to expand the HexVet world with an original series that will deepen the connection young readers have with the novels and capture the imagination of new fans of all ages.”

“The vibrant world of HexVet gives our creative team an incredible opportunity to translate the enchantment of the series into products across multiple categories,” said Pam Kaufman, President, Paramount Consumer Products. “We strategically approach each new IP in a unique way and look forward to developing items that highlight the show’s core themes of magic, teamwork and compassion for animals, allowing kids to continue their adventures with Nan and Clarion.”

As HexVets in training, Nan and Clarion are ready to tackle medical maladies in beasts magical or mundane, find their familiars, and earn their wands and pointy hats–all while dodging covens of animal smugglers and dragons with heartburn. Under the tutelage of the talented Dr. Talon, these young HexVets in training will learn how to cure any animal, from a pygmy phoenix with bird flu to a unicorn with a broken horn.

HexVet is an all-ages original graphic novels series written by beloved cartoonist Sam Davies and published by BOOM! Studios through their award-winning KaBOOM! imprint, home to R.L. Stine’s Just Beyond and more. The graphic novel series debuted in 2018 with HexVet: Witches-in-Training to much critical acclaim, then released the second book, HexVet: The Flying Surgery, in 2019. HexVet was a Scholastic Book Fair selection in 2019, and has since sold over 60,000 copies and is distributed internationally in over 132 countries. BOOM! Studios is slated to release additional volumes in the series.

HexVet is developed for television by Nicole Dubuc (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, The Rocketeer), who also serves as showrunner and executive producer. Frank Molieri (Transformers: Rescue Bots, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie) serves as co-executive producer and Kendall Michele Haney as story editor. The series is also executive produced by Stephen Christy (Just Beyond) and Ross Richie (2 Guns), with Mette Norkjaer serving as co-producer, for BOOM! Studios. Production of HexVet for Nickelodeon Animation is overseen by Eryk Casemiro, Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon Animation, Global Series Content. Kate Crownover serves as Nickelodeon’s Executive in Charge of Production for the series.

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Netflix to Develop Film Adaptation of “Irredeemable” and “Incorruptible” Graphic Novel Series; Jeymes Samuel Set to Direct

Posted on 03/17/2022 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 17, 2022) – BAFTA Film Award winner Jeymes Samuel (The Harder They Fall) is set to direct a film adaptation of the Boom! Studios graphic novel series Irredeemable and its spin-off Incorruptible for Netflix. Academy Award nominated Kemp Powers (writer of One Night in Miami and Soul, and director of the upcoming Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) with Joaquim Dos Santos & Justin Thompson), will pen the adaptation, which will have the protagonists from each series – one a villain on a quest to become a superhero, and the other a fallen hero turned villain – face off.

The film will be produced by Shawn Carter, James Lassiter, and Stephen Christy & Ross Richie for BOOM! Studios. Kemp Powers and Adam Yoelin are executive producers on the film. Mette Norkjaer will oversee the project for BOOM! Studios.

When the world’s most powerful and beloved superhero, the god-like Plutonian, inexplicably begins slaughtering everyone on Earth, the only person that can stop him is his former arch-nemesis, the super-powered villain Max Damage. Unwillingly thrust into the role of savior, Max must uncover the Plutonian’s mysterious past in order to discover how to bring him down. But can he discover what made the Plutonian go crazy before his own degenerative super powers cause him to lose his mind?

Created by comic book legend Mark Waid (Kingdom Come) and illustrated by Peter Krause, Irredeemable is one of the most impactful series of its time, running for 37 issues and selling over 1.5 million copies. A deconstructionist remix of the genre, the series dramatizes how the world’s greatest hero — The Plutonian — snapped under the pressure of his responsibilities and charted a dark path to become the world’s greatest supervillain.

Irredeemable’s sister series, Incorruptible, flipped the coin and followed supervillain Max Damage as he responded to the Plutonian’s evil by gradually transforming himself into a superhero. Created and written by Waid,  Incorruptible ran for 30 issues and sold over 1 million copies during its run.

Irredeemable is a bestselling comic book series from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney, Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera, Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora, Proctor Valley Road by Grant Morrison, Alex Child, and Naomi Franquiz, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade, Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey and Pius Bak, Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet; We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo; Seven Secrets by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo, Basilisk by Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf,  and more.

Print copies of Irredeemable and Incorruptible are available everywhere books are sold. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.

For continuing news on Irredeemable and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

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Your First Look at New York Times Bestselling Cartoonist Asaf Hanuka’s THE REALIST: LAST DAY ON EARTH  

Posted on 03/01/2022 by Pop-Culture Spectrum

Discover the Long-Awaited Third Collection of the Eisner Award-Winning Series in June 2022

LOS ANGELES, CA (February 28, 2022) –  BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at THE REALIST: LAST DAY ON EARTH, a new original graphic novel from Eisner Award-winning series of New York Times bestselling cartoonist Asaf Hanuka (The Realist), translated from Hebrew by Yardenne Greenspan and lettered by AndWorld Design, that presents the long-awaited third collection of the New York Times bestseller and Eisner Award-winning cartoonist’s autobiographical weekly strips! Available in June 2022.

The long-awaited third collection of the Eisner Award-winning series of New York Times bestselling cartoonist Asaf Hanuka’s one-page autobiographical weekly comics returns to captivate, inspire, and challenge readers. Through scenes both real and imagined, the acclaimed Israeli cartoonist examines the joys (and pitfalls) of parenting in a politically divisive world and the ongoing struggle to manifest art even as real life humor and pathos keeps getting in the way. The internationally acclaimed and Hugo Award-nominated cartoonist’s beautifully drawn stories about self, family, society, and everything in between conjure a deeply rich and unforgettable reading experience.

THE REALIST: LAST DAY ON EARTH is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning Archaia imprint, home to inspiring graphic novels such as Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Ryan North, and Albert Monteys; The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne-Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby; Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank “Big Black” Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane, We Served the People by Emei Burell, The Short While by Jeremy Sorese, New World by David Jesus Vignolli, About Betty’s Boob by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau, Waves by Ingrid Chabbert and Carole Maurel, The Grand Abyss Hotel by Marcos Prior and David Rubín, and more.

Print copies of THE REALIST: LAST DAY ON EARTH will be available for sale on June 22, 2022 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore, and June 28, 2022 in bookstores everywhere. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.  

For continuing news on THE REALIST and more from Archaia, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

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