BOOM KIDS!
& DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE
PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE NEW EPIC
“MICKEY MOUSE ON
QUANDOMAI ISLAND”
BY MODERN MASTER CASTY
IN WALT DISNEY’S COMICS #707




April 14th, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA - BOOM Kids! is proud to announce the upcoming release of the brand-new epic adventure “Mickey Mouse on Quandomai Island” in the pages of WALT DISNEY’S COMICS this summer! Written and drawn by Italian modern Mickey master Casty, the creative mastermind behind this Spring’s instant classic “Mickey Mouse and the World to Come,” this story finds Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto and Pete shipwrecked on the mysterious Quandomai Island, where ancient beasts run wild and nothing is as it seems!

BOOM Kids! is pleased that the release of part 1 of “Mickey Mouse on Quandomai Island,” happening this June, comes hot on the heels of the story’s initial Italian release this past Spring! Mickey fans the world over will revel in this brand-sparkling-new, cutting-edge story by a world-famous creator at the top of his game!

“Casty is a modern master that soon will be spoken about in the same breath as Floyd Gottfredson, Romano Scarpa and William Van Horn,” says BOOM Kids! Editor Aaron Sparrow. “It’s exciting to bring this brand-new Mickey epic adventure to North American audiences so soon after its Italian premiere.”

The four part serial “Mickey Mouse on Quandomai Island” premieres in WALT DISNEY’S COMICS #707 this June, featuring a cover by Jonathan Gray, and a wrap-around cover by Casty and is translated by Disney comics fan-favorites David Gerstein and Jonathan Gray! The full-color comic is 24 pages at $2.99 - so there’s no reason not to take a vacation to Quandomai Island this summer! WALT DISNEY’S COMICS #707 carries a Diamond Code of MAR100826.

About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) is a unique publishing house specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of different genres from some of the industry's biggest talents, including Philip K. Dick's DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, The Henson Company's FARSCAPE, and the original Mark Waid series IRREDEEMABLE. BOOM! recently launched its youth imprint, BOOM Kids!, with Pixar's THE INCREDIBLES, CARS, and TOY STORY, as well as Disney's THE MUPPETS, DONALD DUCK, UNCLE SCROOGE and WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES. This year, BOOM! Studios celebrates its fifth anniversary.

About Disney Publishing Worldwide
Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW) is the world's largest publisher of children's books and magazines, with over 250 million children's books and over 400 million children's magazines sold each year. DPW's business units include: Disney Global Magazines, Disney English, and Disney Global Book Group. Disney Global Books and Global Magazines encompass a extensive worldwide licensing structure; Disney Book Group consists of vertically integrated publishing imprints in the U.S. which include Disney Editions, Disney-Hyperion, Disney-Jump at the Sun and Disney Press. In addition, Disney Libri, DPW's Italian vertical operation, publishes books for children of all ages. DPW's Global Magazines publishes a range of children's magazines globally and also family titles in the U.S., which include: Disney FamilyFun and Disney en Familia. Disney English is DPW's English language learning business, including Disney English schools in China and a worldwide retail licensing program. Headquartered in White Plains, NY, Disney Publishing Worldwide publishes books and magazines in 85 languages in 75 countries.