BOOM! Studios Heads to the Mile High City for Denver Comic Con, One of North America's Largest Comic Conventions

Lumberjanes #13 DCC Exclusive Variant by Liz Prince


Bravest Warriors #33 DCC Exclusive Variant by Ian McGinty


Peanuts #25 DCC Exclusive Variant by Robert Pope


Clarence DCC Exclusive Print. Free with purchase at BOOM! booth of two
Cartoon Network items. Limited to 200. 

May 22, 2015 (Los Angeles, Calif.) - Award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios is excited to announce it will exhibit at the 2015 Denver Comic Con (DCC), one of North America’s largest comic conventions, having topped 86,000 visitors last year. DCC will take place at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado during Memorial Day weekend, May 23-25, 2015.

 

BOOM!’s appearance will be highlighted by the attendance of Liz Prince and Evan Palmer, the creative team behind the publisher’s new comic series based on the Cartoon Network program, Clarence. The comic launches in June.

 

BOOM! and its imprints Archaia, KaBOOM!, and BOOM! Box can be found at Booth #629 and will also host artists Ian McGinty (Munchkin, Bravest Warriors) and Carey Pietsch (Adventure Time: Marceline Gone Adrift) all weekend.

 

McGinty and Pietsch are available to create custom illustrations for fans for $30.00 on blank sketch covers all weekend. Interested attendees can place their order at the booth and return later for pickup.

 

A DCC Exclusive, 11” x 17” card-stock print of Clarence (limited to 200) is available for free at the BOOM! booth with the purchase of any two Cartoon Network items. Fans can get it signed by Prince, Palmer, and Pietsch, the artist of the print!

 

BOOM! will have a DCC Exclusive variant of Lumberjanes #13 illustrated by Prince for purchase at its booth. Exclusive variants of Bravest Warriors #33 illustrated by McGinty and Peanuts #25 illustrated by Robert Pope (Batman: The Brave and the Bold) are available for purchase through DCC’s merchandise booth.

 

BOOM! will also host the following panels at Denver Comic Con:

 

Saturday, May 23

1:20pm

Room 303

Push Fun Forward: The Importance of All-Ages Comics—All-ages comics are important now more than ever in helping to bring in new and lapsed readers, from practically every demographic. Join us as BOOM! Studios Associate Editor Whitney Leopard leads a discussion of the significance of all-ages comics—from what it has achieved thus far to what lies ahead—with creators Liz Prince (Tomboy, Clarence), Ian McGinty (Bravest Warriors, Munchkin), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Tony Fleecs (IDW's My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic), and Mike Kunkel (Herobear and the Kid).

 

Sunday, May 24

12:55pm

Room 304

Spotlight on ‘Clarence’—Cartoon Network’s hit animated series about the happy-go-lucky and goofy nine-year-old Clarence Wendell comes to comics this June! Join KaBOOM! Associate Editor Whitney Leopard, writer Liz Prince (Tomboy), and illustrator Evan Palmer (Munchkin) as they talk about what to expect from this new series. Come out and play with us as we reveal a sneak peek at covers, interior artwork, and other behind-the-scenes goodness from the Clarence comics!

Come see BOOM! Studios at Denver Comic Con at booth #629! For more information about the show and tickets, visit their website at denvercomiccon.com.

 

ABOUT BOOM! STUDIOS

Founded by Ross Richie in 2005, Diamond Gem Award-winning “Best Publisher” BOOM! Studios (boom-studios.com) generates a constellation of best-selling Eisner and Harvey Award-winning original and licensed comic books and graphic novels with the industry’s top talent. BOOM! Studios is comprised of four distinct imprints. The original Studios imprint is home to Mike Carey's Suicide Risk; James Tynion IV's The Woods; Mark Waid's Irredeemable; Sons of Anarchy; and Big Trouble in Little China. Steven Grant’s graphic novel 2 Guns was released as a feature film from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. BOOM!’s all-ages imprint KaBOOM! publishes Charles Schulz’ Peanuts; Jim Davis’ Garfield; Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, and Steven Universe; Mike Kunkel’s Herobear and the Kid; and Natasha Allegri's Bee and PuppyCat. BOOM!'s experimental imprint BOOM! Box publishes The Midas Flesh and Lumberjanes. In June 2013, BOOM! acquired Archaia Entertainment (archaia.com). Archaia is the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning graphic novel publisher of Mouse Guard, Cow Boy, Gunnerkrigg Court, Rust, and Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand. In October 2013, BOOM! Studios entered into a unique first-look relationship with 20th Century Fox, giving the studio access to its library of titles and giving the publisher access to Fox's vast catalog of films. In August 2014, BOOM! Studios began a similar first-look relationship with 20th Century Fox TV to develop properties for the small screen.