[1][failed verification] Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby had been working in Hollywood with Dave Elliott and Garry Leach in 2004 to revive 1980s comic book publishing house Atomeka Press.
[17] When Giffen was featured as a guest at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention,[18] he persuaded Richie to start his own outfit, Boom!.
[25] DeMatteis collaborated with Giffen on Hero Squared and Planetary Brigade and brought his own series, The Stardust Kid, with Mike Ploog, over from Image Comics.
[26] Mike Mignola and Troy Nixey's Oni Press series Jenny Finn migrated to Boom!
[citation needed] Joe Casey created The Black Plague while Rafael Albuquerque's first American work debuted in The Savage Brothers.
also signed a deal with Pixar to produce comic books based on their properties and secured newsstand distribution.
[32][33] The first included The Muppet Show by Roger Langridge and The Incredibles: Family Matters by Mark Waid and artist Marcio Takara.
[37] While in these leadership roles, Waid also created multiple successful titles, including Irredeemable in 2009, which became Boom!
banner explore a wide variety of genres from YA science fiction, like in The Woods by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas,[51] to horror/action like in the thriller Day Men, which racked up "Best Inker" and "Best Cover Artist" Harvey Awards nominations[52] for series artist Brian Stelfreeze and sold to Universal Pictures as a movie.
[53] Crime noir period piece Hit garnered Harvey Awards nominations for "Best Continuing or Limited Series" and "Best Inker"[52] for artist Vanesa R. Del Rey and George Pérez's series for Boom!, Sirens, is a multi-genre action piece that goes from fantasy to western to science fiction.
[54] Pulp science fiction mini-series Six Gun Gorilla, written by Si Spurrier and drawn by Jeff Stokely, was nominated for multiple Harvey Awards including "Best Artist" and "Most Promising New Talent" and "Best New Series".
also teamed up with Say Anything singer Max Bemis to publish his first limited mini-series about a bipolar hero called Polarity.
published BRZRKR, a comic book series created and written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt and drawn by Ron Garney.
[68] Other film adaptations include an ongoing series based on Big Trouble In Little China[69] written by Eric Powell and John Carpenter, an Escape from New York comic book,[70] an ongoing series with Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure,[71] an eight-issue series based on RoboCop[72] and 28 Days Later, bridging the story between 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, a 12 issue series based on Clive Barker's Nightbreed,[73][74] new Hellraiser comics,[75] eight issues of Die Hard: Year One focusing on John McClane's first year as a beat cop in New York City,[76] and a film tie-in for Jennifer's Body.
has published a number of series that are based on television shows like Sleepy Hollow[78] and Sons of Anarchy and Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock.
also published a tie-in to SyFy's show Eureka and well as new stories featuring TV's The Avengers, also known as Steed and Mrs. Peel so as not to be confused with the Marvel Comics characters of the same name.
released a reprint of the Steed and Mrs. Peel mini-series written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Ian Gibson and previously-published by Eclipse Comics.
acquired the license for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in June 2015 and released a monthly comic starting in January 2016.
has adapted popular authors like Philip K. Dick, and Michael Moorcock: a series based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
In 2006 they launched Games Workshop properties ultimately publishing 42 comic books collected into 9 graphic novels.
[89] 5 mini-series featured Warhammer 40,000: Damnation Crusade (Black Templars), Blood and Thunder (Orks), Exterminatus (The Inquisitors), Fire and Honour (Imperial Guardsmen), and Defenders of Ultramar (Ultramarines).
Chaos), Condemned by Fire (Witch Hunters), and Crown of Destruction by Kieron Gillen depicting The Empire fighting Skaven.
The second approach published a series of mini-series featuring different writers and artists creating public domain fairy tales with The Muppets including Robin Hood.
Kids began publishing a line of comic books based on series and characters from Disney Afternoon television shows.
Notable video game designer Warren Spector wrote the series and the fifth and sixth issues featured a crossover with Darkwing Duck in the storyline "Dangerous Currency".
include Charles Schulz's Peanuts, Jim Davis' Garfield, and Frederator series Bravest Warriors and Bee and Puppycat.
Box launched with The Midas Flesh from Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb, the same team behind Boom!
[103] It followed this series up with Lumberjanes from ND Stevenson, Grace Ellis, editor Shannon Watters, and artist Gus Allen.
Box series include Teen Dog by Jake Lawrence, Giant Days by John Allison and Max Sarin, and a Cyanide & Happiness collection, Punching Zoo.
teamed with MySpace Comic Books again to offer a free digital day-and-date release for Hexed along with the "5 for 500" program, sending five copies at no cost to the top 500 retailers in the direct market.