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20th Century Fox bringing comic book series Lumberjanes to the big screen

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20th Century Fox has snapped up the movie rights to Boom! Studios’ comic book series Lumberjanes, with The Wrap reporting that Will Widger (Wish, Munchkin) is set to pen the script for a live-action adaptation. Created by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson and Brooke A. Allen, Lumberjanes tells the story of five female friends […]

Comic Book Review – Cluster

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Zeb Larson reviews Cluster… In the distant future, as mankind discovers life on other planets, it needs soldiers to defend its colonies across the stars. In order to increase the number of boots on the ground, criminals are offered the opportunity to serve in the place of incarceration. When a rag-tag group of prisoners become […]

Boom! Studios announces Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York crossover

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Here’s some exciting news for fans of John Carpenter’s 80s classics Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from New York, as Boom! Studios has announced an upcoming six-part crossover series which will see Kurt Russell’s Jack Burton transported to the dystopian future of 1997, where he’ll team up with Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken! Entertainment […]

Clueless returns in comic book form thanks to Boom! Studios

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Boom! Studios is set to explore the further adventures of Cher and her friends this summer with the launch of a brand new Clueless comic book from the writing duo of actress, filmmaker, and author Amber Benson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Witches of Echo Park, Death’s Daughter) and author Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex, Barbie), […]

Boom! Studios announces new horror series The Unsound

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Boom! Studios has announced the upcoming launch of the new horror series The Unsound from writer Cullen Bunn (X-Men: Blue, Deadpool, The Sixth Gun) and artist Jack T. Cole. Debuting in June, The Unsound follows the journey of Ashli, a young woman caught in the middle of a strange supernatural conspiracy that reveals to her […]

U.S.Avengers and Batman top bestselling comics and graphic novels of January 2017

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the sales figures for January 2017’s comic books and graphic novels, led by Marvel’s U.S.Avengers #1 and DC’s Batman Vol. 1: I Am Gotham. Marvel proved to be the month’s top publisher with a 37.09% dollar share and a 42.62% unit share, followed by DC Entertainment with a 28.93% dollar […]

Legally Blonde and 10 Things I Hate About You screenwriter brings Misfit City to Boom! Studios

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Boom! Studios has announced that screenwriter Kirsten ‘Kiwi’ Smith (Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You) is teaming up with Kurt Lustgarten and artist Naomi Franquiz for the all-new monthly comic book series Misfit City. “Much like our heroines, I grew up in a small town in the Pacific Northwest, yearning to have a […]

Star Wars: Princess Leia leads bestselling comics and graphic novels of March 2015

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling titles of March 2015, with Marvel’s Star Wars: Princess Leia #1 leading the top ten comic books and IDW Publishing’s Nemo: River of Ghosts from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill the biggest seller on the graphic novel front. Here’s the top ten comic books, which is […]