Boom! Studios has updated its site, and now features free comic preview for readers.

At launch, each series will have a handful of pages already posted so that fans can immediately sample the tone, characters, and storyline of each series.  Thereafter, BOOM! will update each series with a page a day, averaging five pages of content per series, per week.

“We’re seeing a greater demand for digital comics, whether it be from casual readers or hardcore fans,” said BOOM! Studios Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid. “Partnering with MySpace showed us that releasing our books for free online actually helped our sales. After sampling BOOM! comics electronically, readers went out to buy physical copies. The BOOM! Webcomic site will continue spearheading this game-changing initiative.”

The updated Boom! Studios website is live now.

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Boom! Studios has announced Matt Gagnon has been promoted to Managing Editor of Boom! Studios.  Gagnon first started at Boom! as the editor of the Farscape comic line.  He will be under the supervision of EOC Mark Waid as he moves into his new position.

“Matt Gagnon is like the Michael Clayton of comics. At his previous job at Meltdown, I saw him in action, making things happen and fixing problems. At BOOM! he’s done the same thing, to the point where I probably ought to start fearing for my job,” said BOOM! Studios Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid.

Hopefully Mr. Waid isn’t fearing for his job, because he’s doing one hell of a job himself.  Congrats to Matt for his promotion.
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I know people that will sit around and debate Pirates vs. Ninjas, so I wonder how the conversation will turn once Boom! Studios releases Galveston that has cowboys fighting pirates.  Galveston is a new mini-series written by Tom Peyer and Mark Rahner with art by Greg Scott.  The writing duo are pitting pirate Jean Lafitte against Texas big wig Jim Bowie, and the fact the writers are incorporating facts from the time period, should make this a really interesting read.

“Bowie could throw down,” said Rahner.  “This is the dude who once had a gun broken over his head, then got run through with a sword cane, and while the attacker was planting a foot on his chest to pull out the sword, Bowie gutted him with his legendary big knife. Then he got shot and stabbed again while the sword was still hanging out of him.  This won’t be any PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN.”

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If you are going to the San Diego Comic-Con this year - and really, who isn’t - you can help celebrate the 3rd anniversary of Boom! Studios.

Where: Hyatt Grand Lobby Bar
When: Thursday July 24th from 9 to ??

(For those not in the know, a “Drink Up” is just like a “Meet Up” but with people drinking. This will be a gathering of friends and fans, so make plans to stop by and see what’s happening!)

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I think this is a very worth cause, and if you can afford to buy some book or donate to Josh directly, it would be appreciated, I’m sure.

Press Release

July 7th, 2008 (Los Angeles, CA) - Help BOOM! Studios support comic book artist Josh Medors, recently diagnosed with cancer, by ordering the benefit comic book PULP TALES.  This two-fisted one-shot features all-new, action-packed stories by horror master Steve Niles, P.U.N.K.S’ Josh Fialkov and Kody Chamberlain, ’76’s B. Clay Moore & Seth Peck, CAPOTE IN KANSAS’ Chris Samnee,  IN MY LIFETIME’s Tony Fleecs and features covers by Ben Templesmith and Josh Medors. All proceeds from the sale of PULP TALES will go to Josh Medors and his family.

A small advance print run of PULP TALES, which is sure to sell out, will be available at the BOOM! Studios booth (#2543) during San Diego Comic-Con 2008.

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Hey everybody!  If you have been listening to the Major Spoilers Podcast since the beginning, you know we are big big fans of Mark Waid.  Well tonight, Matthew, Rodrigo and I had the pleasure of chatting it up with Mr. Waid, the Editor in Chief of Boom! Studios, for next week’s show.

We had a limited time, but we were able to cover topics ranging from his tenure at Boom!, differences in small and big companies, the problems with the industry (and possible fixes), what Mr. Waid likes and dislikes about his own work, and the idea of leaving behind a legacy that others can build on.  We even used some of your questions during our chat.  It was a great conversation, and we hope you all download the show when it hits the interwebs next week.  You’ll also want to listen to the show to find out what “special” gift we have for all of you to celebrate Major Spoilers’ Second Birthday.

WOOT! I’m flying high on cloud right now!

WOOT! WOOT! WOOT!

If you could ask one question of Mr. Mark Waid, what would it be, and why?

Throw your questions and comments in the talk back below.

I’m not saying why I want to know, but if you have followed my cryptic messages in the past, you might have some idea…

Arriving in stores today is Boom! Studios Fall of Cthulhu #13. The company has provided Major Spoilers with a sneak peek of the Lovecraftian inspired stories.

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Okay, H.P. Lovecraft fans, get your cyclopean engines started as Boom! Studios has announced a four issue mini-series based on the Necronomicon religious text featured in many of Lovecraft’s horror tales.

In August Boom! Studios will release Necronomicon written by William Messner-Loebs, with art by Andrew Ritchie. The company has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the issue, which might cause some of you night terrors, and is sure to get the religious people all up in arms.

“Lovecraft believed - and he was right - that the scariest things are those least understood. Thus he kept everything as vague as he could - the mythos, the monsters, even the horrid and grisly fates of his heroes,” said NECRONOMICON writer William Messner-Loebs. “Well, my job, given me by the esteemed BOOM!, is to describe, explicate, explain and anatomize said book and lay its mysteries bare, all whilst causing as much havoc as I can.”

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This time ‘round: Captain Trips Revisited! Captain Marvel Decomposing! New Muppets Rising! New Gods Falling! Sixteen year old sociopaths! Seventy year old universes in crisis! And former Captain America Steve Rogers is still dead!!! All this and more in our longest Major Spoilers Podcast, the Podcast of Champions, the Podcast that tries harder, the Major Spoilers podcast is on the air.

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Boom! Studios has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Scream Queen #1 that arrives in stores this week, as well as the entire first chapter from the second volume of Hero Squared.

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Who doesn’t like the enjoyment of sipping a frosty beverage while discussing and reading comics? To celebrate the launch of the horror-comedy mini-series Scream Queen, Boom! Studios is hosting a launch party.

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Boom! Studios has announced the appointment of Ian Brill as the company’s Games Workshop Editor.

Brill will helm BOOM!’s Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and Blood Bowl line of comics while providing steady leadership and unique insight to the expanding BOOM! catalog as the company continues its explosive growth.

“I’m thrilled to see what ideas Ian will bring to the table,” said Mark Waid, BOOM! Studios Editor-in-Chief in a prepared statement. “BOOM! continues to bring in top talent with various backgrounds, which gives us a cutting edge in what used to be a two-company market.”

Congrats Ian!

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Boom! Studios has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of this week’s ongoing zombie title Zombie Tales: The Series.

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