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Boom! Studios sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Irredeemable #8 arriving in stores tomorrow. Take the jump to see what happens when the heroes confront their deadliest enemy.
Press Release
This year, three BOOM! Studios titles have been nominated by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) to be included in its annual Great Graphic Novels for Teens List. CTHULHU TALES VOL. 2: WHISPERS OF MADNESS, IRREDEEMABLE VOL. 1 and SCREAM QUEEN were all nominated.
“Librarians are our unsung heroes because they are on the front lines of getting a whole new generation of teens reading comics,” said BOOM! Studios Sales Director Jennifer Christopher. “Everyone at BOOM! and the creators involved in these three works are completely humbled to be nominated this year.”
The list nominates books that have teen appeal, including fiction and nonfiction titles. For the full list, please visit:
http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/nominations.cfm
Last time we visited the world of Irredeemable, we reviewed the trade paperback which collected the first four issues of this series. The trade followed that world’s greatest hero, The Plutonian, after he has decided that he has had enough of what he sees as an ungrateful world. Since then, there have been some developments in the Irredeemable world, and our beleaguered heroes still do not seem to have much hope.
What’s arriving from Boom! Studios next week? I’m glad you asked, Dear Reader, as Boom! Studios sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Cars: Radiator Springs #2, The Incredibles #1, Irredeemable #7, Kill Audio #1, Walt Disney Comics and Stories #699, Farscape Vol 2: Strange Detractors, and the Muppet Robin Hood trade paperback. You can get a sneak peek of all of them after the jump.
If you would rather read your comics in electronic form, then you’ll be happy to hear that Boom! Studios has placed Mark Waid’s Irredeemable comic on the iPhone for all to buy. It’s all part of the deal with Comixology – which means you’ll need to buy the $1.99 Comixology app before buying the 99-cent comic.
“In superhero comics, pretty much everyone who’s called upon to put on a cape is, at heart, emotionally equipped for the job. I reject that premise,” said series writer and BOOM! Studios Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid. “IRREDEEMABLE is, in a way, my third and most complex chapter on the cost of superheroics – a pulp adventure tale of horror exploring how the lessons we learn about right and wrong as children can become warped and twisted when challenged by the realities of the adult world.”
The first four issues are available through the Comixology Comics App, now.
I am reading the news that the Boom Studios comic Irredeemable #6 has gone back to press for a second printing. To be honest, I have been away from comics for a while and some things have slipped past me in the last year or so, this being one of them. With a little research and a nice internet connection, I quickly found out that this was a series that I wanted to read.
Reason number one: the writer. I’ve enjoyed the work of Mark Waid since the days of The Comet for DC’s Impact Imprint. I enjoyed his spectacular Flash run with the Born to Run storyline, and I have bought his Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty complete run twice. I don’t believe that I even have to mention Kingdom Come or Empire, both of which put a new spin on the super hero genre as a whole. Also, he is from Alabama. As a native of Mississippi, that says something to me.
Reason number two: the reviews. Not only have I seen this series get mounds of praise from other industry sites, our own Stephen Schleicher gave the second and third issues four stars each, high praise indeed, and enough to warrant a pick-up.
Or – “Most People Don’t Know That His Full Name Is Manuel Labór.”
So, I have completed my daily labors, overseeing the dozen fellers and gals what make up the current workgroup to call themselves Team RamRod (”See, you’re Arkot Ramathorn… Ram. And I’m Rodney Farva… Rod. Team RamRod!”) and I am preparing to have some spaghetti and hang out with friends, but first I wanted to catch up with some of the many titles that I’ve neglected over the busy last days of August…
RAPID-FIRE REVIEW TIME!
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Press Release
BOOM! Studios proudly announced today that IRREDEEMABLE #6 has completely sold out — after only one day.
Fans should keep in mind, while Diamond Comic Distributors is completely sold out of IRREDEEMABLE #6, the first printing may still be available from retailers across the country.
Diamond Comic Distributors is making the second printing of IRREDEEMABLE #6 available for retailers to order immediately with the item code of JUL098277.
Continuing an upward trajectory, IRREDEEMABLE #6 garnered more orders than even the first issue. Even so, demand for the latest issue has outpaced expectations. BOOM! Studios most recently released the IRREDEEMABLE Vol. 1 trade paperback for the special price of $9.99 on the same day as IRREDEEMABLE #5 hit store shelves for the introductory price of 99 cents.
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. This year, BOOM! Studios celebrates its fourth anniversary.
Boom! Studios sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Irredeemable #5, Dead Run #3, Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue #2, and Muppet Robin Hood #3.
Boom! Studios has sent Major Spoilers sneak peeks of Finding Nemo #1, Muppet Robin Hood #2, and Toy Story: The Mysterious Stranger #2, all from the Boom! Kids line, and Dead Run #2, Irredeemable #4, Farscape: Strange Detractors #4, and Mr. Stuffins #3. Check ‘em out after the jump!
Boom! Studios has announced readers can pick up the first volume of Mark Waid’s Irredeemable for a mere $9.99, and then pick up issue #5 for only 99-cents. That’s five comics for eleven bucks!
“BOOM! has always been about getting comics into the hands of fans,” said BOOM! Studios Director of Marketing and Sales Chip Mosher. “IRREDEEMABLE has been a huge hit and this is our chance for fans to get caught up with the whole series for just 11 bucks. No one in their right mind will be missing out on this deal!”
Irredeemable volume 1 and issue #5 arrive in August.
Three issues in and we’re still no closer to discovering what ultimately made The Plutonian snap and switch sides from good to bad. We’ve learned about his love life, and her betrayal of his secret identity, which makes me wonder what Mark Waid has in store for readers next.
Boom! Studios has a bunch of titles arriving in stores this week,and we’ve got a sneak peek. Take the jump for Dead Run #1, Irredeemable #3, Farscape: Strange Detractors #3, The Muppet Show Comic Book #3, and the first trades of Eureka and Farscape.
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Oh Lois, what have you done now?
The Plutonian is on a rampage, and is killing anyone and everyone in his path. The question that is on every reader’s mind is, “How did he get this way, what caused him to snap?” Issue two arrived in stores today, and it gives yet another clue to the mystery of the hero that is now irredeemable.
Mark Waid’s Irredeemable #2 arrives in stores today (May 6, 2009) and even before the stores open, Boom! Studios has announced the issue has completely sold out. So if you want to read what happens next (and it is a doozy, as readers discover how the Plutonian’s secret identity was revealed), you best get down to your store today.
Or, wait until mid-June when Boom! gets the reprint (with variant cover) to direct market shops around the country.
“The fan reaction to IRREDEEMABLE has been unlike anything that I have ever experienced,” said BOOM! Studios Marketing and Sales Director Chip Mosher. “With IRREDEEMABLE we have an indie superhero book going mainstream.”
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