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A #WatchTMNTWithMe Online Party, Downloads and Sushi Turtles ...

3/29/2020

News, fun and one-of-a-kind collectibles
from the co-creator of the
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Watch TMNT With Me - COWABUNGA!!!
March 29, 2020
Grab yerself some pizza and a drink and fire up whatever version of the TMNT 1990 Movie you have and lets meet on Monday, March 30th for a party, LIVE on Facebook to Shellebrate the 30th Anniversary of the release of the 1990 TMNT Movie. Lets have fun together, enjoying things we all love while maintaining...good social distancing practices.

Green-Grey Sponge-Suit Sushi Turtles
A Shellebration
I LOVE - LOVE - LOVE this book! Mark Martin, a dear friend, super-funny guy and UBER talented artist did this parody back in 1990 when we were releasing the very first TMNT movie. What better way to start the 30th anniversary celebration of the first movie than to have another look (or first-time look) at this awesome, hilarious classic.Over the next few days, Team Eastman will be making galleries available to you for FREE viewing and pdf download. The galleries will link to pages for you to access the original book, shorts from Turtle Soup (and original art from both!), Mark’s original toy designs and, finally, a brand new, never-before-seen 7-page comic Mid-Life Burnout Sushi Turtles... Tell all of your friends! Enjoy!!

Print & Button Set
Two fun prints featuring: the Original Artwork for the 1990 TMNT Parody book from Mirage Studios and a 2020 Print by Mark showcasing his updated Green-Grey Sponge-Suit Sushi Turtles and a wacky hand made button set. Each Print is 11" x 17" These are unsigned This package ships rolled. Books signed by Mark and Kevin are available in the Comics Department too

A Letter from Kevin
March 25, 2020
From all of us here at Kevin Eastman Studios to all our Dear Friends around the world... We hope this message finds you and your loved ones as safe as possible during this international crisis - our thoughts and most heartfelt well wishes be with you. At our end we are happy to report that our Team and families remain healthy – we thank you for all your notes of concern and kind words.As we’ll not get the chance to get back out on the road and see you all in person for a while, we are digging deep into our archives and rolling out a load of FREE digital downloads and other hidden treasures for anyone who drops by the site. Stay tuned for these additions.
For all our current Fan Club members during these troubled times, we are extending your existing memberships by an extra three months as a small thank you for all your awesome support over the years.
We remain open for business via our website.
We appreciate you so very much, keep in touch, but most of all, stay safe out there!
Cheers!
Kevin and all at Team Eastman
www.KevinEastmanStudios.com

The other GG: Guano Guy!

3/29/2020

Hi folks, the Spotlight's on would-be member of Geek-Girl's new Super-Team Guano Guy in my New Kickstarter Update...

Click the link to go here for New Geek-Girl Preview Pages featuring 'the other GG' and to find out how to get your FREE Guano Guy #1!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geekgirlcomics/geek-girl-tights-n-capes-plus-previous-issues-and-tpbs/posts/2797464

Stay safe.

New comic book day Wednesdays are on pause. Long Live New 2 U comic book Wednesdays!

3/29/2020

So as the world sits at home binge watching #Sabrina, #Octoberfaction, and #Lockeandkey many of the highest ranking binge watched media is based on comics. The comic supply chain is halted. This is one retailer's brilliant idea that others can participate in and use #newcomicbookday Wednesdays are on pause.
Long live #newtoyoucomicbookday Wednesdays.

https://paradoxcnc.com/new-to-you-comic-book-day/?fbclid=IwAR3oDsYPbIjCswHdx72F-a3ZbnkSsMAzWnFDWIcckzsgOn2MVuhZbg9jdeM

Retailers everywhere can copy and participate. Publishers can support. Fans can embrace. Of all the popculture genres we deal with the most vulnerable supply chain there is hands down are comic retailers.

Share wildly.
Stay Safe.
Stay the course.
There will be an end to this.
Resume awesome.

TRY STARRING SONYA DEVEREAUX FREE!

3/29/2020

American Mythology and the creators of the B-Movie extravaganza comic series, Starring Sonya Devereaux, would like to give all our loyal fans a free digital edition of the first issue! It's our way of thanking you for your support and in giving everyone something to enjoy while we get through this situation together.

To get your FREE DIGITAL COPY OF STARRING SONYA DEVEREAUX #1

simply click on the link below, put the digital issue in your cart, and use the coupon code: FREESONYA - Its that simple! It's is our way of thanking you for your continued support of our comics and to hopefully spread a little joy. Please note: Starring Sonya Devereaux is a mature readers series.

Starring Sonya Devereaux #1Digital PDF Edition (MR)
(W) Todd Livingston, Nick Capetanakis (A/CA) Brendon Fraim, Brian Fraim
This is a digital PDF edition of Starring Sonya Devereaux #1 Naked Are The Damned. This title is for mature readers.
No budget is too low, no dialog too cheesy, and no plot-line too thin
to keep Sonya from appearing in these straight to DVD flicks.
From the Authors:
From the multi award-winning authors Todd Livingston & Nick Capetanakis:

Everybody can use a little laughter and beauty right now, so we’ve decided to share the first issue of Starring Sonya Devereaux with you for freesies. We hope that these beautiful images created by Brendon & Brian Fraim (colored by Jordan Boyd) and slightly above-par writing will distract and entertain you for 30 minutes or so and bring some joy into your hopefully self-quarantined life. Seriously – stay at home. This doesn’t mean invite friends & family over. Geez Louise.

About the book: “Starring Sonya Devereaux” is an affectionate parody of low-to-no-budget movies; the kind that are shot on weekends and are lucky to go straight to DVD & streaming. Each issue features a different movie. This one is about Satan posing as a corporate CEO, using voodoo to make zombies. There is also a nude modeling agency.
Sonya herself is a self-absorbed scream queen who happily accepts every role she’s offered, no matter how lousy or how much she’s paid (her bills are taken care of by her alimony from her ex-husband, leaving her to focus solely on her narcissism).
We hope you enjoy it and look forward to your thoughts!
Todd & Nick

More Sonya Devereaux Goodness:

Starring Sonya Devereaux SpiderShark vs. SnakeBear Cvr A
(W) Todd Livingston (A/CA) Brendon Fraim, Brian Fraim Hollywood's 306th best actress is scream queen Sonya Devereaux, whose career consists entirely of ultra-low budget, straight to DVD horror movies - the kind you find in the bargain bin at the grocery store or playing at 2am on cable TV.

Starring Sonya Devereaux Vamp Academy 4 Main Cvr (MR) (Pre Order)
Cover & Art Brendon & Brian FraimWriters Todd Livingston & Nick CapetanakisHollywood's 306th best actress is B-movie scream queen Sonya Devereaux, whose career is made up entirely of low budget, straight to DVD movies - the kind you find in the bargain bin at the grocery store.

Starring Sonya Devereaux Debutante Desperado Main Cvr (MR)
Cover & Art Brendon & Brian FraimWriters Todd Livingston & Nick Capetanakis Starring Sonya Devereaux: Debutante Desperado: Actors Meredith Salenger, Scott Whyte, and writer/director Eric Spudic co-star with Sonya in a low budget wacky western in which a stagecoach carrying rich college girls to Spring Break get shi-jacked.

Hey Look! New Comics!

AM Archives Laurel & Hardy 1972 #1 Main Cvr
(W) John Albano, Harry Scarpelli (A/CA) Mike Sekowsky Everyone's favorite funnymen return in a beautiful reproduction of one of the hardest to find classic humor comics of the Bronze Age! Journey with us back to 1972 to discover three silly stories of the boys' timeless antics - "Silly Saps at Sea," "Private Detectives," and "Them Desert Bones."

Casper's Spooksville #3 Main Cvr
(W) Mike Wolfer, Rodolfo Mutuverria (A/CA) Eric Shanower Casper's incredible, outer space adventure continues! Hot on the trail of the aliens who stole their beloved belongings, Casper, Wendy, Hot Stuff, and Spooky track the aliens to an arid, ancient Egypt-like world of upside-down pyramids, bizarre inhabitants, and the biggest, meanest, outer space dragon you've ever seen!

Rocky & Bullwinkle As Seen on TV #3 Gallant Main Cvr
(W) Todd Livingston, Todd Clark (A) Jacob Greenwalt (CA) S. L. Gallant Hey Rock - watch me pull a comic out of my hat. Presto! Gee Rock, that's not just any comic, that's the last installment of the "Now You Ceaser" story! Golly, I thought that was our lunch order.
Focus on Scary Tales

Victor Crowley's Hatchet Halloween Tales #1 Bonk Parody Cvr
(W) James Kuhoric, S.A. Check, Jason Pell (A) Cyrus Mesarcia, Puis Calzada, Richard Bonk (CA) Richard Bonk Spend Halloween with three creepy tales from Honey Island Swamp! Novelist SA Check (Volcanosaurus) delivers the doomed destiny of a circus troupe attempting to add Victor Crowley to their freakshow.

Zorro Sacrilege #1 Kaluta Main Cvr
(W) Mike Wolfer (A) Mauricio Melo (CA) Michael William Kaluta The legendary hero, Zorro must face something more terrifying than even the living dead - demonic possession of the innocent! Something evil has festered into the soil itself of a newly constructed canyon community as a wave of demons turn simple farming folk into bloodthirsty vile fiends.

Beware the Witch's Shadow: Happy New Fear #1 Calzada Main Cvr (MR)
(W) Jason Pell, James Kuhoric (A) Rich Bonk, Dan Parson (A/CA) Puis Calzada Journey deep into the woods where the witch dwells for new stories of greed and gluttony. Here insider her hovel you will be entertained with tales of the macabre before she devours your soul.

The Crossover of the Century! The Three Stooges Meet Laurel & Hardy!

Laurel & Hardy Meet The Three Stooges #1 Main Cvr
(W) S.A. Check, James Kuhoric (A) Diego Tapie (CA) Eric Shanowar Two of the most beloved comedy troupes of all time meet in a once in a lifetime special event! Laurel and Hardy meet The Three Stooges in an incredible story combining their unique comedic stylings into one blockbuster tale.
Standard and Deluxe Editions Available!

Mark of Zorro: 100 Years of the Masked Avenger Art Book HC - Mass Market Ed
(W) James Kuhoric (GD) Jason Ulmeyer Celebrate Zorro's centennial with a massive collector's tome of riches including rare art from Zorro pulp publications, film, television, comics, animation, and pop culture! The Mark of Zorro 100 Years of the Masked Avenger is a beautifully crafted love letter to the storied history of one of the most enduring heroes ever to grace popular culture.

Collector's Corner: Hard to Find Limited Editions Are Here!

Are you looking for the rarest of the rare? Those few editions that only the true comics hunter has found and slabbed with your favorite grading company? We've got them - super rare editions limited to as low as 75 copies! Check out our store to find this week's rare find: Laurel & Hardy 1972 1/350 Ltd Ed!

AM Archives Laurel & Hardy 1972 #1 Retro 1/350 Ltd Ed Cvr
(W) John Albano, Harry Scarpelli (A/CA) Mike Sekowsky This rare edition is limited to just 350 copies! Everyone's favorite funnymen return in a beautiful reproduction of one of the hardest to find classic humor comics of the Bronze Age!

Underdog & Pals #3 1/350 Ltd Ed Cvr
(W) Pat Shand, Mike Wolfer (A/CA) Matt Hansel This edition is Limited to just 350 total copies! The epic Underdog story "King Sinister" concludes! With Underdog under his control, will anyone be able to stop Simon Bar Sinister and Cad from taking over the city?

Rocky & Bullwinkle As Seen on TV #3 Ltd Ed 1/350 Retro Animation Cvr(W) Todd Livingston, Todd Clark (A) Jacob Greenwalt (CA) S. L. Gallant Hey Rock - watch me pull a comic out of my hat. Presto! Gee Rock, that's not just any comic, that's the last installment of the "Now You Ceaser" story! Golly, I thought that was our lunch order.

Casper's Spooksville #3 1/350 Ltd Ed Retro Animation Cvr
(W) Mike Wolfer, Rodolfo Mutuverria (A/CA) Eric Shanower Edition limited to only 350 total copies!! Casper's incredible, outer space adventure continues! Hot on the trail of the aliens who stole their beloved belongings, Casper, Wendy, Hot Stuff, and Spooky track the aliens to an arid, ancient Egypt-like world of upside-down pyramids, bizarre inhabitants, and the biggest, meanest, outer space dragon you've ever seen!

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Kodansha USA Publishing Announces New Partnership with European Digital Comics, BD & Manga Platform izneo

3/27/2020

Over 2000 fan-favorite manga titles like Attack on Titan, The Ghost in the Shell, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, & more available now to purchase & read digitally

March 27, 2020 — New York, NY — Today Kodansha USA Publishing, purveyors of some of the world’s most recognized manga properties, and izneo, a global online comics platform offering Comic books, European Comics, Mangas and Webtoons, announced a new partnership to distribute Kodansha Comics & VERTICAL’s digital manga catalog of over 2000 English language titles. Now new and long-time manga fans will be able to read such hit series as like Attack on Titan, The Ghost in the Shell, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, FAIRY TAIL, Fire Force, The Quintessential Quintuplets, and more, all from their Android devices, Nintendo Switch and on the web at www.izneo.com/en/! This launching Kodansha library will be available on izneo’s iOS app in the coming months.

As part of this launch, izneo will also participate in Kodansha USA Publishing’s special promotion pricing 270 volume 1s at 99¢. This way, izneo readers can easily sample and start reading hundreds of Kodansha Comics & VERTICAL manga safely from the comfort of their own home at a great price.

“We couldn’t be more excited to share our vast digital manga library with izneo’s audience and help forge new life-long manga fans,” said Alvin Lu, Kodansha USA Publishing President and CEO. “For years we’ve been working hard to build a strong digital business for Kodansha content in order to make it as easy as possible for anyone to start reading manga. And now very happy to have izneo help us with that mission.”

“izneo is delighted and proud to welcome one of the most prestigious manga catalogues in the world. The amazing series published by Kodansha USA Publishing will allow us to reach new English-language digital comics readers on the many screens we are deploying our offer,” said Luc Bourcier, izneo Chief Operating Officer.

Additionally, izneo readers will soon be able to get access to Kodansha Comics’ same-day-as-Japan simulpubs with new chapters of ongoing series like EDENS ZERO, Attack on Titan, Domestic Girlfriend, To Your Eternity, and APOSIMZ.

Readable both online and offline, izneo’s catalogue already offers more than 30,000 e-comic-books in a vast array of genres coming from many publishers. The platform features
an ever growing number of European comics and US comics as well as manga, graphic novels and webtoons. The coming of Kodansha Comics will enrich this great catalogue by adding some of the best mangas to your library.

For more information about izneo, and to discover their full catalogue comprising more than 30,000 e-comic-books and start the reading experience, head over to https://www.izneo.com/en/

You can also discover our full manga catalogue here: https://www.izneo.com/en/manga
About The Seven Deadly SinsEstablished in New York in 2008, Kodansha USA Publishing (KUP) is a subsidiary of Kodansha, Japan’s largest publisher. Its manga imprint is Kodansha Comics, which began by releasing Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira and Shirow Masamune’s The Ghost in the Shell. Today, thanks to hits like Attack on Titan, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Noragami, and FAIRY TAIL, it is now the No. 2 manga publisher in the United States by revenue. VERTICAL, which publishes fan favorite manga titles like Chi’s Sweet Home and BLAME!, as well as the popular MONOGATARI novel series, is also an imprint of KUP. Both Kodansha Comics and VERTICAL are distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services. http://www.kodanshacomics.com

About izneo
izneo is the first global online comics platform. Available at all times on the following screens; Computer, Smartphone, tablet, Nintendo Switch and Nvidia Shield, Izneo offers to discover, read and acquire the largest catalog of comics, European comics, mangas, graphic novels and Webtoons. On top of an ever growing catalog, Izneo provides also recommendations from other readers and the very best digital reading experience out there!

Valiant Hero of the Week Offers Daily New Content Online for Social Distancing Fans

3/27/2020

Artwork by Raùl Allén

March 27th, 2020 (New York, NY) – There's a new way to stay Valiant while you stay home: VALIANT HERO OF THE WEEK!

We want to offer some entertainment and escapism for Valiant fans during this challenging period. Every Monday for the next several weeks, Valiant will post a poll on Twitter that features four heroes, and the fans will determine who becomes the Valiant Hero of the Week! Once a hero is selected by the end of Monday, they will be celebrated throughout the week with:

Engaging social content encouraging fans to share their favorite art, covers, stories, and more
Free PDFs featuring the hero
Videos from Valiant staff saying why they love the hero and suggesting ways to celebrate
Giveaways
And more!

If you do participate in the weekly celebration and create content about the winning hero, please send us your link(s) and we'll make sure to share it on our social channels and feature the content in our weekly newsletter The Valiant Voice. We'll be using #ValiantAndQuarantine in all related posts. Please always feel free to reach out with asset requests – we're happy to provide high res artwork, covers, PDFs, quotes from staff, and more.

Valiant Hero of the Week kicks off on Monday (March 30th) and the first poll will feature Bloodshot, Punk Mambo, Quantum & Woody, and Ninjak. Who will you vote for?

Stay healthy and stay Valiant, everyone.

About Valiant Entertainment
Valiant Entertainment, a subsidiary of DMG Entertainment, founded by Dan Mintz, is a leading character-based entertainment company that owns and controls the third most extensive library of superheroes behind Marvel and DC. With more than 80 million issues sold and a library of over 2,000 characters, including X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Harbinger, Shadowman, Archer & Armstrong, and many more, Valiant is one of the most successful publishers in the history of the comic book medium. For more information, visit Valiant on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and ValiantEntertainment.com. For Valiant merchandise and more, visit ValiantStore.com.

About DMG Entertainment
DMG Entertainment is a global media and entertainment company based in Beverly Hills, CA. Founded in 1994 by Dan Mintz, the company portfolio has grown to include diverse holdings across film, television, comic book publishing, gaming, and location-based entertainment. Operating as both a production and distribution entity, DMG Entertainment is best known for films such as Looper (2012) and Iron Man 3 (2013) and Bloodshot (2020) starring Vin Diesel.

Ahead of National Infertility Awareness Week, Humanoids Publishes IN VITRO

3/26/2020

An Intimate and Surprisingly Funny Graphic Novel

by Cartoonist William Roy (Hedy Lamarr: An Incredible Life)

(March 24, 2020) Humanoids—the publisher of some of the world’s most groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy graphic novels--has been showcasing deeply personal and political stories inspired not by science fiction but the world around us with its new Life Drawn imprint. These acclaimed graphic novels run the gamut: from cartoonist Koren Shadmi’s dazzling biography Twilight Man: Rod Serling and The Birth of Television; to runner Sebastien Samson’s memoir of the New York Marathon; to William Roy’s stunning biography Hedy Lamarr: An Incredible Life. Now William Roy returns with the latest Life Drawn release, the intimate and surprisingly funny graphic novel IN VITRO.

Guillaume and Emma are newlyweds. Their life together is full of love and happiness, and they have everything they’ve always wanted… well, almost everything. The two newlyweds are staring down a new and menacing foe unlike anything they’ve ever faced together before: sterility. Determined to find a way to become parents, the couple embarks on the confusing journey that is in vitro fertilization.Together Guillaume and Emma navigate unsuccessful attempts, repeated failures, and the menacing hyperbole of WebMD. Guillaume experiences the daily embarrassment of sperm donations, tests with dreaded results, and endless consultations—not to mention the specter of his own estranged father who reappears suddenly in his life…

With National Infertility Awareness Week coming up on April 19th, IN VITRO is a timely, honest, and empathetic portrayal of an experience millions of couples have encountered. With self-effacing charm, William Roy humbly and accurately shares a deeply human experience that is propelled by unshakable hope.

IN VITRO will be available where books are sold, in bookstores on March 31st and in comic shops on April 1.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
William Roy, a passionate, self-taught artist, began his creative career as an editor and a director of documentaries. In 2014, he published his first graphic novel, De Père en FIV (La Boîte à Bulles), an autobiographical account of his experiences with IVF. He then followed up with Hedy Lamarr: An Incredible Life, illustrated by Sylvain Dorange, a project he had been inspired to write for a very long time. William Roy currently resides in Paris.

ABOUT HUMANOIDS:
Based in Hollywood, California, with branches in Paris, London, and Tokyo HUMANOIDS was co-founded 46 years ago in Paris, France, by legendary creator Mœbius, and has published thousands of titles since, including international bestsellers and iconic series such as The Incal and The Metabarons.

VAULT ANNOUNCES LOCAL COMIC SHOP GIFT CARD INITIATIVE

3/25/2020

Buy a Gift Card at Your LCS, and Vault Will Send You Free Advance Copies of HEAVY #1 and HUNDRED WOLVES #1, Months in Advance

Missoula, MT (3/25/2020): In order to support local comic shop retailers in these trying times, Vault Comics has announced their LCS Gift Card Initiative. It's simple: readers who purchase gift cards from their local comic shop will receive free, early copies of HEAVY #1 by Max Bemis & Eryk Donovan, and HUNDRED WOLVES #1 by Myke Cole & Tony Akins, months ahead of release.

Vault's LCS Gift Card Initiative has five easy steps:

1) Call, email, or reach out via social media to your local comic book retailer.

2) Purchase a gift card from them for any amount.

3) Submit any proof of purchase, along with the local comic shop you purchased your gift card, here:

https://bit.ly/2xrRXWZ

4) Vault Comics will send participants an email containing free, advanced, digital copies of HEAVY #1 by Max Bemis & Eryk Donovan, and HUNDRED WOLVES #1 by Myke Cole & Tony Akins.

5) If you like the two issues, add them to your subscription list at your local comic shop.

Vault strongly emphasizes that participants should obey any shelter-in-place mandates that may be active in their areas. They strongly encourage participants to call, email, or reach out to their local retailers via social media to purchase these cards. Do not put anyone's health at risk.

HEAVY #1
Writer: Max Bemis
Artist: Eryk Donovan
Colorist: Cris Peter
Letterer: Taylor Esposito
Designer: Tim Daniel

Bill may be dead, but he's got a job to do.
Welcome to the Big Wait, where folks who do't quite make the cut go to work off their debt. Everyone in the Wait's got a job. Bill is a Heavy, whose job is policing the multiverse, making sure bad eggs get what's coming to them. He's on track to earn his Climb and reunite with the woman he loves... until he meets his new partner: the worst dude of all time.
Heavy is The Punisher for neurotics; Inception for the impatient; Preacher for... well, it's a lot like Preacher. Max Bemis and Eryk Donovan bring you a story about the existential purpose of dumb boys with big guns.

HUNDRED WOLVES #1
Writer: Myke Cole
Artist: Tony Akins
Colorist: Vladimir Popov
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Designer: Tim Daniel

The Hundred Wolves are bloody-handed terrors of the steppe. Andrei and Oksana have left the Cossack band to raise their daughter on a farm they hold from the noble Count Ostoja, but the raiding life isn't done with them. Both the Hundred Wolves and the couple's new liege lord wish to employ their deadly skills-and neither will take no for an answer. From celebrated author Myke Cole (The Sacred Throne Trilogy, The Shadow Ops Trilogy) and venerable artist Tony Akins (Fables, Hellblazer, Wonder Woman) comes a story of war and family, blending historical fiction with a touch of fantasy.

ABOUT VAULT COMICS:
Vault Comics is an independent publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and supernatural horror comics, based in Missoula, Montana.

Oni-Tayū (太夫) Tiger Blood Edition

3/25/2020

The unbelievable follow-up to the Oni-Tayū Smoke and Mirrors edition, featuring a magnificent pearlescent skeleton encased in a translucent golden skin, the Tiger Blood colorway will make an amazing addition to any collection. In order to become an Oiran, a woman had to be educated in a range of skills, including the traditional arts of sadō (Japanese tea ceremony), ikebana (flower arranging), and calligraphy. The highest rank of Oiran was the tayū (太夫).

Fully sculpted by artist Tokyo Jesus, this mesmerizing and dark beauty stands at 12" tall and is double-cast in a golden resin skin with gorgeous pearlescent inner skeleton!
Each of these pieces is lovingly hand-created in New York by Clutter Studios!

Available for pre-order this Friday, March 27th, 2pm (est), priced at $350 apiece.

GET YOURS HERE!

GET YOURS HERE!

About Tokyo Jesus:
Sayu (a.k.a. Tokyo Jesus) is a sculptor, painter, and toy designer. The mystifying world of Tokyo Jesus is filled with imagery of skulls and ruined technology. He works in digital and traditional mediums to craft his drawings, paintings, toys, and jewelry.

He lives in Japan with his wife, artist Eimi Takano.
About Clutter Studios:
Clutter Studios is a world-class creative production and design house. With 3D scanning, modeling and printing capabilities, alongside traditional sculpting, solid and roto-cast resin casting, and full factory production, we are here to bring artistic visions to reality.
http://www.clutterstudios.com

BOOM! Studios Announces Retailer Support Services Program Including Full Returnability Through June 2020

3/24/2020

New Initiatives Take Effect Immediately to Support Local Comic Shops

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 23, 2020) - BOOM! Studios today announced the BOOM! Retailer Support Services Program, a comprehensive set of initiatives effective immediately to aid comic book shops worldwide affected by the current health crisis.

The BOOM! Retailer Support Services Program will initially deliver the following benefits to qualifying accounts pending details being finalized with Diamond Comic Distributors:

Full Returnability Through June: BOOM! Studios will extend the industry’s best returnability program, the BOOM! Guarantee, by making all items that ship between March 18th through June 24th fully returnable via affidavit in order to allow retailers to order with confidence. Any retailer not already enrolled in the BOOM! Guarantee can sign up for free right here.

#BoostYourLCS Paid Promotion: BOOM! Studios will increase targeted advertising and promotion around comic shops, and specifically spotlight stores offering Safe Services (like curbside and mail order options), using the #BoostYourLCS hashtag to reach over 360,000 fans worldwide. A full list of BOOM! Guarantee and Safe Service retailers (with regular updates) can be found right here.

Rare Variant Cover Gift Set: BOOM! Studios will offer retailers a direct cash infusion by providing previously released rare and popular variant covers for free to qualifying Diamond accounts in April. These gifts will create an opportunity for retailers to generate additional revenue and promotion at no cost. For retailers who do not normally sell variant covers at an increased price, these can be used to reward loyal pull-box subscribers or used to further incentivize customer engagement as prizes or purchasing rewards.

Monthly 1-Per Store Variant Covers: BOOM! Studios will provide new, previously unannounced 1-per-store variant every month through December 2020 free to qualifying Diamond accounts. This program will begin with a new 1-per store variant for Faithless II #1 in April, followed by Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #51 in May, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow #1 in June.

Diamond Summit Variant: BOOM! Studios will deliver our promised free Diamond Summit retailer variant cover for Faithless II #1 to all qualifying stores in April so that retailers don’t miss out on this hotly anticipated issue.

Exclusive Convention Variant Opportunities: BOOM! Studios will offer select variant covers and other items previously planned for 2020 conventions direct to retailers through Diamond, as long as supplies last. Since fans can’t go to conventions, we’re bringing the conventions to the fans!

This program includes BOOM! Studios’ support and participation in future industry-wide, coordinated joint initiatives with Diamond Comic Distributors and other participating publishers to benefit and support comic book stores.

“We are deeply committed to working together hand-in-hand with our retail partners through this period of disruption. BOOM! Studios is proud to take both immediate and long term steps to support those on the front lines of our industry,” said Filip Sablik, President of Publishing & Marketing, BOOM! Studios. “The BOOM! Retailer Support Services Program we’ve outlined today is just the start of our efforts, which will evolve as we receive more feedback from retailers. We believe publishers should earn their space on our retail partners’ shelves and at no time has that belief been more important than now. We invite retailers to participate and share ideas to enhance our efforts together.”

Diamond Comic Distributors and BOOM! Studios will be sharing more information directly with retailers as soon as it is finalized to clearly outline how to receive benefits from the BOOM! Retailer Support Services Program.

For continuing news on the BOOM! Retailer Support Services Program, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios was founded by Ross Richie in 2005 with the singular focus of creating world-class comic book and graphic novel storytelling for all audiences. Through the development of four distinct imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia—BOOM! has produced award-winning original work, including Lumberjanes, The Woods, Giant Days, Klaus, and Mouse Guard, while also breaking new ground with established licenses such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, WWE, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Cartoon Network, and The Jim Henson Company properties. BOOM! will also bring their original series to life through unique first-look relationships with 20th Century Fox for film and with 20th Television for the small screen. Please visit www.boom-studios.com for more information.

Web: www.boom-studios.com
Twitter: @boomstudios
Facebook: @BOOMStudiosComics
Instagram: @boom_studios