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Your First Look at Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #1

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BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #1, the first issue in a new 12-issue comic book series, available September 25, 2019, introducing an explosive story leading up to the events of The Jim Henson Company’s new Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Writer Nicole Andelfinger and artist Matias Basla delve into the secret history of the world of Thra and its inhabitants before the Age of Resistance. 

Meet Maudra Vala of the Stonewood Clan, mother of young rebel Maudra Fara, and a Gelfling leader trying to save her people from complete destruction. The terrifying Arathim, giant spiders and the Gelfling’s sworn enemies, have swarmed the land, wreaking destruction and chaos everywhere between Gelfling clans and Arathim as they battle for dominance over the forests and caves of Thra. Maudra Vala sends her greatest warrior, Ordon, to the Tomb of Relics to retrieve a mythical weapon that could be the key to winning the war. But the path to the legendary relic is riddled with secret traps and hidden dangers. Will even Ordon, greatest of Gelfling warriors, be able to make his way alone to the Stonewood Clan’s last hope for survival? 

Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #1 features a main cover by illustrator Mona Finden and a variant connecting cover by artists Kelly & Nichole Matthews.

Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #1

SDCC 2019: Hellmouth, a Buffy and Angel Event Begins in October

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BOOM! Studios kicks off The Road to San Diego Comic-Con with the announcement today of the first-ever Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel event series Hellmouth. The five-issue series from writers Jordie Bellaire and Jeremy Lambert and artist Eleonora Carlini brings Buffy and Angel face-to-face in the world-ending event hundreds of years in the making—the opening of the gates to the Hellmouth!

Buffy and her Scooby Gang will have to muster all their strength as they deal with an open Hellmouth that threatens the lives of everyone they love in Sunnydale. Meanwhile, Angel, the vampire cursed with a soul, arrives in town to find his redemption by doing whatever it takes to close the Hellmouth…and no human, demon or Slayer will stand in his way.

Hellmouth #1 features a main cover by fan-favorite artist Jenny Frison, along with variant cover by acclaimed illustrator and movie poster artist Kyle Lambert, as well as a variant cover by artists Kelly & Nichole Matthews that connects to Angel #5 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8!

Hellmouth #1 is out October 9, 2019.

Lose Your Mind in R.L. Stine’s Just Beyond: The Horror at Happy Landings

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BOOM! Studios has announced Just Beyond: The Horror at Happy Landings, a brand new graphic novel in the highly anticipated middle grade horror series from R.L. Stine, the award-winning, bestselling author of Goosebumps and Fear Street, artists Kelly and Nichole Matthews and featuring a cover by Julian Totino Tedesco, in stores May 2020. This new original graphic novel takes readers to the supposedly serene camping grounds of the forest preserve at Happy Landings where things take a decidedly terrifying turn when the Walden family encounters a pair of body-snatching aliens.

ENJOY YOUR VISIT TO HAPPY LANDINGS!

Family camping trips are supposed to be fun, but for the Walden family, they’re an absolute nightmare! After a creepy, unidentified bird attacks their mom in the forest, Parker and Annie find themselves face to face with two strange creatures that suddenly enter the kids’ brains and take control of their bodies. Can Parker and Annie break loose of this horrific control and convince their family of what’s happening, or will the creatures take over their lives for good?

Print copies of Just Beyond: The Horror at Happy Landings will be available for sale in May 2020.

Kelly and Nichole Matthews Connect the Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Series From BOOM! Studios

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BOOM! Studios has revealed today a set of new three-part connecting illustrations featured on the covers of Angel #5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8, and a top secret issue that will be revealed soon, illustrated by the acclaimed artistic team of Kelly and Nichole Matthews and available in stores in September 2019.

Angel #5 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8 each feature one of three connecting covers that connect to form Kelly & Nichole Matthews’ vibrant depictions of Buffy and Angel, as well as their allies and enemies. 

In Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8, while Buffy and the rest of the Scooby Gang were fighting to save Xander’s soul, the Mistress Drusilla and her lieutenant Spike were busy searching for a way to open the gates of the Hellmouth so they could flood Sunnydale, then eventually the world, with demons and hell on Earth. And they’re close. Can Buffy stop them in time to save the world from utter destruction?

Angel #5 reveals the vampire’s true mission—to make sure the Hellmouth stays sealed! He’ll stop anyone who gets in his way, be it friend or foe, vampire…or Slayer. 

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8 will be available for sale on September 9, 2019 and Angel #5 will be available for sale on September 25, 2019.

BOOM! Announces Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Tying into the Netflix series

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BOOM! Studios has announced Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a new twelve-issue comic book series based on a story from Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance writers Jeffrey Addis and Will Matthews, introducing the untold histories of key characters from the show, and featuring explosive events tying into the highly anticipated Netflix series  from The Jim Henson Company, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, in stores September 25, 2019. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, will premiere on Netflix on August 30, 2019.

Enter a world of wonder, danger, and excitement with writer Nicole Andelfinger and artist Matias Basla as they uncover an epic story from the world of Thra in the time before Age of Resistance. War and chaos reign over the once peaceful land and Gelflings everywhere must fight for the survival of their clans against menacing forces. When a Gelfling soldier sets off on a quest to retrieve the one item that could save their people, he changes the destinies of the inhabitants of Thra forever.

Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #1 (of 12) features a main cover by illustrator Mona Finden and a variant connecting cover by artists Kelly and Nichole Matthews.

Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #1 main cover Mona Finden
Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #1 variant cover by Kelly & Nichole Matthews

A First Look at R.L.Stine’s Just Beyond: The Scare School from BOOM! Studios

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BOOM! Studios has released a first look at Just Beyond: The Scare School, the first in a series of all-new original graphic novels debuting September 4, 2019 from R.L. Stine, the award-winning, bestselling horror author and creator of Goosebumps and Fear Street, artists Kelly & Nichole Matthews and featuring a cover by Julian Totino Tedesco. This middle grade supernatural horror series takes young readers Just Beyond the reality they know…Just Beyond their normal lives…Just Beyond the real world to an always-surprising place of fantasy and fright. 

Just Beyond will be published through the company’s award-winning KaBOOM! imprint, marking the first time R.L. Stine has originated new concepts in the comic book medium as part of his multi-book agreement with the publisher.

In Just Beyond: The Scare School, the first original graphic novel in the series, something’s not quite right as we meet three 12-year-olds in strangely old-fashioned clothing creeping through the halls of Scare Middle School and trying to blend in with the present-day students while evading a menacing cyborg creature, the Drogg. Where did they come from? And why is this scary mechanical monster hunting them down? Thrust into the middle of this terrifying mystery are three modern day students, Josh, Jess, and Marco, who end up fighting for their lives while trying to escape the very nightmare that the three kids in old-fashioned dress were fleeing from, a school of horrors that exists JUST BEYOND their very own.

Just Beyond: The Scare School

Preview: Jim Henson’s The Power Of The Dark Crystal Vol. 1 SC

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Jim Henson’s The Power Of The Dark Crystal Vol. 1 SC

Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Writer:  Simon Spurrier
Artist: Kelly and Nichole Matthews
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Cover Artist: Jae Lee with June Chung
Price: $16.99

The Power of the Dark Crystal is an official sequel to Jim Henson’s beloved fantasy film.

Years have passed since the events of the original film, and though Jen and Kira have ruled Thra as King and Queen, they have become distracted by power and can no longer feel or see the needs of the world the way they once did.

A young Fireling named Thurma is tasked with stealing a shard of the Crystal  to restore power to her neglected, dying world. Along the way she’ll befriend the young Gelfling Kensho, conjure the Skeksis and Mystics, and embark on one incredible adventure.

Collects issues #1-4.

Jim Henson's The Power Of The Dark Crystal Vol. 1 SC

Preview: Pandora’s Legacy OGN SC

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Pandora’s Legacy OGN SC

Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Writer:  Kara Leopard
Artist: Kelly & Nichole Matthews
Letterer: Mike Fiorentino
Cover Artist: Kelly & Nichole Matthews
Price: $9.99

What starts out as a typical family vacation to Grandma and Grandpa’s house quickly erupts into supernatural mystery and peril when three siblings accidentally break an old, mystical jar hidden deep in the woods, revealing  they are descendants of Pandora and their family has been tasked for generations with protecting the very jar they just broke…

As magical monsters pour out of the fractured relic and run amok, Charlie, Janet, and Trevor must find a way to capture all of the creatures in order to save their family—and potentially the entire world—before it’s too late.

Writer Kara Leopard ([Super]Natural Attraction) and illustrators Kelly & Nichole Matthews (Jim Henson’s Power of the Dark Crystal) weave an otherworldly tale about finding help in the unlikeliest of places, learning the truth about your family history, and most importantly of all, talking cats.

Review: Pandora’s Legacy

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A family trip goes weird when three children break a jar hidden deeps in the woods unleashing monsters into the world. Luckily, the children are descendants of Pandora and their family has been tasked with protecting a certain famous box.

Written by Kara Leopard with art by Kelly and Nichole Matthews, Pandora’s Legacy is a solid fantasy entry aimed at young readers.

Get your copy in comic shops today and book stores on December 4! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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TFAW

 

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Just Beyond from R.L. Stine Debuts at BOOM!

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BOOM! Studios has announced Just Beyond, an all-new original graphic novel series debuting in September 2019 from R.L. Stine, the award-winning, bestselling horror author and creator of Goosebumpsand Fear Street, artists Kelly & Nichole Matthews and featuring a cover by Julian Totino Tedesco. This four volume middle grade supernatural horror series takes young readers Just Beyond the reality they know…Just Beyond their normal lives…Just Beyond the real world to an always surprising place of fantasy and fright.

Just Beyond will be published through the company’s award-winning KaBOOM! imprint, marking the first time R.L. Stine has originated new concepts in the comic book medium as part of his multi-book agreement with the publisher. With the release of his debut novel Blind Date in 1981, R.L. Stine established himself as one of the most important voices in horror for a new generation. This was followed up with the release of Fear Street in 1989, which remains the best-selling YA series in history with more than 100 books published thus far, and Goosebumps in 1992, which transformed Stine into a worldwide celebrity. The series was soon adapted as a hit TV series and recently returned as a blockbuster film starring Jack Black in 2015 from Sony/Columbia Pictures, with a sequel hitting theaters October 12, 2018. Stine has continued to create exciting new horror concepts for younger audiences each year, in turn becoming one of the most successful American novelists of all time.

In Just Beyond: The Scare School, the first original graphic novel in the series, three 12-year-olds in strangely old fashioned clothing have appeared in modern times, creeping through the empty halls of Scare Middle School, trying to escape a cyborg creature called a Drogg before they are dragged back to somewhere Just Beyond. Now, three modern day students, Josh, Jess, and Marco, are drawn into this terrifying mystery about why their school doesn’t just feel like the worst place ever—it might literally be the worst place imaginable in this world…or any other!

Just Beyond: The Scare School will be available for sale September 2019.

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