BOOM! Studio’s San Diego Comic-Con Announcements
Caught up in the craziness of San Diego Comic-Con, BOOM! Studios made a couple of announcements including new comics, and some writing changes.
MAIRGHREAD SCOTT JOINS ARCHAIA’S ‘LANTERN CITY’
Up-and-coming writer Mairghread Scott has joined Matthew Daley as co-writer of Archaia’s ongoing steampunk series, Lantern City, as of issue #3. Mairghread has her creator-owned series, The Third Witch, coming out from Archaia in September. She has also written for the Transformers: Prime and Transformers: Rescue Robots animated TV series, as well as the six-page San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic.
In Lantern City #3, Sander becomes increasingly worried he is going to be found out as an undercover agent, he’s assigned to lead a mission into the infamous and dangerous prison known as the Spiral, where a deadly riot has broken out.
NEW ‘ADVENTURE TIME: SPOOOKTACULAR’ ANNOUNCED FOR OCTOBER
At the Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars panel at San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that a new one-shot is coming this October. Adventure Time 2015 Spoooktacular One-Shot is a self-contained issue that tells the story of what Marceline was like before she was turned into a vampire! It’s written and illustrated by Hanna K., a storyboard artist for the Adventure Time animated series. The cover image above is by Simon LeClerc.
NEW ‘LUMBERJANES’ ONE-SHOT ANNOUNCED FOR OCTOBER
At the Lumberjanes panel at San Diego Comic-Con panel, BOOM! announced a new one-shot, also coming this October! Lumberjanes: Beyond Bay Leaf is a self-contained story written by Faith Erin Hicks and illustrated by newcomer Rosemary Valero-O’Connell. The cover image above is by Nick Sumida.