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Michael Kelly to Leave BOOM! Studios in June

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Michael Kelly, the VP, Publisher of BOOM! Studios will be leaving the position in June 2026. Adam Schmidt, VP, Editor-in-Chief of BOOM! will take over and report to Keith Clayton, the SVP Publisher of Random House Worlds Group, the division BOOM! is a part of. Kelly is leaving to pursue other opportunities.

Kelly joined Hasbro in 2006 and worked there for 18 years rising to the position of Vice President, Global Publishing. He joined BOOM! as its Publisher in 2024 when it was acquired by Penguin Random House. His career began in 1994 in the stock room of a Barnes & Noble.

BOOM! was purchased by Penguin Random House in 2024 and has since been more integrated into its structure as well as losing some staff. There’s been small changes on the backend that have been noticeable but maybe not obvious to comic readers.

It’s been a weird time for corporate owned and VC funded publishers, with Marvel’s longtime publisher Dan Buckley announced to leave the company in 2027 and Dark Horse founder Mike Richardson leaving the company a few months ago.

Around the Tubes

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The weekend is almost here! What geeky things are you all doing? Sound off in the comments below! While you wait for the weekday to end and weekend to begin, here’s some comic news and a review from around the web.

Kotaku – Netflix’s Junji Ito Anime Fails To Break The Terrible Horror Adaptation Curse – That’s a shame.

The Beat – TEEN TITANS GO! return to host NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest on Cartoon Network – Cool.

Variety – ‘The Penguin’ HBO Max Series Adds Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Deirdre O’Connell – Looking forward to this.

Review

The Beat – Climate Crisis Chronicles

Climate Crisis Chronicles

South Carolina Democrat Archie Parnell Channels House of Cards to Win Frank Underwood’s Seat

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While we don’t normally cover the popular Netflix show House of Cards, we do cover politics so it feels right to cover Democrat Archie Parnell who is attempting to win in South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District, the same seat the fictional Frank Underwood held on the show.

The online comical ad features the show’s theme music, reproductions of Kevin Spacey‘s dramatic soliloquies and memorable lines.

 

Michael Kelly, the actor who plays Doug Stamper on the series, tweeted Parnell’s ad showing approval. In the show, Stamper is Underwood’s White House chief of staff and former director of strategy.

Parnell is a former congressional staffer and business official with Goldman Sachs and Exxon Mobil.