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Preview: Smosh TP

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Smosh TP

writer: Michael, McDermott, Yale Stewart, David Atchison
artist: Franco Viglino, Yale Stewart, Jerry Gaylord
cover: Jerry Gaylord
FC • 192 pages • $19.99 • Teen+
COLLECTS ISSUES 1-6!

SMOSH, the Kings of YouTube Comedy, now bring their wildly popular humor sketches — namely, Super Virgin Squad, Box Man, and That Damn Neighbor — to comics! Behold, the Super Virgin Squad! Gathered together in the V-Cave, this group of unique individuals channel their sexual frustration into superhuman abilities to defend the physically weak, the socially awkward… the geekiest among us! Billy, Paulie, and Stevie’s latest mission? To save one of their moms from the presumably slimy seductions of a website swinger! Beware of That Damn Neighbor! Benny Jean and Cletus just want to drink beer and admire their lawn flamingo, but the weirdo next door will not be ignored! Witness a tale of friendship, fame, and freak accidents as Box Man’s origin springs to life, in crazy detail! Thrill as Box Man and friends try to make sense of his weird twist of fate, attempting to make him the first-ever cardboard hero and, when that fails, settling on celebrity spokesperson. But can a move made in desperation ever go wrong?

Preview: Smosh #6

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Smosh #6

writer: David Atchinson, Yale Stewart
artist: Mauro Vargas, Jerry Gaylord, Yale Stewart
covers: Jerry Gaylord (a), Franco Viglino (b)
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FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+

Fortune and fame turn ugly when Box Man is forced to choose between money and morality when he’s ordered to endorse boxguns. To use his powers for good instead of evil, Boxman goes on the lam, attempting to get as far away from the weapons as he can. But with no friends, no money, and the most recognizable face in America, how far can a man made of boxes truly get? And how does he stop his sponsor from unleashing boxguns on the world? Will Boxman find the love that eluded him as a human, now that he’s a box? All these questions and more are answered in the Box Man origin finale, aka Smoshverse # 6!

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Preview: Smosh #5

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Smosh #5

writer: David Atchinson, Yale Stewart
artist: Mauro Vargas, Yale Stewart
covers: Jerry Gaylord (a), Franco Viglino (b)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+

“Boxmania” blazes across the country as consumers go crazy for Box Man swag! From apparel to toys to games to a BOX MAN MOVIE, audiences can’t get enough of the “Cardboard Kid.” Is all this fame going to his head? As Box Man’s star rises, he grows distressingly distant from his friends. But he can’t see the forest for the trees as he’s gotten the attention of Kate, the only woman attracted to a man made of boxes. Can our hero balance a massive career, friends, and budding love?

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Preview: Smosh #4

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Smosh #4

writers: David Atchinson, Yale Stewart
artists: Jerry Gaylord, Yale Stewart
covers: Jerry Gaylord (a), Franco Viglino (b)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+

Witness a tale of friendship, fame, and, freak accidents as Youtube sensation Box Man’s origin springs to life, in crazy detail, in Smoshverse no. 4! Thrill as Box Man and friends try to make sense of his weird twist of fate, first attempting to make him the first-ever cardboard hero and, when that fails, settling on celebrity spokesperson. But can a move made in desperation ever go wrong??? It’s a coming of age story like no other, mixing the ageless hard lessons of growing up with Smosh-style comedy of today.

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Preview: Smosh #3

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Smosh #3

writer: Michael McDermott, Yale Stewart
artist: Franco Viglino, Yale Stewart
covers: Franco Viglino (a), Jerry Gaylord (b)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+

Summer is here! The Super Virgin Squad actively seek to swell their ranks as the team is confronted with their greatest challenge to date. A rival group of super powered, antagonistic teens is wreaking havoc in Smalltown, USA, and only the SVS can restore law and order to their beloved streets. Can they turn their ragtag group of new recruits into the heroes they need to be in time to save their community? When a shocking revelation shakes the entire team and their core values to their very foundation, will there even be a Super Virgin Squad left for them to join? Tune in true believers… same SMOSH time, same SMOSH comic!

With over 9 billion views and 38 million combined subscribers on YouTube, and 31 million social followers, SMOSH has one of the strongest digital footprints of any media brand in existence today.  Based on the strength of this audience, SMOSH has also seen multiple chart-topping musical endeavors, record-setting channel spin-offs and top-selling mobile and gaming apps, with more than two million downloads to date. And, in Summer 2015, the brand released its first feature length film SMOSH: The Movie which debuted at #1 on the iTunes comedy chart.

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Preview: Smosh #2

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Smosh #2

writers: Michael McDermott, Yale Stewart
artists: Franco Viglino, Yale Stewart
covers: Franco Viglino (a), Jerry Gaylord (b)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+

All Amanda Cuddy wanted from this world was a little bit of love, but when she turns to the Super Virgin Squad for an assist, she gets more than she ever bargained for! What is the secret of Payload #9? Who are The Megalomaniacal War Ponies? Where do the affections of Smalltown High’s dreamiest point guard ultimately lie? The answers await in this second issue of the YouTube sensation SMOSH’s inaugural foray into comics, along with this month’s “That Damn Neighbor” back-up feature, entitled “The Pool!”
With over 9 billion views and 38 million combined subscribers on YouTube, and 31 million social followers, SMOSH has one of the strongest digital footprints of any media brand in existence today.  Based on the strength of this audience, SMOSH has also seen multiple chart-topping musical endeavors, record-setting channel spin-offs and top-selling mobile and gaming apps, with more than two million downloads to date. And, in Summer 2015, the brand released its first feature length film SMOSH: The Movie which debuted at #1 on the iTunes comedy chart.

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Preview: Smosh #1

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Smosh #1

writers: Michael Mcdermott, Yale Stewart
artists: Franco Viglino, Yale Stewart
covers: Franco Viglino (a), Yale Stewart (b), Jerry Gaylord “May the Fourth” (c)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+

SMOSH, the Kings of YouTube Comedy, now bring their wildly popular brand of humor to comics! Behold, the Super Virgin Squad! Gathered together in the V-Cave, a converted Cold War-era survivalist bomb shelter and secret suburban headquarters, this group of unique individuals channel their sexual frustration into superhuman abilities to defend the physically weak, the socially awkward… the geekiest among us! Billy, Paulie, and Stevie’s latest mission? To save one of their moms from the presumably slimy seductions of a website swinger! Quick, virgins… to the Chastity Cycle! Also, as a special back-up story, it’s That Damn Neighbor! Benny Jean and Cletus just want to drink beer and admire their lawn flamingo, but the weirdo next door will not be ignored!

With over 9 billion views and 38 million combined subscribers on YouTube, and 31 million social followers, SMOSH has one of the strongest digital footprints of any media brand in existence today.  Based on the strength of this audience, SMOSH has also seen multiple chart-topping musical endeavors, record-setting channel spin-offs and top-selling mobile and gaming apps, with more than two million downloads to date. And, in Summer 2015, the brand released its first feature length film SMOSH: The Movie which debuted at #1 on the iTunes comedy chart. SMOSH’s Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox also became the first digital stars to be immortalized in wax by the world famous Madame Tussauds.

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Dynamite and Smosh Team for Comics and Graphic Novels

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dynamite-logoIn a deal brokered by The Joester Loria Group, DEFY Media’s YouTube sensation SMOSH has licensed with Dynamite Entertainment to develop a series of comics and graphic novels.

Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox are the duo behind the powerhouse comedy brand SMOSH. SMOSH catapulted to YouTube’s #1 most subscribed channel in 2013, ranks among YouTube’s Top 3 most viewed channels of all time with more than 6 billion lifetime views, and counts over 30 million combined channel subscribers and 20 million social followers. SMOSH’s multi-faceted enterprise, based around its flagship YouTube channel and highly trafficked website, includes multiple record-setting channel spinoffs, including SMOSH Games – among YouTube’s fastest growing channels ever – and Shut Up Cartoons, top-charting musical endeavors, merchandising, magazines, mobile, OTT and gaming apps – and, coming soon, The SMOSH Movie.

  • SMOSH, the powerhouse digital comedy brand with more than 30 million subscribers across multiple YouTube Channels and over 20 million social media followers, launched in 2005 as the brainchild of Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla.  Founded in 2004, Dynamite Entertainment has become a leading comic publisher focusing on creating adaptations of top entertainment properties.
  • An extension of DEFY Media’s SMOSH comedy brand, which includes multiple YouTube channels, a highly trafficked website, mobile, OTT and gaming apps, and merchandising, the comic & graphic novel series will give Hecox and Padilla a new platform for their distinct brand of humor, and will provide SMOSH fans with another way to connect with their favorite digital channels.
  • The SMOSH Graphic Novels and Comics will hit retail shelves Holiday 2015 and will retail for $3.99-$4.99 for comic books, $14.99-$19.99 for soft cover graphic novels, $24.99-$49.99 for hard covers.
  • The program will target the growing community of graphic novel and comic book enthusiast in the young millennial demographic
  •  Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla have been listed as the highest ranking public figures among teens 13-17 years old according to a 2014 survey commissioned by Variety
  •  Domestic sales of comics and graphic novels have been rising for years, reaching $870 million in 2013, up from $265 million in 2000, according to estimates by Comichron’s John Jackson Miller and ICv2’s Milton Griepp.