BALTIMORE COMIC CON: BOOM! STUDIOS

Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid and Ross Ritchie, co-creator of Boom! took the stage this morning to highlight some of the exciting new projects coming out of Boom! Studios. The panel began with Waid asking the audience what titles they were reading. The audience responded with some of Boom’s recent hits like Heroes Squared, Challengers Deep and Pottersfield. Waid and Ritchie then began a very casual rundown of their upcoming projects and plans. Here are the highlights:
- A Farscape series, written by creator Rockne O’Bannon is in the works. There’s a live interview with O’Bannon on Boom’s website on his involvement in the project.
- Boom recently acquired the license for Pixar material. They’ll be launching a line from The Incredibles (written by Waid) followed by Cars, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc and WALL-E. Boom will also be investigating tying into the Pixar film that releases next year. “We’ve got so many venues that are interested in working with us on this stuff,” said Waid.
- In March of next year, Boom will launch a new line based on the Muppets. “I think it really captures the off-kilter flavor that the Muppets have,” said Ritchie. The same people involved in the approvals for the comic were also involved in the original Muppet Show. Their plan is not only to do a Muppet Show comic, but to do a great many Muppet spin-offs like Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty and King Arthur. “Anytime we can put Kermit as King Arthur, I’m in,” mentioned Waid.
- Galveston, a new four issue mini series detailing the adventures of Jim Bowie and French pirate Jean Lafitte will be realeasing in a couple weeks in late October.
- The Remnant, an idea put forth by actor Stephen Baldwin, is described by Ritchie as a “Supernatural 24. High tech super spy stuff.” Waid is of the opinion that it’s “some of the best stuff we’ve ever published.”
- Hexed, a new series, is described by Waid and Ritchie as a “What if Hellblazer was Gwen Stefani?” It follows a Brazilian street theif who becomes the go-to thief for supernatural artifacts.
- Mark Sable is onboard to do a five issue mini series called Unthinkable. Not many details are available, but it has to do with the government think tank of imaginative people who come up with odd conspiracy theories on how to strike at the United States. Unthinkable releases in March of 2009.
- There are going to be even more comics for digital download on the Boom! Studios MySpace page.
- Stuart and Kathryn Immonen will be releasing a deluxe edition hardcover through Boom called Never As Bad As You Think. It will be coming out at the end of the year and will be designed by Stuart Immonen.
That’s it from Boom! Studios. Check out Wizard Universe for more Con Report!