"Farscape" #1 Goes Back to Press for a Third Printing
Official Press Release
Just in time for the 10th anniversary of FARSCAPE, BOOM! Studios announced today a third printing of the FARSCAPE #1 comic book.
“We were blown away by the reaction to the first printing of FARSCAPE #1,” said Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid. “So when we went to a second print, we were pretty darn happy. We cannot believe that we have sold completely out of all of that now!”
“Marketing and Sales Director Chip Mosher and I couldn’t believe our eyes,” said BOOM! co-founder Ross Richie. “It’s clear that the FARSCAPE fans have spoken, and the Direct Market retailers have listened!”
Diamond Comics Distributors will make the third printing of FARSCAPE #1 available on April 8th. At that time the third printing’s code will open for orders, and a Diamond Daily article will also run alerting retailers to its availability. The third printing of FARSCAPE #1 has an expected in-store date of April 29th.
The first printing of FARSCAPE #1 was released on Christmas Eve 2008 and sold out in a record five days. The fourth and final issue of the miniseries will be appearing on stands very soon.
The FARSCAPE comic series is written by FARSCAPE television series creator Rockne S. O’Bannon with script by Keith R.A. DeCandido, interior art by Tommy Patterson and cover art by fan-favorites Dennis Calero and Joseph Corroney.
Picking up directly where the television miniseries FARSCAPE: THE PEACEKEEPER WARS left off, fans can look forward to show creator O’Bannon steering their favorite characters into new and original stories, keeping with the existing canon – and then extending it!
Debuting on the SCI-FI Channel in 1998, FARSCAPE follows the adventures of astronaut John Crichton, who has a freak accident during an experimental space mission that catapults him across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield. Suddenly, he’s trapped among alien creatures wielding deadly technology – a battle that 20th century sci-fi pop culture never prepared him for. Hunted by a merciless military race, Crichton begins his quest for home from a distant galaxy.
Boom Studios’ Farscape #1 Sell Out
December 30, 2008 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Official Press Release
After garnering near unanimous critical acclaim, BOOM! Studios announced today that FARSCAPE #1 is completely sold out.
Fans should keep in mind, while distributor Diamond Comics are completely sold out, Farscape #1 may still be found at direct market retailers across the country. BOOM! Studios is working closely with Diamond Comics Distributors and evaluating the demand for a second printing.
“We are tracking the unfilled re-orders carefully at the moment. But a second printing looks like it may just happen,” said Marketing and Sales Director Chip Mosher.
FARSCAPE #1 is written by television series creator Rockne O’Bannon with script by Keith R.A. DeCandido, interior art by Tommy Patterson and cover art by fan-favorites Dennis Calero and Joseph Corroney!
Picking up directly where the television miniseries FARSCAPE: THE PEACEKEEPER WARS left off, fans can look forward to show creator O’Bannon steering their favorite characters into new and original stories, keeping with the existing canon – and then extending it! Read more
Boom! Studios Announces Necronomicon Mini-Series
June 7, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Official Press Release
BOOM! Studios is proud to announce NECRONOMICON, a new four-issue mini-series based around H.P. Lovecraft’s “Necronomicon,” the religious text featured in dozens of Lovecraft’s short stories and novellas. Hitting store shelves in August, BOOM!’s NECRONOMICON is written by long-time fan-favorite William Messner-Loebs, with gruesome interior art by Andrew Ritchie and scream-inducing covers by J.K. Woodward.
“Lovecraft believed – and he was right – that the scariest things are those least understood. Thus he kept everything as vague as he could – the mythos, the monsters, even the horrid and grisly fates of his heroes,” said NECRONOMICON writer William Messner-Loebs. “Well, my job, given me by the esteemed BOOM!, is to describe, explicate, explain and anatomize said book and lay its mysteries bare, all whilst causing as much havoc as I can.”
NECRONOMICON follows the story of Henry Said, an Arabic college student in 1920s Arkham, Mass. who is hired by cultists to find the forbidden tome and obtain the dark powers of old. In the course of his adventures, Henry travels the world as he traces the footsteps of the Necronomicon’s writer, Abdul Alhazard, and makes a… dark discovery.
Lovecraft’s works have frightened and inspired generations of fantasy and horror readers, and NECRONOMICON will bring the same horrific adventures fans know and love in the way that only BOOM! can deliver.
“The terror of Lovecraft’s creations comes from their implications – the idea that man is insignificant and small,” said BOOM! Studios Editorr-in-Chief Mark Waid. “These elder gods exist outside our perceptions, and nothing we do matters because we are just a footnote in their texts. I’m excited about NECRONOMICON because William Messner-Loebs understands that tension in Lovecraft’s works, and J.K. Woodward’s covers and Andrew Richie’s art bring that to life.”
With the publication of NECRONOMICON, BOOM! Studios continues to redefine Lovecraft’s vision with today’s top talent, following up on the successes of their fan-favorite ongoing series FALL OF CTHULHU and their best-selling anthology, CTHULHU TALES.
NECRONOMICON #1 features a cover by J.K. Woodward, Diamond item order code: JUN083748.
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (http://www.boom-studios.com) is a unique new publishing house specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of different genres from some of the industry’s biggest talents. In its inaugural year, Wizard Magazine named BOOM! “Best New Publisher.” Founded by the creator of the TV show EUREKA, Andrew Cosby, and his partner Ross Richie, BOOM! Studios continues to be on the leading edge of comic and graphic novel publishing.
