Press Release
This January, KaBOOM! Studios, an imprint of BOOM! Studios, launches ADVENTURE TIME: THE FLIP SIDE, an all-new, six issue, all-ages limited series. The highly anticipated series will be written by Eisner Award winners Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Bandette) and illustrated by Wook Jin Clark (REGULAR SHOW).
Based on the top-rated Cartoon Network animated series, ADVENTURE TIME: THE FLIP SIDE is the latest in a series of commercially successful and critically acclaimed limited series that includes ADVENTURE TIME: MARCELINE & THE SCREAM QUEENS, ADVENTURE TIME: FIONNA & CAKE, and ADVENTURE TIME: CANDY CAPERS.
WHY WE LOVE IT: Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover, the team behind the Eisner Award-winning Bandette, writing ADVENTURE TIME?! It’s a match made in comic book heaven!
WHY YOU WILL LOVE IT: The “Freaky Friday” trope is turned on its head with an Ooo-sized twist! Tobin and Coover, together with newcomer Wook Jin Clark, bring you a dream ADVENTURE TIME mini-series like you’ve never seen!
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Finn and Jake find themselves without a quest and a little too much free time—what better place to look for a new adventure than the “Adventurer’s Posting Board”?! Only, the adventure they grab might be more complicated than they first imagined…this might be the most complicated adventure they’ve ever been on!
ADVENTURE TIME: THE FLIP SIDE #1 will arrive in comic book stores on January 8 and carries a retail price of $3.99 under Diamond order code NOV130903. Not sure where to find your nearest comic retailer? Use comicshoplocator.com or findacomicshop.com to find one! It’s also available for pre-order directly from boom-studios.com.
ABOUT BOOM! STUDIOS
Founded by Ross Richie in 2005, Diamond Gem Award-winning “Best Publisher” BOOM! Studios (boom-studios.com) generates a constellation of best-selling Eisner and Harvey Award-winning original and licensed comic books and graphic novels with the industry’s top talent. BOOM! Studios is the home of Mike Carey’s SUICIDE RISK, Clive Barker’s NEXT TESTAMENT and HELLRAISER, Paul Jenkins and Humberto Ramos’ FAIRY QUEST, PLANET OF THE APES, Max Bemis’ POLARITY and Mark Waid’s IRREDEEMABLE. Steven Grant’s graphic novel 2 GUNS was recently released as a feature film from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. BOOM!’s all-ages imprint KaBOOM! publishes Charles Schulz’ PEANUTS, Jim Davis’ GARFIELD, Cartoon Network’s ADVENTURE TIME and REGULAR SHOW, Mike Kunkel’s HEROBEAR AND THE KID, and Roger Langridge’s Eisner Award-winning SNARKED. In June 2013, BOOM! acquired Archaia Entertainment (archaia.com). Archaia is the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning graphic novel publisher of MOUSE GUARD, COW BOY, GUNNERKRIGG COURT, RUST, SPERA, JIM HENSON’S TALE OF SAND, RETURN OF THE DAPPER MEN, and many other great titles. In October 2013, BOOM! Studios entered into a unique first-look relationship with 20th Century Fox, giving the studio access to its library of titles and giving the publisher access to Fox’s vast catalog of films.
