Press Release
Dynamite Entertainment is proud to welcome The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood, the popular web comic first published by digital platform Thrillbent, to their print publishing library, beginning in October with the release of the first issue by Christina Blanch, Chris Carr, Chee, and Troy Peteri. The debut issue features a color cover by Francesco Francavilla (Afterlife with Archie), plus an incentive cover edition by regular series artist Chee.
The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood dares to ask: how far will a man go to save his son? Charlie Wormwood has a pretty normal life – a house, a wife, a job, and a kid. With his son sick, he begins treading a dangerous path to make things right. Teaching in prison gives him many “opportunities,” but what problems will he create as he walks into the prison of darkness for his family?
“The whole Wormwood team is so excited about having our book in print,” says Christina Blanch, who co-wrote and co-created the series. “I love digital and print, so there’s nothing better! What’s great about being in both digital and print is that you get a different experience while reading the comic digitally and in print form.”
Co-creators Blanch and Carr originally launched the series via Thrillbent, a digital comic site created by award-winning writer Mark Waid and television writer/producer John Rogers. Their first chapter debuted on April 3, 2013, with weekly chapters posted on Mondays. They are currently up to the twelfth chapter of their second volume.
“One of the biggest treats for me was when I first saw the cover of the Dynamite book. The book has always been in black and white, and we really don’t have covers for the digital version. However, for the Dynamite #1 issue, both Chee and Francesco Francavilla did covers that were in color. When I first saw Charlie in color, I just stared and stared.”
“The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood is hands-down a fantastic series. Christina, Chris, Chee, and Troy could have set up the series with any publisher. We’re honored that they chose Dynamite. This is a great series and I cannot wait for comic stores to make the comics and graphic novel collections available to their fans for years to come,” states Dynamite CEO/President Nick Barrucci.
The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood #1 will be solicited in Diamond Comic Distributors’ August Previews catalog, the premiere source of merchandise for the comic book specialty market, and slated for release in October. Comic book fans are encouraged to reserve copies of The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood with their local comic book retailers.
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About Dynamite Entertainment:
Dynamite was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties, including The Boys, The Shadow, Red Sonja, Warlord of Mars, Bionic Man, A Game of Thrones, and more. Dynamite owns and controls an extensive library with over 3,000 characters (which includes the Harris Comics and Chaos Comics properties), such as Vampirella, Pantha, Evil Ernie, Smiley the Psychotic Button, Chastity, and Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt. In addition to their critically-acclaimed titles and bestselling comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high profile creators in comics and entertainment, including Kevin Smith, Alex Ross, Neil Gaiman, Andy Diggle, John Cassaday, Garth Ennis, Jae Lee, Marc Guggenheim, Mike Carey, Jim Krueger, Greg Pak, Brett Matthews, Matt Wagner, Gail Simone, Steve Niles, James Robinson, and a host of up-and-coming new talent. Dynamite is consistently ranked in the upper tiers of comic book publishers and several of their titles – including Alex Ross and Jim Krueger’s Project Superpowers – have debuted in the Top Ten lists produced by Diamond Comics Distributors. In 2005, Diamond awarded the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%) and again in 2011. The company has also been nominated for and won several industry awards, including the prestigious Harvey and Eisner Awards.
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