During the ComicsPRO Annual Comic Industry Meeting, BOOM! Studios had a number of announcements for 2024.
Here is a bullet point rundown of the announcements:
- This year, BOOM! Studios will commemorate landmark milestones in its history as a publisher:
- The 5th year anniversary of the Slaughterverse’s flagship title SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN as well as co-creator James Tynion IV’s 10th anniversary at the company.
- The blockbuster series will return this year with issue #36, kicking off “ERICA SLAUGHTER YEAR ONE” in April: five self-contained stories that reveal what made Erica the iconic monster hunter we all know and love, perfect for new readers and long-time fans alike.
- Spinoff series HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER returns in March with issue #21, as Jace Boucher’s FINAL story is told in “The Butcher’s War” culminating in the landmark 25th issue. Additionally, the long-awaited second deluxe hardcover of SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN will release this fall, alongside additional anniversary driven announcements to come.
- The 10th year anniversary of the award-winning YA imprint BOOM! BOX and its category-defining series LUMBERJANES.
- Off of the breakout success of Michael Dialynas’ magical eco-fable ZAWA, the beloved imprint’s banner year kicks off with I HEART SKULL-CRUSHER! by writer Josie Campbell (My Adventures With Superman) and artist Alessio Zonno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) in March.
- Three more BOOM! Box series featuring incredible creative teams that have never worked with BOOM! Studios before will be announced later this year.
- Both of these anniversaries will be celebrated at FREE COMIC BOOK DAY in May, with THE WORLDS OF JAMES TYNION IV and BOOM BOX 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA specials.
- 2024 will also be a pivotal year for one of BOOM! Studios’ biggest tentpole franchises: BRZRKR.
- Kicking off a year of BRZRKR releases will be the inaugural story in the second volume of BRZRKR: BLOODLINES, the series of standalone extra-length comic specials exploring B.’s bloody history.
- Penning this new story will be legendary comics writer Jason Aaron (Once Upon a Time at the End of the World, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman Off-World) and superstar artist Francesco Manna (Predator: The Last Hunt, Carnage).
- Titled BRZRKR: A FACEFUL OF BULLETS, this standalone special will bring B. to the iconic setting of the 1800s American West, placing him in the middle of a grudge match between a greedy land baron and his runaway daughter where he must decide if he will play the role of a guardian angel, or succumb to his violent tendencies…
- BRZRKR: A FACEFUL OF BULLETS #1 will be available in comic shops in June 2024.
- In July, the world of BRZRKR will expand even further with an original prose novel from Dey Rey — THE BOOK OF ELSEWHERE, written by Keanu Reeves and bestselling, award-winning author China Miéville.
- New BRZRKR PEN & INK editions, featuring stunning black and white artwork and exclusive artist commentary, are also coming this year beginning with Steve Skroce’s Poetry of Madness next month.
- A complete Deluxe Hardcover collecting the initial 12 issue mega-series in one premium volume will arrive this fall.
- More exciting BRZRKR announcements, both in publishing and beyond, will come throughout the year.
- The celebrated series THE EXPANSE: DRAGON TOOTH, set in the universe of James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse, will arrive at its monumental conclusion this year with issue #12 in May.
- BOOM! Studios has teased plans beyond the current series, to be announced later this year.
- BOOM! Studios will celebrate another epic milestone in 2024 with the 20th anniversary of THE AMORY WARS, the New York Times best-selling series created by Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez.
- Announced earlier this week, the climactic chapter of the acclaimed sci-fi saga — NO WORLD FOR TOMORROW — will launch in comic shops in May.
- Claudio Sanchez along with his wife and co-writer Chondra Echert, currently touring in their side project The Prize Fighter Inferno, performed a secret set exclusively for our retail partners at the ComicsPRO event today.
- BOOM! Studios reiterated its mission to support and champion retailer partners in 2024.
- Coupled with Diamond’s newly announced 3% of retail flat shipping rate, BOOM! Studios reinforced its commitment to its 2% of retail weekly freight rebate, reducing retailer freight costs to a mere 1% of retail beginning April 1.
- Additionally, BOOM! Studios announced a deep discount sale that will run March 25 through April 5 so comic shops can take advantage of the improved shipping costs to restock their shelves.
- These initiatives augment BOOM! Studios’ industry-leading, consistent affidavit returnability program (BOOM! Guarantee), best-in-class marketing and sales resources, and point-of-sale materials.
