Earlier this year Boom Studios launched a rather well-received kids imprint with comics based on characters from Jim Henson’s Muppet Show and Pixar’s animated movies. Next up? Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #699 and Mickey Mouse and Friends #297, according to ICv2.com. The last publisher to release these long-running titles was Gemstone. Apparently Boom won’t be continuing Gemstone’s bigger, more expensive format, but will publish 24-page issues at a $2.99 price point.
UPDATE: Matt Brady talks to Boom publisher and co-founder Ross Richie about the Boom/Disney deal on the main site, and you can read the interview here.
June 20th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
I’ll be adding those two to my pull! Now if only Boom would publish a full-blown DuckTales/Darkwing Duck comic…!
June 21st, 2009 at 8:16 am
Hopefully we’ll get some Carl Barks collections!
June 21st, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Wasn’t Disney supposed to be coming out with a “Kingdom Comics” to showcase Disney properties? Because Pixar and the Muppets both belong to Disney at the moment, and I’m 51% sure Mickey Mouse does too.