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24/02/2022 19h20 |
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Charlie Adlard time! As they've done in past years, Boom Studios has used ComicsPRO's Annual Conference to announce, or more accurately tease, new creators working on new projects at the publisher. This year, the announcements came in the form of a sizzle reel that President of Publishing & Marketing, Filip Sablik, shared with retailers moments ago. One of the creator names shown was an unexpected one – Charlie Adlard. Adlard, of course, is Robert Kirkman's creative partner for the majority of the biggest comic book hit of the noughties, The Walking Dead. Adlard penciled 187 issues of the series which spun off into multiple TV shows, video games, board games, and formed the cornerstone of Kirkman's Skybound.
The Walking Dead's Charlie Adlard Picks Boom For Next Project
Charlei Adlard by Niccolò Caranti CC BY-SA 4.0
And while Adlard has worked the bande-dessinée Vampire State Building for French publisher Soleil (and subsequently released in the States by Ablaze) with writers Ange and Patrick Renault and developed a historical fiction project called Heretic with writer Robbie Morrison, he's been absent from any new projects from American publishers in over two years despite offers from Marvel and DC. Thanks to The Walking Dead Deluxe, the coloured re-release of the entire series on a weekly basis, he's still had a regular presence in the market.
Based on the video we saw, the creators named are each working on a series for Boom in 2022, which begs the question – what's the name of Charlie Adlard's first new series after The Walking Dead? And who is the writer? It could be other fellow Brits shown in the video like Kieron Gillen or Al Ewing, but our money is on Step By Bloody Step writer Si Spurrier. Spurrier's name flashes on the screen just ahead of Adlard's and he hasn't had a new project at Boom since 2019's Alienated with Chris Wildgoose.
Adlard isn't the only new Image creator shown off in Boom's sizzle reel. Darcy Van Poelgeest, who wrote Image's breakout hit of 2019, Little Bird, also appears in the list of names. Like Adlard, assuming Boom is teasing a new creator-owned series, this would be Van Poelgeest's first since Little Bird won the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series. A sequel to Little Bird, Precious Metal with artist Ian Bertram, was announced by Image for 2021 in 2020 but has yet to be released.
Will Boom have additional Image creators to announce later this year? Only time will tell, but we plan to be the first to let you know if and when it happens. In the meantime, stay tuned for more news coming out of ComicsPRO as it breaks.
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As they've done in past years, Boom Studios has used ComicsPRO's Annual Conference to announce, or more accurately tease, new creators working on new projects at the publisher. This year, the announcements came in the form of a sizzle reel that President of Publishing & Marketing, Filip Sablik, shared with retailers moments ago. A pair of names that popped up may raise some eyebrows were Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo. Tomlin worked on the script of The Batman, in cinemas on the 3rd of March, with filmmaker Matt Reeves and also wrote the recent Batman: The Imposter comic series for DC Black Label, which has a collection landing in stores next week. Beyond Batman, Tomlin is one of Hollywood's most in-demand screenwriters thanks to Project Power on Netflix, starring Jamie Foxx & James Gordon-Levitt; Mother/Android on Hulu, starring Chloe Grace Moretz; and the upcoming Mega Man adaptation. As well as Boom's BRZRKR adaptation at Netflix with Keanu Reeves. Meanwhile, Bermejo is a fan favourite from his work on DC's Batman: Damned and The Joker, both with longtime collaborator (and also featured in Boom's sizzle reel), Brian Azzarello as well as being one of the most in-demand cover artists in the industry. And, yes, launching the biggest story out of DC Comics in decades, over the batpenis.
The Batman's Mattson Tomlin & The Joker's Lee Bermejo At Boom Studios
Mattson Tomlin screencap
And while Bermejo has contributed covers to Boom including Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney's BRZRKR, both he and Tomlin are new creators when it comes to bringing a series to Boom. As we understand it, this will be Tomlin's first creator-owned project in the industry and Bermejo's first series outside of DC in many years. Who knows what the new series will be about, but when we know, you'll know.
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