ComiXology Launches ComiXology Originals with
BOOM! Studios and Cartoon Network Enterprises
Adventure Time Marshall Lee Spectacular
Available today exclusively on comiXology and Kindle for $3.99 &
free to comiXology Unlimited subscribers
January 18th, 2017 – New York, NY – ComiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comic shopping & reading platform, launches their comiXology Originals program with the fun, all-ages title Adventure Time Marshall Lee Spectacular from BOOM! Studios and Cartoon Network Enterprises. Unveiled last October, comiXology Originals is a new program featuring exclusive comic content available only on comiXology and Kindle. Adventure Time Marshall Lee Spectacular is available today for $3.99 on comiXology and Kindle or free at launch to comiXology Unlimited subscribers and as part of the comiXology Unlimited 30-day free trial.
Based on Cartoon Network’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Adventure Time, the Adventure Time Marshall Lee Spectacular from BOOM! Studios and Cartoon Network Enterprises features the fan-favorite character Marshall Lee, the Vampire King. Marshall Lee is the male counterpart of Marceline the Vampire Queen from the hugely popular Fionna and Cake universe.
Framed by a fully painted cover by cartoonist Fábio Moon (Daytripper), the 22-page Adventure Time Marshall Lee Spectacular contains three all-new original Marshall Lee stories and an original song:
- “Not Funny” by writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Audrey Mok. The lead story features New York Times bestselling writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer, Supergirl) with artist Audrey Mok (Josie and the Pussycats) and follows Marshall Lee and his uncontrollable laughter at unfunny things.
- “The Bravest Prince” by Melanie Gillman and artist Trungles. Writer Melanie Gillman (As the Crow Flies) teams up with artist Trungles (Fresh Romance) for a story in which Prince Gumball witnesses Marshall Lee’s fear of… flowers.
- “Disqualified” by S.M. Vidaurri and artist Asia Kendrick-Horton. Writer S.M. Vidaurri (Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Witches) joins with artist Asia Kendrick-Horton (Steven Universe) for a story in which Prince Gumball attempts to win a competition by trying to be more villainous than Marshall Lee.
- “It’s Not Hard To Be Bad” Written and drawn by S.M. Vidaurri. Vidaurri closes out the issue by composing a song for Marshall Lee to sing while playing guitar in a spectacular one pager.
13 Great ADVENTURE TIME Comics You Must Read →
Good week to be an Adventure Time fan.
Fans get two books to dive into 1/18: Comixology Originals and Boom! have teamed up for the digital-only Marshall Lee Spectacular #1 — with a cover by Fabio Moon (click here) — while Adventure Time Comics #7 hits shops and digital platforms.
Adventure Time gets spectacular with Marshall Lee →
Check out an exclusive preview of three pages of S.M. Vidaurri and Asia Kendrick-Horton’s “Disqualified,” one of three new Marshall Lee stories in Adventure Time Marshall Lee Spectacular, debuting on comiXology January 18th!
You can pre-order comiXology Originals, exclusive digital content only available on comiXology and Kindle!
Adventure Time Marshall Lee Spectacular contains three all-new original Marshall Lee stories set in KaBOOM!/BOOM! Studios’ bestselling continuation of Cartoon Network’s “Adventure Time” TV show. The first story features New York Times bestselling writer Mariko Tamaki (*Skim, Supergirl*) with artist Audrey Mok (*Josie and the Pussycats*), followed by stories teaming up writer Melanie Gillman (*As the Crow Flies, Steven Universe*) with artist Trungles (*Fresh Romance*) and writer S.M. Vidaurri (Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Witches) with artist Asia Kendrick-Horton (*Steven Universe*). All three stories can be found behind a fully painted cover by Fabio Moon (Daytripper).
Welcome to Valiant High – a hilarious reimagining of Valiant’s award-winning superhero universe by writer Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and artist Derek Charm (Jughead) with a first issue cover by David Lafuente (Ultimate Spider-Man)! Before they became the world’s most formidable heroes, they were roaming the halls at a super-powered preparatory academy where Aric “X-O Manowar” Dacia is a record-setting running back, Colin “Ninjak” King is a debonair foreign exchange student, and Coach Bloodshot is way too into dodgeball! Now…Faith “Zephyr” Herbert is about to discover it all for the first time as the newest girl in school!
Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost will see the posthumous expansion and completion of this legendary creator’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol. Kurztman’s ambitious concept for Marley’s Ghost began in the 1950s—as an early “graphic novel"—but was never realized. Now, the talented trio of Shannon Wheeler, Gideon Kendall, and Josh O'Neill will adapt and expand upon Kurtzman’s extensive breakdowns and notes to make his long-lost vision a reality. Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993) was the creator of MAD, Playboy’s Little Annie Fanny, and TRUMP magazine. The comic industry’s Harvey Awards are named in his honor. Shannon Wheeler is the Eisner Award-winning creator of the comic Too Much Coffee Man and a contributor to The New Yorker. Gideon Kendall is an artist, illustrator and animation designer whose clients include Disney, Cartoon Network, and The New York Times. Josh O'Neil is an Eisner and Harvey Award-winning writer and editor (Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream).
ADVENTURE TIME #60 by Christopher Hastings and Ian McGinty!
Finn gets into the dungeon-making scene and meets fellow dungeon masters, some of whom are villains from Finn’s past!
Here’s our five fav graphic novels new this week!
PAPER GIRLS Vol. 2, by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt WIlson
The smash-hit series from BRIAN K. VAUGHAN and CLIFF CHIANG continues with a bold new direction, as intrepid young newspaper deliverers Erin, Mac, and Tiffany find themselves launched from 1988 to a distant and terrifying future…the year 2016. Collects PAPER GIRLS #6-10
THE VISION Vol. 2: LITTLE BETTER THAN A BEAST, by Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Michael Walsh, and Jordie Bellaire
The epic conclusion of the story that everyone is talking about! Once upon a time, a robot and a witch fell in love. But the story of Scarlet Witch and Vision was just the start. Vision has built a new life for himself — a new family. Yet while every family has its share of skeletons in the closet, for the Visions those skeletons are real. And now the family’s facade is crumbling. The Avengers know the truth. That Vision’s wife has killed. That the synthezoid lied to protect her. And that lie will follow lie, death will pile upon death. The Avengers know they need to act. Tragedy is coming, and it will send the Android Avenger into a devastating confrontation with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Nobody is safe. Collects Vision (2015) #7-12.
ADVENTURE TIME: ISLANDS, by Ashly Burch and Diigii Daguna
Ties into the huge Adventure Time: Islands television event, the mini-series airing on Cartoon Network this winter where Finn meets other humans and an important member of his family for the first time. Written by Islands show writer Ashly Burch, this story serves as a prequel to the television event. In the wake of the mushroom war and the vampire infestation, the remaining humans of Ooo have set sail for safer shores. Bunny Girl (aka Jo), who was Marceline’s precocious young friend from the “Stakes” mini-series, is fearful of what dangers await them. Two Bread Tom, her caretaker in Marcy’s absence, does his best to assuage her concerns. But after an attack from a swarm of monstrous sea creatures almost sinks the ship, Jo and the rest of the humans start to fear that it may not be safe anywhere.
ARCHIE Vol. 2, by Mark Waid and Veronica Fish
The all-new ARCHIE adventure continues! Superstar writer Mark Waid teams up with rising star artist Veronica Fish to bring a modern take to the legendary Riverdale cast of characters. The elusive, rich Veronica Lodge has taken Riverdale by storm – and it’s caused everyone to take sides, with Archie Andrews stuck in the middle of it all. Relive all the drama, all the romance and all the beautiful art and storytelling once more in this graphic novel that collects ARCHIE #7-12. Welcome to the New Riverdale.
WUVABLE OAF: BLOOD AND METAL, by Ed Luce
Oaf, a wuvable Bay Area bear, searches for love in the local metal and wrestling scenes inBlood and Metal, which collects a number of short stories. Featuring tales of Oaf ’s formative childhood years, and much more!
Four great Friday sales!
Today only! Save on INHUMANS and X-MEN!
Velvet, Criminal, Fatale, and The Fade Out are on sale through 12/5!
Time for an Adventure Time sale! (And also how about Steven Universe, Regular Show, Clarence, and other Cartoon Network favs?!?!?) Sale ends 12/5.
Love and Rockets, Maggie the Mechanic, Heartbreak Soup, and more are on sale through 12/5!
We are so excited about the comiXology Originals news!
“Titles are intended to act as outreach for the comics medium in general, in addition to ComiXology specifically, offering alternative genres to the superhero stories that dominate the industry. Even Valiant High— written by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s Daniel Kibblesmith, with art by Jughead’s Derek Charm — reimagines the publisher’s superhero characters in a high school setting, with heroes and villains becoming faculty and students. The program is the second significant new project this year from the digital comics company.”
“One of the past decade’s most remarkable developments in comics art has been the ascent of digital-comics retailer comiXology…. Like Netflix before it, comiXology will start offering online-only titles; unlike Netflix, you snag them via individual purchase. … Let the experiment begin!”
“The one thing that unites these books is their unexpectedness: Marshall Lee gives the spotlight to a supporting character from an alternate version of Adventure Time, Valiant is creating its own fanfic-style high school AU, and of course the Kurtzman book features unseen and long forgotten work from one of comics’ greatest pioneers. With these titles as an opening gambit, it will be interesting to see what Comixology Unlimited offers in its second round of books and beyond!”
“I admit to feeling some skepticism when ComiXology was first acquired by Amazon (I’d been a big fan of the service prior to it being picked up by the ecommerce giant), but this sounds like a very promising beginning for a lineup of Originals. The best part is that none of these choices strike me as particularly ‘safe’; sure, Adventure Time is tried and tested IP, but the creative teams participating there are super interesting.”
ComiXology Originals Unveiled with Debut of Exclusive Content Line
ComiXology unveils digital only program to spotlight exclusive comic content
Debut lineup includes titles from publishers BOOM! Studios, Valiant Entertainment and the legendary Harvey Kurtzman
October 4th, 2016 – New York, NY – ComiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comic shopping & reading platform, today announced comiXology Originals, a new program featuring exclusive comic content on comiXology and Kindle. The comiXology Originals debut lineup includes titles from BOOM! Studios, Valiant Entertainment and the legendary Harvey Kurtzman all available for pre-order today. ComiXology Originals titles will be digital only and exclusively available for comiXology and Kindle customers.
“Our mission is to make everyone on the face of the planet a comic fan, and with comiXology Originals we’re excited to offer a range of content by diverse creators,” said comiXology co-founder and CEO David Steinberger. “It’s fantastic to be working with publishers across the spectrum to deliver great comics to comiXology and Kindle, offering fans stories that they can’t get anywhere else.”
ComiXology Originals offers a host of diverse comic book content – debut titles include:
- Adventure Time Marshall Lee Spectacular from BOOM! Studios with three all-new original Marshall Lee stories set in BOOM! Studios’ bestselling continuation of Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time TV show. The first story features New York Times bestselling writer Mariko Tamaki with artist Audrey Mok, followed by stories teaming up writer Melanie Gillman with artist Trungles and writer S.M. Vidaurri with artist Asia Kendrick-Horton — all found behind a fully painted cover by Fabio Moon. This digital only exclusive is available for pre-order today on comiXology and Kindle for $3.99.
- Valiant High from Valiant Entertainment is a hilarious reimagining of Valiant’s award-winning superhero universe by writer Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), artist Derek Charm (Jughead) with a first issue cover by David Lafuente! Before they became the world’s most formidable heroes, they were roaming the halls at a super-powered preparatory academy where Aric “X-O Manowar” Dacia is a record-setting running back, Colin “Ninjak” King is a debonair foreign exchange student, and Coach Bloodshot is way too into dodgeball! Now… Faith “Zephyr” Herbert is about to discover it all for the first time as the newest girl in school! Issue #1 (of 4) of this digital only exclusive is available for pre-order today on comiXology and Kindle for $3.99.
- Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost will see The New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler, illustrator Gideon Kendall and editor Josh O’Neill expand and complete Kurtzman’s first attempt at the graphic novel form courtesy of the Estate of Harvey Kurtzman and packagers Kitchen, Lind & Associates. Never completed until now, in the 1950s Kurtzman attempted to adapt the Marley’s ghost section of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with over 70 pages of breakdowns. The completed work will be a 100+ page digital only exclusive graphic novel and is available for pre-order today for $9.99. on comiXology and Kindle with a winter 2017 release date.
“It’s humbling to kick off the comiXology Originals program with such a fantastic roster of creators like Mariko Tamaki, Derek Charm, Audrey Mok, Fabio Moon, Shannon Wheeler, Harvey Kurztman and so many others,” said Chip Mosher, comiXology’s Head of Content and Senior Director of Communications. “From a fun superhero romp with Valiant, to BOOM!’s Adventure Time, to posthumously finishing Mad Magazine founder Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost - this is truly an embarrassment of riches.”
The debut of comiXology Originals is just the latest in a long line of innovations and offers from comiXology. With over 75,000 comics, graphic novels and manga from more than 125 publishers, comiXology offers the widest selection of digital comics in the world. ComiXology’s immense catalog, comiXology Unlimited subscription service and cinematic Guided View reading experience make it the best digital platform for comic fans worldwide.
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