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.
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).
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