written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message boom studios founded june 2005 founder ross richie & andrew cosby 1 2 country of origin united states headquarters location los angeles california key people paul levitz board of directors 3 matt gagnon editor in chief 4 filip sablik president of publishing and marketing 5 stephen christy president of development film and tv 6 lance kreiter vice president of licensing and merchandising 7 publication types comics graphic novels imprints archaia entertainment official website www.boom studios.com boom studios styled boom studios is an american comic book and graphic novel publisher headquartered in los angeles california united states . contents 1 history 2 imprints 2.1 boom studios 2.1.1 originals 2.1.2 licenses 2.2 kaboom 2.2.1 licenses 2.2.2 other titles 2.3 boom box 2.3.1 originals 2.3.2 licenses 2.4 boom town 2.4.1 originals 2.5 archaia 3 distribution 4 awards 5 award nominations 6 digital comics 6.1 alternate reality gaming 6.2 boom app 7 references 8 external links history edit this section has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this section possibly contains original research . please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . statements consisting only of original research should be removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this section may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with wikipedia s quality standards . you can help . the discussion page may contain suggestions . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message in the early 2000s ross richie and andrew cosby had been working in hollywood helping to option comic book projects as a producer and working to develop them into movies with the studios but was getting increasingly frustrated with the process . richie planned to start boom to get away from hollywood . before boom richie and cosby worked briefly with dave elliott and garry leach in 2004 to revive 1980s comic book publishing house atomeka press . 8 while working with atomeka richie cut a deal with keith giffen and j.m. dematteis to publish their series hero squared with the hero squared x tra sized special one shot . 9 when giffen was featured as a guest at the los angeles comic book and science fiction convention 10 he grabbed a drink with richie after the show and persuaded him to part ways with atomeka press and start his own outfit boom . 11 boom s first publication was zombie tales 1 a horror zombie anthology released on june 29 2005 12 under the boom and atomeka press logo . 13 the issue was originally solicited by atomeka but released after richie had left the company to start boom . giffen and dematteis imported their hero squared series from atomeka to boom and hero squared became the very first boom comic book solicited solely under the boom logo 14 shipping july 27 2005 . 15 during this time in its history boom focused on publishing an array of original series created by a slew of industry veterans giffen worked on hero squared planetary brigade 10 jeremiah harm and the tales titles like zombie tales and cthulhu tales . dematteis collaborated with giffen on hero squared and planetary brigade and brought his own series the stardust kid with mike ploog over from image comics . mike mignola and troy nixey s oni press series jenny finn migrated to boom and finally completed its story . eisner award winner dave johnson created covers for zombie tales and cthulhu tales . joe casey created the black plague while rafael albuquerque s first american work debuted in the savage brothers . 2006 saw boom move into licensing for the first time with the debut of games workshop series warhammer 40 000 damnation crusade based on the popular miniatures game of the same name . 16 in 2007 boom published steven grant s crime action comic 2 guns which cosby and ritchie produced for universal studios in 2013 . at the 2007 san diego comic con boom announced plans to launch its first imprint a new line of comics for children originally announced with the name zoom 17 but when the imprint launched in 2009 the imprint debuted as boom kids . 18 boom also signed a deal with disney pixar to produce comic books based on their properties and secured newsstand distribution . the first included the muppet show by roger langridge and the incredibles family matters by mark waid and artist marcio takara . in february 2011 boom re branded the imprint as kaboom 19 re focusing the imprint to be truly appealing to all ages rather than only children . 20 boom announced during the 2007 san diego comic con the appointment of mark waid as editor in chief . 21 in 2009 waid created irredeemable which became boom s longest running series at that time lasting 37 issues and the sister book incorruptible . after being promoted to chief creative officer in 2013 waid announced he would be leaving boom to return to freelance work . former managing editor matt gagnon was promoted to editor in chief . 22 at the beginning of 2013 the company launched its weareboom campaign spotlighting a philosophy that boom isn t just composed of its writers artists and staff but also of the fans that read its comics and the retailers that sell them . 23 in 2013 boom acquired archaia studios press 24 merging it into boom and retaining it as a stand alone imprint . in 2015 boom launched push comics forward a public relations campaign aimed at generating a discussion about how comic book publishing can become more inclusive and diverse . 25 imprints edit this section has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this section possibly contains original research . please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . statements consisting only of original research should be removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this section may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with wikipedia s quality standards . you can help . the discussion page may contain suggestions . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message boom is composed of four main imprints the core boom brand the all ages focused kaboom archaia and boom box . citation needed boom studios edit the boom studios imprint publishes action oriented fare which most appropriate for teens or older readers . 26 originals edit originals under the boom banner explore a wide variety of genres from ya science fiction like in the woods by james tynion iv and michael dialynas 27 to horror action like in the thriller day men citation needed which racked up best inker and best cover artist harvey awards nominations 28 for series artist brian stelfreeze and sold to universal pictures as a movie . 29 crime noir period piece hit citation needed garnered harvey awards nominations for best continuing or limited series and a best inker 28 for artist vanesa r. del rey and george p rez s series for boom sirens is a multi genre action piece that goes from fantasy to western to science fiction . 30 pulp science fiction mini series six gun gorilla citation needed written by si spurrier and drawn by jeff stokely was nominated for several harvey awards including best artist and most promising new talent and best new series . 28 boom also published an original series from clive barker entitled next testament . 31 32 boom generally does not focus on super hero material but has published grace randolph s supurbia . 33 two of its original series irredeemable and suicide risk have gathered accolades . mark waid s series irredeemable ran for 37 issues citation needed and generated 10 graphic novel collections . citation needed a sister series called incorruptible ran 30 issues citation needed which were collected into 7 graphic novels . citation needed mike carey s series suicide risk received nominations for best new series and best single issue or story . 34 licenses edit boom s published many adaptations of popular films . its planet of the apes series of comics is the longest running adaptation of the series publishing more comics than marvel 29 issues and malibu 50 issues . 35 boom s series include planet of the apes 16 issues plus an annual a giant issue a special issue and a spectacular betrayal on the planet of the apes 4 issues 36 exile on planet of the apes 4 issues and planet of the apes cataclysm 12 issues . just before the release of rise of the planet of the apes boom serialized a one shot prelude to the movie online as a free webcomic . at san diego comic con international 2014 they published a one shot dawn of the planet of the apes contagion bridging rise of the planet of the apes and dawn of the planet of the apes . 37 they are following this with a six issue series dawn of the planet of the apes in the modern movie continuity 38 as the classic movie continuity crosses over with star trek the original series in a co publishing deal with idw publishing . 39 other film adaptations include an ongoing series based on big trouble in little china 40 written by eric powell and john carpenter an escape from new york comic book 41 an ongoing series with bill and ted s excellent adventure 42 an eight issue series based on robocop 43 and 28 days later bridging the story between 28 days later and 28 weeks later a 12 issue series based on clive barker s nightbreed 44 45 new hellraiser comics 46 unlike the previous marvel comics series barker himself co wrote the series eight issues of die hard year one focusing on john mcclane s first year as a beat cop in new york city 47 and a film tie in for jennifer s body . citation needed boom has published a number of series that are based on television shows like sleepy hollow 48 and sons of anarchy and jim henson s fraggle rock . 49 new stories with farscape began in 2009 and ran for 6 subsequent mini series and a 24 issue ongoing series . all of boom s farscape series were co written by show creator rockne s. o bannon and take place in official show continuity immediately after the peacekeeper wars . boom also published a tie in to syfy s show eureka and well as new stories featuring tv s the avengers also known as steed and mrs. peel so as not to be confused with the marvel comics characters of the same name . 50 on january 28 2012 boom released a reprint of the previously published eclipse comics mini series written by grant morrison and drawn by ian gibson . citation needed boom acquired the license for mighty morphin power rangers in june 2015 and released a monthly comic starting in january