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Boom Studios
Boom! Studios (styled BOOM! Studios) is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Origins In the early 2000s, Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby had been working in Hollywood, helping to option comic book projects as producers and working to develop them into films with the studios, but were 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. 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. When Giffen was featured as a guest at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention, he grabbed a drink with Richie after the show and persuaded him to part ways with Atomeka Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Richie
Ross Richie (born May 22, 1970) is an American comic book publisher and the founder of Boom! Studios, film producer, television producer and comic book creator. Richie was a Keynote Speaker for the 2012 Harvey Awards and a judge for the "Spirit of Comics Retailer" Eisner Award. The New York Times profiled Richie and his company Boom! Studios twice. Early life Richie was born in San Antonio, Texas and is a graduate of Alamo Heights High School and The University of Texas at Austin. After graduation, Richie moved to Los Angeles and found a job in the marketing department of Malibu Comics, where he worked from 1993 to 1995. While at Malibu, Richie met Andrew Cosby, who later became his business partner. After leaving Malibu, Richie worked in consulting and script reading. In 2003 he co-wrote a comic book with Keith Giffen for Image Comics, which led to him helping Dave Elliott and Garry Leach re-launch Atomeka Press in 2004. In June 2005, Richie and Cosby launched BOOM! Studios. As B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |