Ross Richie (born May 22, 1970) is an American
comic book publisher
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and the founder of
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 Holly ...
,
film producer
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,
television producer
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and
comic book creator
developed specialized terminology. Some several attempts have been made to formalize and define the terminology of comics by authors such as Will Eisner, Scott McCloud, R. C. Harvey and Dylan Horrocks. Much of the terminology in English is ...
. Richie was a Keynote Speaker for the 2012
Harvey Awards
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and a judge for the "Spirit of Comics Retailer"
Eisner Award
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.
The New York Times
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profiled Richie and his company Boom! Studios twice.
Early life
Richie was born in
San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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and is a graduate of
Alamo Heights High School
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Athletics
The Alamo Heights Mules compete in the following sports:
Cheerl ...
and
The University of Texas at Austin
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. After graduation, Richie moved to Los Angeles and found a job in the marketing department of
Malibu Comics
Malibu Comics Entertainment, Inc. (also known as Malibu Graphics) was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. Notable titles published by Malibu included '' ...
, where he worked from 1993 to 1995. While at Malibu, Richie met
Andrew Cosby
Andrew Cosby is an American comic book creator, film producer, and screenwriter. He is the co-creator of the hit SyFy TV series Eureka, and the co-founder of Boom! Studios. Malibu Comics
Cosby worked at Malibu Comics from 1993 to 1995, at which ...
, 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
Keith Ian Giffen (born November 30, 1952) is an American comics artist and writer. He is known for his work for DC Comics on their '' Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of Lobo.
Biography ...
for
Image Comics
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, which led to him helping
Dave Elliott and
Garry Leach
Garry Leach (19 September 1954 – 26 March 2022) was a British comics artist and publisher.
Biography
Garry Leach's early work for ''2000 AD'' included mainly one-off stories featuring ''Dan Dare'' and ''M.A.C.H. 1''.[Atomeka Press
Atomeka Press is a British publisher of comic books set up in 1988 by Dave Elliott and Garry Leach. Atomeka ceased publishing in 1997, was briefly revived from 2002 to 2005 and revived again in 2013.
History
Atomeka was established as a compan ...]
in 2004. In June 2005, Richie and Cosby launched
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 Holly ...
. As BOOM! CEO, Richie produced the films ''
2 Guns'' and ''
The Empty Man''. In 2021, he changed roles from CEO to chairman of the board.
List of
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 Holly ...
films Richie is producing
*''
Lumberjanes
''Lumberjanes'' is a comic book series created by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Gus Allen, and ND Stevenson and published via the ''Boom Box!'' imprint of Boom! Studios. The story follows a group of girls named Mal, Ripley, Molly, April, and Jo s ...
''
*
James Wan
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's ''Malignant Man''
*
Grant Morrison
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A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, w ...
's ''Klaus''
*
Keith Giffen
Keith Ian Giffen (born November 30, 1952) is an American comics artist and writer. He is known for his work for DC Comics on their '' Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of Lobo.
Biography ...
's ''Tag''
List of
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 Holly ...
TV shows Richie is producing
*
Arash Amel's ''Butterfly''
*
Nate Cosby
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*National Association for the Teaching of English, the UK subject teacher association for all aspects ...
's ''Cow Boy''
*
Justin Jordan
Justin Jordan (born 1978) is an American comics writer. He is known for co-creating (with artist Tradd Moore) ''The Strange Talent of Luther Strode'' and its two sequels (published by Image Comics), and for writing 22 issues of '' Green Lantern ...
's ''Deep State''
*
Gary Phillips series ''The Rinse''
References
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Living people
1970 births
Comic book publishers (people)
American film producers
University of Texas at Austin alumni