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November 11, 2022

Ultimate Dark Crystal Comics Collection Now On Kickstarter

Peter Paltridge Boom Studios, comic books, comics, Jim Henson, the dark crystal, the jim henson company 2

When film is concerned, there are only two tales of the Dark Crystal: the original 1982 film, and the prequel TV series that Netflix graciously let happen but then annoyingly killed after one season. When you throw comics into the mix, though…there’s suddenly a lot more. Boom Studios and their subsidiary Archaia have been publishing Dark Crystal stories for years, from prequels to sequels to areas in between. Now they’re giving up the license, but not without printing one giant, massive, hardcover collection of all the work they ever did in Thra. The Dark Crystal 40th Anniversary Library celebrates the birthday of Jim Henson’s fantasy creation with SEVEN volumes of material. The collection is now wrapping up its Kickstarter campaign, with less than 72 hours to go as of this writing. This complete collection consists of five mainline volumes and two bonus volumes, to make for a lot of volumage: JIM HENSON’S THE DARK CRYSTAL: CREATION MYTHS HC (Collecting JIM HENSON’S THE DARK CRYSTAL: CREATION MYTHS #1-12) JIM HENSON’S THE

July 22, 2016

SDCC: Power Rangers Comic Team Talk Future Of Book

Todd Black Boom Studios, Power Rangers, SDCC, SDCC 2016 0

The Power Rangers comic has been a revelation for fans of the classic Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series. And at SDCC, the team behind the comic got to talk about their take on the franchise, as well as what Boom Studios has allowed them to do: “BOOM! really gave us the time and attention to care, and I think you can see that in the product,” Jason Bischoff shared. “They’re amazing. They give it their all.” “The idea behind the book is that it’s kind of our own thing. It’s the Mighty Morphin Rangers we all know and love, but I wanted to make it a more modern series,” writer Kyle Higgins explained. “In comics, we don’t have [the limitations of the show]… I didn’t want to write the Rangers as I remembered them; I wanted to write the Rangers as they made me feel when I was eight.” “Power Rangers to me has always been about inclusion,” he said. “Exploring that through the lens of a new Ranger joining