KaBOOM!, in cooperation with Australian publisher Gestalt, will publish Tom Taylor and James Brouwer’s all-ages underwater adventure The Deep. The graphic novels were the basis for the Netflix animated series of the same name (see “Confessions of a Comic Book Guy--Return of the Toons”). The series was first published as two original graphic novels, but KaBOOM! will release is as a six-issue miniseries launching in January. A collected edition will release in Fall 2017. The story follows the Nekton family who explore the depths of the oceans in a state-of-the-art submarine. An earthquake off the coast of Greenland leads to reports of monsters, and the Nektons investigate.
BOOM! teased a new ongoing series written by novelist Delilah S. Dawson (Star Wars: The Perfect Weapon, Wake of Vultures) and drawn by Ashley A. Woods (Niobe: She Is Life, Erathune). The series will launch in January, and have a first issue cover drawn by Elsa Charretier (The Unstoppable Wasp).Click any image for larger view.
Archaia will launch Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Giants in December. This follow-up to Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Witches and Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Dragons (see “Archaia & Henson Forge Deal”) will be written and drawn by Conor Nolan. The four issue series will launch on December 7. Giants is a collection of mythic tales inspired by folklore from around the globe. The first tale reimagines the Japanese story “The Peach’s Son” about a giant who is raised by humans, but not accepted by them.