Hot on the heels of the 2013 Harvey Award nominations (harveyawards.org), BOOM! Studios has decided to celebrate their combined nine nominations by announcing reprints from their Archaia imprint, including two former award nominees.
BEST LETTERER
Chris Eliopoulos, Cow Boy: A Boy and His Horse (Archaia)
MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT
Jerry Gaylord, Fanboys Vs. Zombies (BOOM! Studios)
BEST NEW SERIES
Adventure Time (KaBOOM! Studios)
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM – PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED
Cursed Pirate Girl (Archaia)
BEST AMERICAN EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL
Sharaz-De: Tales from the Arabian Nights (Archaia)
SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS
Ryan North, Adventure Time (KaBOOM! Studios)
SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
Cursed Pirate Girl – Jeremy Bastian (Archaia)
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL PUBLICATION FOR YOUNGER READERS
Adventure Time (KaBOOM! Studios)
Cow Boy: A Boy and His Horse (Archaia)
BOOM! Studios is no stranger to the Harvey Awards, winning twice (in 2010 for The Muppet Show Comic Book in the Best Original Graphic Novel Publication for Younger Readers category, and in 2011 for Roger Langridge’s work in The Muppet Show Comic Book in the Special Award for Humor category); while its new imprint, Archaia Entertainment, having earned 11 nominations previously on their own, also have won twice (in 2012 for Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand in the Best Graphic Album of Original Work and Best Single Issue or Story categories).
Voting is now open to professionals who write, draw, ink, color, letter, design, edit, or are involved in the creative aspect of comics. The deadline to submit ballots is Monday, August 19. The online ballot can be accessed here: www.harveyawards.org/2013-final-ballot. Winners will be announced at the Harvey Awards banquet, which will be held Saturday, Sept. 7 at Baltimore Comic-Con (baltimorecomiccon.com) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Coinciding with the Harvey Award announcement, BOOM! announced plans to reprint some key Archaia titles. “One of our first priorities after acquiring Archaia was to get some of their most popular titles back into the marketplace,” said Filip Sablik, VP of Marketing and Publishing for BOOM! Studios. “These four books are the first of many more Archaia reprints to come.”
The four books that Sablik was referring to are:
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard Vol. 1 ($19.95, hardcover, 144 pages, full color, 8” x 8”, ISBN: 978-1-932386-94-3) is a collection of short stories set in the world of David Petersen’s bestselling Mouse Guard series, with each story written and illustrated by creators he hand-picked himself, including Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), and Ted Naifeh (Courtney Crumrin).
Cursed Pirate Girl ($24.95, hardcover, 152 pages, black and white, 6.625” x 10.25”, ISBN: 978-1-936393-60-2) is a whimsical, swashbuckling tale of a young girl who sets out to find her lost father, illustrated with the most excruciating detail by Bastian that it has to be seen to be believed.
Illustrated in beautiful watercolor, Iron: Or, the War After ($24.95, hardcover, 152 pages, full color, 6” x 9”, ISBN: 978-1-936393-28-2) is the critically acclaimed, anthropomorphic story of the rabbit Hardin, an intelligence spy for The Resistance, who steals secret documents that sets off a chain of events that will change the status quo.
Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand ($29.95, hardcover, 152 pages, full color, 8.25” x 11.5”, ISBN: 978-1-936393-09-1), which won the 2012 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Album, is based on an unproduced screenplay by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl and gorgeously illustrated by Ramón Pérez (Wolverine & The X-Men).
All the aforementioned titles are available for preorder at your local comics shop now.
Happy to see these titles back in print? Any other BOOM! or Archaia titles you’d like to see? Let us know in the comments below!
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