(S1, E15) BOOM! or Bust
BOOM! Studios is an enormous comic book publisher, with a huge range of cool and progressive titles in their ranks and a first look deal with Netflix. They’ve also recently signed on to produce internet darling Keanu Reeves’ first comic book. So if there’s all this money flying around, why the hell are they on Kickstarter? This week on Pop Culture Boner, we’re taking a look at the BOOM! Studios, the comic book industry and what happens when small time creators are pushed out of the fundraising scene.
A brief note about chocolate and child labour:
Peter Whoriskey and Rachel Siegel (2019, Washington Post) - Cocoa’s child laborers
Now for the main references:
Anita Busch (2017, Deadline) - Boom! Studios Sells Minority Stake To Fox After Investment Banker Hire
Chaim Gartenberg (2020, The Verge) - Netflix signs a first-look deal with Boom Studios for new comic book TV show adapations
Russ Burlingame (2020, comicbook.com) - Keanu Reeves's BRZRKR Heads to Kickstarter With New Artist Ron Garney (Exclusive)
Joe Otterson (2020, Variety) - Netflix Inks First Look TV Deal With Publisher BOOM! Studios
Stephanie Cooke (2018, Creator Resource) - Page Rates 2017
Cheryl V. Jackson (2018, Chicago Tribune) - Iron Circus Comics brings diversity to the comic book market
Iron Circus Comics Kickstarter (2019) - Smut Peddler Presents: SEX MACHINE
BOOM! Studios Kickstarter (2020) - BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, & Ron Garney
You can download the full transcript here.