Nearly one year ago, award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios
announced their newest imprint BOOM! Box, a home for comics “made for the love
of it.” The publisher is now pleased to announce the collected first volume of
the imprint’s inaugural series, The Midas Flesh. Created by the longtime
creative theam behind the Adventure Time comics, writer Ryan North (Dinosaur
Comics) and artists Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb, The Midas Flesh is an
edge-of-your-seat, save-the-universe adventure with two butt-kickin’ ladies and
a dinosaur in a spacesuit. The first volume collects issues #1-4 of this quirky
space epic and features a casewrap covered in striking gold fingerprints.
“When you create an imprint that’s intended to encourage
weird, experimental, and eclectic comics, you have to start off with a series
that really embodies that mission,” said BOOM! Studios Editor-in-Chief Matt
Gagnon. “The Midas Flesh is just that for BOOM! Box. Ryan, Shelli, and Braden
have already proven themselves to be some of the best storytellers in comics
with their run on Adventure Time, and they’ve outdone themselves with The Midas
Flesh. Plus: dinosaur on a spaceship. Hard to beat that.”
About The Midas Flesh: We’ve all heard of the Midas Touch.
You know, the Greek myth about the man who did a number on himself by wishing
for everything he touched to turn to gold? Well, you haven’t heard everything.
Joey and her space crew have decided to return to Earth—a planet completely
sectioned off, abandoned, and covered in gold—to find out exactly what happened
to this once thriving planet and see if they can use that knowledge against the
evil empire that’s tracking them down. As luck would have it, they just landed
the most powerful weapon in the universe: some ancient dead guy’s body.
The Midas Flesh Vol. 1 trade paperback arrives in comic
shops on December 3rd with a cover price of $14.99. The cover is illustrated by Emily Partridge (Adventure Time).
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