This January, BOOM! Studios launches a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic, written by Jordie Bellaire and illustrated by Dan Mora. This seems like an absolutely perfect fit; BOOM! produces some of the best all-ages content around, and a property like Buffy is best served when appealing to fans old and new, young and old. Today, we can exclusively reveal one of the variant covers to that first issue, by Jen Bartel (“Blackbird,” “Jem and the Holograms”). Bartel is one of our favorite up and coming artists at Multiversity – who may or may not be featured on one of our year end lists – and we think this cover, showcasing the classic trio of Buffy, Willow and Cordelia, is absolutely stunning.
Read the full press release below, and look out for the book on January 9th at your local comic shop!
BOOM! Studios Reveals Jen Bartel to BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #1
Buffy, WIllow & Cordelia Spotlighted in New Variant Cover to Hotly Anticipated Pop Culture Reimagining in January 2019
LOS ANGELES, CA (November 20, 2018) – BOOM! Studios today unveiled a new variant cover by superstar artist Jen Bartel (Blackbird) to the hotly anticipated BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #1, debuting in comic shops on January 9th, 2019 in partnership with 20th Century Fox Consumer Products.
As Eisner Award-nominated writer Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), Russ Manning Award-winning artist Dan Mora (Klaus, Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers), and series creator/story consultant Joss Whedon (the visionary writer/director behind Firefly, Marvel’s The Avengers, and more) reimagine the groundbreaking pop culture phenomenon from the very beginning, readers will meet a Buffy Summers like the one they know – trying to make friends at her new school, get decent grades, and to escape her imposed destiny as the next in a long line of vampire slayers tasked with defeating the forces of evil. But the Slayer’s world looks a lot more like the one outside your window, as this new series brings her into a new era with new challenges, new friends…and a few enemies you might already recognize. The more things change, the more they stay the same, as the Gang – Giles, Willow, Xander, Cordelia and more – faces brand new Big Bads, and a threat lurking beneath the perfectly manicured exterior of Sunnydale High, confirming what every teenager has always known: high school truly is hell.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #1 also features a main cover by acclaimed Mondo illustrator Matthew Taylor, along with variant covers by superstars Kevin Wada (She-Hulk), Royal Dunlap (Spitball) and Becca Carey (Bitch Planet).
“This cover is a celebration of the three girls at the core of Buffy, who fight the good fight against not only the monsters that come out in the night, but also against the ones who make their presence felt in our everyday lives,” said Jeanine Schaefer, Executive Editor, BOOM! Studios. “Buffy, Willow and Cordelia each bring something unique to the fight, and to each other, something Jen has channeled perfectly on this stunning cover.”
Buffy The Vampire Slayer premiered on the WB Network on March 10th, 1997. The Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated series, which ran for seven seasons from 1997-2003, stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as “Buffy Summers.” Chosen to battle vampires, demons and other forces of darkness, Buffy is aided by a Watcher who guides and teaches her as she surrounds herself with a circle of friends called the “Scooby Gang.”
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to a world-class group of licensed comic book series and ambitious original series, including Joss Whedon’s Firefly, Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Planet of the Apes, Abbott, Mech Cadet Yu, Grass Kings, and Klaus.
Print copies of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #1 will be available for sale on January 9th, 2019 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.
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