We are huge fans of “Giant Days” around these parts, and so we were thrilled when BOOM! Studios reached out with the opportunity for us to exclusively reveal some pages from the upcoming holiday special “Giant Days: Where Women Glow and Men Plunder” #1, due out in December.
What makes this especially exciting is that this is the first time that John Allison has handled interiors on the book during its time at BOOM! Originally a webcomic, since the title came over to BOOM!, folks like Max Sarin, Lissa Treiman, and Liz Fleing have illustrated Allison’s stories. All of their art has been spectacular, but it is especially cool to see Allison returning to this world again.
We are thrilled to present these exclusive pages, as well the press release that follows.
Written and Illustrated by John AllisonCover by John Allison
Colored by Whitney Cogar
Lettered by Jim CampbellStop the presses! Ed Gemmel has a girlfriend. With Christmas looming, it’s time to meet her family – in Australia. Which is fine. Who cares that they’re all Manly Men! Ed once… did something manly. That one time. It happened. It’s going to be fine.
Thanks again to BOOM!, and make sure to pick up the book next month!
Your First Look at GIANT DAYS: WHERE WOMEN GLOW AND MEN PLUNDER #1
Celebrate the holidays Down Under with sun, surf, and spiders in December 2018
Los Angeles, CA (November 5, 2018) – BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at GIANT DAYS: WHERE WOMEN GLOW AND MEN PLUNDER #1, an all-new oversized special from creator John Allison in December 2018. Surprise, Ed Gemmell’s flying to Australia for the holidays! He’ll get to spend a glorious vacation meeting his girlfriend’s family and paying her dad back for the plane tickets with hard, physical labor . . . all while basking in the warm glow of holiday sunshine and cheer.
Launched in 2015 under BOOM! Studios’ YA-focused BOOM! Box imprint, Giant Days was originally a webcomic from 2011 that was written and illustrated by Allison. Since then, Giant Days has featured the art of acclaimed artists including Lissa Treiman, Max Sarin, Liz Fleming, Julia Madrigal, Jenn St-Onge and more. The world of Giant Days has expanded to include young adult novels at Abrams Books and two previous critically-acclaimed holiday specials.
GIANT DAYS: WHERE WOMEN GLOW AND MEN PLUNDER #1, this year’s holiday special, marks the first time that John Allison has both written and illustrated a full-length issue of Giant Days at BOOM! Studios.
“This has been an incredible year for Giant Days, so we’re celebrating it with an extra-large issue chock full of EXTREMELY Australian Christmas traditions for Ed Gemmell, but I promise there is plenty to love no matter where in the world you are!” said Shannon Watters, Senior Editor, BOOM! Studios.
GIANT DAYS: WHERE WOMEN GLOW AND MEN PLUNDER is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning BOOM! Box imprint, home to groundbreaking original series such as Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooklyn Allen, and Noelle Stevenson; By Night by John Allison and Christine Larsen; Misfit City by Kiwi Smith, Kurt Lustgarten, and Naomi Franquiz; Fence by C.S. Pacat and Johanna The Mad; and Goldie Vance by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams.
Print copies of GIANT DAYS: WHERE WOMEN GLOW AND MEN PLUNDER #1 will be available for sale on December 5, 2018 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) and at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.
For more on GIANT DAYS and other projects from BOOM! Studios, please visit www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.
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