THE BOYS are Dynamite!
Word going around everywhere that THE BOYS, the controversial book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, will be coming out from Dynamite.
You’ll recall that the first six issues of the book were published by DC/Wildstorm before concerns over the contents — including a hamster crawling from a deadman’s ass — caused DC to cease publication.
The book had numerous suitors bying to become its next publisher — sales were high and Ennis and Robertson are proven creators– but Nick Barucci’s Dynamite Entertainment has come up the winner.
Barucci sent out the following comment:
The easy thing to say here is the “Boys are Back” so I’ll get that out of the way at the start. Now, I’ve know both Garth and Darick for well over a decade, so not only was I honored that Dynamite was even in the running to provide a new home for The Boys, but when both Garth and Darick decided to actually work with Dynamite to not only continue, but collect the existing material, I became beyond ecstatic. In addition to Garth and Darick, I would like to thank DC Comics and the guys at Wildstorm who helped to make the transition a smooth one for Garth, Darick and ourselves. I also want to thank the fans who so vocally made their support known over the last few weeks and I ask them to stay tuned for news on the continuation. I promise it will be worth the wait, as Garth and Darick continue to deliver their vision of The Boys.
Waiting in the wings are a trade collection of the first six issues, and the already completed 7th issue. According to sources close to the negotiations, they will be appearing very, very soon.
02/7/07 at 6:07 pm
Eh.
02/7/07 at 7:03 pm
Oh well, 15% of the profit on every re-ordered copy, gone.
Glad to hear they’ve found a home, though.
-B
02/7/07 at 9:10 pm
[…] Comments Feed Google Advertisements The Boys at Dynamite CATEGORY: Comic News AUTHOR: Johanna POSTED: 2007-02-07 8:10 pm Two weeks ago, the news brokethat The Boys was cancelled by then-current publisher DC Comics. Now, Heidi has the news: their new publisher will be Dynamite Entertainment. That’s a really quick turnaround, and it bodes well for seeing more issues sooner rather than later. […]
02/8/07 at 12:50 am
Great news for a great title. If DC/WildStorm doesn’t want my $2.99 a month, I have no problem whatsoever giving it to Dynamite.
02/8/07 at 9:20 am
This IS great news - Dynamite sends comps. DC doesn’t. I just saved $3 a month.
02/9/07 at 5:55 am
For those of us who don’t receive comps… I’m annoyed that it’s going to be Dynamite. I hope they can find a way to fight the urge to publish the book with 8 different covers every month. If they can’t, I just might not bother buying it anymore.
02/23/07 at 1:21 am
[…] I find the whole situation surrounding The Boys to be completely retarded… I mean, they get pitched a book from Ennis, who has never made it a secret that he absolutely despises the stereotypical tights-wearing superhero shtick. They promote it as outdoing Preacher in terms of offensive content, and then some fuckwit is surprised when that’s exactly what Ennis and Robertson do. Admittedly the series got much more graphic and offensive in issues 4-6, but it was never tame. I don’t know if the hamster thing in issue 6 was the final straw or what, but it certainly wasn’t the most fucked up thing in the book to date. IIRC it was the second or third best-selling Wildstorm book too. At any rate, the good news is that Dynamite Entertainment has picked it up. No word yet on when the first trade will be out or when issue 7 will be published though, but it’s apparently not going to be too long. Only thing I don’t like about Dynamite is all the fucking variant covers they do. THE BEAT Blog Archive THE BOYS are Dynamite! __________________ “Misery loves company And company loves more More loves everybody else But hell is others.” […]