BOOM! Studios and The Jim Henson Company will celebrate the 25th anniversary of FARSCAPE this August.
The press release follows:
Media Release -- BOOM! Studios and The Jim Henson Company are proud to bring fans of the cult classic series Farscape a brand new special with the FARSCAPE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL one-shot! This 25th anniversary special will be the first Farscape comic published since 2010, honoring the series' legacy with brand new stories featuring fan favorite characters!
Featuring a dazzling array of comics superstars including Sina Grace (Ghosted in L.A.), Sarah Gailey (Know Your Station), Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly (Star Trek), original Farscape comics scribe Keith R.A. DeCandido, and more, fans of the iconic classic will not want to miss the oft asked for return to the franchise!
FARSCAPE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 features main cover art by Steve Morris (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and variants by Ariel Olivetti (Cable), and Vincenzo Riccardi (Grim), along with a photo variant cover!
FARSCAPE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL is the newest release from BOOM! Studios' award-winning Archaia imprint, home to inspiring graphic novels such as Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Ryan North, and Albert Monteys; The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne-Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby; Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank "Big Black" Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane; The Killer by Matz and Luc Jacamon; We Served the People by Emei Burell; New World by David Jesus Vignolli; Eighty Days by A.C. Esguerra; Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure by Jeff Jensen and George Schall; The Short While by Jeremy Sorese; About Betty's Boob by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau; Flavor Girls by Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky; I'm Still Alive by Roberto Saviano and Asaf Hanuka; and licensed series including Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes; Lev Grossman's The Magicians; and Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Storyteller, and Labyrinth.
FARSCAPE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 will be available in comic shops August 28, 2024. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.
For continuing news on FARSCAPE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on X.
About The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 65 years and is recognized as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation. The Company's most recent credits include the Oscar®-winning Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio for Netflix, the Emmy®-winning Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock for Apple TV+, and the feature film The Portable Door for MGM+. Other television credits include Slumberkins, Harriet the Spy and Fraggle Rock: Rock On, all for Apple TV+, Word Party for Netflix, Earth to Ned for Disney+, and the Emmy-winning Netflix Original series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Other TV productions include Dinosaur Train (PBS), Splash and Bubbles (PBS), Sid the Science Kid (PBS), and Julie's Greenroom (Netflix), as well as Fraggle Rock, The Storyteller, and the sci-fi series Farscape. Feature film credits include The Star (Sony Pictures Animation), Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Disney), and the ground-breaking fantasy classics The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth.
With additional locations in New York and London, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered in Los Angeles on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot, complete with soundstage and post-production facilities. The Company is home to Jim Henson's Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent character-building and visual effects group with international film, television, theme park and advertising clients, as well as Henson Recording Studios, one of the music industry's top recording facilities known for its world-class blend of state-of-the-art and vintage equipment. The Company's Henson Alternative credits include the feature film The Happytime Murders, and the popular live puppet improvisational show Puppet-Up! – Uncensored.
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About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios was founded by Ross Richie in 2005 with the singular focus of creating world-class comic book and graphic novel storytelling for all audiences. Through four distinct imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia—the company has produced bestselling, award-winning original work, including Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR, Something is Killing the Children, and Lumberjanes, while also breaking new ground with established licenses such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Dune, Magic: The Gathering, The Expanse, and The Jim Henson Company properties. BOOM! brings their original series to life through a first-look relationship with Netflix including the animated series Mech Cadets, available now worldwide. Please visit www.boom-studios.com for more information.
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