Tweet Boom! did an amazing job with the Pixar properties – let’s see how Marvel does… Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and the rest of the gang lead readers to infinity and beyond as Marvel and Disney Publishing debut TOY STORY #1 (of 4). Featuring Toy Story characters from the Disney-Pixar films, Toy Story #1 delivers entirely [...]

Tweet Disney / Pixar is rocking the Celtic Princess! This movie was originally title “The Bear and the Bow” Looks awesome!

Tweet I have seen this a couple different paces on the web this morning – but I will give credit to the first that I saw – over with Quint at AICN! Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. We’ve been flooded with word from UK readers that Tom Hanks let a little something slip while appearing on [...]

Tweet Over the last few years Boom Kids! has released some of the absolute best family-friendly titles around.  They have been true to the spirit and have done nothing but amazing things with the properties of Jim Henson, Pixar and Disney.  I truly can’t believe anyone could have done better. I guess All Good Things… [...]

Tweet I don’t know where this leaves the fantastic Boom! kids titles. New York, NY – February 14, 2011—Marvel and Disney Publishing will debut DISNEY•PIXAR PRESENTS, a new monthly magazine featuring some of the most popular characters from the acclaimed Disney/Pixar films.  Intended for readers of all ages and priced at $5.99, the first issue will hit stores in May [...]

Tweet New Toy Story short – from the Pixar Blog! – Amazon.com is listing a new children’s book, Play-cation!, to be published by Random House/Disney on August 9. The publishers’ description of the book reveals that it is based on Pixar’s forthcoming Hawaii-centric Toy Story toon and provides a good synopsis of the short’s plot. [...]

Muppet Peter Pan #1 (Boom Kids! – Randolph / Mebberson) The timid Kermie Pan resides in the magical realm of Neverswamp, where the pushy fairy Piggytink tries to toughen him up! One night, while searching for his shadow, Kermie Pan and Piggytink encounter the Darling children, who run away to Neverswamp and encourage Kermie Pan [...]

Also updates from our friends at Comingsoon.net – UPDATE #1: In a conference call, the companies said that the deals for movies for characters at other studios (Spider-Man, X-Men, etc.) will stay in place under the terms set by Marvel and the other studios. UPDATE #2: John Lasseter met with Marvel last week about a [...]

The World of Cars: The Rookie #1 (of 4) (Boom! – Porter / Carreres) Cars fans, start your engines! Before the big Dinoco 400 race, rookie sensation Lightning McQueen is interviewed by Darrel Cartrip. Full of braggadocio, McQueen reveals his scrappy origins as “Bulldozer” McQueen–a local short track racer who dreams of the big time…and [...]

While Boom! Studios has their share of talent and great books, they haven’t necessarily reaped their fair share of the market in the past year. Boom recently has made some connections that should concrete them in the public eye as an indy studio to watch. Boom announced a deal with Disney that will give them [...]