This Wednesday, December 13th, Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios, has a hardcover collected edition featuring all twelve issues of Jim Henson’s THE DARK CRYSTAL: Age of Resistance!
Based on stories by the Netflix series screenwriters Will Matthews & Jeffrey Addiss (The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim), comic scribes Nicole Andelfinger (An Ember In The Ashes graphic novels), Adam Cesare (Clown in a Cornfield), and Matthew Erman (Good Luck) team with artists Matias Basla (Sparrowhawk), Esdras Cristóbal (Rugrats: R is for Reptar), French Carlomagno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), and Jo Cheol-Hong (Jo Mi-Gyeong) (Beastlands) for an official prequel to Netflix’s Emmy® Award-winning series, collected in a single premium hardcover for the first time!
Here’s a look at the cover, the storyline, and preview pages for this week’s new release from BOOM! Studios on New Comic Book Day! #NCBD
Jim Henson’s THE DARK CRYSTAL: Age of Resistance HC
Story by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews
Written by Nicole Andelfinger, Adam Cesare, Matthew Erman
Art by Matias Basla, French Carlomagno, Esdras Cristóbal, Jo Cheol-Hong (Jo Mi-Gyeong)
Colors by Miquel Muerto, Fabiana Mascolo, Rod Fernandes
Letters by Jim Campbell
Cover Art by Mona Finden
Collects The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #1-12.
Journey back to Thra in three standalone stories that chart the origins of fan-favorite characters from the Emmy® Award-winning Netflix show Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance!
Discover each adventure, including a Stonewood warrior on a quest to save his clan, an unlikely Podling Paladin apprenticing with a chivalrous but mysterious bard on his first adventure, and finally, All-Maudra Mayrin grapples with her place as the leader of all Gelfling, as the seeds of rebellion begin to sprout…
*** Preview pages are from Jim Henson’s THE DARK CRYSTAL: Age of Resistance #1, which is how this hardcover begins.
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 the development of four distinct imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia—BOOM! has produced award-winning original work, including Lumberjanes, The Woods, Giant Days, Klaus, and Mouse Guard, while also breaking new ground with established licenses such as WWE, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Cartoon Network, and The Jim Henson Company properties. BOOM! will also bring their original series to life through unique first-look relationships with 20th Century Fox for film and with 20th Television for the small screen. Please visit www.boom-studios.com for more information.
