Coming later this March BOOM! Studios will be launching a new series by writer Josie Campbell and artist Alessio Zonno titled I Heart Skull-Crusher! #1. BOOM! Studios has provided us with a preview of I Heart Skull-Crusher! #1 to share.
This new series will tell an aspirational tale of a girl who just wants to become a star player in her favorite sport, Screaming Pain Ball. Joining Campbell and Zonno for I Heart Skull-Crusher! #1 are colorist Angel De Santiago and letterer Jim Campbell.
As you’ll see from the preview below, I Heart Skull-Crusher has a manga and anime influence. The energy does invoke the spirit of the BOOM! Box imprint the series is part of. This is extended in the teaser information we get in the solicitation for I Heart Skull-Crusher! #1:
18-year-old Trini will do anything to compete in her favorite sport, Screaming Pain Ball, aspiring to the heights of her longtime hero Skull-Crusher! But she can’t do it alone, and a gaggle of misfits is just what she needs to cross the American Waste and battle in Queen Mob’s deadly tournament.
With Trini’s dreams of being just like Skull-Crusher on the line, do she and her friends have what it takes to win a coveted spot on Skull-Crusher’s undefeated team?
I Heart Skull-Crusher! #1 will feature a main cover by series artist Alessio Zonno. Additionally, variant covers by R1c0 and Gus Allen will also be available. You can check out the covers and five-page preview of I Heart Skull-Crusher! #1 below.
I Heart Skull-Crusher! #1 will be released in comic book shops and digital storefronts on March 13th. You can get more information from the comic book in BOOM! Studios press release below.
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 14, 2024) – BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at I HEART SKULL-CRUSHER! #1, the premiere issue of the post-apocalyptic YA sports action series by Josie Campbell, the breakout, hit writer of DC’s Amazons Attack event and screenwriter/producer on My Adventures With Superman, along with rising star artist Alessio Zonno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), colorist Angel De Santiago, and letterer Jim Campbell. Coming to comic shops everywhere March 2024.
18-year-old Trini will do anything to compete in her favorite sport, Screaming Pain Ball, aspiring to the heights of her longtime hero Skull-Crusher! But she can’t do it alone, and a gaggle of misfits is just what she needs to cross the American Waste and battle in Queen Mob’s deadly tournament.
With Trini’s dreams of being just like Skull-Crusher on the line, do she and her friends have what it takes to win a coveted spot on Skull-Crusher’s undefeated team?
I HEART SKULL-CRUSHER! #1 features a main cover by series artist Alessio Zonno and variant covers by acclaimed artists R1c0 (Grim) and Gus Allen (Lumberjanes).
I HEART SKULL-CRUSHER! 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 ND Stevenson; Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera and Celia Moscote; Giant Days by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin; Mamo by Sas Milledge; Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard and Kelly and Nichole Matthews; Specter Inspectors by Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto; The Last Witch by Conor McCreery and V.V. Glass; Ghosted in LA by Sina Grace and Siobhan Keenan; The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes; Fence by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad; Goldie Vance by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams; Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, and Berenice Nelle; Getting Dizzy by Shea Fontana and Celia Moscote; and the educational series Seen: True Stories of Marginalized Trailblazers.
I HEART SKULL-CRUSHER! #1 will be available in comic shops March 13, 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.
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