{"id":7465,"date":"2018-07-09T14:36:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T19:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=7465"},"modified":"2018-07-09T14:36:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T19:36:34","slug":"r-l-stine-signs-original-graphic-novel-deal-with-boom-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/09\/r-l-stine-signs-original-graphic-novel-deal-with-boom-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"R.L. Stine Signs Original Graphic Novel Deal With BOOM! Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;\"><em>The Legendary Creator of \u201cGoosebumps\u201d and \u201cFear Street\u201d Debuts New Stories Beginning in 2019<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>LOS ANGELES, CA (July 9, 2018)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0BOOM! Studios today announced that R.L. Stine, the award-winning, bestselling horror author and creator of\u00a0<em>Goosebumps\u00a0<\/em>and<em>Fear Street<\/em>, has signed a multi-book original graphic novel agreement with the publisher. Under this historic agreement, which sees the author bring new concepts to the comic book medium for the first time, Stine will produce a brand new series of four middle grade supernatural horror original graphic novels for BOOM! Studios.<\/p>\n<p>The first original graphic novel in this series from R.L. Stine and BOOM! Studios, released through the company\u2019s middle grade imprint KaBOOM!, will be available everywhere books are sold in Fall 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m so lucky to have been able to scare so many generations of kids,\u201d said R.L. Stine. \u201cNow I feel lucky to be going just beyond\u00a0<em>Goosebumps<\/em>\u00a0to a whole new medium of fright and chilling laughs. I&#8217;m hoping that BOOM! is the sound of an explosion of fun in a whole new world for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the release of his debut novel\u00a0<em>Blind Date<\/em>\u00a0in 1981, R.L. Stine established himself as one of the most important new voices in horror for a new generation. This was followed up with the release of<em>\u00a0Fear Street<\/em>\u00a0in 1989, which remains the best-selling YA series in history with more than 100 books published thus far, and<em>Goosebumps\u00a0<\/em>in 1992, which transformed Stine into a worldwide celebrity. The series was soon adapted as a hit TV series and recently returned as a blockbuster film starring Jack Black in 2015 from Sony\/Columbia Pictures, with a sequel currently filming. Stine has continued to create exciting new horror concepts for younger audiences each year, in turn becoming one of the most successful American novelists of all time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a lifelong fan of R.L. Stine, I couldn\u2019t be more excited to see him scare a whole new generation with a series of original horror graphic novels at BOOM! Studios,\u201d said Bryce Carlson, VP of Editorial &amp; Creative Strategy. \u201cHis work changed my life as a reader and I can\u2019t wait for today\u2019s young readers to share that experience as R.L. Stine takes the graphic novel format and sends everyone just beyond the limits of their imaginations\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BOOM! Studios\u2019 award-winning KaBOOM! imprint is home to comics for middle grade and younger readers including licensed series such as\u00a0<em>Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Rugrats, Peanuts<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Garfield,<\/em>\u00a0along with original series like<em>Dodo<\/em>\u00a0by Felipe Nunes,\u00a0<em>Mega Princess<\/em>\u00a0by Kelly Thompson and \u00a0Brianne Drouhard,<em>Bodie Troll\u00a0<\/em>by Jay Fosgitt,<em>\u00a0Ruinworld<\/em>\u00a0by Derek Laufman, and T<em>he Deep\u00a0<\/em>by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer.<\/p>\n<p>For more news on R.L. Stine\u2019s new original graphic novels at BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to\u00a0\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/boom-studios.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9d17c9217240226bbc79d6750&amp;id=c02b21bd5e&amp;e=edc12a6fbb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/boom-studios.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D9d17c9217240226bbc79d6750%26id%3Dc02b21bd5e%26e%3Dedc12a6fbb&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1531250101544000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGMSKLRqPaN5Z1oCn-YSnZUczY8ng\">\u00a0www.boom-studios.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boom-studios.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9d17c9217240226bbc79d6750&amp;id=625cb6af00&amp;e=edc12a6fbb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/boom-studios.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D9d17c9217240226bbc79d6750%26id%3D625cb6af00%26e%3Dedc12a6fbb&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1531250101544000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEFSY7r3rQ_-Uwit8pEW1mC2vRKBg\">@boomstudios<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Legendary Creator of \u201cGoosebumps\u201d and \u201cFear Street\u201d Debuts New Stories Beginning in 2019 LOS ANGELES, CA (July 9, 2018)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0BOOM! 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