Electus & BOOM! Studios Team for Graphic-Novel Series

SAN DIEGO: Ben Silverman’s Electus and publisher BOOM! Studios have teamed up for the original graphic-novel series Fanboys vs. Zombies, being launched at this year’s Comic-Con International.

The graphic novels follow a group of friends who are making their annual pilgrimage to the San Diego-based Comic-Con event. After a zombie outbreak occurs, they will have to use their know-how of the undead that they’ve gained from comic books, video games and horror movies to navigate the feeding frenzy. The concept was conceived by Silverman, co-founder and CEO of Electus, and Jimmy Fox, Electus’s head of creative development, as a multiplatform property.

“It’s an honor to work with Electus—Ben and Jimmy are as smart as they come,” said Ross Richie, BOOM! Studios’ founder and CEO. “Our new creative partnership with Electus will truly enable us to take the Fanboys vs. Zombies brand to the next level of entertainment.”

“Fanboys vs. Zombies will put all of these pop culture theories to the test and gives readers some ideas for their own zombie apocalypse contingency plan,” added Matt Gagnon, BOOM! Studios’ editor-in-chief. “Our new creative partnership with Electus will truly enable us to take the Fanboys vs. Zombies brand to the next level of entertainment.”

“BOOM! Studios is the ideal partner for this initiative, as no one understands what serves this audience better than they do,” commented Electus’s Fox. “We wanted to create this for the real fans. The comic book junkies, the sci-fi nuts, the horror enthusiasts, the hardcore gamers—every one of them will be represented in our cast of characters. This is for any fan who has ever wondered what would happen if they had to play the role of the hero.”

“Trust me when I say you’ll never look at Comic-Con or zombie stories the same way again once you feast your eyes on this gory and hilarious masterpiece,” added Chip Mosher, BOOM! Studios’ marketing director. “BOOM!’s first book, back in the day, was Zombie Tales—the company has been built on horror and humor comics. No one does zombies like BOOM! Studios!”