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Introduced at New York Comedian Con final 12 months, Specs was to be a brand new comedian ebook sequence launching in February 2022 from Supply Level Press, referred to as Specs. Author David M. Booher greatest often known as the co-creator of Canto, describes Specs as “a magical, private, queer coming-of-age story about greatest pals, wish-granting glasses, & the needs we would not make”. The artist can be Chris Shehan recognized for Home Of Slaughter and The Autumnal and the quilt beneath is by David Talaski. Partial proceeds from the comedian ebook can be donated to PFlag Nationwide.
Meant to be revealed in time for Delight 2022, it by no means made it. However now, a 12 months later, it’s being revealed in November 2023 by a unique writer, Growth Studios. Descrived as “a mysterious new sequence from extremely acclaimed author David M. Booher (Canto, All-New Firefly), artist Chris Shehan (Home of Slaughter) and colourist Roman Stevens, a few group of misfit teenagers who mail-order a pair of novelty glasses, and notice they’ve obtained far more than they bargained for.”
All that prime college college students Kenny and Ted need is to not really feel like outcasts of their small city in Ohio. However their world is turned the other way up when the Magic Specs they ordered unlock a world of unexpected prospects. . . and penalties. Their enjoyable begins out harmless sufficient, however once they want that their bully would disappear, issues take a cursed flip, with far darker outcomes than they thought potential…
Channeling his love of 80’s sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, David M. Booher writes for TV, movie, and comics. He co-created and wrote fan-favorite fantasy Canto from IDW, now in improvement as a movement image with Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and with David adapting the screenplay. David’s credit additionally embrace All-New Firefly for BOOM! Studios, Killer Queens from Darkish Horse Comics, the comedian adaptation of Joe Hill’s novella Rain for Picture Comics, and Alien Bounty Hunter and Powerless from Vault Comics. An legal professional by coaching, David lives in Los Angeles along with his husband and the true brains behind their operation—their adopted greyhounds.
“SPECS is my most private story up to now. As a homosexual child who grew up within the Midwest, I understand how it feels to not match it. Kenny and Ted’s story as outsiders, filtered by way of the lenses of wish-granting novelty glasses, is my method of reminding that little child that he’ll discover his place on the planet,” stated Booher.
Chris Shehan is an American comedian artist dwelling in Austin, TX. They’ve been revealed by Vault Comics, Black Masks Studios, Scout Comics, A Wave Blue World, and Titan Books. Chris is greatest often known as the artist for the bestselling sequence Home of Slaughter from BOOM! Studios. They’re additionally the artist and co-creator of The Autumnal from Vault Comics. They are often discovered on Twitter and Instagram @ChrisShehanArt.
“A narrative a few magic merchandise that grants needs… what may probably go fallacious?” stated Shehan. “David Booher, as ordinary, poured plenty of coronary heart into SPECS and bringing that to life has been such a pleasure for me.”
SPECS #1 options primary cowl artwork by extremely acclaimed artist Skylar Patridge (Trial of the Amazons), and variant covers by fan-favorite illustrators Kevin Wada (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Chris Shehan (Home of Slaughter), David Talaski (Nightwing), and extra.
“SPECS is ’80s journey films, supernatural horror, and small city youngsters going by way of some very unusual occasions that can change them and their friendships eternally,” stated Elizabeth Brei, Editor, BOOM! Studios. “David and Chris have completely captured the chaos of teenagers caught in a entice of their very own making and it will be as much as you, expensive readers, to seek out out in the event that they handle to flee with their lives or sanity intact.”