Goldie Vance

Boom Studios' imprint Boom Box has been setting the standard for young adult comics, with hit series like Lumberjanes and The Midas Flesh connecting with readers of all-ages. This week sees the release of Goldie Vance, a brand new Boom Box series by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams about an aspiring teen detective who grew up at the hotel where her father works. ComicsAlliance caught up with the creative team to talk about the genesis of Goldie's creation, their collaborative process and Goldie's love of cars, plus Boom Box provided an exclusive preview of Goldie Vance #1 with covers by Brittney Williams, Marguerite Sauvage and Jen Wang.

This week's most exciting news was undoubtedly the announcement of the Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy crossover, coming in June from Chynna Clugston-Flores and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell. The thing is, though, aside from the creative team, any details of the actual plot of the series have been a kept as hidden as the mysteries of a haunted forest and/or suspiciously supervillainous private school. I mean, sure, we can pretty much expect that we're going to see mysteries and friendship, but beyond that? Who knows. But to tide us over in the meantime, Boom Studios has sent over an exclusive look at the incentive cover for the first issue of the crossover by Gotham Academy artist Karl Kerschl --- and in the process, they have provided us with one major clue. There will be a tree involved.

The teen detective genre is getting a shot in the arm with the announcement of Goldie Vance, a miniseries written by Hope Larson, who recently adapted Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time, with art by Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat's Brittney Williams. The series comes this April from BoomBox, Boom Studios' "Hey talented people, do what you want" imprint. The series follows 16-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance, who lives in a Florida resort managed by her father, and hopes to become the resort's resident detective.