long walk to valhalla

Boom Studios has a reputation in the comics industry for publishing an increasingly diverse group of books and creators. This commitment to diversity in genre and people is reflected in an all-new initiative the publisher announced today in Previews with a letter from founder Ross Richie. While 2015 is the 10th anniversary of Boom, the publisher wants to talk about what's next rather than what's come before. They call this discussion of the future Push Comics Forward and they don't want it to be only about Boom. Push Comics Forward is Boom's way of focusing on the ongoing conversation about diversity and the future of the industry. To learn more about this initiative and what to expect from Boom for the next ten years and beyond, we spoke with Editor-in-Chief Matt Gagnon.

Matt Fox is the artist half of Wet Black Ghost, a comics collaboration with writer Adam Smith that blends the extraordinary and the mundane. Their comics call for gas station phantoms and sci-fi nurses, and Fox's portfolio contains both carefully rendered scenes from the real world and as well as illustrated flights with jetpacks and monsters.