Boom! Studios

BOOM! Studios, part of the Random House Worlds portfolio of imprints at The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, is the home of world-class comic book and graphic novel storytelling for all audiences. Through four distinct imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia— the team has produced bestselling, award-winning original work, including Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR, Something is Killing the Children, and Lumberjanes, while also breaking new ground with established licenses such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Dune, and The Expanse properties. BOOM! original series have been brought to life in media, including the feature film The Empty Man (20th Century Studios), the animated series Mech Cadets (Netflix), and most recently, the live-action series Butterfly (Prime Video). BEWARE OF SCAMS. Please be cautious and note that our employees will never ask for payment as part of a manuscript submission/development deal or contact anyone via an unofficial email address, such as Gmail or Hotmail. We have learned that scammers are impersonating our employees online, using their names, as well as fake email addresses and phone numbers, to support false claims to prospective authors and deal partners. If you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email claiming a connection to BOOM!, please contact [email protected] or visit for resources and more information on publishing scams.” After graduating from Chapman University, Bryce joined BOOM! Studios in 2008 as a temp in the mailroom. He was quickly hired as the Executive Assistant and in 2009, he transitioned to the role of Editor. From 2010 to 2018, Bryce served as Managing Editor where he helped shape and grow the Editorial department while overseeing the development of large-scale publishing programs for properties such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , and editing select projects, including the graphic novelization of Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Roger Langridge’s Snarked , which was the first original series from BOOM! Studios to win an Eisner Award (Best Publication for Kids, 2012). In his role of Vice President, Editorial & Creative Strategy from 2018-2024, Bryce was instrumental in managing key partnerships and high-level creative relationships, such as developing and curating the hit creator-owned anthology series Hello Darkness , and acquiring world rights to R.L. Stine’s The Graveyard Club , Stuff of Nightmares , and the Just Beyond graphic novel series, which was adapted into BOOM!’s first ever television series, debuting on Disney+. As Deputy Publisher, he currently oversees the Editorial and Production Design departments with a focus on curating content and driving creative publishing initiatives that feed directly into the development and execution of the BOOM! Studios publishing strategy. Josh Hayes joined BOOM! Studios after a combined 15+ years at Diamond Comics, during which he led the Diamond Book Distributors business segment managing sales to book market and specialty customers all around the world. During that time Josh worked on the sales efforts for such book market hits as The Walking Dead, The Boys, Saga, Critical Role, and Pathfinder/Starfinde r. Josh oversees every aspect of BOOM!’s sales support, marketing, and publicity teams, ensuring that each book has an opportunity to shine and succeed in the marketplace. Stephen Christy came to BOOM! through the company’s acquisition of Archaia Entertainment, where Stephen served as Editor-in-Chief and oversaw the company’s film/tv operations. At Archaia he became the only editor in the industry to win back-to-back Eisner Awards for Best Original Graphic Album two years in a row, for Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand and Return of the Dapper Men . When BOOM! acquired Archaia, Stephen was put in charge of the company’s film and TV division, and was instrumental in brokering the company’s first look film deal with 20th Century Fox and first look TV