BOOM! Announces 'Giant Days' Holiday Special

BOOM! Studios has announced the Giant Days 2017 Special, on-sale in November 2017.

Just in time for the holiday season, Eisner Award-nominated Giant Days creator John Allison (Bad Machinery) is teaming up with Jem & the Misfits artist Jenn St-Onge for a tribute to the films of Richard Curtis, because nothing says London at Christmastime like Love, Actually.

When Esther is invited to stay with her friend and mentor, Shelley Winters—who is less a mentor and more utterly mental—she brings Daisy and Susan with her. Shelley Winters is a great and distinguished career woman who is hopelessly in love. Susan, Esther and Daisy observe (read: aggressively meddle in) her life, falling back on tried-and-true rom-com cliches to teach her some valuable life lessons.

"It's a tribute to the films of Richard Curtis, and the Bridget Jones movies, by someone who has seen those movies perhaps once, and maybe not all the way through," said Allison, who said in the initial release that the Giant Days 2017 Special is also a tribute to the fictionalized London-as-written for Americans. "Iconic locations are presented as if they're a brief walk away from each other, 1950s throwbacks still seem to walk the streets, it's very clean, there are no poor people. The ghosts of Mary Poppins and bad dentistry loom large, but not as large as Colin Firth. He's everywhere."

"Readers can expect some holiday hijinx from our main ladies (with only the best intentions, of course), some gentle Love, Actually inspiration, and the return of some familiar faces for longtime readers of John Allison's comics," said artist Jenn St-Onge. "I'm a huge fan of Giant Days and I really hope that as a guest artist (and non-Brit) I do this special justice!"

Print copies of the Giant Days 2017 Special will be available for sale at local comic book shops or at the BOOM! Studios webstore in November. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers including comiXology, iBooks, Google Books, and the BOOM! Studios app.

The Giant Days 2017 Special is the latest release from BOOM! Studios' critically acclaimed BOOM! Box imprint, home to popular original series such as Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooke A. Allen, and Noelle Stevenson; The Backstagers by James Tynion IV and Rian Sygh; SLAM! by Pamela Ribon and Veronica Fish; and Goldie Vance by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams.