Since 2015, Dynamite had produced over 1.5 million copies of their comic book, The Misadventures of Grumpy Cat, featuring “The World’s Grumpiest Cat” and her brother Pokey. With her ever-present scowl and sassy attitude, Grumpy Cat has captured the hearts of readers of all ages. Now, this infectious sourpuss is coming face-to-face with the original grumpy cartoon cat, Garfield!
An exclusive partnership between Dynamite Entertainment and BOOM! Studios’ imprint, KaBOOM!, will bring Jim Davis’ iconic comic strip cat Garfield together with internet sensation Grumpy Cat. This limited series will include a story written by Mark Evanier.
“Teaming up with Garfield for a comic series is a real honor. I hate it,” Grumpy Cat said.
“Working with the fine folks at Grumpy Cat has been absolutely wonderful. We’ve had tremendous success bringing Grumpy to our fans, and helped to grow the comics market with record breaking sales through the comics industry’s direct market, book stores, Scholastic, and our Free Comic Book Day Sales giveaways where tens of thousands of new fans went to comic stores for the first time. Meeting Mr. Davis has been a highlight of my career and working with him and our friends Ross, Filip, and everyone at BOOM! Studios to bring her into the world of Jim Davis' beloved comic strip is a once in a lifetime opportunity. These are the two most famous felines in the world. I can't wait to see what trouble these two get into,” Nick Barrucci, CEO and publisher of Dynamite, said.
“Jim Davis approached us years ago asking us to publish the Garfield comic books and it's been a tremendous honor to work with one of the greatest cartoonists of all time and the entire team at PAWS. When I met with him at San Diego Comic-Con International this year to discuss this crossover, he was brimming with delight at the idea of these two felines getting together. His enthusiasm and affection for this crossover is infectious! This is going to be terrific fun,” added Ross Richie, Founder and CEO of BOOM! Studios.
More news on this crossover event will be released in the coming months, with a release targeted for summer 2017.
