2025 Kicks Off with More FENCE from BOOM! Studios
FENCE CHALLENGERS: SWEET SIXTEEN debuts with a double-sized one-shot!
New York Times bestselling writer C.S. Pacat and lauded artist Johanna the Mad return to the high stakes world of Fence with FENCE CHALLENGERS: SWEET SIXTEEN, the next chapter in the Fence saga.
The Kings Row fencing team has made it all the way to the final sixteen in the tournament! But now they must face the best of the best.
It’s Seiji against Marcus, the fencer who made him fall in love with the sport to begin with; and Nick versus Kyle Allen, under the watchful eye of none other than Nick’s estranged father!
FENCE CHALLENGERS: SWEET SIXTEEN #1 will be available in comic shops January 1, 2024. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.
FENCE CHALLENGERS: SWEET SIXTEEN #1 features a main cover by Johanna the Mad, with variant covers by Kody Okamoto (Keeping Time).
FENCE CHALLENGERS: SWEET SIXTEEN is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning BOOM! Box imprint, home to groundbreaking original series such as Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Gus Allen, and ND Stevenson; Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera and Celia Moscote; Giant Days by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin; Mamo by Sas Milledge; Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard and Kelly and Nichole Matthews; Specter Inspectors by Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto; The Last Witch by Conor McCreery and V.V. Glass; Ghosted in LA by Sina Grace and Siobhan Keenan; The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes; Fence by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad; Goldie Vance by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams; Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, and Berenice Nelle; Getting Dizzy by Shea Fontana and Celia Moscote; and the educational series Seen: True Stories of Marginalized Trailblazers.
For continuing news on FENCE CHALLENGERS: SWEET SIXTEEN comic books and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.
About C.S. Pacat:
C.S. Pacat is the New York Times and USA-Today best-selling author of Dark Rise, the Captive Prince trilogy, and the GLAAD-nominated graphic novels Fence, as well as a writer for DC Comics. Educated at the University of Melbourne, C.S. Pacat has since lived in a number of cities, including Tokyo and Perugia, and currently resides and writes in Melbourne.
About Johanna the Mad:
Johanna The Mad is a comic book artist and illustrator from Mexico. Thanks to growing a social media following, she turned into a freelance artist and has worked with publishers like BOOM! Studios and Little Brown. Find her social links at https://linktr.ee/johannathemad
