B.B. FREE is a "Bouncy Love Letter to Queer Kids Everywhere" from BOOM! Studios
Author Gabby Rivera and artist Royal Dunlap have teamed up with BOOM! Studios to create a new original comic series called b.b. free. I’m intrigued by the series myself as it seems to be a twist on the same stories found in books and films like The Giver and The Village.
“Years after the Plague That Ate Greed wiped out the ultra rich, b.b. free and her dad live in a small, close-knit community in the Florida Islands, where everything is shared and everyone’s got each other’s backs. b.b. is getting to be a teenager, though, and she’s starting to get more and more interested in the world beyond her swamp. For now, her only tie to the outside world is her radio show. But when she discovers a secret so large it could tear her family and entire community apart, b.b. realizes that there’s a lot her father’s not telling her… and she might just have to head out into the world on her own to find the truth.”
In a statement, Rivera said that she’s excited for the series and that it’s a “bouncy love letter to queer kids everywhere…”
b.b. free is the trippy wild adventure road trip I always wanted to go on as a kid, with a post-climate-change-America twist. Chubby, nerdy, teen me daydreamed about heading out into the world with a super cool best friend and doing whatever we wanted. Usually on motorcycles, with magical powers, and no parents to mess with our fun. With b.b. free, I get to do all that and more, with one of the best artists on the planet, Royal Dunlap. b.b. free is a bouncy love letter to queer kids everywhere, especially the chubby Puerto Rican ones.
The series will be published by BOOM!’s imprint BOOM! Box and b.b. free #1 will be available at your favorite comic book retailer on November 6. Enjoy this free preview including a variant cover by Natacha Bustos.
