‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe’ Limited Edition DC Comic Book, Experiential Space for Fans Planned for San Diego Comic-Con (EXCLUSIVE)
“Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” takes place in a comic book shop, so it’s only natural that the new HBO Max series would get its own, actual comic book. As “The Big Bang Theory” spinoff hits San Diego Comic-Con this week, the comic book — featuring cover art by DC Comics president, publisher and chief creative officer Jim Lee and Alex Sinclair — will be handed out in limited quantities to fans at the event.
The “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” comic will be distributed starting July 23 (which happens to be the same day it premieres on HBO Max), and continuing through the end of Comic-Con on July 26. The comic is based off the premiere episode of “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe,” adapted by Ivan Cohen from the teleplay by series creators Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn and Bill Prady. The comic’s credits also include Tom Derenick on interior art with Hi-Hi on colors.
Here’s a look at the full cover, followed by the credits:
The comic will be distributed at the “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” panel at Hall H on July 23 at 2:15 p.m. PT, as well as at the HBO Max “Stuart” fan experience from July 23 to July 26. Also, the DC book on the convention floor (#4544) will pass out copies from July 23 to July 26, and it will be available online via DC’s website starting July 29.
The series creators commented on the “Stuart Fails” comic this way: “The Hardy Boys became Superman, became Batman, became Spider-Man, became Bradbury, became Asimov, became Heinlein, became the world,” Lorre said. Added Penn: “I owe my career to comic books. They are central to a story set in a comic book shop, and we use them as a trope and a McGuffin.”
Prady chimed in: “Comic books were my gateway drug to reading. Once a week, allowance in hand, I walked across the street to Lincoln Drugs and bought an adventure. I have still not recovered from my mother giving my collection away when I was in high school.
Meanwhile, also at Comic-Con, the L.A. firm Acronym is building an experiential pop up based on Stuart’s comic book store at the Sparks Gallery (inside the former Sterling Hardware Building in San Diego’s Gaslamp district).
Inside “Stuart’s Interdimensional Comic Center,” the space recreates six universes from Season 1, which attendees can find “hidden inside scenic touchpoints, waiting to be unlocked by the membership cards to the store,” per the description by Acronym. “Walk through an LED tunnel and watch as a comic shop hallway turns into an adventure through time and space. Every choice you make along the way builds toward one question: What hero are you, really? Walk out with the answer, and a secret personalized take away.”
The experience will launch on July 23 and continue through July 25; times are daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The ten-episode Season 1 of “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” premieres July 23 on HBO Max, with new episodes weekly. Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie star.
The “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” comic will be distributed starting July 23 (which happens to be the same day it premieres on HBO Max), and continuing through the end of Comic-Con on July 26. The comic is based off the premiere episode of “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe,” adapted by Ivan Cohen from the teleplay by series creators Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn and Bill Prady. The comic’s credits also include Tom Derenick on interior art with Hi-Hi on colors.
Here’s a look at the full cover, followed by the credits:
The comic will be distributed at the “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” panel at Hall H on July 23 at 2:15 p.m. PT, as well as at the HBO Max “Stuart” fan experience from July 23 to July 26. Also, the DC book on the convention floor (#4544) will pass out copies from July 23 to July 26, and it will be available online via DC’s website starting July 29.
The series creators commented on the “Stuart Fails” comic this way: “The Hardy Boys became Superman, became Batman, became Spider-Man, became Bradbury, became Asimov, became Heinlein, became the world,” Lorre said. Added Penn: “I owe my career to comic books. They are central to a story set in a comic book shop, and we use them as a trope and a McGuffin.”
Prady chimed in: “Comic books were my gateway drug to reading. Once a week, allowance in hand, I walked across the street to Lincoln Drugs and bought an adventure. I have still not recovered from my mother giving my collection away when I was in high school.
Meanwhile, also at Comic-Con, the L.A. firm Acronym is building an experiential pop up based on Stuart’s comic book store at the Sparks Gallery (inside the former Sterling Hardware Building in San Diego’s Gaslamp district).
Inside “Stuart’s Interdimensional Comic Center,” the space recreates six universes from Season 1, which attendees can find “hidden inside scenic touchpoints, waiting to be unlocked by the membership cards to the store,” per the description by Acronym. “Walk through an LED tunnel and watch as a comic shop hallway turns into an adventure through time and space. Every choice you make along the way builds toward one question: What hero are you, really? Walk out with the answer, and a secret personalized take away.”
The experience will launch on July 23 and continue through July 25; times are daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The ten-episode Season 1 of “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” premieres July 23 on HBO Max, with new episodes weekly. Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie star.