BOOM! Studios comics created by Chris Hastings

*For a list of all comics written by Chris Hastings, see: List of comics by Chris Hastings*

Chris Hastings has written two comic series for comics publisher BOOM! Studios in his career. His first project with the studio was to write twenty-six issues of the *Adventure Time* comic, taking over for his friend Ryan North. He later collaborated with the studio again to write the *Wet, Hot, American Summer* comic.

## Adventure Time

   The *Adventure Time* comic was an ongoing comic book series written to tell stories tying in with the television show, *Adventure Time*. The comic was originally written by Ryan North, a friend and previous collaborator with Chris, and in October of 2014 it was announced that Chris would be replacing North as the writer for the comic. In addition, artist Zachary Sterling entered with Chris to take over the responsibilities of the previous artists Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb. Beginning with issue #36, Chris and Sterling wrote the comic together for twenty-six issues, the final of which, issue #61, was released on February 1, 2017.

In 2018 Chris was also asked to come back and write "Part 1" of the three-part final issue for the *Adventure Time* comic, issue #75.

## Wet Hot American Summer

   *Wet Hot American Summer* was a graphic novel released in November of 2018 based on the 2001 film of the same name. The comic was written by Chris Hastings and illustrated by Noah Hayes and was first announced by BOOM! Studios on August 8, 2017, three days after the release of a Netflix series in the same *Wet Hot* franchise. BOOM! Studios published a "first look" at art for the book in May 2018, less than six months before the full release. The comic takes place in the *Wet Hot* franchise, which at the time of the comic's publishing consisted of the original 2001 film, as well as a 2015 Netflix series entitled *Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp* and a second series in 2017 entitled *Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later*. The story of the comic took place during the second week of summer camp at the series' primary setting, Camp Firewood, and the plot followed the Camp Firewood staff as they tried to clean up the camp to bring it up to code so that it would not be shut down by a camp inspector.

## Trivia

* Hastings has mentioned in interviews that his favorite *Adventure Time* character is BMO.
* Hastings mentioned that when writing the *Adventure Time* comic, he heavily consulted Ryan North (author of the first thirty-five issues of the series) and was allegedly told that Ryan often relied on time-travel stories for the series so that he could create alternate timelines without affecting or conflicting with the story of television show.
* The official indica BOOM! Studios used for the Wet Hot American Summer book was "*Wet Hot American Summer, November 2018*".

## References

1. ↑ Comics Alliance - Ryan North Leaves ‘Adventure Time’ Comic After Three Years, Will Be Replaced By Christopher Hastings
2. ↑ Wet Hot American Summer OGN On the Way From BOOM! Studios - CBR.com
3. ↑ Wet Hot American Summer First Look - BOOM! Studios website
4. ↑ *Wet Hot American Summer* trade paperback
5. ↑ Comic Book Club: Chris Hastings - Event occurs at 12:49
6. ↑ Comic Book Club: Chris Hastings - Event occurs at 7:40
7. ↑ *Wet Hot American Summer* trade paperback interior cover page