Random House Publishing Group agreed to acquire BOOM! Entertainment, Inc. from The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) and others on July 10, 2024. Boom!

Studios will maintain its Los Angeles offices and continue to publish through four distinct lines: Boom! Studios, Boom! Box, KaBoom!

and Archaia. Diamond Comic Distributors will continue to distribute Boom! Studios titles to the direct market, with Simon & Schuster handling the bookstore trade.

Boom! Studios will continue its editorial and publishing independence and will report to Random House Worlds president Scott Shannon, while Random House Worlds vp publisher Keith Clayton and Random House Publishing Group executive vp of business strategy Bill Takes will help manage the new imprint. The transaction is expected to close later this summer.