Ross Richie (born May 22, 1970) is an American comic book publisher and the founder of Boom! Studios, feature film and TV producer, and comic book creator.
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Richie was born in San Antonio, Texas and is a graduate of Alamo Heights High School and The University of Texas at Austin.
From 1993 to 1995 Richie worked in the marketing department at Malibu Comics during the launch of their Ultraverse and Bravura lines, which included a national TV advertising campaign and national bus bench advertising, both firsts in the world of comic book marketing.
Richie is producing the feature film adaptation of Mage by Matt Wagner with Spyglass Entertainment,[1] and The Nightmare of Hugo Baring with Mike Medavoy (Phoenix Pictures),[2] as well as Kringle with Mark Canton (The Canton Company), Akiva Goldsman, and Unusual Suspects with Casey Silver.[3] Working with Dark Horse Comics, Richie set up Damn Nation at MTV Films/Paramount Pictures.[4]
Immediately prior to BOOM!, Richie worked with Dave Elliott and Garry Leach to re-launch Atomeka Press in 2004.[5]
In June 2005, Richie launched BOOM! Studios, which quickly became an award-winning comic book publishing company known for Pixar comics, Muppets comic books based on Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, series featuring Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 from Games Workshop, as well as 28 Days Later comic books, Die Hard comic books, and a sequential panel-to-panel graphic rendition of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.