Deadly Class writer Rick Remender is teaming up with artist Brett Parson, colorist Moreno Dinisio, and co-writer and Emmy Award-winning comedian Brian Posehn for a new ongoing series from his Giant Generator line at Image Comics. Slated for release starting in April 2024, the new series, Grommets, will follow two outcast best friends living in the suburbs of Sacramento in 1984.
Grommets is a coming-of-age tale that tackles trauma, found family, and mental health. Despite not belonging to the “in” crowd, the main characters find a home in punk rock and skateboard culture during the era that made skateboarding an international phenomenon. The series’ title hails from skater slang: “Grommet” is commonly used to refer to young skaters or surfers who are up-and-coming in their sport.
Check out variant covers for Grommets #1 below, as well as interior art.
“I spent the first 11 years of my life being humiliated in competition team sports… but that all ended the day I rode a skateboard,” Remender said in a statement. “I spent the summer of 1984 skating from morning to night. Soon all my friends were there with me. Life became more fun than it had ever been before.
“The fun wasn’t based on winning; the competition was healthy, you were always backed up by a pal giving you support, telling you to keep at it until you nailed the trick. My skateboard was everything: It was how I got around, it was how I identified myself, it was how I spent all my free time before and after school, on every weekend, and most importantly… it was ours. The kids owned this sport.”
Posehn added, “Like my old pal, Rick, I too sucked at mainstream sports and that led to my love of skateboarding, which I also sucked at. But that’s the beauty of the sport: It didn’t matter how good I was. It was the most fun I’d ever had and no one in my crew gave the slightest shit if I couldn’t ollie. It wasn’t about one-upmanship. Skater kids were different, funny, smart and they hated what I hated: mainstream sports, mainstream music, Camaros, tough guys, and misogyny. It was less of a sport and more of a lifestyle. We were misfits before it was cool.”
Grommets #1 will be available at comic book shops and in digital format on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play in April 2024.
