BOOM! Studios will release Cyanide & Happiness: Punching Zoo under its BOOM! Box imprint on August 20th, and ICv2 caught up with BOOM! publisher Filip Sablik, who explained the appeal of the license and the opportunity. 
 
"The first two collections were released in hardcover by Harper Collins," he explained.  "It’s a real big opportunity for us:  they were really successful; there’s a huge fan base there.  It’s a signal of what we’re trying to do with licenses, which is looking at things that are on the periphery, but have built up this real great ecosystem.  The Cyanide and Happiness guys are at shows all over the country, they’ve built up this really terrific direct sales portal, and it really fits nicely with BOOM! Box, which has a lot of Web cartoonists coming over and doing original work."
 
The 200-page trade paperback is written and illustrated by Rob DenBleyker, Kris Wilson, Dave McElfatrick, and Matt Melvin, and will include a  forward by Alexis Ohanian, one of the founders of reddit.  The book will contain a collection of fan-favorite webcomics, 30 new “too-hot-for-the-Internet” comics, and "The Hot Date" -a "chew"-your-own-adventure story.