Image Comics Announces ’80s Infused Skate Culture Inspired Ongoing ‘Grommets’

Writer Rick Remender (Deadly Class, The Scumbag), co-writer and Emmy Award winning comedian Brian Posehn (The Secret History of the War on Weed), artist Brett Parson (Tank Girl), and colourist Moreno Dinisio (Black Science), are all set for an all-new, ongoing comic book series titled, Grommets. An “eighties-infused coming-of-age story” coming in April 2024 from Remender’s Giant Generator line at Image Comics.”

“In Grommets, two outcast best friends navigate the Sacramento suburbs of 1984, where they find a home in skateboard culture and punk rock. Grommets is both an authentic look at ’80s skate culture—a snapshot of the generation that turned skating into a worldwide phenomenon—as well as a heartfelt coming-of-age story following two friends from troubled homes navigating their damage in an era when no one cared”.

Talking from experience, Remender said:

“I spent the first 11 years of my life being humiliated in competition team sports… but that all ended the day I rode skateboard. 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.”

So, something of the semi-autobiographical about this new series, maybe?

Posehn, reminiscently 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.”

Names after the skater slang – a “grommet” is a commonly used term for a young up-and-coming skater or surfer – Grommets #1 will be out in April 2024 from Image Comics/Giant Generator.