In a bit of sad news, AMC has cancelled the popular series, Comic Book Men. While AMC has already confirmed that it will back Preacher, which is based on the comic book series of the same name, the other show based on a comic book did not make the cut.
Kevin Smith revealed on social media that his relatively long-running unscripted series Comic Book Men has been cancelled after seven seasons, with Season 8 no longer in the works. Smith revealed Comic Book Men’s cancellation through an entire podcast episode. As pointed out in his post, Smith joined up with longtime collaborators Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Mike Zapcic and Ming Chen to record a two-hour-plus episode of SModcast that served as a “sad but celebratory” episode obviously focused on saying goodbye to Comic Book Men and reliving some of their favorite moments from the seven-season production.
During the podcast, Kevin Smith revealed that AMC contacted him personally to let him know that the executives weren’t going to go ahead with a Season 8 renewal. No reasons were given for the decision, but several factors come into play here.
After 96 episodes, the @ComicBookMenAMC are now the Cancelled Book Men. On a new #SModcast, hear Walt, Bry, Ming, Mike & I hold a Viking funeral for our @AMC_TV show and reminisce about the happy highlights of seven seasons! With big @TellEmSteveDave news: https://t.co/C5HSs6H2F1 https://t.co/Ij6Rf9Suh8
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) June 25, 2018
