ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2012 Archie Comics Archie Meets KISS Summary: A highly unexpected pairing leads to a very Alex Segura, Dan Parent fun title that everyone’s talking about. Designed for both 9781936975044 KISS’s and Archie’s legions of fans and backed by Pub Date: 5/1/12 (US, Can.), On Sale Date: 5/1 massive publicity including promotion involving KISS $12.99/$14.99 Can. cofounders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, Archie 112 pages expects this title to be a breakout success. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy From the the company that’s sold over 1 billion comic books Ctn Qty: 0 and the band that’s sold over 100 million albums and DVDs 0.8lb Wt comes this monumental crossover hit! Immortal rock icons 363g Wt KISS join forces ... Author Bio: Alex Segura is a comic book writer, novelist and musician. Alex has worked in comics for over a decade. Before coming to Archie, Alex served as Publicity Manager at DC Comics. Alex has also worked at Wizard Magazine, The Miami Herald, Newsarama.com and various other outlets and websites. Author Residence: New York, NY Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2012 Archie Comics Archie Meets KISS: Collector's Edition Summary: A highly unexpected pairing leads to a very Alex Segura, Dan Parent, Gene Simmons fun title that everyone’s talking about. Designed for both 9781936975143 KISS’s and Archie’s legions of fans and backed by Pub Date: 5/1/12 (US, Can.), On Sale Date: 5/1 massive publicity including promotion involving KISS $29.99/$34.00 Can. cofounders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, Archie 160 pages expects this title to be a breakout success. Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy From the the company that’s sold over 1 billion comic books Ctn Qty: 1 and the band that’s sold over 100 million albums and DVDs 1.3lb Wt comes this monumental crossover hit! Immortal rock icons 590g Wt KISS join forces ... Author Bio: Alex Segura is a comic book writer, novelist and musician. Alex has worked in comics for over a decade. Before coming to Archie, Alex served as Publicity Manager at DC Comics. Alex has also worked at Wizard Magazine, The Miami Herald, Newsarama.com and various other outlets and websites. Author Residence: New York, NY Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2012 Archie Comics The Art of Betty & Veronica Summary: Archie releases its first-ever hardcover art Craig Yoe book! It’s a beautifully-designed celebration of the 9781936975037 world-famous and iconic Betty and Veronica, fashioned Pub Date: 9/4/12 (US, Can.), On Sale Date: 9/4 to appeal to a broad spectrum of readers both male and $29.99/$34.00 Can. female, including Americana buffs, pop culture 160 pages afficianados and comic book fans alike. Hardback Art / Techniques Archie’s very first art book is a gorgeously designed hardcover Ctn Qty: 12 edition with a cover featuring silver foil, silver ink and spot UV 1.3lb Wt celebrating two of the most iconic females in comics history. 590g Wt Featu... Author Bio: Vice magazine has called Craig Yoe the “Indiana Jones of comics historians.” Publishers Weekly says he’s the “archivist of the ridiculous and sublime” and calls his work “brilliant.” The Onion calls him “the celebrated designer,” The Library Journal, “a comics guru.” Boing Boing hails him “a fine cartoonist and a comic book historian of the first water.” Yoe was Creative Director/Vice President/General Manager of Jim Henson’s Muppets, and a Creative Director at Nickelodeon Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2012 - January 2012 Page 1 ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2012 Archie Comics Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Summary: Archie Comics has published hundreds of Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante, Ian Flynn issues of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog comic series 9781936975068 over the past 15 years. For the very first time, we’re Pub Date: 6/12/12 (US, Can.), On Sale Date: 6/12 letting our talented creators pick their all-time favorite $24.99/$27.99 Can. stories for this deluxe hardcover collection aimed at fans 144 pages of the series both past and present as well as fans of the Hardback videogame who have not yet enjoyed the comic book Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy version. We expect this book to be a very popular Ctn Qty: 0 celebration of a beloved video game and comics 1.3lb Wt character. 590g Wt The best... Author Bio: Patrick Spaziante, or “Spaz” as he is commonly known, is a comic book artist who has worked primarily for Archie Comics. Spaz is currently a penciler and cover artist at Archie Comics on the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series, and the Mega Man and Sonic Universe comics. But while Spaz is best known for his work with Archie, he has also created illustrations and comic books for such companies as Marvel Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2012 Archie Comics Mega Man 3: Return of Dr. Wily Summary: Mega Man is one of the most famous video Ian Flynn, Ben Bates game characters of all time (29 million units sold) and 9781936975112 has translated beautifully into Archie’s well-reviewed Pub Date: 8/28/12 (US, Can.), On Sale Date: 8/28 action-adventure graphic novel series, successfully $11.99/$12.99 Can. expanding our very popular video game line of all-ages 112 pages graphic novels. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction The highly anticipated Mega Man comic book series based on Ctn Qty: 0 the iconic CAPCOM video game character comes to life in this 0.8lb Wt brand new deluxe graphic novel! 363g Wt Series Overview: It is 200X and the future looks bright. Light La... Author Bio: Ian Flynn, also known by his Internet pen name Ian Potto, is an American comic writer. He has been the chief writer for Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog comic since for over 60 monthly issues. Flynn obtained the writing position on the comic by sending in unsolicited proposals, after a long participation in unofficial creation of comics about Sonic. He is Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2012 Archie Comics Archie: Clash of the New Kids Summary: This is the major summer book release Alex Simmons, Dan Parent featuring the evergreen Archie gang, with a fun twist: 9781936975099 sparks fly when 50 new students enter Riverdale High! Pub Date: 8/7/12 (US, Can.), On Sale Date: 8/7 $11.99/$12.99 Can. Archie and the gang are put to the test by an influx of 50 160 pages new students at Riverdale High who upset the status quo and Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) bring a great range of new diversity to the High School. Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Archie, Reggie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead all have to adapt Ctn Qty: 0 to the new situation and in the meantime learn important 0.8lb Wt lessons about friendships, relationships and most ... 363g Wt Author Bio: Writer, producer, teacher and founder of Kids’ Comic Con, Alex Simmons has become a fan-favorite author for teachers, parents and students alike. His work in the Archie universe has been hailed as entertaining and educational and has won a 2010 Glyph Best Writer Award. Simmons is also the founder and curator of the Color of Comics art exhibition and other creative art workshops for students and teachers and has received numerous rewards for his educational work. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2012 - January 2012 Page 2 ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2012 Archie Comics Sonic Universe 3: Knuckles Returns Summary: This ongoing full-color series is for both comic Ian Flynn book collectors who love larger-format comics as well as 9781936975129 kid readers who love the Sonic videogame character. Pub Date: 8/28/12 (US, Can.), On Sale Date: 8/28 $11.99/$12.99 Can. Archie’s über-successful Sonic Universe series continues here 112 pages in full-color, full-size graphic novel form, with the third story Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) arc, featuring the return of Sonic’s friendly nemesis, Knuckles Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy the Echidna! Ctn Qty: 0 0.8lb Wt 363g Wt Author Bio: Ian Flynn, also known by his Internet pen name Ian Potto, is an American comic writer. He has been the chief writer for Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog comic since issue #160. Flynn obtained the writing position on the comic by sending in unsolicited proposals, after a long participation in unofficial creation of comics about Sonic. He is notable for being a rare case of making a transition from active amateur to pro. He gained initial recognition for a fan comic known as Other M. His st... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2012 Archie Comics Sonic Select 5 Summary: SONIC SELECT is the best of the best from the Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SUPER SPECIALS, collected and 9781936975051 digitally remastered for the graphic novel format. This Pub Date: 5/15/12 (US, Can.), On Sale Date: 5/15 series has been very well received and volume for $11.99/$12.99 Can. volume is currently our bestselling series. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Catch the early adventures that turned Sonic and the Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Freedom Fighters into the heroes they are today! 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