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Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars Omnibus by Jessica Abel
200 years from now, Trish "Trash" Nupindju lives on the newly inhabited Mars, whose settlers live under harsh and ruthless conditions. Trish dreams of only one thing: becoming a hoverderby star. It seems like making the professional derby team is the only way to escape a future of poverty on her parents' farm. But, what happens when a half-dead Martian shows up on her doorstep and changes everything?
Author Bio
Cartoonist and writer JESSICA ABEL, from Chicago, IL, is the author of the graphic novel La Perdida (winner of the 2002 "Best New Series" Harvey Award) as well as two collections of stories from her omnibus comic book Artbabe. She and her husband, cartoonist Matt Madden, were series editors for The Best American Comics from 2007 to 2013 and teach at various institutions. Together they've authored two textbooks about making comics, Papercutz Drawing Words & Writing Pictures and Mastering Comics. On Sale: Dec 4/18 8.5 x 11 • 216 pages 9781545801673 • $25.99 • pb Comics & Graphic Novels / Graphic Nov / Science Fiction Series: Trish Trash graphic novels
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Promotion Continued author appearances at conventions and trade shows. Will leverage Abel's connection to Ira Glass for major coverage on NPR and throughout the podcast community. Special educator kit to be produced in conjunction with Abel featuring her unique takes on comics as a narrative form.
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Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars Omnibus by Jessica Abel
200 years from now, Trish "Trash" Nupindju lives on the newly inhabited Mars, whose settlers live under harsh and ruthless conditions. Trish dreams of only one thing: becoming a hoverderby star. It seems like making the professional derby team is the only way to escape a future of poverty on her parents' farm. But, what happens when a half-dead Martian shows up on her doorstep and changes everything?
Author Bio
Cartoonist and writer JESSICA ABEL, from Chicago, IL, is the author of the graphic novel La Perdida (winner of the 2002 "Best New Series" Harvey Award) as well as two collections of stories from her omnibus comic book Artbabe. She and her husband, cartoonist Matt Madden, were series editors for The Best American Comics from 2007 to 2013 and teach at various institutions. Together they've authored two textbooks about making comics, Papercutz Drawing Words & Writing Pictures and Mastering Comics. On Sale: Dec 4/18 8.5 x 11 • 216 pages 9781545801666 • $38.99 • CL - With dust jacket Comics & Graphic Novels / Graphic Nov / Science Fiction Series: Trish Trash graphic novels
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Promotion Continued author appearances at conventions and trade shows. Will leverage Abel's connection to Ira Glass for major coverage on NPR and throughout the podcast community. Special educator kit to be produced in conjunction with Abel featuring her unique takes on comics as a narrative form.
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Ghost Friends Forever #2 by Monica Gallagher, illustrated by Kata Kane
Magic is the only thing that will help Sophia Greene-Campos reunite with Whitney, her ghost girl crush who died in the 1990s. Frustrated, Sophia turns to the one group that she knows she can learn from - Spectreville High's Wiccans & Witchcraft Club. Technically the club is only allowed to study magic and not actually practice it, but Sophia befriends a witch named Charlotte who shows her they don't all follow school rules. Sophia's ex-boyfriend Jake is struggling between expressing his romantic feelings for her and helping her to get Whitney back. And Felix is suffering the nightmarish after effects of creating a Banishment Portal. In order to help him, Joanne and Oscar might be forced to reveal more of their knowledge about The Paranormal Incident that split the family.
Author Bio
MONICA GALLAGHER is an indie creator with over ten years experience Bloomsbury making comics and illustrations with positive, feminist spin. She has worked On Sale: Oct 2/18 for Oni Press, Vertigo, and Valiant, and has published several of her own mini- 5.5 x 8 • 96 pages comics and books. 9781545801512 • $12.99 • pb YA Fic / Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance • Ages KATA KANE is an illustrator, designer, and comic book artist best known as 10-14 the creator of "Altar Girl," an all-ages manga style graphic novel and ongoing Series: Ghost Friends Forever webcomic series commended as the "cute shoujo manga with a spine of steel!"- (Girls Like Comics) Notes
Promotion Special previews on Wattpad and The Mary Sue. Special outreach to LGBT press. Major trade and consumer promotion at ALA, library and consumer shows Social media push on publisher and author pages, Goodreads, NetGalley.
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Ghost Friends Forever #2 by Monica Gallagher, illustrated by Kata Kane
Magic is the only thing that will help Sophia Greene-Campos reunite with Whitney, her ghost girl crush who died in the 1990s. Frustrated, Sophia turns to the one group that she knows she can learn from - Spectreville High's Wiccans & Witchcraft Club. Technically the club is only allowed to study magic and not actually practice it, but Sophia befriends a witch named Charlotte who shows her they don't all follow school rules. Sophia's ex-boyfriend Jake is struggling between expressing his romantic feelings for her and helping her to get Whitney back. And Felix is suffering the nightmarish after effects of creating a Banishment Portal. In order to help him, Joanne and Oscar might be forced to reveal more of their knowledge about The Paranormal Incident that split the family.
Author Bio
MONICA GALLAGHER is an indie creator with over ten years experience Bloomsbury making comics and illustrations with positive, feminist spin. She has worked On Sale: Oct 2/18 for Oni Press, Vertigo, and Valiant, and has published several of her own mini- 5.5 x 8 • 96 pages comics and books. 9781545801505 • $19.50 • cl YA Fic / Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance • Ages KATA KANE is an illustrator, designer, and comic book artist best known as 10-14 the creator of "Altar Girl," an all-ages manga style graphic novel and ongoing Series: Ghost Friends Forever webcomic series commended as the "cute shoujo manga with a spine of steel!"- (Girls Like Comics) Notes
Promotion Special previews on Wattpad and The Mary Sue. Special outreach to LGBT press. Major trade and consumer promotion at ALA, library and consumer shows Social media push on publisher and author pages, Goodreads, NetGalley.
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Scarlet Rose #4: "You Will Always Be Mine" by Patricia Lyfoung
As Maud and Guilhem prepare for their wedding by day, at night they continue to put on their masks for justice for the lost and forgotten. They seem to have the most perfect connection and truest love. Only the approach of a grand ball casts a shadow on their relationship, for Maud must beware of the impetuous Natalia, the one who bears the ring that belonged to Guilhem's father. And Guilhem, torn between a secret he dares not share even with his beloved Maud, makes a decision that may throw them into turmoil forever! Will Maud, who can't stand all the pomp and circumstance of the French elite, learn to fight in lace and a petticoats? Will Guilhem abandon the woman he loves? Find out in this exciting new volume!
Author Bio
Apart from The Scarlet Rose , Patricia Lyfoung has worked as an assistant story board artist for Totally Spies! and Martin Mystery at Marathon Animation Bloomsbury (where she also worked on character creation). In 2005, she published a mini- On Sale: Nov 13/18 comic called Strike in Coyote magazine, telling the story of a girl who 6.5 x 9 • 96 pages disguises herself as a boy in order to play baseball. Twelve volumes of THE 9781545801611 • $12.99 • pb SCARLET ROSE have been published by Delcourt (in France) since 2005. YA Fic / Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance • Ages 10-14 Series: Scarlet Rose
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Promotion Professional magazine ads Book trailer on YouTube. Major promotion at trade and consumer shows Special previews on Wattpad and the Mary Sue.
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Scarlet Rose #4: "You Will Always Be Mine" by Patricia Lyfoung
As Maud and Guilhem prepare for their wedding by day, at night they continue to put on their masks for justice for the lost and forgotten. They seem to have the most perfect connection and truest love. Only the approach of a grand ball casts a shadow on their relationship, for Maud must beware of the impetuous Natalia, the one who bears the ring that belonged to Guilhem's father. And Guilhem, torn between a secret he dares not share even with his beloved Maud, makes a decision that may throw them into turmoil forever! Will Maud, who can't stand all the pomp and circumstance of the French elite, learn to fight in lace and a petticoats? Will Guilhem abandon the woman he loves? Find out in this exciting new volume!
Author Bio
Apart from The Scarlet Rose , Patricia Lyfoung has worked as an assistant story board artist for Totally Spies! and Martin Mystery at Marathon Animation Bloomsbury (where she also worked on character creation). In 2005, she published a mini- On Sale: Nov 13/18 comic called Strike in Coyote magazine, telling the story of a girl who 6.5 x 9 • 96 pages disguises herself as a boy in order to play baseball. Twelve volumes of THE 9781545801604 • $19.50 • cl SCARLET ROSE have been published by Delcourt (in France) since 2005. YA Fic / Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance • Ages 10-14 Series: Scarlet Rose
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Promotion Professional magazine ads Book trailer on YouTube. Major promotion at trade and consumer shows Special previews on Wattpad and the Mary Sue.
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Beauty Queen #1 by Jennifer deGuzman, illustrated by Jamie Parreno
"Mamalarang! Witch!" These are words that have followed young Renata for most of her life. Living in the squalor of Manila's Smokey Mountain - a slum within a garbage dump - Renata uses her power to communicate with insects to help her with collecting recyclable rubbish. As her family ekes out a living, the flip side of Manila is one where glamorous Beauty Queens reign supreme. When a flamboyant talent coach spots Renata in the market, he gives her the chance to be plucked from poverty into the heady world of Filipino pageants. But even as she is groomed in poise and beauty, her past and the plight of the poor in Manila haunts her. And her secret power just keeps strengthening. Will the love of a fellow pageant girl help Renata find the strength to set her power free
Bloomsbury On Sale: Dec 18/18 5.5 x 8 • 96 pages 9781545801697 • $12.99 • pb YA Fic / Comics & Graphic Novels / Lgbt • Ages 10-14
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Promotion Special previews on Wattpad and The Mary Sue. Special outreach to LGBT press. Major trade and consumer promotion at ALA, library and consumer shows Social media push on publisher and author pages, Goodreads, NetGalley.
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Beauty Queen #1 by Jennifer deGuzman, illustrated by Jamie Parreno
"Mamalarang! Witch!" These are words that have followed young Renata for most of her life. Living in the squalor of Manila's Smokey Mountain - a slum within a garbage dump - Renata uses her power to communicate with insects to help her with collecting recyclable rubbish. As her family ekes out a living, the flip side of Manila is one where glamorous Beauty Queens reign supreme. When a flamboyant talent coach spots Renata in the market, he gives her the chance to be plucked from poverty into the heady world of Filipino pageants. But even as she is groomed in poise and beauty, her past and the plight of the poor in Manila haunts her. And her secret power just keeps strengthening. Will the love of a fellow pageant girl help Renata find the strength to set her power free
Bloomsbury On Sale: Dec 18/18 5.5 x 8 • 96 pages 9781545801680 • $19.50 • cl YA Fic / Comics & Graphic Novels / Lgbt • Ages 10-14
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Promotion Special previews on Wattpad and The Mary Sue. Special outreach to LGBT press. Major trade and consumer promotion at ALA, library and consumer shows Social media push on publisher and author pages, Goodreads, NetGalley.
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Gillbert #1 by Art Baltazar
A message in a bottle? A fiery asteroid from space? A sea of magical mystical mermaids? This is the world of GILLBERT.
In the deepest part of the ocean, unexplored by man and too deep for humans to swim, lives a little sea creature named Gillbert. Gillbert the Sea Creature is the son of KING NAUTICUS, king of all the oceans. One day, Gillbert will be king. But in the meantime, his playful curiosity takes him away from the kingdom on a journey of discovery.
Gillbert meets an amphibious mermaid and follows her into unknown parts of the ocean. Where he meets many unknown and undiscovered species of underwater creatures. He didn't know these things existed so close to home. Gillbert's world just got a whole lot bigger!
Author Bio Papercutz On Sale: Sep 11/18 Art is a super-cartoonist machine from the heart of Chicago! Artie is a creative 6 x 9 • 88 pages force behind The Eisner Award winning ITTY BITTY HELLBOY and The NYT 9781545801451 • $12.99 • pb Best Selling, Eisner Award, Harvey Award Winning DC Comics' TINY TITANS, Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels/Animal • and Artist of The DC SUPER-PETS children's book series! Artie also Co- Ages 7-10 years Wrote DC's Billy Batson and the Magic of SHAZAM, Young Justice, Green Lantern Animated (comic) and is the Artist/Co-Writer for the epics SUPERMAN FAMILY ADVENTURES and the new SUPER POWERS! Series Notes from DC comics. Recently, he became co-Founder of the AW YEAH COMICS comic shop and co-Creator of the AW YEAH COMICS comic book series starring ACTION CAT Promotion and ADVENTURE BUG! Major ARC drop to press and accounts appearances at major conventions and trade shows Author talks at educational and professional events Push on Netgalley, Goodreads, etc.
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Gillbert #1 by Art Baltazar
A message in a bottle? A fiery asteroid from space? A sea of magical mystical mermaids? This is the world of GILLBERT.
In the deepest part of the ocean, unexplored by man and too deep for humans to swim, lives a little sea creature named Gillbert. Gillbert the Sea Creature is the son of KING NAUTICUS, king of all the oceans. One day, Gillbert will be king. But in the meantime, his playful curiosity takes him away from the kingdom on a journey of discovery.
Gillbert meets an amphibious mermaid and follows her into unknown parts of the ocean. Where he meets many unknown and undiscovered species of underwater creatures. He didn't know these things existed so close to home. Gillbert's world just got a whole lot bigger!
Author Bio Papercutz On Sale: Sep 11/18 Art is a super-cartoonist machine from the heart of Chicago! Artie is a creative 6 x 9 • 88 pages force behind The Eisner Award winning ITTY BITTY HELLBOY and The NYT 9781545801444 • $19.50 • CL - With dust jacket Best Selling, Eisner Award, Harvey Award Winning DC Comics' TINY TITANS, Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels/Animal • and Artist of The DC SUPER-PETS children's book series! Artie also Co- Ages 7-10 years Wrote DC's Billy Batson and the Magic of SHAZAM, Young Justice, Green Lantern Animated (comic) and is the Artist/Co-Writer for the epics SUPERMAN FAMILY ADVENTURES and the new SUPER POWERS! Series Notes from DC comics. Recently, he became co-Founder of the AW YEAH COMICS comic shop and co-Creator of the AW YEAH COMICS comic book series starring ACTION CAT Promotion and ADVENTURE BUG! Major ARC drop to press and accounts appearances at major conventions and trade shows Author talks at educational and professional events Push on Netgalley, Goodreads, etc.
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Geronimo Stilton #20: "Operation Shufongfong" Saving Liberty by Vincent Bonjour, illustrated by Pier Di Gia and Ryan Jampole
Geronimo Stilton is back in new comic stories based on the animated series, now airing on Netflix! The famous Prince Nogouda pays a visit to New Mouse City and ace reporter Geronimo Stilton has an exclusive interview. Meanwhile, at the Mouse Museum, the rare breed of Shufongfong lizards have been kidnapped! Could like Prince and his kingdom in the Bandel jungle have anything to do with this? Geronimo, Thea, Trap, and Benjamin are on the case!
Author Bio
Born in New Mouse City, Mouse Island, GERONIMO STILTON is Rattus Emeritus of Mousomorphic Literature and of Neo-Ratonic Comparative Philosophy. He is the director of The Rodent's Gazette, New Mouse City's most widely read daily newspaper. In 2006 he won a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Papercutz Award and in 2008 he won the Cartoomics prize "Beyond Comics." His works On Sale: Oct 16/18 have been published all over the globe. In his spare time, Mr. Stilton collects 6.50 x 9 • 56 pages antique cheese rinds. 9781629918716 • $13.99 • CL - With dust jacket Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Nov / General • RYAN JAMPOLE is a Harvey Award nominated comic artist from Queens, Ages 8-12 years New York. Ryan has drawn MEGA MAN and SONIC for Archie comics, Series: Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels DEXTER'S LABORATORY, and CODENAME KND for IDW and of course, SANJAY AND CRAIG for Papercutz. He also has an amazing beard. Notes
Promotion Trade advertising in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. Consumer announcement preview email to "Passport to Adventure" database. Cross promote with new distribution platform for GERONIMO STILTON cartoon. Review copies available on Net Galley, GoodReads, BookLikes. ALA Mid-Winter, LATBF and other consumer shows featured in booth. Cross promotion with other GERONIMO STILTON licensees.
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The Loud House #5: "The Man with the Plan" by Nickelodeon and The Loud House Creative Team
At 11 years old, Lincoln Loud is the middle child, with five older sisters and five younger sisters. Surviving the Loud household means staying a step ahead. He's the man with a plan, always coming up with a way to get what he wants or deal with a problem, even if things inevitably go wrong. After all, you know what they say about the best laid plans! But being the only boy comes with some perks. Lincoln gets his own room - even if it's just a converted linen closet. On the other hand, being the only boy also means he sometimes gets a little too much attention from his sisters. And if Lincoln Loud didn't already have enough to deal with, he also gets caught up in the lives of his friends' families, the McBrides and the Casanovas.
Papercutz On Sale: Nov 13/18 6 x 9 • 64 pages 9781545801543 • $10.50 • pb Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In • Ages 7-10 years Series: Loud House
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Promotion Major push from Nickelodeon social media Facebook and YouTube advertising campaigns. Review copies on NetGalley, GoodReads and BookLikes. Cross promotion with other NICKELODEON licensees.
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The Loud House #5: "The Man with the Plan" by Nickelodeon and The Loud House Creative Team
At 11 years old, Lincoln Loud is the middle child, with five older sisters and five younger sisters. Surviving the Loud household means staying a step ahead. He's the man with a plan, always coming up with a way to get what he wants or deal with a problem, even if things inevitably go wrong. After all, you know what they say about the best laid plans! But being the only boy comes with some perks. Lincoln gets his own room - even if it's just a converted linen closet. On the other hand, being the only boy also means he sometimes gets a little too much attention from his sisters. And if Lincoln Loud didn't already have enough to deal with, he also gets caught up in the lives of his friends' families, the McBrides and the Casanovas.
Papercutz On Sale: Nov 13/18 6 x 9 • 64 pages 9781545801536 • $16.99 • CL - With dust jacket Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In • Ages 7-10 years Series: Loud House
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Promotion Major push from Nickelodeon social media Facebook and YouTube advertising campaigns. Review copies on NetGalley, GoodReads and BookLikes. Cross promotion with other NICKELODEON licensees.
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Melowy vol. 2 by Cortney Faye Powell, illustrated by Ryan Jampole
Destino's esteemed Fashion Club is holding open auditions. Electra and Selene, the most fashionable of the Melowys, simply must try out. But when the spoiled Eris also has her eyes on the club, she can't help but meddle and get her hooves dirty! Will Electra and Selene make it to the Forest of Colors for their auditions without being fashionably late?
Author Bio
RYAN JAMPOLE is a Harvey Award nominated comic artist. He hails from Queens, New York and attended the High School of Art & Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Ryan has drawn MEGA MAN and SONIC for Archie comics, DEXTER'S LABORATORY, and CODENAME KND for IDW and GERONIMO and THEA STILTON comics for Papercutz.
Bloomsbury On Sale: Oct 30/18 6 x 9 • 64 pages 9781545801574 • $16.99 • cl Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels/Animal • Ages 7-11 Series: Melowy
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Promotion Wide distribution of ARCs to long lead publications and reps for major accounts Trade ads in professional publications Featured on Netgalley, Goodreads and other reader sites Social media campaign and Facebook ads aimed at My Little Pony young fans Cross promotion with Scholastic's chapter books
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Geronimo Stilton 3-in-1 #2 by Geronimo Stilton
Geronimo Stilton lives in New Mouse City on Mouse Island with his friends and relatives. He works at The Rodent's Gazette, the most famous newspaper in New Mouse City. In these comics, Geronimo Stilton travels back in time to save the future, by protecting the past from his arch nemeses, the Pirate Cats. These devious felines plan to change history to make them supreme rulers of Mouse Island! Geronimo and Friends chase the dastardly Pirate Cats to the Ice Age and then hobnob with the likes of Marco Polo and Leonardo Da Vinci, while working on his famous Mona Lisa!
Author Bio
Born in New Mouse City, Mouse Island, GERONIMO STILTON is Rattus Emeritus of Mousomorphic Literature and of Neo-Ratonic Comparative Philosophy. He is the director of The Rodent's Gazette, New Mouse City's most widely read daily newspaper. Stilton was awarded the Ratitzer Prize for Papercutz his scoops on The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid and The Search for Sunken On Sale: Nov 20/18 Treasure. One of his bestsellers won the 2002 eBook Award for world's best- 6.50 x 9 • 144 pages selling electronic book. In 2006 he won a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award and 9781545801598 • $19.50 • pb in 2008 he won the Cartoomics prize "Beyond Comics." His works have been Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Action & published all over the globe. In his spare time, Mr. Stilton collects antique Adventure • Ages 7-11 years cheese rinds. Series: Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels
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Promotion Cross promotion with other GERONIMO STILTON licensees. Cross promote with new distribution platform for GERONIMO STILTON cartoon. Trade advertising in Booklist Featured in booth at ALA, Comic Con, and other consumer shows
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Hotel Transylvania 3-in-1 #1 by Stefan Petrucha, illustrated by Allen Gladfelter and Zazo
Three full adventures featuring the horrific guests at Hotel Transylvania, the world's premire hotel for monsters to get a respite from the human world. Join Drac, his family Mavis, human son-in-law Johnny, and grandson Dennis along with the Drac Pack as they cause a "Kakieland Katastrophe" with a local amusement park mogul and then open up "Motel Transylvania" in the Swiss Alps, to surprising, and frustrating, results! Plus, sink you teeth into Mavis's early years as she becomes "My Little Monster-Sitter" and with her friends Wendy, Pedro, and Hank. But what happens when the pups she is supposed to watch disappear in the catacombs below the Hotel Transylvania?
Author Bio
Location: Stefan Petrucha - Amherst, MA
STEFAN PETRUCHA is the author of such YA series asTimetripper, Split, Papercutz and The Rule of Won, as well as THE THREE STOOGES, POWER On Sale: Oct 9/18 RANGERS, PAPERCUTZ SLICES, and many other series from Papercutz. He 6 x 9 • 160 pages has written X-Files comics, Disney comics, and he was nominated for a 9781545805329 • $19.50 • pb Stoker Award for his graphic novel, Kolchak: The Devil in the Details Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Humorous • Ages 6-12 years Series: Hotel Translyvania
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Promotion Trade advertising in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. Facebook and You Tube advertising campaigns. Review copies on GoodReads, BookLikes & Net Galley. Consumer announcement preview email
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Smurfs 3-in-1 #2 by Peyo
The beautiful and enigmatic (not to mention blue) Smurfette makes her debut in this collection of the original Smurfs comics by Peyo. Known in America primarily for the hit 80s animated TV series and the hit movies, many Smurfs fans don't realize that the Smurfs originally appeared in comics. Now the Smurfs are back in SMURF-TASTIC comic adventures. Featuring the classic stories "The Smurfette," "The Smurfs and the Egg," and "The Smurfs and the Howlibird" and many more!
Author Bio
Location: Belgium
PIERRE CULLIFORD, born in Belgium in 1928, was the cartoonist known as Peyo. Peyo began his career working with some of Belgium's most talented cartoonists, including his lifelong writing partner Yvan Delporte. In 1958, The Bloomsbury Smurfs made their first appearance and went on to become the world-famous On Sale: Nov 20/18 characters we know and love today. 6.5 x 9 • 172 pages 9781545801642 • $19.50 • pb Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Humorous • Ages 7-11 Series: Smurfs Graphic Novels
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Dinosaur Explorers Vol. 3: "Playing in the Permian" by Redcode
This time, the X-Venture Xplorers' are in the Permian - Carboniferous eras, around 350 million years back. Many creatures which are small today were very big back then- which presents a big problem when the X-Venture Xplorers come face to face with things like giant spiders! Even more big dangers from today's small creatures await the team as they quickly realize that it is a bad idea to be PLAYING IN THE PERMIAN!
Author Bio
Albbie Joined KADOKAWA GEMPAK STARZ™ in 2003. One of the COMIC KING™ and POPCORN™ magazines' co-conceptualisers. Currently part of the senior editorial staff at COMIC KING™. Began planning X-Venture series in 2009, and is responsible for research, story and editing.
Bloomsbury Redcode On Sale: Nov 27/18 Joined KADOKAWA GEMPAK STARZ™ in 2010. Currently working on 5.5 x 8 • 184 pages planning and scripting of X-Venture series. 9781545801635 • $16.99 • pb Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Action & Adventure • Ages 8-12
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Promotion Wide distribution of ARCs to long lead publications and reps for major accounts Trade ads in professional publications Ads in Ingram's and B&T publications Featured on Netgalley, Goodreads and other reader sites Star feature in Library shows with ARC give-aways
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Dinosaur Explorers Vol. 3: "Playing in the Permian" by Redcode
This time, the X-Venture Xplorers' are in the Permian - Carboniferous eras, around 350 million years back. Many creatures which are small today were very big back then- which presents a big problem when the X-Venture Xplorers come face to face with things like giant spiders! Even more big dangers from today's small creatures await the team as they quickly realize that it is a bad idea to be PLAYING IN THE PERMIAN!
Author Bio
Albbie Joined KADOKAWA GEMPAK STARZ™ in 2003. One of the COMIC KING™ and POPCORN™ magazines' co-conceptualisers. Currently part of the senior editorial staff at COMIC KING™. Began planning X-Venture series in 2009, and is responsible for research, story and editing.
Bloomsbury Redcode On Sale: Nov 27/18 Joined KADOKAWA GEMPAK STARZ™ in 2010. Currently working on 5.5 x 8 • 184 pages planning and scripting of X-Venture series. 9781545801628 • $22.50 • cl Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Action & Adventure • Ages 8-12
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Promotion Wide distribution of ARCs to long lead publications and reps for major accounts Trade ads in professional publications Ads in Ingram's and B&T publications Featured on Netgalley, Goodreads and other reader sites Star feature in Library shows with ARC give-aways
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Barbie 3-in-1 by Sarah Kuhn
Barbie is on the career path in all-new adventures! This all-new 21st century take on Barbie tells the story of a young woman struggling to start her fashion career. Will she be a designer, a photographer, a model? Barbie doesn't know yet but there is one thing she does know - girls can be anything!
Plus, Barbie enters the world of coding…inside a video game as she skates around the game to rescue her lost friend in BARBIE VIDEO GAME HERO- a bonus story inspired by the Barbie movie!
Author Bio
SARAH KUHN is the author of the forthcoming HEROINE COMPLEX trilogy for DAW Books and the geek rom-com novella ONE CON GLORY.
Bloomsbury On Sale: Dec 11/18 6 x 9 • 192 pages 9781545801659 • $19.50 • pb Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In • Ages 7-10 Series: Barbie
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Geeky Fab Five vol. 2: "Mystery of the Missing Monarchs" by Liz Lareau and Lucy Lareau, illustrated by Ryan Jampole
In their next adventure, the Geeky Fab Five discover a hidden garden filled with Monarch butterflies and honeybees. While the girls are learning in science class that Monarchs and bees are becoming endangered, something threatens their secret butterfly garden behind Earhart. To solve the mystery, Hubble the GFF mascot (and ever-so-curious cat) discovers a secret that gets him catnapped! In a race against time, the girls must rescue Hubble, save the garden, and solve the mystery of the missing Monarchs.
Author Bio
LUCY LAREAU co-created the GEEKY FAB FIVE STEM girls series with her mom based on her own real-life experiences in elementary school, where students learn to make a difference. Now in middle school, Lucy lives in Illinois with her parents, brothers, and sister, along with three cats, including Tom, Papercutz whose inspired Hubble. On Sale: Dec 24/18 6 x 9 • 64 pages RYAN JAMPOLE is a Harvey Award nominated comic artist. He hails from 9781545801567 • $16.99 • CL - With dust jacket Queens, New York and attended the High School of Art & Design and the Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Action & Fashion Institute of Technology. Ryan has drawn MEGA MAN and SONIC for Adventure • Ages 7-10 years Archie comics, DEXTER'S LABORATORY, and CODENAME KND for IDW Series: Geeky Fab Five and GERONIMO and THEA STILTON comics for Papercutz.
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Promotion Tour by Lucy in person at events such as the Brooklyn Book Fair, Miami Book Fair and others, in libraries, and schools to promote the series but also promote girls feeling empowered in science and engineering. Wide distribution of ARCs to long lead publications and reps for major accounts Trade ads in professional publications Star feature in Library shows with ARC give-aways Featured on Netgalley, Goodreads and other reader sites Co-author mom Liz Lareau is a seasoned PR vet on a mission!
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