SUPER GENIUS • AUGUST 2018 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY JESSICA ABEL Trish Trash Vol. 3 The Einser Award-nominated science fiction saga reaches its epic conclusion! After meeting the indigenous Martian, Qiqi, Trish Nupindju’s life changes forever. Qiqi has taught her to skate on terrain, helping her immensely on her hoverderby (a futuristic roller derby) team. She has also introduced a new way to harvest the moisture essential for life on Mars. But the suits at AREX are watching and they are not pleased. Trish’s innovations could cause irreparable damage for everyone in her life-including her team and family! AUGUST Cartoonist and writer JESSICA ABEL, from Chicago, IL, is the Super Genius author of the graphic novel La Perdida (winner of the 2002 "Best Young Adult Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Science New Series" Harvey Award) as well as two collections of stories Fiction & Fantasy from her omnibus comic book Artbabe. She and her husband, On Sale 8/28/2018 cartoonist Matt Madden, were series editors for The Best American Ages 13 to 18 Comics from 2007 to 2013 and teach at various institutions. Hardcover with dust jacket , 80 pages Together they've authored two textbooks about making comics, 11 in H | 8.5 in W Carton Quantity: 25 Drawing Words & Writing Pictures and Mastering Comics. ISBN: 9781545800164 $14.99 / $19.50 Can. Also available Trish Trash #2 9781629916392 $14.99/$20.99 Can. Trish Trash #1: Rollergirl of Mars 9781629916149 $14.99/$20.99 Can. 2 SUPER GENIUS • AUGUST 2018 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY MARKETING Major author tour planned including appearances at Miami Book Fair, ALA mid-Winter, C2E2, MOCCA and more. Hover Derby team t-shirts to be given out as prizes at various events. 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. 3 CHARMZ • MAY 2018 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / ROMANCE GREG TESSIER AND AMANDINE Chloe #4: "Rainy Day" Chloe is crushed on Valentine's Day. But being alone might cause her to rediscover herself! Chloe now finds herself alone on Valentine’s Day while her ex-boyfriend is in Italy. Will she still go to the parties or feel sorry for herself at home? Feeling lonely and rejected, Chloe rallies and discovers that when you put yourself out there, amazing things can happen. In the second story, when Chloe goes on holiday to Brittany she rediscovers a past crush after exploring an old attic. She’s determined to make this holiday more than a musty, boring, MAY affair, and decides to rekindle the old romance! Charmz Young Adult Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance GREG TESSIER has been writing stories since childhood. While On Sale 5/29/2018 Ages 10 to 14 at school, he studied history and cultural development, and today Trade Paperback , 112 pages he oversees public reading projects in France. His first comic 9 in H | 6 in W series, Mistinguette, has been very well received in France and is Carton Quantity: 70 now being translated in English for the first time as CHLOE. ISBN: 9781545800102 $9.99 / $12.99 Can. AMANDINE first came to the comics scene in 2006 with her work in Violet's Wings, based on a screenplay by Sarabelle. She attended Also available the University of Paris VIII, where she studied comic arts. When she is not working on the Mistinguette series, she continues to seek out new projects and visit French schools. Chloe #3: "Frenemies" 9781629918587 $9.99/$12.99 Can. Chloe #2 "Bells and Whistles" 9781629918334 $9.99/$13.99 Can. Chloe #1 9781629917634 $9.99/$13.99 Can. 4 CHARMZ • MAY 2018 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / ROMANCE MARKETING Book trailer and exclusive video content on YouTube and Papercutz website. Promotional events at major consumer & trade shows. Wattpad takeover including exclusive content, contest and scholarship sponsorship. Book trailer and exclusive video content on YouTube and Papercutz website. Trade advertising in PW and School Library Journal. 5 CHARMZ • MAY 2018 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / ROMANCE GREG TESSIER AND AMANDINE Chloe #4: "Rainy Day" Chloe is crushed on Valentine's Day. But being alone might cause her to rediscover herself! Chloe now finds herself alone on Valentine’s Day while her ex-boyfriend is in Italy. Will she still go to the parties or feel sorry for herself at home? Feeling lonely and rejected, Chloe rallies and discovers that when you put yourself out there, amazing things can happen. In the second story, when Chloe goes on holiday to Brittany she rediscovers a past crush after exploring an old attic. She’s determined to make this holiday more than a musty, boring, MAY affair, and decides to rekindle the old romance! Charmz Young Adult Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance GREG TESSIER has been writing stories since childhood. While On Sale 5/29/2018 Ages 10 to 14 at school, he studied history and cultural development, and today Hardcover with dust jacket 112 pages he oversees public reading projects in France. His first comic 9 in H | 6 in W series, Mistinguette, has been very well received in France and is Carton Quantity: 45 now being translated in English for the first time as CHLOE. ISBN: 9781545800119 $14.99 / $19.50 Can. AMANDINE first came to the comics scene in 2006 with her work in Violet's Wings, based on a screenplay by Sarabelle. She attended Also available the University of Paris VIII, where she studied comic arts. When she is not working on the Mistinguette series, she continues to seek out new projects and visit French schools. Chloe #3: "Frenemies" 9781629918594 $14.99/$19.50 Can. Chloe #2 "Bells and Whistles" 9781629918341 $14.99/$20.99 Can. Chloe #1 9781629917726 $14.99/$20.99 Can. 6 CHARMZ • JUNE 2018 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / ROMANCE PATRICIA LYFOUNG Scarlet Rose #3 "I Think I Love You" Maud goes missing, but is she truly lost? Maud and Guilhem are still on the trail of the evil Baron and his acolytes. With her father’s diary and a continuing sense of deja vu at every new place they go to, Maud and Guilhem grow closer in spite of his best intentions. They leave Venice for Istanbul where crossing the desert is full of surprises. When Maud goes missing, Guilhem fears the worst, but Maud is rediscovering her ancestors. Meanwhile the Huet brothers must be stopped in a fight to end all fights with the Scarlet Rose and the Fox! Apart from The Scarlet Rose , PATRICIA LYFOUNG has worked JUNE as an assistant story board artist for Totally Spies! and Martin Charmz Young Adult Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance Mystery at Marathon Animation (where she also worked on On Sale 6/19/2018 character creation). In 2005, she published a mini-comic called Ages 10 to 14 Strike in Coyote magazine, telling the story of a girl who disguises Trade Paperback , 96 pages herself as a boy in order to play baseball. Twelve volumes of THE 9 in H | 6.5 in W SCARLET ROSE have been published by Delcourt (in France) since Carton Quantity: 75 2005. ISBN: 9781545800133 $9.99 / $12.99 Can. Also available Scarlet Rose #2: "I'll Go Where You Go" 9781629918747 $9.99/$12.99 Can. Scarlet Rose #1: "I Knew I'd Meet You" 9781629918266 $9.99/$13.99 Can. 7 CHARMZ • JUNE 2018 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / ROMANCE MARKETING Professional magazine ads Book trailer on YouTube. Major promotion at trade and consumer shows Special previews on Wattpad and the Mary Sue. 8 CHARMZ • JUNE 2018 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / ROMANCE PATRICIA LYFOUNG Scarlet Rose #3 "I Think I Love You" Maud goes missing, but is she truly lost? Maud and Guilhem are still on the trail of the evil Baron and his acolytes. With her father’s diary and a continuing sense of deja vu at every new place they go to, Maud and Guilhem grow closer in spite of his best intentions. They leave Venice for Istanbul where crossing the desert is full of surprises. When Maud goes missing, Guilhem fears the worst, but Maud is rediscovering her ancestors. Meanwhile the Huet brothers must be stopped in a fight to end all fights with the Scarlet Rose and the Fox! Apart from The Scarlet Rose , Patricia Lyfoung has worked as an JUNE assistant story board artist for Totally Spies! and Martin Mystery at Charmz Young Adult Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance Marathon Animation (where she also worked on character On Sale 6/19/2018 creation). In 2005, she published a mini-comic called Strike in Ages 10 to 14 Coyote magazine, telling the story of a girl who disguises herself as Hardcover with dust jacket 96 pages a boy in order to play baseball. Twelve volumes of THE SCARLET 9 in H | 6.5 in W ROSE have been published by Delcourt (in France)since 2005. Carton Quantity: 45 ISBN: 9781545800126 $14.99 / $19.50 Can. Also available Scarlet Rose #2: "I'll Go Where You Go" 9781629918754 $14.99/$19.50 Can. 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