Abrams ComicArts to Publish Françoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman's The TOON Treasury of Funny Comic Books for Kids

It was announced today that Abrams ComicArts’ Executive Editor Charles Kochman has acquired The TOON Treasury of Funny Comic Books for Kids, a collection of classic children’s comics from the 1940s to the 1960s, edited by two of the best-known creators in the field of comics—New Yorker art editor Françoise Mouly and Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman. The book will be compiled by Mouly and Spiegelman with the help of an advisory board that includes Jeff Smith, Frank Young, Seth, Steve Geppi, Paul Levitz, Jeet Heer, John Benson, and Chris Duffy, among others—some of the most knowledgeable experts, artists, writers, historians, editors, collectors, and critics in the field. The TOON Treasury of Funny Comic Books for Kids is scheduled for publication on the Abrams ComicArts’ fall 2009 list.

Kochman commented, “Kids love comics—reading them seems to be hardwired into our collective DNA so that we respond readily to the material if we encounter it at an early age. We have all seen the incredible success of Jeff Smith’s Bone and Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and we know that when kids have access to comics made for them, they devour the stories. Who better than Françoise and Art to sort through the material from our glorious past and present it to a new generation?”

Art Spiegelman says, “Now that comics are no longer automatically dismissed as trash we can demonstrate that the best of them stand among the greatest literature produced for children in the past century—and some of most sophisticated works done for comics were the humor books for younger children.”

The lavishly produced, large-format TOON Treasury of Funny Comic Books for Kids will focus on comic books, not strips, and will feature humorous stories that range from a single page to eight or sixteen pages, each comic self-contained. Stories will be culled from the golden age of comic books, roughly the 1940s through the early 1960s, and feature the best examples of the works of such renowned cartoonists as Carl Barks (legendary Disney artist), John Stanley (Little Lulu), Sheldon Mayer (Sugar and Spike), Walt Kelly (Pogo), Basil Wolverton (Powerhouse Pepper), and George Carlson (Jingle Jangle comics), among many, many others. Along with the stories, the book will contain historical and biographical information. Read more...

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ALL-STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER ISSUES TO BE RESOLICITED

Orders for ALL-STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER #11 (SEP080124; variant edition: SEP080125) and #12 (OCT080120; variant edition: OCT080121) are canceled. These issues will be resolicited at a later date. Read more...

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DC COMICS UNVEILS “ORIGINS AND OMENS” IN FEBRUARY

ADVENTURE COMICS #0 PRICED AT JUST $1.00

This February, nineteen core titles from the DC Universe will feature “Origins and Omens” backup stories. “Origins and Omens” lays the groundwork for the upcoming GREEN LANTERN: BLACKEST NIGHT miniseries and more in 2009.

These “Origins and Omens” issues are solicited in the December Previews and are scheduled to arrive in stores in February. DC Comics will announce the full lineup of writers and artists contributing to these stories soon.

Watch for “Origins and Omens” stories in these issues:

• ACTION COMICS #874 (DEC080116)
• ADVENTURE COMICS #0 — Specially priced at just $1.00! (DEC080117)
• BIRDS OF PREY #127 (DEC080120)
• BOOSTER GOLD #17 (DEC080121)
• GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY #17 (DEC080124)
• GREEN LANTERN #38 (NOV080161)
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS #33 (DEC080127)
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #30 (DEC080132)
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #24 (DEC080133; Variant Edition: DEC080134)
• NIGHTWING #153 (DEC080113)
• OUTSIDERS #15 (DEC080115)
• ROBIN #183 (DEC080114)
• SECRET SIX #6 (DEC080139)
• SUPERGIRL #38 (DEC08018)
• SUPERMAN #685 (DEC080109)
• TEEN TITANS #68 (DEC080144)
• TITANS #10 (DEC080143)
• VIGILANTE #3 (DEC080148)
• WONDER WOMAN #29 (DEC080150)

Also this month, watch for ADVENTURE COMICS #0, reprinting one of the cornerstone stories of the DCU with a special price of just $1.00 and featuring its own all-new “Origins and Omens” tale! To celebrate the upcoming ADVENTURE COMICS #1, this issue reprints a Silver Age classic from the title’s prior volume — ADVENTURE COMICS #247, the first appearance of The Legion of Super-Heroes! ADVENTURE COMICS #0 also features a new cover by Aaron Lopresti that’s an homage to the original. Read more...

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