Apr 10, 2008
After much anticipation, the debut list for Françoise Mouly’s Toon Books line went on sale this past Monday. The company decided to simultaneously publish all three books on April 7, because of early demand. Toon Books has already gone back to press for Geoffrey Hayes’s Benny and Penny in Just Pretend before publication. The line is distributed by Diamond Book Distributors.
Several New York City events are planned to celebrate the launch, beginning with a launch party this evening at Books of Wonder. All four contributors to the list will be in town for the launch: Agnès Rosenstiehl (Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons) from France, Hayes from San Francisco, and Frank Cammuso and Jay Lynch (Otto’s Orange Day) from upstate New York.
On Friday, the authors will be at Borders Books and Music at Columbus Circle, and on Saturday, Hayes, Cammuso and Lynch will participate at a Kids’ Day celebration at NYC comic book store Jim Hanley’s Universe. Events are also scheduled for later this month at the Museum of the City of New York, Barnes & Noble in TriBeCa, McNally Robinson Booksellers in Nolita and the New York ComicCon.
Toon Books has also announced the three books that make up its sophomore list this fall: Stinky by Eleanor Davis, Jack and the Box by Art Spiegelman and Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever by Dean Haspiel and Jay Lynch.
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