Mike Lester, editorial cartoonist for The Rome News-Tribune, already has a goodly sum of book titles in his portfolio that he’s illustrated. The latest book is called “Ninety-Three in My Family” and is written by Erica S. Perl. The book’s release date was September 1 and is published by Abrams Books for Young Readers.
Coming next summer will be a second installment of Winsor McCay’s classic Little Nemo. The popular “Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays” did so well that a second volume will be created that will include Winsor’s work from 1910 to 1914 and 1924-1926. The volume will be 120-130 pages.
Ted Rall has posted his confirmed book tour schedule. You can catch him at the following cities:
Charlos Gary, creator of Working It Out, will release his first book collection book October 15. The book bears the same title as the feature is entitled “It’s Always a Great Day to Be the Boss” and is being published by Sourcebooks Hysteria.From the book description:Yes, no matter what the weather or the quarterly forecast, it’s always thebest of all worlds to be the boss Charlos Gary, syndicated cartoonist withCreators Syndicate, provides a laugh a minute and the perfect gift forcoworkers, whether the boss is asking you to wash his car, locking you inyour cubicle, booby trapping the office supplies cabinet or firing someoneon the same day they’re closing on their new house.Working It Out is syndicated by Creators to over 35 newspapers.
According to E&P, a new book from University of Chicago Press entitled Revel with a Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America will be available on September 15. This book looks at political humorists of the 50’s and 60’s and includes Jules Feiffer and Walt Kelly.
Wiley Miller has a new book coming out this November entitled, Extraordinary Adventures Of Ordinary Basil.
Mentioned over on Tom Spurgeon’s Comicsreporter.com – Mike Luckovich will be on hand on September 25th at the Decatur Library to discuss and sign his book “Four More Wars!”. Mike’s appearance is scheduled for 7:15 pm. See the library’s web site for more information.
Greg Evens’ Luann has a new book entitled “Luann 3: Sixteen Isn’t Pretty” that will be released this September. From the promo: Luann manages to get through each day thanks to her two best friends, Bernice and Delta. She also receives guidance and suggestions (not that she wants them) from her parents. The collection is […]
Lynn Johnston has a new For Better or For Worse book collection coming out in the coming weeks. This one entitled, She’s Turning Into One Of Them is a daily and Sunday collection and is published through Andrews McMeel Publishing.
From the Aaugh blog, comes news that a book is being written that includes the complete collection of cartoons that Charles Schulz did for Warner Press/Youth Magazine – the topic: Teenagers. The collection will include over 250 cartoons from the mid ’50s through ’60s. The book will be published by About Comics.
Doug Marlette’s second fictional novel, Magic Time, will be released this September 19th by Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Here is the description from Marlette’s web stie:
I found this interesting story about Fantagraphics publishing company and how they almost went under back in 2003. The company focuses on publishing collections, comics and graphic novels and by most accounts their passion for the art has attracted some of the best writers and artists such as R. Crumb, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Peter Bagge and Chris Ware.
From E&P comes news that Scott Adam’s Dilbert is coming out this October in its 28th book collection. The book is entitled “Try Rebooting Yourself: A Dilbert Collection”
Additionally, Glenn McCoy’s The Duplex will also be releasing a book collection in October called “Bad Habits: Duplex Collection”
Firstly, Darrin Bell’s Candorville will come out with its second collection this September…. The book is published through Andrews McMeel and can be pre-ordered through amazon.comSecondly, Bill Mauldin, a pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonist and often best remembered for his cartoon characters of Joe and Willie during World War II, will have a series of books published by Fantagraphic according to Editor and Publisher (who cites the Comics Reporter).
Stephan Pastis’s Pearls Before Swine will be coming out in a comic collection book called “Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My!” this September. According to E&P, the book will contain a collection of unedited and unpublished strips.