Friday, August 08, 2008

KYLE BAKER TAKES ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
Award-winning artist adapts Lewis Carroll for CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED

“One of the most accomplished comics creators today.” -- Booklist
“One of the century’s greatest comic illustrators.” -- ESPN
“The best in the graphic novel business. The absolute best.” -- Aaron
McGruder, cartoonist, The Boondocks

They’re all talking about Kyle Baker, writer-artist of CLASSICS
ILLUSTRATED Graphic Novel #3: Through The Looking-Glass. Baker’s
inspired, gorgeous adaptation of the madcap sequel to Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland starts when Alice wonders what’s on the other
side of a mirror -- and passes through it to find out. She meets such
famous characters as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Lion and the
Unicorn, and Humpty-Dumpty, and even becomes the White Queen in a
surreal chess match against the Red Queen.

Through the Looking-Glass comes on the heels of Papercutz’ very
successful re-launch of CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED. The new series began
with the Wind in the Willows, which Newsweek called “A visual
masterpiece -- Rat, Mole, Toad, and Badger have met their
Michelangelo.” The book went back to press for a second printing within
two months. Other classics already out include acclaimed artist Rick
Geary’s adaptations of Great Expectations and The Invisible Man, and a
collection of tales by the Brothers Grimm.

Baker, who has won the comic-book industry’s Eagle, Harvey, and Eisner
awards, is known for graphic novels as diverse as the historical drama
Nat Turner and the wild New York comedy Why I Hate Saturn. His latest
comics series, The Bakers, is in development with Fox TV. Previews of
his work on Through the Looking-Glass are available at
http://www.papercutz.com/classics/looking_glass/lookingpre1.html. The
book is a full-color, 56-page hardcover, 6 1/2” x 9”, for the
affordable price of $9.95; ISBN 978-1-59707-115-4.

You can order the book through NBM Publishing at 800-886-1223.
See previews and more at www.papercutz.com.
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