New from Papercutz in August 2009

GERONIMO STILTON COMES TO COMICS!

Plus: Classics Illustrated presents Mark Twain’s TOM SAWYER


GERONIMO STILTON graphic novel #1: THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

The incredibly popular Geronimo Stilton appears in graphic novel form for the first time in the U.S., with all-new stories never seen in America. Geronimo lives in New Mouse City on Mouse island with his friends and relatives. He works at The Rodent’s Gazette, the city’s most famous newspaper. In this series of graphic novels, Geronimo travels through time to defend history from his arch nemeses, the Pirate Cats. These calculating cats travel back in time to make themselves supreme rulers of Mouse Island!

In “The Discovery of America,” Geronimo and co. join Christopher Columbus on his voyage from Italy to the New World in 1492 in order to stop the Pirate Cats and save all of the mice on Mouse Island.

Geronimo has appeared in chapter books selling more than 30 million copies, according to the authoritative website Licensing.biz -- including 7 million in the United States and nearly 2 million in Canada. What’s more, a series of animated cartoons is in production. So come and enjoy his first graphic novel!

Full-color hardcover graphic novel, 6 ½” x 9”, 56 pages, $9.95

ISBN: 978-1-59707-158-1

See preview art at http://www.papercutz.com/stilton/stilton_preview_pg1.html



GERONIMO STILTON graphic novel #2: THE SECRET OF THE SPHINX

Geronimo Stilton and friends must travel back in time to stop the Pirate Cats and their latest mad scheme! This time, jealous that the face of a man was placed on the body of the Sphinx, the devious felines are determined to coerce the Pharaoh into changing the face of this monument. It’s up to Geronimo and co. to travel back in time and stop the Pirate Cats before it’s too late. If Geronimo fails to thwart the Pirate Cats’ plans, the face of history will be changed forever – literally!

Full-color hardcover graphic novel, 6 ½” x 9”, 56 pages, $9.95

ISBN: 978-1-59707-159-8



CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED DELUXE #4: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

By Mark Twain

Adaptation by Jean David Morvan, Frederique Voulyze and Severine Le Fevebvre

Presenting Mark Twain’s timeless stories of Tom Sawyer and his friends Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn, brilliantly brought to comics. Tom’s adventures -- including pirating on the Mississippi River, schoolyard fisticuffs, and his genius fence-painting scheme -- haven’t lost any of their appeal over a hundred years since Twain first wrote about them. Almost every young boy or girl fantasizes of tagging along with Tom and Huck, sharing their incredible escapades. Now, the reader can see the Tom and his friends going through experiences that never grow old.

Full-color paperback graphic novel, 6 ½” x 9”, 144 pages, $13.95, ISBN: 978-1-59707-153-6

Also available as a collector’s hardcover, $17.95, ISBN 1-59707-152-9



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