The
Award-Winning Distinctive Plush Toy Characters Define The “New
Beautiful” And Come To Life In A New All-ages Full-Color Graphic Novel
Series Launching Across North America In July!
San Francisco, CA, July 1, 2013 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media),
the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in
North America, delivers a fresh dose of all-ages fun as it announces the
July 2nd launch of the UGLYDOLL
original graphic novel series. UGLYDOLL: GOIN’ PLACES! will be
published by VIZ Media, is rated ‘A’ for All Ages and will carry an MSRP
of $7.99 U.S. / $9.99 CAN.
VIZ
Media’s UGLYDOLL graphic novel series is a first for Wage™, Babo™, OX™,
Ice-Bat™ and their friends. In the series, they'll take readers on a
colorful journey through the Uglyverse™, where “ugly” means unique and
celebrating who you are is the new beautiful.
The UGLYDOLL graphic novel series features
stories written by Travis Nichols, art by Uglydoll co-creators Sun-Min
Kim and David Horvath, Ian McGinty and Phillip C. Jacobson. Each volume
features special guest artists, including Eisner-winner James Kochalka,
Eisner-nominee Jacob Chabot, Peter Fowler, Junko Mizuno, Mike L.E. Kelly
and Bwana Spoons, among others.
“UGLYDOLL is ‘Going Places’ with VIZ Media as we launch our first comic book series and blast off to the ‘Blueberry Moon’!” says Alita Friedman, Chief Brand Officer of Pretty Ugly, LLC.
“The
great fun the UGLYDOLL team had creating this series comes through on
every page,” says Traci Todd, Senior Editor, Children’s Publishing. “The
art is beautiful and vibrant, and we tried to pay homage to Sun-Min and
David's distinct sense of humor and play. We hope we've created
something Uglydoll fans will love."
Since
David first drew Wage™ on a love letter to Sun-Min in 2001, and Sun-Min
turned that drawing into a doll, UGLYDOLL has evolved into an entire
universe of characters, stories, and products for all ages. Proven
sales and retail are evidenced by the brand constantly winning Best Toy
Awards by TIA, Learning Express, Fat Brain Toys, TD Monthly, Oppenheim,
Funfare, Parent’s Choice, iParenting, and Creative Child among others. UGLYDOLL has achieved status as an ‘evergreen’ property and is merchandised among the biggest brands in the toy market.
For more information on UGLYDOLL, please visit www.uglydolls.com.
For more information on VIZ Media’s all-ages graphic novels and manga, please visit VIZKids.com.
About UGLYDOLL® & Pretty Ugly, LLC
The
Uglydoll brand was launched in 2002 by Pretty Ugly, LLC with offices in
Los Angeles and Green Brook, NJ. The brand is distinguished by David
& Sun-Min’s unique aesthetic and voice defining ‘ugly’ as
distinctive, different, and good. The award-winning Uglydoll characters
appear in a variety of toys, books, apparel, and other licensed products
that are available in thousands of stores, worldwide. In its first ten
years, Pretty Ugly has produced and sold millions of Uglydoll items. For more information, please visit www.uglydolls.com.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered
in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and
licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by
three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc.,
Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ
Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English
speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and
South Africa. With its popular digital anthology WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and
blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and INUYASHA, VIZ Media
offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties for
anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ Media
properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated television
series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a variety of
consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.
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