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| Last Updated: Jun 19, 2009 - 18:32:39 PM |
MINX, the first imprint from a major American comic book publisher
devoted to reaching the teenage girl reader, announced today seven of
the graphic novels that it will publish in 2008. The titles announced
for MINX in 2008 include:
TOKEN
Noted novelist Alisa Kwitney (Sex as a Second Language; Does She Or
Doesn’t She; Till The Fat Lady Sings) has received glowing reviews in
the New York Times Book Review, Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly and
Library Journal. Kwitney will collaborate with Joelle Jones, the
critically acclaimed artist of 12 Reasons Why I Love Her for a tale of
teenage romance set against the backdrop of South Beach in the 1980’s.
Shira is a nice Jewish girl who goes from being a devoted Daddy’s girl
to the “worst shoplifter of all time.” Her world changes when she is
caught shoplifting and she meets Raphael, a fellow social misfit. Can
their new friendship (and possible romance) survive two very different
cultures clashing?
· EMIKO SUPERSTAR
Canadian performance artist and novelist Mariko Tamaki (Skim, Fake ID,
Cover Me) is the writer for EMIKO SUPERSTAR, illustrated by indie
favorite Steve Rolston (The Escapists; DeGrassi; Queen & Country).
Emi, a sixteen-year old babysitter, is desperate to break out of the
suburbs and become part of Toronto’s vibrant art scene. When she takes
the stage “borrowing” passages from her bosses’ diary for her
performance, she becomes Emiko Superstar: an instant success with the
art crowd and a keeper of secrets that could ruin her and her bosses
lives.
· BURNOUT
Noted author Rebecca Donner (Sunset Terraces) was the literary director
of the fiction series at New York’s KGB Bar. For her first graphic
novel, she collaborates with Inaki Miranda, one of comics’ rising
superstar artists (Fables; The Road to Paradise). In BURNOUT, Danni
follows her older, mysterious, soon-to-be-stepbrother Haskell when he
sneaks out of the house through his bedroom window and discovers his
secret: Haskell is a monkeywrencher. Haskell, it turns out, spikes
trees with the intent to stop corporations from what he reverently
believes is mass ecological sabotage. It’s a dangerous, illicit
activity and it brings the two teenagers together in surprising and
dangerous ways.
· THE NEW YORK FOUR
Renowned graphic novel creator Brian Wood (DMZ, the Eisner-winning DEMO
and the forthcoming Vertigo series Northlanders) once again
collaborates with LOCAL artist Ryan Kelly (Lucifer and Books of Magic).
In THE NEW YORK FOUR, Wood and Kelly follow the trials and tribulations
of four freshmen during their first year at a New York City university
as social and academic pressures and conflicting personalities threaten
to unravel their friendships as quickly as they’ve been forged.
· ALL NIGHTER
Eisner-nominated cartoonist David Hahn (Bite Club, Private Beach) will
bring his story of an angry young punk rocker to Minx with ALL NIGHTER.
Art student and part-time cat burglar Kit Bradley enjoys spending her
free time hanging out with her friends at a local 24-hour diner. When
one of them mysteriously disappears, Kit spearheads her own search
party for the missing girl as her hometown is transformed into a media
circus.
· POSEUR
Prolific and highly-esteemed journalist Deborah Vankin’s writings on
lifestyle, culture and the arts have appeared in Variety, The L.A.
Times, The New York Times and the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles. For
her first graphic novel work, Vankin collaborates with illustrator Rick
Mays (Kabuki Agents) to create POSEUR. Jenna Berry has an after school
job many teenagers would be envious of, working as a “house guest for
hire” and getting paid to party with Hollywood’s rich and famous. When
a new friend is in danger of being sent abroad and forced into an
arranged marriage, Jenna becomes wrapped up in a kidnapping plot that
goes horribly wrong. This exciting work follows the identity struggles
of three unlikely victims of L.A.’s Generation M from the
graffiti-tagged hillsides of Silver Lake to the billion-dollar mansions
of Bel Air.
· CLUBBING IN TOKYO
In CLUBBING IN TOKYO, the second volume of the series by
Eisner-nominated Andi Watson (Skeleton Key, Samurai Jam, Love Fights),
Josh Howard (Dead@17) and Grazia Lobaccaro (Silent Dance), spoiled goth
girl Lottie Brooks is sent to Japan to assist her uncle at his English
language school. With the help of a friend and her new boyfriend,
Lottie must unravel a bizarre mystery involving poisoned students,
vampire cats, and costumed manga fans, all while struggling to adapt to
new surrounding that couldn’t get more different than her home city of
London.
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