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Friday, Nov 6th, 2009

The Family Circus Library is now in stores!

This weekend, pick up a copy of IDW's new The Family CircusLibrary, Volume One!

The Family Circus Library Volume 1 cover

A great holidaygift!

Creator Bil Keanedebuted The Family Circus in February 1960 and for fiftyyears has delighted audiences worldwide with the simple humor ofevery day life. The endlessly curious, often too clever childrenand their loving, long-suffering parents capture the essence ofevery family.

The Family Circus LibraryVolume One collects the classic newspaper strip inchronological order for the very first time, in beautifullydesigned hardcover books. Starting with the very first strip,originally published on Leap Year Day - February 29, 1960,The Family Circus Library VolumeOne will feature a complete run of the first twoyears, including dailies and Sundays. VolumeOne will also include a thoughtful essay written byKeane's son, Christopher, accompanied by many pieces ofpre-Family Circus art and family photographs. The book hasbeen beautifully produced by Eisner award-winning designer,Dean Mullaney.

The Family Circus LibraryVolume One ($39.99) is now available in stores. ISBN978-1600105487; Diamond order code SEP09 0891.

Grab some holiday spirit with A Christmas Carol

In storesnow!

Based on Charles Dicken's classic story, writerPatrice Buendia and artist Jean-MarcStainer bring A Christmas Carol to life, tellingthe tale of a bitter old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, and his profoundexperience of redemption during the course of a Christmas Evenight. During which he learns that if he doesn't change his ways,he will end up walking the Earth forever as an invisible and lonelyghost, like his deceased friend Jacob Marley.

HC • FC • $14.99 • 64 Pages • 8.5" x11.75"• ISBN: 978-1-60010-566-1

IDW Announces Ghostbusters Holiday Special

Special one-shot pits fan-favorite charactersagainst the ghosts of Christmas

Leave it to the Ghostbusters to take a classic holiday story andturn it on its head. In Ghostbusters Holiday Special:Past, Present, and Future, everyone's favorite spirithunters are hired by the grumpiest man in New York City to capturethree ghosts that haunt him every Christmas Eve. Written byRob Williams, with art by DiegoJourdan, Ghostbusters Holiday Special: Past,Present, and Future will top every fan's holidaymust-have list.

New Books Are Here!

IDW's new books are out now! Be sure to check out new issues ofAngel,G.I.JOE and the white-hot J. Scott Campbell'sFairy Tale Fantasies wall calendar!

Bat Boy and the Weekly World News come to Comics in January

First-ever comic series for fan-favoritetabloid characters

For years, Bat Boy and the other bizarre denizens of theWeekly World News universe have delighted millions in thelong-running tabloid newspaper. Now, those same colorful charactersare headed to full-color comic books for the first time with IDWPublishing's Weekly World News, a newfour-issue miniseries starting in January.

Written by IDW's Publisher/Editor-in-Chief and WWN fanaticChris Ryall, with art by AlanRobinson, Weekly World Newsrevives the tabloid's best and sees them band together to take on,among other things, the world-destroying threat of Chaos Cloud.Each issue will also feature original articles from the originalWeekly World News, and a variant cover that pays insane"tribute" to a classic image.

IDW November Newsletter!

Welcome to the IDW newsletter, offering your monthlydose of news and not-to-be-missed books!

Arriving at inboxes the beginning of each month, the IDWnewsletter brings highlights of the coming month, including booksto look for at your local store, plus top stories from "Ryall Time"and the IDW website. Enjoy!

TRANSFORMERS #1 cover B Legion: Prophets #1 cover

IDW Announces New Polly and her Pals Series

Oversized, "Champagne Edition" hardcoveredition coming in August, 2010

Coming this August, IDW Publishing and its imprint, the Libraryof American Comics, will launch a new oversized hardcover serieswith what historians and critics consider one of the essentialmasterpieces of comics strip art, Cliff Sterrett'sPolly and Her Pals. Polly and Her Pals:Complete Sunday Comics, 1925-1927, a 176 page hardcover "Champagne edition" reproduces present every one ofSterrett's dynamic full-color Sunday pages from1925 to 1927, in an extra large 12" x 16" format so that each canbe fully appreciated.

Barack Obama: The Comic Book Biography in Stores Today!

Groundbreaking, fact-based graphic novel includesacclaimed Presidential Material comic

In stores today, IDW Publishing is proud to offerBarack Obama: The Comic Book Biography,the only graphic novel telling the life story of our country's44^th president, from infancy through the first 100 daysof his historic administration. Barack Obama: TheComic Book Biography features the smash hitPresidential Material: Barack Obama, which started a crazeof Obama comic books when it launched in October of 2008. The newhardcover graphic novel also includes the follow-up serieschronicling the heated presidential campaign through theinauguration, and goes on to detail the first 100 days of the Obamaadministration.

New Books!

IDW's new books are on shelves now, including JenniferLove Hewitt's Music Box and Barack Obama: TheComic Book Biography!

IDW Launching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Series in December

Don't miss Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:Fool's Gold #1

Coming this December, fan-favorite writersScott and David Tipton bring yetanother Star Trek story as Captain Sisko and the crew of Deep SpaceNine make their triumphant return to comics! When the stationbegins to be overrun by thieves, treasure-seekers, bounty-huntersand other assorted ne'er-do-wells, Major Kira and Constable Odomust find out why. Can they get to the bottom of it before thestation's new visitors bring things to a boiling point?! With artby Fabio Mantovani and covers by the SharpBrothers.

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