Congratulations to my friend Bannister, as it seems the young readers Bande Desinee series he’s co-created, “Les Enfants D’Ailleurs” will be translated into English. The series’ English title is “The ElseWhere Chronicles,” and it will come to North America courtesy of Lerner Publishing Group. I can’t recall, off the top of my head, another graphic novel that Lerner has published, so this seems like a new venture for them.
A new website has just been launched for the series at http://elsewherechronicles.com/, and it seems like copies of the first volume of The ElseWhere Chronicles will be debuting at The New York Comic Con this February.
You might be familiar with Bannister’s work from the various volumes of the Flight anthology. It’s good stuff, and the French edition has been a strong seller for us at The Beguiling.
Congrats, Bannister!
– Chris
About how much (hopefully this question is at least in some way practical to answer) French language material do you sell, at The Beguiling, anyway? I ask entirely out of curiosity.
Peace,
Matt
Lerner has a line called Graphic Universe, which publishes graphic novel adaptations of myths from the Greco-Roman, Norse, Chinese, Japanese, African, Egyptian, Mayan, and other cultures, also adaptations of King Arthur, Beowulf, and other legends. It’s basically for the library/school market, so I doubt many at all in the direct market know about it.
Graphic Universe also has the Twisted Journeys series, graphic novels in which the reader chooses the path through the plot(s). Those can be found in paperback in some bookstores and comic shops 🙂
Hi Chris!
I was wandering around the internet, and stumbled across your blog here. Yay more talking about fun comic books! Good onya, our universe needs more of that. Elsewhere chronicles looks fab, I will be sure to check it out.
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Ray