D+Q Signs Two-Book Deal With Lynda Barry; Deal Includes Rare Prose Project For Publisher



CR has learned that Drawn and Quarterly will extend its recent publishing relationship with cartoonist, author and lecturer Lynda Barry to include a pair of new works. They will publish two new Barry books: The Near-Sighted Monkey Book: Picture This, featuring her well-regarded portraits of monkeys, and a prose novel called Birdis. Birdis may be D+Q's first prose novel since Bannock Beans and Black Tea, and will be Barry's first since the well-reviewed Cruddy (2000).

The Montreal-based alternative comics and art book publisher enjoyed a great deal of success with Barry's What It Is, an extended meditation on the creative process both generally and in the award-winning cartoonist's life. Barry, who came to prominence on the iconic alt-weekly feature Ernie Pook's Comeek and its spin-off book collections recently won an Eisner for the 2008 effort with Drawn and Quarterly.

The Near-Sighted Monkey Book: Picture This will be released in Fall 2010 while Birdis should hit bookstore shelves at some point in 2011. D+Q acquired worldwide publishing rights, which means distribution in the US by FSG, in Canada by Raincoast, and worldwide representation by Transatlantic Literary Agency.

I would assume there will be an announcement up at D+Q soon with a bit more information presented with greater clarity. I look forward to both books, and thought Barry and D+Q were a great fit on What It Is.

my thanks to Sammy Harkham
 
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