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July 28, 2008


New Abrams Comics Imprint Detailed

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Charles Kochman's new comics-related imprint at Harry N Abrams, Abrams ComicsArts, will launch in 2009 with four titles: The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle, The Art of Jaime Hernandez: The Secrets of Life and Death by Todd Hignite (with design by Jordan Crane and an introduction by Alison Bechdel), Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-creator Joe Shuster by Craig Yoe, and Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? by Brian Fies.

The standard PW announcement-style piece can be found here. As the article notes, this make formal the company's recent rich history with books of and about comics.

Kochman was recently made executive editor at Abrams, and 2009 will mark the publisher's 60th anniversary.
 
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