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2 years back, in December 2020, comic book creator Elyse Martin tweeted, “When a burglar in middle ages England gets captured mid-burgle, he hides in an abbey, pretending to be a scribe sent out by the Bishop. When he gets asked to finish a detailed manuscript of the Book of John, his cover’s blown, unless he can … COPY. #FakePitMad”
Comics artist Sean Rubin responded “I wouldn’t not highlight this?” Elyse responded herself, stating, “Ha, world’s most mystical kids’s image book, or graphic unique sprinkled with unexpected illuminated manuscript pages?” Sean Rubin responded to, “My typical method is … both?”
Now relabelled Copy Cat by Elyse Martin and Sean Rubin, it is a brand-new middle-grade graphic unique set throughout the golden era of manuscript lighting in middle ages Britain, where a 12-year-old orphan prevents getting captured taking a box of gems by camouflaging herself as a monk-in-training at the regional abbey. There, she finds out how to be a scribe, and finds that art and neighborhood might deserve more than gold.
And now Stephanie Stein at HarperAlley has actually gotten North American rights to Copy Cat at auction, for publication in the fall of 2024.
Elyse Martin tweeted just recently “One COPY CAT associated information I wish to share: Early on, I informed @SeanCRubin that I enjoy marginalia in unusual books– among my preferred parts of operating at @FolgerLibrary was searching for marginalia in any unusual book I got to establish– and he has actually currently created some excellent marginalia to consist of in the graphic unique itself! In a section on how to make skin, he included in some backstory on how a calf ends up being calfskin by means of my preferred late middle ages allegory, the danse macabre! Isn’t the little bagpipe-playing skeleton charming?”
Sean Rubin included” Some COPY CAT-related art: @champs_elyse and I can’t reveal an entire load, however I did wish to share a couple of things from the pitch, which we utilized to determine the general visual design. Here were the author photos:”
Elyse Martin’s representatives Stephanie Kim and Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & & Media, and Sean Rubin’s representative Marietta B. Zacker at Gallt & & Zacker Literary Company represented the developers in the offer.
HarperAlley is a graphic unique imprint introduced from HarperCollins Kid’s Books under the instructions of previous art director and obtaining editor in the beginning Second, Andrew Arnold referred to as a “collective, creator-focused publisher” that will focus on graphic books for “readers of any ages.” The line is “seeking to release books that readers of any ages can delight in, from the youngest readers to teenagers and grownups. Our company believe that an excellent story is a story that any reader can associate with. That’s what we indicate when we state “readers of any ages.” HarperAlley is seeking to release about 10 books a season, or about thirty books a year and is among a variety of mainstream book publishers that has actually been quickly increasing the variety of graphic books for more youthful readers.
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