Soaring Penguin Press to publish Régis Loisel's "Peter Pan"

Indie publisher Soaring Penguin Press is to publish Régis Loisel's epic series, Peter Pan for the first time in English, in one omnibus edition, later this year - and has launched an Indiegogo campaign to support publication.
The 372-page, full colour hardback will tell the entire story of how Peter, a young boy on the streets of Dickensian London, became Peter Pan.
The omnibus edition will collect the complete six volume bande dessinee series lovingly created by Loisel from 1990 to 2004. It looks absolutely stunning from the pages posted on the project's IndieGogo fund raising page, with translation work already started.

Soaring Penguin Press tell us they have created the Indiegogo campaign, which aims to raise £8000, to support the venture. "It allows me to build publicity for the book and sell copies in advance of printing," Publisher John Anderson told downthetubes.
"We’ve developed a few perks to accompany the campaign," he says, "although we’d rather sell the book. If you have a choice between buying one of the lesser perks, and saving your money to buy the book, buy the book."
Loisel will be attending the BD & Comics Passion Festival, (30th May to 2nd June) at the Institute française, London. If you are able to attend, purchase the Pan perk offered in the campaign, which include t-shirts and badges as well as the book itself. You'll get a copy of the book, and a pass for the weekend so you can meet him.
If you are unable to attend, then purchase the Peter perk, and Soaring Penguin will send you a copy of the book as soon as it becomes available.
Soaring Penguin Press has the UK and European English Language Rights only, so the book cannot be offered outside of the UK or Europe. However, they say they will be shortly starting a Kickstarter campaign to secure the North American Rights.
• IndieGogo Campaign Page: www.indiegogo.com/projects/regis-loisel-s-peter-pan-the-collected-english-edition

'Little Death' gets London launch

In case you haven't heard, Soaring Penguin Press is holding a launch party for its latest book, Little Death, the creation of Thomas Kriebaum.

Originally published in Germany and Austria as kleiner Tod, the book has sold well and is described as “a small man in a black suit who has a distinct dissatisfaction for his vocation."

"The image of 'Little Death' is not absolutely new," says Kriebaum in an interview for Spiele Magazine earlier this year. "A couple of years ago I had a contribution with the title Death in Venice for a Slovenian comics magazine. In the story, 'Little Death' is spending his well-deserved vacation in Venice with shorts, a colourful shirt, a cap and all the madness of Venice in the high season, including tourist masses, inflated prices… and there, he has to deal with more worldly problems.

"At the same time, I came across Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Because I really enjoyed the 'Little Death' character, I transformed my Death in Venice to a Salesman who dealt with death. Very classic as the typical sales representative from an old American movie, he wore a suit and a hat, and carried a briefcase – and was just as popular and successful.

"Now and them I would draw other stories for a magazine or an anthology, or just for my own amusement. Over the years, I produced so many short stories of 'Little Death' (and there will be more in the future) that I had a real collection of them in my drawer. After my first comic book Life, the publisher watned to continue my work, so I suggested a book of 'Little Death'."

The book was solicited in Diamond Comics June 2012 Previews, under Soaring Penguin Press. The 96-page, two colour book (DCD Code JUN121284) will retail for £9.99/$14.99.

The launch takes place on 21st August at 7.00pm at the Battersea Mess and Music Hall (http://www.batterseamessandmusichall.com).

"We have the books, we have the book plates, signed and numbered by Thomas Kriebaum and limited to only 150," says publisher John Anderson.


- Further information about the book launch here: www.facebook.com/events/400779749983774/

- For further details about the book, go to www.littledeathcomic.com