HELLO KITTY® PACKS HER SCHEDULE WITH FUN IN THE LATEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL RELEASE FROM PERFECT SQUARE
Adventure In The Past, Present And Future In
HELLO KITTY: IT’S ABOUT TIME
HELLO
KITTY: IT’S ABOUT TIME is rated ‘A’ for All Ages and will carry an MSRP
of $7.99 U.S. / $9.99 CAN. This newest addition to the HELLO KITTY
series of graphic novels depicts original, full-color adventures of the
iconic Sanrio character and brings back the talented artistic team of
Jacob Chabot, Ian McGinty, Jorge Monlongo, and Giovanni Castro, and also
presents special guest artist Erica Salcedo.
Let
the good times roll! It's time for beach parties, dance contests,
last-minute birthday gifts and time machines! Plus, journey inside a
cuckoo clock and much, much more! Past, present or future, Hello Kitty
and her friends are having a blast!
Don’t
miss other full-color HELLO KITTY original graphic novel titles now
available in print from Perfect Square including, HELLO KITTY: HERE WE
GO!, HELLO KITTY: SURPRISE!, HELLO KITTY: DELICIOUS!, HELLO KITTY: WORK
OF ART and HELLO KITTY: JUST IMAGINE!, as well as the hardcover HELLO KITTY, HELLO 40 commemorative story and art anthology.
Hello Kitty®
is a true lifestyle brand that enjoys tremendous international
popularity. The global pop icon is loved by fans of all ages, as
evidenced by more than 15 million followers on her Facebook page!
“Hello Kitty and her friends are off on exciting exploits near and far, taking readers to the past, present and future in
this fun new collection of adventures,” says Beth Kawasaki, Perfect
Square’s Senior Editorial Director. “The latest Perfect Square graphic
novel release is guaranteed to bring smiles to fans of all ages.”
HELLO
KITTY artist Jacob Chabot is a prolific New York City-based cartoonist,
illustrator and writer. His comics have appeared in publications such
as Nickelodeon Magazine, Mad Magazine, SpongeBob SquarePants comics,
and various Marvel titles. He also illustrated HELLO KITTY editions
including JUST IMAGINE!, HERE WE GO!, DELICIOUS! and SURPRISE!, as well
as Voltron Force: Shelter from the Storm and Voltron Force: True Colors for Perfect Square. His comic series, The Mighty Skullboy Army, is published by Dark Horse, and in 2008 Chabot was also nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Book for Teens.
Book and comic illustrator and game designer Jorge Monlongo hails from Spain and combines traditional and digital techniques to create worlds in beautiful colors that hide secrets. IT’S ABOUT TIME is his latest HELLO KITTY title for VIZ Media/Perfect Square and his work has also been featured in Mr. Peabody and Sherman comics published by IDW and in several prominent magazines, including Rolling Stone.
Artist Ian McGinty resides in Savannah, Georgia, and his portfolio includes Adventure Time: Candy Capers (kaBoom!), Bravest Warriors (kaBoom!), HELLO KITTY (VIZ Media), UGLYDOLL (VIZ Media), and Suckers (Zenescope). He is also creator of Chomp! (Top Shelf).
Artist
Giovanni Castro was born in Colombia, studied art there, and now lives
and works in Barcelona, Spain. He works mainly in editorial illustration
and comics. Castro has worked with traditional media, but nowadays he
does his illustrations digitally. He loves science fiction and
historical themes and is interested in history, art and languages.
Erica
Salcedo is a freelance illustrator living in Cuenca (Spain). Her work
is largely focused on children’s illustration inspired by her everyday
life.
VIZ
Media’s Perfect Square imprint focuses on delivering original comics,
manga (graphic novels) and other children’s books with an emphasis on
strong storytelling, eye-popping graphics, empowering themes, and a dash
of irreverence, that captures the imagination of a whole new
generation.
About Sanrio®
Sanrio is the global lifestyle brand best known for pop icon Hello Kitty®, who recently celebrated her 40th Anniversary. Home to many endearing characters including Chococat® My Melody®, Badtz-Maru® and Keroppi®, Sanrio was founded on the ‘small gift, big smile®’
philosophy – that a small gift can bring happiness and friendship to
people of all ages. Since 1960, this philosophy has served as the
inspiration for the broad spectrum of unique products and experiences. Today,
more than 50,000 Sanrio-branded items are available in over 130
countries and upwards of 15,000 U.S. retail locations including
department, specialty, national chain stores and over 80 Sanrio
boutiques. For more information please visit www.sanrio.com and www.facebook.com/hellokitty
About VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered
in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and
licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by
three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc.,
Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ
Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English
speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and
South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN
JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and ONE PIECE, VIZ
Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties
for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ
Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated
television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a
variety of consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and
manga at www.VIZ.com.
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