A Paid Advertisement.  The incredibly popular Geronimo Stilton appears in graphic novel form for the first time in the U.S., with all-new stories never seen in America.  Over 10 million copies sold of the chapter books!  Initial orders for the graphic novel series are such print runs are at 60,000 each making this the biggest launch ever for the tween targeted publishing co.

And the graphic novels have a separate theme: Saving the future by protecting the past!

Geronimo lives in New Mouse City on Mouse island with his friends and relatives.  He works at The Rodent’s Gazette, the city’s most famous newspaper.  In this series of graphic novels, Geronimo travels through time to defend history from his arch nemeses, the Pirate Cats.  These calculating cats travel back in time to make themselves supreme rulers of Mouse Island!  In volume 1, The Discovery of America, Geronimo and co. join Christopher Columbus on his voyage from Italy to the New World in 1492 in order to stop the Pirate Cats and save all of the mice on Mouse Island.  In volume 2, jealous that the face of a man was placed on the body of the Sphinx, the devious felines are determined to coerce the Pharaoh into changing the face of this monument.  It’s up to Geronimo and co. to travel back in time and stop the Pirate Cats before it’s too late!

All graphic novels will be 6-1/2 x 9, 56pgs., full color, hardcovers at $9.95.

Vol. 1:  The Discovery of America  /  ISBN: 978-1-59707-158-1.
Vol. 2:  The Secret of the Sphinx  /  ISBN: 978-1-59707-159-8.

Available to comics stores through NBM Publishing (including in Diamond’s Previews this month) and to the general trade through Macmillan.