Abrams has six new volumes planned for fall release from its ComicArts imprint.  Archie Marries collects the seven issues telling the story of Archie’s weddings and married life into a 208-page hardcover with a double diecut slipcase and a special classic Archie reprint comic, for $24.95.  It’s in the same series as ComicArts’ Simpsons Futurama Crossover Book.   

 

 

 

The Horror!  The Horror! collects 200 covers and complete stories from the best of the pre-Code horror comics of the 50s.  The 304-page flexbind with flaps includes a DVD with Confidential File, a 25-minute TV show from 1955 on the perils of comics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Night Bookmobile is a new graphic novel by Audrey Niffenegger, the bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry.   This 40-page hardcover will retail for $27.95.    

 

Jerry Robinson is the first definitive biography of this important early comics artist.  While working on Batman, he created the Joker and co-created Robin, and also did work on many other comics of the Golden and Silver Ages, newspaper strips, and illustrations.  Robinson collaborated in the production of this volume.  The 224-page jacketed hardcover will sell for $35. 

 

 

 

Krazy Kat and the Art of George Herriman, edited by Craig Yoe, includes rare comic strips, photos, paintings, memorabilia, essays, and interviews, with over 200 color illos.  The 176-page hardcover with tip-on plate will retail for $29.95. 

 

Shazam!, produced in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of the character, offers toys, ephemera, and artwork from the character’s golden years.  The 246-page diecut hardcover with gatefold is designed by Chip Kidd, and includes 300 color illustrations.  MSRP is $35.