| TOON's very own Françoise Mouly to be inducted into the Will Eisner HALL OF FAME! PHOTO © Sarah Shatz The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are the comic book world's version of the Oscars! Mouly has been a trailblazer for decades Editor and publisher Françoise Mouly founded Raw Books and Graphics in 1978. With her husband Art Spiegelman she launched RAW magazine in 1980, which is perhaps best known for serializing Spiegelman’s award-winning Maus . A lavishly produced oversize anthology, RAW created an audience for the work of major cartoonists like Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, Ben Katchor, Richard McGuire, Lorenzo Mattotti, Gary Panter, Joost Swarte, Jacques Tardi, and Chris Ware, to name but a few. When Mouly became art director at The New Yorker in 1993, she brought a large number of cartoonists and artists to the periodical's interiors and covers. In 2008 she launched TOON Books, an innovative imprint devoted to comics for young readers done by top cartoonists. Trophies will be presented in an awards ceremony to be held virtually during Comic-Con this July. Stunned by the election of Donald Trump in 2016, Françoise Mouly and writer Nadja Spiegelman, started RESIST! , a free print publication of political comics and graphics. Nearly 60,000 copies of the first issue were distributed by teams of volunteers in Washington and at women's marches nationwide the day after the inauguration and a second issue came out in the Summer of 2017. Women's voices will be heard! A pioneer in publishing early reader comics for kids The first graphic novels specifically designed for early readers were Françoise Mouly’s Toon Books, which launched in 2007 and whose titles have won numerous library and industry awards over the years." —Publishers Weekly "Without a doubt, the best go-to option for parents looking for quality comics for early readers is the many graphic novels from Toon Books." —Mental Floss Missing Any? Shop the TOON Store Want to know more? Check out this short bio by renowned critic Jeet Heer: In Love with Art: Françoise Mouly's Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman Based on exclusive interviews with Mouly, Spiegelman, and a pantheon of comics artists—including Dan Clowes, Barry Blitt, Anita Kunz, and Adrian Tomine— In Love with Art is both an intimate portrait of Mouly and a rare, behind-the-scenes look at some of today's most iconic images. Through the prism of an uncommonly successful relationship, the book tells the story of one of the most remarkable artistic transformations of our time. We encourage you to shop your local bookstore or at Bookshop.org Making one's dreams come true! Françoise at the printing press in her Soho loft c. 1978. Her first love for graphic arts came with from her interest in production. PHOTO: Joost Swarte Her passion for kids comics got sparked by her experiences as a mother. in 1998, she launched RAW Junior and published the Little Lit anthologies. PHOTO © Sarah Shatz Françoise with Eleanor Davis (standing) during a reading session for Stinky (2008). PHOTO © Sarah Shatz PHOTO © Sarah Shatz Moving day at the RAW, Little Lit and TOON office in 2012. PHOTO © Sarah Shatz Congratulations, Françoise! At her New Yorker office. PHOTO © Sarah Shatz Fighting first for comics as an art form, then for comics for kids. And now a Hall-of-Famer! BRAVO! |
TOON's very own Françoise Mouly
to be inducted into the
Will Eisner HALL OF FAME! |
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The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are the comic book world's version
of the Oscars! |
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Mouly has been a trailblazer
for decades |
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Editor and publisher Françoise Mouly founded Raw Books and Graphics in 1978. With her husband Art Spiegelman she launched RAW magazine in 1980, which is perhaps best known for serializing Spiegelman’s award-winning Maus. A lavishly produced oversize anthology, RAW created an audience for the work of major cartoonists like Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, Ben Katchor, Richard McGuire, Lorenzo Mattotti, Gary Panter, Joost Swarte, Jacques Tardi, and Chris Ware, to name but a few. When Mouly became art director at The New Yorker in 1993, she brought a large number of cartoonists and artists to the periodical's interiors and covers. In 2008 she launched TOON Books, an innovative imprint devoted to comics for young readers done by top cartoonists. |
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Trophies will be presented in an awards ceremony to be held virtually during Comic-Con this July. |
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Stunned by the election of Donald Trump in 2016, Françoise Mouly and writer Nadja Spiegelman, started RESIST!, a free print publication of political comics and graphics. Nearly 60,000 copies of the first issue were distributedby teams of volunteers in Washington and at women's marches nationwide the day after the inauguration and a second issue came out in the Summer of 2017. |
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| Women's voices will be heard! |
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A pioneer in publishing
early reader comics for kids |
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The first graphic novels specifically designed for early readers were Françoise Mouly’s Toon Books, which launched in 2007 and whose titles have won numerous library and industry awards over the years."
—Publishers Weekly
"Without a doubt, the best go-to option for parents looking for quality comics for early readers is the many graphic novels from Toon Books."
—Mental Floss
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Check out this short bio by renowned critic Jeet Heer: In Love with Art:
Françoise Mouly's Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman |
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Based on exclusive interviews with Mouly, Spiegelman, and a pantheon of comics artists—including Dan Clowes, Barry Blitt, Anita Kunz, and Adrian Tomine—In Love with Art is both an intimate portrait of Mouly and a rare, behind-the-scenes look at some of today's most iconic images. Through the prism of an uncommonly successful relationship, the book tells the story of one of the most remarkable artistic transformations of our time.
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We encourage you to shop your local bookstore or at Bookshop.org |
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Making one's dreams
come true! |
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Françoise at the printing press in her Soho loft c. 1978. Her first love for graphic arts came with from her interest in production. PHOTO: Joost Swarte |
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Her passion for kids comics got sparked by her experiences as a mother. in 1998, she launched RAW Junior and published the Little Lit anthologies. PHOTO © Sarah Shatz |
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Françoise with Eleanor Davis (standing) during a reading session for Stinky (2008). PHOTO © Sarah Shatz |
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Moving day at the RAW, Little Lit and TOON office in 2012. PHOTO © Sarah Shatz |
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Congratulations, Françoise! |
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At her New Yorker office. PHOTO © Sarah Shatz |
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Fighting first for comics as an art form, then for comics for kids. And now a Hall-of-Famer! BRAVO! |
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