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Papercutz, a graphic novel publishing company for tweens 8-14, launched in the Spring of 2005 with the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. With writers Scott Lobdell and Stefan Petrucha and artists such as Lulu Award winner Lea Hernandez and Sho Murase on board, these classic characters have made a huge impact in the exploding graphic novel market. To date, Papercutz has sold over 300,000 Nancy Drew and over 250,000 Hardy Boys graphic novels. Following the success of these two series, Papercutz went on to re-launch “Classics Illustrated”, the horror classic “Tales from the Crypt”, and introduce “Bionicle” graphic novels, based on LEGO’s hottest toy line since Lego itself. Bionicle Volume #1 was the largest launch for Papercutz to date, proving that this relatively new publisher shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.

BIONICLE Graphic Novel #1 - "Rise of the Toa Nuva"
NANCY DREW Graphic Novel #15 - “Tiger Counter”
By Greg Farshtey
llustrated by Randy Elliott and Richard Bennett

Based on the Best-Selling constructible Action Figure from LEGO!

Six mighty heroes — the Toa — arrive on a tropical island to find a land under siege. The Great Spirit Mata Nui has been cast into an unending sleep by the evil Makuta. Now Makuta is attacking the island's Matoran villagers with vicious Rahi beasts. The Toa must combine their skills and elemental and mask powers to defeat Makuta and restore peace to the island.

In the second story, The Toa return to the island named for Mata Nui to find it is being overrun by mechanical insects called Bohrok. These Bohrok have been unleashed by Makuta and are rapidly destroying trees, mountains, rivers, villages and anything else in their path. After a long, difficult battle, the Toa are able to defeat the queens of the swarms and end the Bohrok threat  9 for now. During the fight, the heroes are transformed into Toa Nuva, with new armor, new weapons, and new Masks of Power.

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By Stefan Petrucha and Sarah Kinney, writers
Sho Murase, artist

Manga-style mystery and suspense with everyone’s favorite Girl Detective!

Nancy, and her BFFs Bess and George, encounter lions, tigers, and scares – oh, my! – when they investigate a missing cat mystery. But when the authorities learn exactly how many cats eccentric old Mrs. Eartha keeps in her house, they are forced to remove most of them because of the health code violations. But Hell hath no fury as a cat-woman scorned! That’s when Nancy, Bess, and George run into escaped lions and tigers in the woods and a deadly cat and mouse game ensues.

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THE HARDY BOYS Graphic Novel Volume 14 – "Haley Danelle's Top Eight!"
TALES FROM THE CRYPT Graphic Novel Volume 4 - "Jumping the Shark"
By Scott Lobdell & Paulo Henrique

This is one of the rare cases that aren’t assigned by A.T.A.C (American Teens Against Crime).... when Joe and Frank’s friend, Haley Danelle learns the friends on her MyFacePlace page’s Top Eight are disappearing one at a time, she turns to the Hardy Boys for help in finding them!  Also included, a sneak-peak at the Hardy Boys Graphic Novel #15: “Live Free, Die Hardy!”

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The Crypt-Keeper and his fellow Ghoulunatics introduce the wildest, scariest collection of terror-tales yet! You’ll RETCH when you see “Ignoble Rot!”—the shocking story of a cursed ladies man forced to remain alive as his body transforms into a zombie! You’ll SCREAM as you read “Jumping the Shark!”—the fantastic fictional account of a Reality TV series producer that keeps pitching shows from beyond the grave! And you’ll GROAN as you read the pun-filled introductions by the Old Witch, the Vault-Keeper, and that ol’ super-star of horror comics himself—the Crypt-Keeper!

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 CONTACT INFORMATION:
PAPERCUTZ
40 Exchange Place, Suite 1308
New York, NY 10005
Ph: 800-886-1223
http://www.papercutz.com
papercutz@papercutz.com

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