Dynamite's Complete Alice in Wonderland Captures Magic in All-New Series

Dynamite Entertainment’s next classic adaptation will take readers down the rabbit hole into the astonishing world of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with their September-solicited The Complete Alice in Wonderland #1 (SEP090737E, $4.99), a 48-page, full-color spectacle from the same writing team behind Dynamite's The Complete Dracula and Sherlock Holmes – Leah Moore & John Reppion, who are joined by Erica Awano and cover artist John Cassaday!

"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations!" For the first-time ever, Carroll’s classics – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, with "The Wasp in a Wig" (the "lost chapter" from Looking-Glass) – are adapted into one complete tale.

In this all-ages adaptation, writers Reppion & Moore and artist Awano present a four-issue adventure down the rabbit hole! This full-color series features a massive 40 pages of story and art per issue, all under covers by Cassaday, who supplies a unique die-cut design for the first issue that is sure to enthrall young and old. Dynamite has provided Diamond Daily with images of all three layers of Cassaday's unique cover, seen to the right. Moore & Reppion also provide bonus material such as script pages, annotations and samplings of the original text by Lewis Carroll.

Retailer Incentive: For every 25 copies of The Complete Alice in Wonderland #1 ordered, retailers may order one 25-Copy Virgin Incentive Cover Edition (SEP090738E, $4.99). Plus, retailers whose orders for SEP090737E exceed their quantities of Sherlock Holmes #1 (MAR094176) will receive an additional 5% discount. Also offered is a Foil Variant (SEP090739J, $25.00), available on an order-what-you-can-sell basis.

Like Dynamite's The Complete Dracula (HC AUG090802E, $24.99, MR) and Sherlock Holmes (HC AUG090803E, $24.99), this comic book adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will be a complete adaptation and not a reinvention.

"The Complete Alice is a project that we're very excited about," said Reppion. "People seem to have fixated on the idea of re-imagining the Alice stories for a long time now but Lewis Carroll's tales are already so fantastic – their logic so beautifully and eerily surreal yet familiar – that we feel they more than stand up today and will work wonderfully in comics."

"When we first discussed The Complete Alice in Wonderland, Leah and John were brought up as we were very happy with their Complete Dracula story and Sherlock Holmes story," said Dynamite President and Publisher Nick Barrucci. "Alice seemed like a ‘no-brainer' to bring them on board. When we asked them, they immediately agreed, and we can't wait to bring the ‘dynamite' story to fans."

Carroll’s stories of young Alice and her adventures in Wonderland began in 1865 and remain incredibly popular with children as well as adults to this day. The first book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, follows the imagination of Alice down a rabbit hole and into a world filled with anthropomorphic animals and bewildering characters such as the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, and, of course, the Cheshire Cat.

Place your orders for this "Dynamite" debut issue with your September PREVIEWS Initial Order, and give your patrons the chance to venture into Lewis Carroll's Wonderland with little Alice for the first – or 51st – time with fresh eyes!

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