Announcing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Ultimate Visual History Bringing together the rarest art and artifacts from three decades of Turtles comics, television shows, and films, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History explores each iteration of the Turtles from past to present... Read More Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History By Andrew Farago; Foreword by Peter Laird June 2014 | 9.25 x 11 | 192 pages + 23 inserts Hardcover | $50.00 | ISBN: 978-1608871858

Celebrate 30 years of TMNT with us! Will you be in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend? Join us for the book launch at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco thisSaturday, June 14th from 7-9pm! The opening reception and book launch is free and open to the public, and will feature many special guests and events celebrating three decades of TMNT, including an appearance by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles themselves! Meet TMNT artists Mark Bode,  Ken Mitchroney, longtime Mirage Studios staffer Molly Bode, and talent fromNickelodeon’s hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, including Executive Producer Ciro Nieli, characterIrineo Maramba, storyboard artist Felipe Smith, and Vice President of Current Series Animation Megan Casey as you enjoy refreshments and pizza from event sponsor Extreme Pizza! You can get more information and RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/280965982074386/

Mystery and Imagination book signing with Guillermo del Toro

Last week, Guillermo del Toro signed copies of Pacific Rim: Man, Machines & Monsters at Mystery and Imagination Bookshop in Glendale, CA.

Check out the line of people waiting to meet him along with some great pics of the acclaimed director, producer and writer from the event.

See more from the official website for the Pacific Rim book and learn more about the inner workings of this epic film.

Bologna Children's Book Fair

Every spring, publishers from around the world gather in Bologna, Italy for the Bologna Children's Book Fair.

This year, Insight Editions has much more to share in the children's category since we've expanded our Insight Kids imprint to include several new titles each season.

Many of our books originate with foreign authors and illustrators, such as our new series written by Catherine LeBlanc and illustrated by Roland Garrigue, from France.

How to Mash Monsters, How to Demolish Dinosaurs and How to Pulverize Pirates are available this spring with three other titles from this series coming in the fall.

illustration by Roland Garrigue from How to Mash Monsters

Roland Garrigue will be in the Bay Area in early April taking part in a few storytime events where he'll be reading - and drawing - from these new picture books.

The Art of Blizzard event at Gallery Nucleus

It was an unusually cold night in Los Angeles, but that didn't stop over 600 Blizzard fans from coming out on Saturday to wait in line for the opening night of the Art Exhibit and Book Launch of The Art of Blizzard at Gallery Nucleus.

Several media outlets were on site to interview Chris Metzen and Nick Carpenter before the crowd of people gathered inside the gallery to get in yet another line. This time, they waited with their massive, 376 page copy of The Art of Blizzard, as artists Wei Wang, Glenn Rane, Laurel Austin, and several others signed copies. 

Art sculptures featuring characters from Blizzard were on display among the 65 pieces of framed art which include black and white sketches and full-color illustrations that can be found inside the book.

Images from Fallen games could be found upstairs, where art demos took place throughout the night, touching on unpublished games that Chris Metzen, Samwise Didier and Nick Carpenter are sharing for the first time in The Art of Blizzard.

A scavenger hunt took place and a bunch of raffle prizes were given out during the event. Guests were also treated to mana and health potions to keep them energized!

Our Limited Edition of The Art of Blizzard was announced and fans can start placing pre-orders now! 

• Comes in an elegant saifu-cloth slipcase
• Specially bound signed and numbered edition of the book
• Includes 4 giclee prints featuring artwork by Brom, Samwise Didier, and Wei Wang
• Limited to 1500 signed copies
• Available May 2013

The art exhibit goes through February 3, 2013 and books will be available at the gallery store as well as online.

Celebrate Aviation History with Peter McMillan

In 1919, the Vickers Vimy WWI bomber achieved two aviation milestones: the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean and the first flight from England to Australia, essentially proving the viability of long-distance air travel.

Seventy-five years later, a group of aviation enthusiasts restored a vintage Vickers Vimy and duplicated the pioneering efforts to remind the world of the courageous heroes and their daring achievements.

The new team duplicated the original as closely as possible, from the hand-sewn cotton fabric on its wings to its steel bracing wires made in the same factory as the original. But the spirited group found their own challenges in re-creating these voyages and faced struggles of weather, exhaustion, and even engine breakdown. Their personal logs and stories are told here, complete with cockpit-view photos along the way.

Now, fans of history and aviation can meet author Peter McMillan and learn more about these historic flights at his book signing and presentation November 4, 2012 at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California.

Vimy: The Vimy Expeditions
by Peter McMillan
Hardcover
256 pages
$75.00

On the Road

As we tear off the last page of the 2011 calendar, we're eager to meet our favorite booksellers and introduce our books with the fans they were created for.

Take a look at the first half of our 2012 conference & trade show schedule. We're looking forward to another great year thanks to our readers.

February 12 - February 15

Toy Fair Booth #5846
New York, NY

March 5 - March 9
Game Developers Conference
San Francisco, CA



March 9 - March 13

SXSW

Austin, TX

March 19 - March 22

Bologna Children's Book Fair

Bologna, Italy

April 16 - April 18

London Book Fair

Earls Court, London

June 5 - June 7

Book Expo America

New York, NY

June 21 - June 26

American Library Association

Anaheim, CA

June 23 - June 25

International New Age Trade Show

Denver, CO

Be sure to stop by and say hello if you're at one of these conferences. This list will be updated with our booth numbers closer to each event.