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On
Wednesday, Bloomsbury and Marvel announced a multi-year,
multi-volume licensing agreement for “Marvel Age of Comics." The
books will combine history and personal narrative, starting this
fall with Stuart Moore's “Doctor Strange,” Paul Cornell's “The
Mighty Avengers of the 1970s” and Chris Ryall's “Daredevil.” The
illustrations will feature original work from Marvel's digital
archive.
Initiated by Marvel, the new series was inspired in part by
Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 books, short and compact works about popular
music ranging from the Clash and Judy Garland to Madonna and
Kendrick Lamar.
“We’ve been tremendous fans of Bloomsbury’s work on projects
like 33 1/3, and we can’t wait to see them take a similar
approach combining their reverence for the material, academic
expertise, and unique insights with some of our greatest
publishing moments for the new ‘Marvel Age of Comics’ series,”
Sven Larsen, vice president of licensed publishing at Marvel,
said in a statement.
Haaris Naqvi, director of publishing at Bloomsbury USA, said he
had been a fan of Marvel since childhood and welcomed the comics
empire's proposal for a “smart” series on its history.
“I remember me and my brothers reading Marvel issues when they
came out in the '80s,” he said during a recent interview.
“Working on this series has brought me back to that time. I
would love it if the series had that effect on readers.”
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