JR Comics Giving Away Graphic Novels Based On Chinese Literature At BookExpo

Korean publisher JR Comics will be giving away 6,000 graphic novels based on classic Chinese literature at this year’s BookExpo. This is the first time that JR Comics will feature these adaptations, which have received high praise in Asia, at BookExpo.The first two titles from the line that will be available in North America are Monkey King and Three Kingdoms (based on Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms).”Although our comics are already tremendously popular with Asians all over the world, JR Comics is on a mission to share the Monkey King’s dazzling adventures with North American readers,” said JR Han, CEO and president of JR Comics. “We envision many of the 6,000 copies of volume one of Monkey King, Three Kingdoms and Outlaws of the Marsh we dispense at BEA finding its way to the young adult audience.”