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   Wednesday, January 11, 2006  
What, No Spike or Joey?

:: Posted by max @ 1/11/2006 06:37:00 AM
Press Release Source: CBR

According to a press release posted at Comic Book Resources, writer J. Torres and artist Ed Northcott have been tapped to create a series of graphic novels based on the current incarnation of the Degrassi St. franchise. Dubbed "Degrassi: Extra Credit," the series is supposed to "pick up where the show left off, expanding on plot elements from Degrassi: The Next Generation."

Scheduled for an October release, the books are being packaged by Madison Press Books and distrubuted/published "by Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster in the United States and Fenn Publishing Co. in Canada." H.B. Fenn is a large family-owned distribution and publishing company that specializes in kids and hockey-related books.

Possibly the best-selling Canuck graphic novel of 2006?


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