Lions, Tigers and Bears
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Winner of the 2007 Youth Prize at the Angouleme International Comics Festival
Created by Mike Bullock with artwork by Jack Lawrence and Paul Gutierrez, Lions, Tigers and Bears is an award winning, critically acclaimed comic book series from Image Comics. The story features the adventures of a young boy named Joey Price who discovers that his stuffed animals can come to life to protect him from The Beasties, monsters who come out of his closet to get him in the middle of the night.
"A child’s instinctual need for the comfort of a stuffed animal is rooted in a reality long forgotten by the adult world. The hidden truth is that these companions have been defending children since the dawn of time. Follow young Joey on the adventure of a lifetime as he travels through the Stuffed Animal Kingdom, a journey that puts the fate of all the world's children in his hands and brings him face to face with his destiny."
The first volume, a four-issue mini series, was released by Image Comics from February 2005 to May of 2005, with each issue selling out in weeks to days to hours. The first printing of the collected edition, released by Alias Entertainment, sold out of its initial shipment in a matter of hours as well.
In the summer of 2005, the characters from Lions, Tigers and Bears returned in a 10-part story that ran in the comics section of the Arizona Republic, the state of Arizona's largest newspaper.
The comic book series was optioned for film in the fall of 2005.
Volume II, also a four-issue mini-series, began in April of 2006.
Lions, Tigers and Bears Volume I is currently available in English, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, French and German.
