Françoise Mouly is the publisher, Editorial Director and Senior Designer of TOON Books, which she launched in 2008. She has been the art editor at The New Yorker since 1993, where she has overseen more than a fourteen hundred covers. Many of these have been named cover of the year by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). In 2012, for the publication of “Les Dessous du New Yorker” by Éditions de La Martinière, Galerie Martel in Paris presented “New Yorker Covers,” an exhibit of artwork by Mouly and seventeen other artists.
In 1978, she co-founded RAW Books & Graphics with Art Spiegelman, her husband and frequent collaborator. From 1980 to 1992, she published and co-edited RAW magazine, the groundbreaking comics magazine which launched Sue Coe, Charles Burns, Gary Panter, Lynda Barry, Richard McGuire, Chris Ware, and so many others and first published Spiegelman’s Maus. In 2017, Ms. Mouly began publishing RESIST!, a collection of comics and graphics primarily by women, coedited with her daughter, writer Nadja Spiegelman.
In 1978, she co-founded RAW Books & Graphics with Art Spiegelman, her husband and frequent collaborator. From 1980 to 1992, she published and co-edited RAW magazine, the groundbreaking comics magazine which launched Sue Coe, Charles Burns, Gary Panter, Lynda Barry, Richard McGuire, Chris Ware, and so many others and first published Spiegelman’s Maus. In 2017, Ms. Mouly began publishing RESIST!, a collection of comics and graphics primarily by women, coedited with her daughter, writer Nadja Spiegelman.
In 1998, after looking for material to help her two children become readers, Ms. Mouly established a RAW Junior division, to publish first the Little Lit collection of comics with HarperCollins, then the TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics with Abrams, and launched the TOON Books imprint.
Born in Paris, Françoise moved to New York in 1974. She was named Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture. Among the many honors she has received are an honorary Doctorate from Pratt Institute, and Gold and Silver medals as well as the Richard Gangel Art Director Award from the Society of Illustrators. In the Fall of 2014, she received the Eric Carle Museum's Bridge Award, which goes to "an individual whose work has been instrumental in extending the boundaries of the illustrated book for young people." In 2015, Ms. Mouly was the recipient of the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for her work in Education. She received France’s highest honor, the Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur in 2011 and, in 2021, she was inducted in the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.
She and her husband live in Manhattan. Her favorite TOON Book is Jack and the Box, because "it's a great metaphor for a book as well as a great book."
Born in Paris, Françoise moved to New York in 1974. She was named Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture. Among the many honors she has received are an honorary Doctorate from Pratt Institute, and Gold and Silver medals as well as the Richard Gangel Art Director Award from the Society of Illustrators. In the Fall of 2014, she received the Eric Carle Museum's Bridge Award, which goes to "an individual whose work has been instrumental in extending the boundaries of the illustrated book for young people." In 2015, Ms. Mouly was the recipient of the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for her work in Education. She received France’s highest honor, the Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur in 2011 and, in 2021, she was inducted in the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.
She and her husband live in Manhattan. Her favorite TOON Book is Jack and the Box, because "it's a great metaphor for a book as well as a great book."
Tucker Stone
Executive Editor
Tucker started his career in comics as a critic for ComiXology, which led to him becoming a managing partner at Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn. In 2018 he won an Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism for his work at The Comics Journal, where he continues to serve as Editor. Tucker's editorial work is complemented by his extensive sales and marketing background in the comics world, including several years at Nobrow, Flying Eye Books and Ingram.
In addition to his work at TOON, he is the current President of USBBY, the regional chapter of the International Board on Books For Young People.
His favorite TOON Book is Little Mouse Gets Ready, because it's the first book that made his daughter laugh out loud.
Executive Editor
Tucker started his career in comics as a critic for ComiXology, which led to him becoming a managing partner at Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn. In 2018 he won an Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism for his work at The Comics Journal, where he continues to serve as Editor. Tucker's editorial work is complemented by his extensive sales and marketing background in the comics world, including several years at Nobrow, Flying Eye Books and Ingram.
In addition to his work at TOON, he is the current President of USBBY, the regional chapter of the International Board on Books For Young People.
His favorite TOON Book is Little Mouse Gets Ready, because it's the first book that made his daughter laugh out loud.
Aria Balraj
Assistant Editor
Aria is a graduate of NYU, where she studied politics and creative writing. In love with books, she went on to work at Scholastic Book Clubs and Little, Brown Young readers. She became fascinated with comics and graphic novels after seeing how kids gravitate towards them.
Aria's favorite TOON Book is Lost in NYC, because she's always found that getting lost can lead to the most memorable adventures.
Get in touch at abalraj@astrapublishinghouse.com
Faith Garcia
Sales & Marketing Coordinator (including questions about store orders!)
Faith received her BA from Princeton University, where she majored in East Asian languages and cultures, and she holds an MA from UC Berkeley, where she studied Korean and Classical Japanese with an emphasis on literature and translation. She became interested in comics first as a tool for language learning, and she fell in love with the humor and artistry of TOON's publications.
She has always loved feeding the pigeons wherever she went, so naturally her favorite TOON book is The Real Poop on Pigeons!
Get in touch at faithg.toon@gmail.com
Sales & Marketing Coordinator (including questions about store orders!)
Faith received her BA from Princeton University, where she majored in East Asian languages and cultures, and she holds an MA from UC Berkeley, where she studied Korean and Classical Japanese with an emphasis on literature and translation. She became interested in comics first as a tool for language learning, and she fell in love with the humor and artistry of TOON's publications.
She has always loved feeding the pigeons wherever she went, so naturally her favorite TOON book is The Real Poop on Pigeons!
Get in touch at faithg.toon@gmail.com
Kevin McCloskey
TOON Author and Ambassador Kevin McCloskey is the author of the critically acclaimed TOON Books “Giggle and Learn” series and an illustration professor at Pennsylvania’s Kutztown University. His first TOON Book, We Dig Worms, was described as “a winning combination of facts and gross-out fun” by The New York Times. His wife (a librarian!) asked for a fun worm book to read at the library, so he came up with an informative and silly story that evolved into a now beloved series of five |
Richard Kutner
Head of Education Department Richard is a translator of both prose and graphic literature, with a forty-two-year background in education. He holds degrees from Yale and New York University and was the 2014 recipient of a Hemingway Translation Grant from the French Embassy for his work with TOON. Richard translated TOON’s Philemon and mythology series as well as The Great Antonio. He proofreads all TOON’s books, was the guest editor for The Real Poop on Pigeons!, and has created many lesson plans and teacher’s guides for TOON. |
