Françoise Mouly is the publisher, Editorial Director and Senior Designer of TOON Books, which she launched in 2008. She joined The New Yorker as art editor in 1993. Ms. Mouly has been responsible for over 1,000 covers over her tenure at The New Yorker. The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) has chosen many of Ms. Mouly’s images as “best cover of the year.” 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.
Starting in 1980, Ms. Mouly was the founder, publisher, designer and co-editor with her collaborator and husband, cartoonist Art Spiegelman, of the pioneering comics anthology “RAW," where Spiegelman's MAUS was first published. 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.
In 2012, Ms. Mouly released Blown Covers, about the creative process behind New Yorker covers with Abrams, Postcards from the New Yorker, A Hundred Postcards from Ten Decades with Penguin, and was the editor of Houghton Mifflin’s 2012 Best American Comics. In 2013, Coach House Press released In Love With Art, a biography of Ms. Mouly by esteemed critic Jeet Heer. In 2014, she was featured with Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes and others in Professor Hillary Chute's Outside the Box, Interviews with Contemporary Cartoonists, published by the University of Chicago Press.
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 and Communication. Among the many honors she has received are an honorary Doctorate from Pratt Institute, Gold and Silver medals as well as the Richard Gangel Art Director Award from the Society of Illustrators, and France’s highest honor, the Legion of Honour. In the Fall of 2014, she received the Eric Carle Musuem's Bridge Award, which goes to "an individual whose work has been instrumental in extending the boundaries of the illustrated book for young people and in helping to bring such books to new audiences."
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."
Get in touch at francoise@toon-books.com
Starting in 1980, Ms. Mouly was the founder, publisher, designer and co-editor with her collaborator and husband, cartoonist Art Spiegelman, of the pioneering comics anthology “RAW," where Spiegelman's MAUS was first published. 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.
In 2012, Ms. Mouly released Blown Covers, about the creative process behind New Yorker covers with Abrams, Postcards from the New Yorker, A Hundred Postcards from Ten Decades with Penguin, and was the editor of Houghton Mifflin’s 2012 Best American Comics. In 2013, Coach House Press released In Love With Art, a biography of Ms. Mouly by esteemed critic Jeet Heer. In 2014, she was featured with Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes and others in Professor Hillary Chute's Outside the Box, Interviews with Contemporary Cartoonists, published by the University of Chicago Press.
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 and Communication. Among the many honors she has received are an honorary Doctorate from Pratt Institute, Gold and Silver medals as well as the Richard Gangel Art Director Award from the Society of Illustrators, and France’s highest honor, the Legion of Honour. In the Fall of 2014, she received the Eric Carle Musuem's Bridge Award, which goes to "an individual whose work has been instrumental in extending the boundaries of the illustrated book for young people and in helping to bring such books to new audiences."
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."
Get in touch at francoise@toon-books.com
Kimberly Guise
Marketing Director
After witnessing her two boys (then ages 3 and 6) devour the entire TOON catalog, Kimberly approached Françoise about joining the team to help spread the word about these “utterly gorgeous” books. Her 3-year-old would routinely quote Barry’s Best Buddy as he quipped, “Oh tragedy!” and her 6-year-old wanted to know if there really was such a thing as a “bottomless pit” since the one in Stinky turned out to be a ruse.
A graduate of Duke University Ms. Guise received her MBA from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. Her professional experience spans both early childhood education and the creative arts.
Kimberly's favorite TOON Book was Otto’s Orange Day because: "As someone known to throw orange-themed parties, I can relate to Otto’s appreciation for this superfine color." Though with the launch of the TOON Graphics, she's been enjoying her older son's newfound interest in Greek mythology so Theseus and the Minotaur and Orpheus might now be taking over as the household favorites.
Get in touch at kimberlyg.toon@gmail.com
Marketing Director
After witnessing her two boys (then ages 3 and 6) devour the entire TOON catalog, Kimberly approached Françoise about joining the team to help spread the word about these “utterly gorgeous” books. Her 3-year-old would routinely quote Barry’s Best Buddy as he quipped, “Oh tragedy!” and her 6-year-old wanted to know if there really was such a thing as a “bottomless pit” since the one in Stinky turned out to be a ruse.
A graduate of Duke University Ms. Guise received her MBA from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. Her professional experience spans both early childhood education and the creative arts.
Kimberly's favorite TOON Book was Otto’s Orange Day because: "As someone known to throw orange-themed parties, I can relate to Otto’s appreciation for this superfine color." Though with the launch of the TOON Graphics, she's been enjoying her older son's newfound interest in Greek mythology so Theseus and the Minotaur and Orpheus might now be taking over as the household favorites.
Get in touch at kimberlyg.toon@gmail.com
Rebecca McCarthy
Sales & Marketing Coordinator Rebecca is a freelance writer and a former bookseller. She studied English and Journalism at The New School and has worked previously at the Strand Bookstore in Manhattan, Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, and Penn Book Center in Philadelphia. Her favorite TOON book is The Big Wet Balloon. Get in touch at rebeccam.toon@gmail.com |
Genevieve Bormes
Editorial Associate & Rights Genevieve is a graduate of RISDI who now assists Françoise in the Covers Department at The New Yorker. She loves people-watching, making picture books, and exploring. Genevieve's favorite TOON Book is Tippy and the Night Parade, because, like Tippy, she has been confused by her own messy room many times. Get in touch at genevieveb@toon-books.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. |
