It’s about a cat named Scratch who runs farther away from home than anticipated and winds up in the clutches of mad scientist Dr. Schrodinger. The scientist accidentally gives Scratch the power to call upon his other eight lives, past and future. But Scratch just wants to get back to his human, Penelope. It’s a delightful story, now available in a single book.

Click through for the complete list and if you’re looking for Scratch9 for the kids, visit our shopping hub!

And if you’re in the Detroit area and worried about receiving a copy of the book before the holidays, drop us a line and we’ll figure out how to get the book in your hands as quickly as possible!

Scratch9 Collected Edition Cover - w/ Eisner Seal

Koj from TELLOS by Mike Wieringo

“One of my favorites… Scratch9 is simply a lot of fun!”

- Todd DeZago, writer and creator of
The Perhapanauts and Tellos

Anyhow, Todd is a nice guy and totally king, so we gave him a copy of the Scratch9 TPB and he posted a bit about it on his blog when he got back from the show. He writes:

one of my favorites at the show and one of the books nominated for an award i was presenting at the shel dorf awards.

rob worley and jason kruse’s scratch 9 is simply a lot of fun! scratch is a cat who can access any one of his 9 lives when he’s in danger–you should check it out!

Wow! Consider us floored! Thanks, Todd!

PERHAPANAUTS: Second Chances by Todd Dezago and Craig Rousseau

Rob Worley will be appearing at the Detroit Fanfare Comic Book Convention 2011, held this year at the Cobo Conference and Exhibition Center (aka Cobo Hall) in Downtown Detroit!

We’ll have the SCRATCH9 Trade Paperbacks as well as a second printing of SCRATCH9 #1.

The Second printing is even more rare than the first one and it contains an all-new, never-before seen two-page bonus story by Shane and Chris Houghton featuring SCRATCH9′s first crossover!

That’s right! One of Scratch’s aspects meets up with Shane and Chris’ breakout comics character REED GUNTHER (and his trusty bear Sterling)!

And, we’ve got freebie for ya: a poster debuting Rob’s newest kids book ALL ROBOTS MUST DIE!

Based on a concept by Rob and Shannon Eric Denton, Chad Derdowski writes the adventures of Jake and Elroy, two rambunctious pre-teens with trust issues and an unhealthy fixation on nachos, who find themselves in a strange, strange world populated by spider monkeys (the eight-legged kind), cyborg dolphins and Sasquatch warriors.

They gotta team up with Robbo, the robot to rescue the princess, find Elroy’s backpack and get Jake some freakin’ nachos before he loses his mind!

The poster features artwork by Benjamin Roman (I LOVE HALLOWEEN)!

Chad will be right next to Rob at his table, signing the free poster for anyone who doesn’t mind a little defacement to their free works of art.

Stop by and say “litterbricks!” You’ll be glad you did!

For more details about Detroit Fanfare click over to http://www.detroitfanfare.com/ or visit the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/detroit.fanfare

Scratch9 at Detroit Fanfare 2011

The Shel Dorf Awards

Nominated for ” Kids’ Comic of the Year”, “Writer of the Year” and “Letterer of the Year”

- The Shel Dorf Awards

We’re nominated for “Kids’ Comic of the Year“! Writer Rob M. Worley also has a nomination in the “Writer of the Year” category and letterer Bill Tortolini has a nomination in the “Letterer of the Year” category. Our pal Shannon Eric Denton is nominated for “Editor of the Year“.

The Shel Dorf Awards will be hosted at the Detroit Fanfare Comic Book Convention running September 24 & 2th! Click over to ShelDorfAwards.com for details.

Scratch9 with Shel Dorf Awards

Thanks, SLJ!

Scratch9 Collected Edition Cover - w/ Eisner Seal

Illustration by Noah Woods

Named one of “Thirty-nine graphic novels that kids can’t resist” for Summer 2011

- School Library Journal

Robot 6

“funny and well-written and has ‘classic’ written all over it without being in the least stuffy.”

- Brigid Alverson, Robot 6 at Comic Book Resources

If I had $15, I’d start out with the trade of Scratch 9 ($9.99), a great kids’ comic about a cat who gets mixed up with a mad scientist who unleashes his other eight lives. It’s funny and well-written and has “classic” written all over it without being in the least stuffy.

Thanks Robot 6. Now eat something! PLEASE!

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