Quarto Group Inc (LON:QRT) has today announced that it has signed an agreement with Dennis Publishing Ltd to distribute the Viz Annual and all ancillary publishing related to the Viz Comic, through its Quarto Distribution Services business (QDS).
Viz Comic is a British magazine published ten times a year and which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2019. Since 1979, its irreverent mix of foul-mouthed, childish cartoons and sharp satire has seen its creators hauled over the coals by the United Nations, questioned by Scotland Yard’s anti-terrorist branch and exhibited in the Tate Gallery. Now well into its fourth decade, Viz is firmly established as a national institution.
The circulation of the Viz comic is over 50,000 copies. This year’s Annual – The Jester’s Shoes – will be the 33rd edition. It will publish on 2 October, and at 200 pages, will be the biggest ever.
David Inman, Managing Director, Quarto Partners, commented: We are delighted to start selling the Viz Annual and all Viz related books and to add this prestigious brand to our list of distributed publishers who benefit from our global platform and our global expertise in sales and distribution services.
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