Disney expands graphic novel line

ICv2.com reports the Disney Book Group is expanding its graphic novel line with a junior line and a vintage collection.

They'll join the W.I.T.C.H. series and the hybrid Abadazad, the first volume of which is due out this month.

The junior series will retell Disney stories in graphic-novel form, beginning in September with Finding Nemo and Lilo & Stitch. The books will retail for $3.99.

The Classics Collection reprints stories that originally appeared in the 1940s and '50s in Four Color Comics, retelling Alice in Wonderland, Bambi, Dumbo, Peter Pan and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Packaged in a foil-stamped matte case with acetate jacket, the collection sells for $49.95. It's due in October.