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Disney Pixar CARS 2: Comics & Magazines

There are a couple new CARS & CARS 2 comics and magazines – as usual, there are a bunch of things going at once so it’s all confusing.

It looks like the CARS Magazine is finally coming to US. There is a Preview (?) edition available at BJ Warehouse (thanks for the heads up & scan, “Trev.”)

This is the magazine format that was previously available in countries such as Turkey and Italy (among other European countries). Obviously they will update the content for CARS 2 but probably re-run some older content such as puzzles and such. You can subscribe to it directly HERE. $29.92 for 8 issues – not a bad deal for a 96-page mag of games, puzzles, posters and hopefully like the EU versions – lots of stickers. If you subscribe, you also get two digital PDF’s 4-page mini comics from older issues of the magazines.

At the comic book stores, they listed this as issue #1 of a Disney Pixar CARS 2 “magazine” …

But it turned out to be the 4-part Boom Studios CARS “Race Rally” mini-series reprinted as one larger format comic “magazine” and now released by “Disney Comics.”

It’s a nice format, a nice story & art for kids but it is a re-print.

There is another “issue” coming out next month – scheduled June 22, 2011. From the description, it looks like a re-print of the first Boom Studios CARS series on the backstory of how Lightning found Mack, got his Rust-eze sponsorship and landed in Radiator Springs. Nicely done & illustrated but a re-print in a larger format.

You can pre-order from TFAW.com.

After this June compilation reprint, there does not seem to be anymore reprints scheduled so these might just be more of a promotional tool around the opening of the film.

There is-will be a comic novelization of the film also … (that is actually in a comic book format).

It will also ship on June 22, 2011. It’s 1 of 2.

Click HERE to pre-order from TFAW.

To order it from your comic book store: APR110560 – CARS 2 #1 (OF 2).

If you need a comic book store locator.

Other than the comic book novelization of CARS 2 in two parts, there does not seem to be any more CARS comics scheduled afterwards but then Disney wrapped up buying Marvel not too long ago so there was probably not a lot of lead time to get everything in place so probably in a few more months or at the end of the year, a monthly comic might start up but meanwhile, there is the magazine.

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12 Comments

  • Rollerwings says:

    Thank you for clearing that up. I was confused between the Marvel magazine and the Disney Comics reprints of the BOOM! comics. I take it the upcoming movie comic two-parter is going to be a longer version of the 56-page movie comic in the $10 magazine?

    (MET: The comics are listed at 40 pages each so presumably so but until it comes out …).

  • Mariela says:

    Got the first magazine at my local supermarket!! My son is loving it..!

  • Got the Cars 2 magazine at Barnes and Noble 2 weeks ago. Its awesome!

  • bobbyjack says:

    I saw the colector’s edition Cars 2 magazine last week, but I bought the storybook collection instead.

  • babychristianscars says:

    really cool.

  • Man-I-Fold says:

    The Cars 2 magazine is really great! I picked it up from the local grocery store/pharmacy chain, Jewel/Osco, last night. The comic is done in the Boom Comics style for sure. There was also a really cool sticker book with lots of the new characters in reusable sticker format.

  • quercy says:

    I already post something about these magazines a week ago but I guess no one have seen it…

    http://www.takefiveaday.com/2011/05/26/disney-pixar-cars-2-books-of-cars-2-reviewed/#comment-197659

    Nothing really new from above except the following “I read the story and I was disappoint about the usage of the word “kill” several times. I was expecting Pixar will be smarter and use more appropriate words for a kid movie such as “send him to the scrapyard” or “put him in the compactor”. Despite that I will subscribe to both for sure… 🙂

    • Man-I-Fold says:

      My 5 year old has really enjoyed the Boom Comics series, but the writers do include some words we don’t want him making a habit of saying, like “stupid” and “idiot.” It just takes some off-the-cuff re-writing when reading aloud with them at an early age. It does create the opportunity for a good teaching moment – we can read about Chick Hicks’ hurtful choice of words but we don’t need to use those words at nursery school, etc…

  • Micky says:

    I saw the Special Collector’s Edition Disney Pixar Cars 2 Magazine $9.99 at Target yesterday. jestrjef, you might try to find it there 🙂

  • jestrjef says:

    Dag gum!! I did not see THOSE the FIRST time I was at BJ’s …. I guess I will be going back …. kids …. to the car!!! 😀

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