Villard Books sent out a press release today saying they’ve picked up the rights to publish “three graphic novels collecting the long-running and wildly popular webcomic Goats.” Goats , which is by Jonathan Rosenberg, has been around since 1997 and per the release gets 1.5 million hits a month.
Rosenberg talks about the deal on his blog:
Weird, huh? I am still in shock about it and I have had months to get used to the idea. I suspect it will have implications and consequences for Goats and possibly other webcomics as well, but that’s speculative. Let’s stick to the facts for now.
The facts are that this would not have happened if not for the hard work and awe-inspiring skill of my agent, Judy Hansen, and the good taste and vision of Tricia Narwani, my editor at Villard. Thank you both for helping to make an internet boy’s dreams come true.
Rick Marshall has an interview up with Rosenberg about the deal over at ComicMix.
