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Astronaut Academy Pre-order
I’ve teamed up with my local bookstore, WORD, for a super cool Astronaut Academy Pre-Order special! From now till May 9th, I will sign, personalize, and draw in every copy (of either book 1 or 2) ordered through WORD, you’ll get a free bookmark, and you’ll be entered into WORD’s exclusive contest. One lucky person [...]
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Tagged AA, astronaut academy, books, graphic novels, pre-order, WORD
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KCR: Working for Peanuts
Happiness is…a new episode of the Kids’ Comics Revolution!
We talk with Alexis Fajardo about the new Peanuts comic books published by Boom Studios. He explains how he and his team combine creative sweat and exhaustive research to live up to the responsibility of making new stories featuring Charlie Brown and all of Charles Schultz’s iconic [...]
Sharp-Schu Tweet Chat
March 13th, from 8-9PM EST, Raina Telgemeier and I will be guests at the next
Sharp-Schu Book Club!
Hosted by Colby Sharp and Mr. Schu, role-models in literacy enthusiasm, their twitter book club is a fun chance to hang out with fellow book enthusiasts. The main topic will be our graphic novels Smile, Drama, and [...]
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Tagged Colby Sharp, Mr. Schu, Raina Telgemeier, tweetchat, twitter
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Astronauts at Emerald City
Had a great time in Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con! This is my favorite picture of the weekend:
Emerald City Comic Con
I’ll be at the Emerald City Comic Con from March 1st to March 3rd 2013 sharing a table with Raina Telgemeier and John Green.
We will have a table in Artist Alley! That table number is…
ARTIST ALLEY TABLE # B-10
I’m also participating in some programming! Both of these happen on Saturday, March 2.
RAISING A READER
Saturday, [...]
Astronaut Academy 2 in Diamond PREVIEWS catalog
Now is the time to ask your favorite comic shop if they’ll order Astronaut Academy: Re-Entry and earn my eternal gratitude! Not every store can stock every book in print, so any help bringing awareness of AA to the world is super-appreciated! The first volume has also been re-solicited as well.
Bonus: the other two [...]
I drew SpongeBob!
After years of helping edit SpongeBob SquarePants stuff at Nickelodeon Magazine, and spending the past year writing one page stories for the SpongeBob comic book (published by Bongo), I can now add having drawn a SpongeBob comic to the list! I wrote a drew a one pager called “Secret Tunnel” that appears in issue #17 [...]
Quickfire! at Emerald City Comic Con
The Comics Quickfire! makes it’s Seattle debut at the Emerald City Comic Con!
Here’s the info!
COMICS QUICKFIRE!
Saturday, March 2
Start: 3:00PM
Room: ECCC KIDS! – ROOM 201
Comics Quickfire! A fast-paced game show where volunteers are paired off with (or against) professional cartoonists in a series of fun-filled drawing challenges! Audience members will provide suggestions and add to the [...]
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Tagged Comics Quickfire, ECC, Emerald City Comic Con, Katie Cook, Seattle, Skottie Young
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Boys who like girl’s cartoons
Do you like hearing people talk seriously about cartoons? What about 80′s cartoons? Well, the Saturday Supercast is back with a new episode all about boys who grew up loving cartoons marketed to girls. Nowadays that’s not a big thing because we’ve grown as a society…but the 80′s were a dark time! But at least [...]
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Tagged 80's, cartoons, Jem, My Little Pony, podcasts, Strawberry Shortcake
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Over at the Astronaut Academy webcomic page I’ve been blogging almost every day! And some of the most fun posts have been part of a series called “Love Letters & Heart Containers” where my friends and I write posts about some of favorite things! Here’s some direct links to some of the ones posted so [...]