Author Archives: Dave

Sunday, July 29th 2012 was the memorial for my 13-year-old cousin, Sabina, who at age 13 passed away after a long battle with cancer. It was a beautiful afternoon held at her Florida home, surrounded by lush trees and filled with friends, family, and food. Music from her iPod played over hundreds of smiling photographs, [...]

At this year’s San Diego Comic Con I’ll be hanging out at the Bolt City Productions booth #2235 as well as signing different books at specific locations, so check out the info below so you can find me:
THURSDAY JULY 12th
1:00-2:30 Book Signing at SLG Publishing booth #1815
Signing copies of Agnes Quill: An Anthology of [...]

Had a wonderful time at the Kids Read Comics Festival in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here is a short video capturing some of the fun.

I’m excited to return to the Kids Read Comics festival!
Kids Read Comics
Ann Arbor District Library
July 7th & 8th
Check out the wonderful poster designed by Raina Telgemeier:

Here is some of the stuff I’ll be up to:
SATURDAY
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Comics Quickfire!
Part drawing jam, part fast-paced game show! Volunteers from the audience are paired [...]

Back from a wonderful time in California for ALA and Disneyland! Raina and I met a ton of awesome librarians & of course we could not get enough of our favorite theme parks.
Sometimes I think I like all the signage, art direction and packaging of Disneyland as much as the rides!

How amazing is [...]

Here are some links to recent interviews…
Bildungsroman I talk with Little Willow about Teen Boat, Jax Epoch, my art style and transferring ideas to the final page. Plus favorite books, movies and tons more! I even discuss what I think “yaytime” is all about.
IRA Engage: Teach to Teacher blog
For the one year anniversary of [...]

Jerzy Drozd & I have started a new podcast called Kids’ Comics Revolution! Connecting the worlds of comics, graphic novels & kid lit, each episode features interviews with authors and illustrators and reviews from teachers, librarians, booksellers, and kids!
Official webpage with show notes & links:
http://kidscomicsrevolution.com
iTunes link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kids-comics-revolution!/id533692812
On twitter:
twitter.com/KCRpodcast
*If you like what you hear, the best way [...]

There are so many amazing photos and videos from our Teen Boat Book Launch that I can’t possibly post them all!

But check out the ARCHIVE POST for a taste of just how unbelievable a night we had!