Author Archives: Dave

About Dave

Dave Roman is the author of several graphic novels including Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity, Teen Boat! and Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery. He has contributed stories to Explorer: The Mystery Boxes, Nursery Rhyme Comics, and is the co-author of two New York Times bestselling graphic novels, X-Men: Misfits and The Last Airbender: Zuko’s Story. Roman is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts and worked as a comics editor for the groundbreaking Nickelodeon Magazine from 1998 to 2009. He lives in NYC with his wife, and fellow comic artist, Raina Telgemeier.

TCAF 2014 Photos & Video

Here’s a glimpse at all the fun we had at the Toronto Comic Arts Fest this year!
Some people said it was hard to find us at the show this year. You just had to know where to look…

The kids room was a bit disconnected from the rest of the show, so we really appreciated [...]

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TCAF 2014

This weekend is the Toronto Comic Arts Festival! The guest list is positively insane. So many amazing artists from all over the world!
Saturday May 10th 9am-5pm
Sunday May 11th 11am-5pm
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street
FREE!!!
I’ll be at TABLE B4 (on the first floor), and will be debuting my new mini-comic called Starbunny, Inc. and giving out free [...]

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Calling all Imaginary Friends

I created some new art for the Imaginary Friends show at Gallery Nucleus. It’s in conjunction with the new book by Dan Santat called “The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend.” There’s an amazing lineup of people so if you are in the LA area you should definitely check it out!
More info HERE!

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Litworks 2014 photos

I had a wonderful time at LitWorks in Norridge, Il. Huge thanks to organizers for inviting me out!

Whenever I’m in the Chicago area, I must have at least one meal at Joy Yee! They have the best pan fried noodles in the world…and the biggest smoothie assortment I’ve ever seen. Love the Strawberry-Pineapple-Banana-Coconut. I also [...]

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LitWorks, in Norridge, IL

I’m excited to be a part of the 2014 LitWorks Teen Book Fest!
Saturday April 5th 9am-4am
Norridge, IL
Eisenhower Public Library & Ridgewood H.S. present a FREE event for Teens to meet six exciting authors, to celebrate teen reading, and to have fun!!!
LitWorks begins with an Open Author Panel in the auditorium of Ridgewood High School. [...]

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Agnes Quill website

The Agnes Quill website has been updating on semi-regular basis with new pages from “Left Behind,” my latest collaboration with Jason Ho. He’s been doing an amazing job with the pages! And I’ve been having fun posting previews on my Instagram account.

I hope you’ll check it out and help spread the word about [...]

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Meltdown! This weekend!

Raina Telgemeier and I will be part of the Meltdown Family Music and Book Festival! Along with Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Lunch Lady) & other awesome authors and musicians.
Here’s a radio interview we did with 93.9 The River.
Here is the full schedule:
10:40 a.m. – Tanya Lee Stone
11:40 a.m. – Bob Shea
12:40 p.m. – Jarrett Krosoczka [...]

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Take Me To Your Mother

George O’Connor (author of the Olympians series) and I recently appeared on the NickMom TV show Take Me To Your Mother with Andrea Rosen. The episode is called “Andrea Geeks Out” and can been seen online (at least for now). Here’s some screen pics.

George and I get to play ourselves.

My book Astronaut Academy [...]

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Black-Eyed Susan Award Nomination!

Astronaut Academy :Zero Gravity has been nominated for a Black-Eyed Susan Book Award in the Graphic Novel: Grades 4-6 category for the 2014-2015 school year. The award seeks to promote literacy and lifelong reading habits by encouraging students to read quality contemporary literature. The award is librarian nominated and student selected. Each [...]

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MELTDOWN: Family Music & Book Fest

Raina Telgemeier and I will be part of the Meltdown Family Music and Book Festival! Along with Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Lunch Lady) & other awesome authors and musicians.
Here is the full schedule of the book events:
10:40 a.m. – Tanya Lee Stone
11:40 a.m. – Bob Shea
12:40 p.m. – Jarrett Krosoczka Drawing Party
1:40 p.m. – Dave [...]

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