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February Tour of Northern California

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Dave

In February Raina and will be traveling to the San Francisco Bay Area for several great events!
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Our first stop is the Charles M. Schulz Museum, in Santa Rosa, where we’ll both be Cartoonists-in-Residence! If you can make it up to the North Bay, this should be so much fun. As a life long Peanuts fan, [...]

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New Year, new stuff

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Dave

Happy New Year!
Time is already flying by as I’ve been furiously working hard on the second volume of Astronaut Academy! I’m still a ways off from being finished, but here’s a snippet of one of the early thumbnail pages:

I wrote the entire script for book 2 in this fashion. If you’d like to see the [...]

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Christmas Cartoons Forever

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Dave

Since I’m such a huge nerd for Christmas cartoons (both old and new) I thought it would be fun to try and put all the major Rankin/Bass holiday specials into an imagined timeline complete with continuity notes and contradictions.
Check out the complete list here: Christmas Cartoon Timeline

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Christmas Card 2011

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Dave

This is a holiday message to myself more than anyone else.
It’s a reminder to step back and try to keep things in perspective. To appreciate life, and all the amazing things in our world. To not waste any opportunity to let friends and family know how important they are. And pass on compliments and [...]

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T-shirt sale

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dave

We’re having a holiday T-shirt sale over at the Comics Bakery! Includes original designs by myself, Raina Telgemeier and John Green for as low as $10 each! Limited time only!
http://www.yaytime.com/bakery/store.htm

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Christmas Music

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Dave

A lot of people may get sick of Christmas music, but I can’t get enough! I’ve got a pretty eclectic collection and love sharing and discovering new stuff among friends. Over the years I’ve made a few mix Cd’s to share with friends. They are a fun mix of rock, alternative, big band, techno, songs [...]

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NY Public Library Event

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Dave

I’ll be a part of the New York Public Library’s Children’s Literary Salon on writing funny books for kids. Here is the official description:
Funny Ha-Ha: Humorous Books for Kids
Hosted by Betsy Bird, Children’s Literary Salon continues our series where we explore amusing books for children, we look at funny books in a myriad of forms: [...]

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Henson Love

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Dave

Since getting back from France, it’s been crunch time, catching up on Astronaut Academy 2 and helping Raina finish up her new book, DRAMA. To help unwind, we’ve re-watched the three original Muppet movies to help build excitement for The Muppets.
I also got to see one of my favorite movies of all time, The Dark [...]

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Adventures in France

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Dave

Comic Festival in Saint-Malo from Dave & Raina on Vimeo.
Raina and I are back from our amazing trip to France! For those of you interested, check out my report about the Quai Des Bulles comic festival for The BEAT

I also played around with iMovie for the first time, assembling a short video that showcases [...]

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New York Times!

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Dave

Last week, Raina and I were interviewed for a profile piece in the New York Times! The article takes a look at the married life of two cartoonists, and talks about what we were up to at the New York Comic Con. Head over to the link to read the article!
Raina and Dave in the [...]

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