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Halloween Music Mix

I love making and sharing mix CDs/music playlists, so last year I made this one for Halloween. I’m reposting again for anyone who missed it (or met me since last October)!
Yaytime Halloween Mix
I tried to go for indy stuff and deeper cuts, since I assume everyone already has classics like “Thriller” and “Monster Mash.” Let [...]

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New York Comic Con

This year’s New York Comic Con is October 13th-16th at the Jacob Javits Center!

I’ll be signing copies of my book Astronaut Academy and the just-released Nursery Rhyme Comics at the :01 First Second booth #1730 during the following times:
Saturday 12:30-1:30 and 2:00-3:00 PM
Sunday 2:00-3:00 PM

I’ll also be part of the Nursery Rhyme Comics Workshop [...]

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Way Station, Brooklyn

Had a great time at the Way Station comics reading with Jim Ottaviani!

Teaming up to save the world…with comics!

Thanks to my awesome volunteers who helped perform some scenes from Astronaut Academy! And to The Community Bookstore for selling books at the event. Check out the amazing animation on their website!
You can also [...]

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Live Reading at Way Station

October 3rd at 6:30 PM, Dave Roman and Jim Ottaviani perform at the World Newton Reading Series! Special ALL-COMIC-BOOK NIGHT of SCIENCE! In an extra-special AUDIO AND VISUAL PRESENTATION!
Arriving at The Way Station, Brooklyn’s greatest Steam Punk and Doctor Who themed bar, will be New York Times bestselling DAVE ROMAN author of ASTRONAUT ACADEMY, a [...]

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Teen Boat Advance Review Copies!

It can finally be shown…the cover to Teen Boat!

Teen Boat!, written by Dave Roman and illustrated by John Green, will be published in May 2012 by Clarion Books.
UPDATE: We already sent out our limited batch of advance reader copies. If you’d like to review the book, our publisher can send you a PDF. Just [...]

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Celebrate Jim Henson

In honor of Jim Henson’s birthday, check out “Time in a Bottle” one of my favorite Muppet Show clips.

There’s also a great exhibit about the life of Jim Henson at the Museum of the Moving Image that I really need to check out before it’s too late!

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Books of Wonder Sept 25th

I’ll be a part of Books of Wonder’s graphic novel event on Sunday September 25th from 1-3PM. This is NYC’s premier children’s bookstore and the place that helped cement my love of making kids books! So people come out and tell your friends! If not for me, then definitely for Sara Varon’s Bake Sale.
Here’s the [...]

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Quick Draw Recap

Last weekend I participated in a live drawing event at the Brooklyn Book Festival alongside Raina Telgemeier, Laura Lee Gulledge (creator of Page by Paige) and moderator Calvin Reid (of Publisher’s Weekly).

You can read about it on the Publisher’s Weekly blog, check out the rest of my photos on Flickr and see complete photos [...]

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SPX photos

Not a huge surprise that we had a great time at the Small Press Expo, since it’s one of our favorite shows! It’s always great to catch up with friends, discover new cartoonists, get completely inspired, and feel good about the future.

(Speaking of the future, here we are with the amazing Megan Brennan!)

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SMALL PRESS EXPO

This weekend I’ll be at Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD.
You can find me at Table F16 with Raina Telgemeier and John Green. Look for my brand new Astronaut Academy banner!

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