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Astronaut Academy Pre-order

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Dave

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 will win an Astronaut Academy style portrait of themselves (or whoever the book is a gift for), hanging out with the character of their choice!

Word Brooklyn signed book promo

Double bonus: Pre-Ordering your book through this WORD promotion still allows you to be eligible to participate in the Astronaut Academy Day contest as well!

Huge thanks to my friends at WORD for helping set this up and shipping out all the books!

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KCR: Working for Peanuts

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Dave

Kids Comics Revolution 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 characters.

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Sharp-Schu Tweet Chat

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Dave

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 Astronaut Academy, but we’ll happily answer any and all questions you might have.

At 8PM: Just log in using your own twitter handle at TweetChat.com and enter the hashtag #SharpSchu to join the conversation or just read along in real time!

Here is the official schedule:

8:00-8:20 P.M. EST: Discuss Raina Telgemeier’s SMILE
8:20-8:40 P.M. EST: Dave Roman’s Astronaut Academy

8:40-9:00: Q and A with Dave Roman and Raina Telgemeier.

Hope to see you there on March 13th !

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Astronauts at Emerald City

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Dave

Had a great time in Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con! This is my favorite picture of the weekend:

Astronaut Academy cosplay

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Emerald City Comic Con

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Dave

Emerald City

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, March 2
Start: 12:00PM
Room: ECCC KIDS! – ROOM 201
CBLDF Presents: Newbery Award winning Children’s book author and graphic novelist Jenni Holm (Babymouse series) discusses ways to get children excited about reading, encouraging creativity, and cultivating a love of literature and art, with a focus on great graphic novels and comics for younger readers. Raina Telgemeier and Dave Roman will join Jenni on the panel!

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 creation of totally improvised epic drawings! Featuring host Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy), Raina Telgemeier (Smile), Skottie Young (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), Katie Cook (My Little Pony), John Green (Teen Boat), & more! Great for all ages!

Quickfire ECC

Check out past Quickfire events:

Quickfire at NY Comic Con
Quickfire at TCAF

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Astronaut Academy 2 in Diamond PREVIEWS catalog

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Dave

March Previews

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 graphic novels published by First Second in May are by some of my favorite creators as well! Odd Duck by Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon, and Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks are both going to be really rad books.

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I drew SpongeBob!

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Dave

Spongebob comicbook

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 of SpongeBob Comics. Like the one’s I’ve written for past issues, it is a fill-in the blanks story but this time drawn by me & completely in my own art style! Huge thanks to editor Chris Duffy for giving me this fun opportunity.

Here is a sneak peek.

Spongebob comic
Pick up the book at your local comic shop to see the rest! There’s several other great stories by folks like Bob Flynn, Dave Degrand, Robert Leighton, Gregg Schigiel, Corey Barba, Vince DePorter, & more!

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Quickfire! at Emerald City Comic Con

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Dave

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 creation of totally improvised epic drawings! Featuring hosts Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy) and Matthew Holm (Babymouse), with competing artists Raina Telgemeier (Smile), Skottie Young (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), Katie Cook (My Little Pony), John Green (Teen Boat), & more! Great for all ages!

Quickfire ECC

Check out past Quickfire events:

Quickfire at NY Comic Con
Quickfire at TCAF

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Boys who like girl’s cartoons

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Dave

Saturday Supercast

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 the cartoons were pretty rad (and filled with a ton of scary dragons). In this episode I team with Jerzy Drozd (Comics are Great) and Shawn Robare (Branded in the 80′s) and we talk for 2 whole hours about the original My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake and Jem. We can pretty excited at times and even break into song. Our enthusiasm for The Misfits (are their songs better?) knows now bounds! Does that make us Brony’s? Boycakes? Jem and the Manograms? Or just three guys who appreciate things that are awesome? Decide for yourselves by checking out the podcast! Oh, and if you like the show, spread the word, and let us know what cartoons you’d like us to analyze in future episodes.

LISTEN HERE or download on iTunes!

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Dave

valentine 1

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 far…

“Harry Potter” by Megan Brennan

“Videogames” by Dave Roman

“Pokémon” by Patrick Woodruff

“Muppet Babies, Spaceballs & Parody Films” by Dave Roman

“Manga I’d Recommend to People Who Think They Don’t Like Manga” by Dave Roman

“Space Exploration” by Alison Wilgus

Each article is just below the day’s specific comic page. There will be a lot more posts coming up in the next few weeks, so check back often!

Valentine 2