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Book Trailer

The official book trailer for Astronaut Academy: Re-Entry is here!

If you like, please head over to Youtube and give this video a thumbs up + comment about the trailer and/or the book. It helps people discover the the world of Astronaut Academy!

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Read it quick! Pass it on!

All 180 pages of my new graphic novel Astronaut Academy: Re-Entry are available to read FREE online till the book’s release on 5/14!
AstronautAcademy.com

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Meet my editor!

Curious about the intriguing world of graphic novels & the people who make them? Check out this interview with my insightful First Second editor Calista Brill.
Calista Brill on Comics Are Great

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Astronaut Academy Pre-order

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 [...]

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KCR: Working for 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 [...]

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Sharp-Schu Tweet Chat

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 [...]

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Astronauts at Emerald City

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

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Emerald City Comic Con

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, [...]

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Astronaut Academy 2 in Diamond PREVIEWS catalog

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 [...]

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I drew SpongeBob!

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 [...]

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