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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 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!
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
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.
Sharp-Schu Tweet Chat
March 13th, from 8-9PM EST, Raina Telgemeier and I will be guests at the next
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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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, 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!
Check out past Quickfire events:
Quickfire at NY Comic Con
Quickfire at TCAF
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 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.
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 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.
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!
Quickfire! at Emerald City Comic Con
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!
Check out past Quickfire events:
Quickfire at NY Comic Con
Quickfire at TCAF
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