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Gaithersburg Book Festival, MD

Dave — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:57:03 +0000

Saturday, May 19, 2018.

WORKSHOP: Comics Character Team Up (with Special Guest)

11:10-NOON in the Children’s Workshop Tent.
Come draw with us!

Program: Science Comics Book Presentation with Joe Flood and Falynn Koch

Time: 12:15- 1:05 P.M.

Location: Willa Cather Pavilion

Program: Book Signing

Time: 1:15- 2 P.M.

Location: Author Signing Area C

Queens Museum Children’s Book Celebration, NY

Dave — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 18:16:47 +0000

July 10th from 11am-4pm
You can find me at the Queens Museum Children’s Book Celebration!

Queens Museum
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY 11368

Meet NYC-based award winning children’s book authors and illustrators. The list of guest authors and illustrators include Dave Roman, Anika Denise, Mike Curato, Melissa Guion, Frank Dormer, Roxie Munro, Kelly Light, Kat Yeh, Joyce Wan, Sergio Ruzzier, David Ezra Stein, Anna Raff, Adam Auerbach, Kirsten Hall, Dasha Tolstikova, Sam Ita, Jen Hill, Ame Dyckman , Zachariah OHora, Carla Torres, Adam Lehrhaupt, Isabel Roxas, and Rowboat Watkins!
Enjoy story time in English, Spanish, Korean, Bengali, and Mandarin!
Visit the in-house Books of Wonder store to find a wide selection of books (including titles by participating author/illustrators)!
Recycle or trade-in your old children’s books at our Queens Museum Children’s Book Exchange!

Gaithersburg Book Festival, Maryland

Dave — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:52:10 +0000

Here is where you can find me at the 2015 Gaithersburg Book Festival on Saturday, May 16th.

Dave Roman & Jorge Aguire present Astronaut Academy & Dragons Beware!
Meet the authors behind these two graphic novels from First Second books. They will have a fun conversation, take questions from the audience and do some drawing.
2:15 at the Jim Henson Children’s Pavillion

Comics Quickfire! hosted by Dave Roman
A fast-paced game show where kids of all ages are paired off with (or against) professional illustrators in a series of fun-filled drawing challenges! Audience members will provide suggestions and add to the creation of totally improvised epic drawings! Featuring graphic novelists Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy), Pénélope Bagieu (Exquisite Corpse) Alexis Frederick-Frost (Adventures in Cartooning) and surprise guests.
4:20pm on the Imagination Station stage in Children’s Village.

I believe there will also be book signings following these two events.

Thanks Learning Lamp!

Dave — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 16:19:22 +0000

I had a great time at the Learning Lamp Children’s Book Festival in Johnstown, PA! Thanks everyone who came by to say hi, share artwork and collaborate in the drawing games! It was especially cool, getting to hang out with authors, Greg Pizzoli, Zachariah OHora, & Mark Weakland! I left feeling super inspired to get to work on some new books!

The Avengers of KidLit!

Learning Lamp Children’s Book Festival

Dave — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 03:31:38 +0000

April 10th-12th I’ll be an official guest at the Children’s Book Festival of Johnstown!

The three-day festival is free and is geared to children in grades Pre-K through 6. Designed to bring books alive in an impactful and lasting way, the festival features performances by nationally-known, award-winning authors, illustrators and storytellers. Named as one of four “Best of the Best” arts projects in Pennsylvania in 2013 by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the festival also includes lots of arts and crafts, live musical and theatrical performances, and new and used children’s books that people can purchase to build home libraries of their own. Every child walks away with a free age-appropriate book from First Book and winners of our bookmark contest take home a basket full of books. Other guests include Greg Pizzoli, Zachariah OHora, & Mark Weakland!

Children’s Book Festival of Johnstown, PA

Dave — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 03:31:19 +0000

April 10th-12th I’ll be an official guest at the Children’s Book Festival of Johnstown!

Going to Sheboygan!

Dave — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:17:38 +0000

October 11th, Raina and I will be at the Sheboygan Children’s Book Festival for the first time!

PROGRAMS & SCHEDULE:

11-11.45am Comic Inspiration!
Room: Maas Teen Learning Center
Husband-and-wife cartoonists Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy) and Raina Telgemeier (Sisters) will deliver a humorous discussion about growing up reading comics and how it affected the rest of their lives. They will then create a totally improvised comic based on audience participation!

11:45am-12:15pm Dave and Raina joint book signing
Room: Mead Book Signing Area

1pm Sisters, Smile & Me: Raina Telgemeier Presentation
Room: Maas Teen Learning Center

1:45pm Raina Telgemeier book signing
Room: Mead Book Signing Area

2.30pm Dave Roman Illustrator Open Studio
Room: Lower Level Studio
Join author Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy) for a collaborative comics workshop that’s all about developing unique characters and exploring the language of visual storytelling. From brainstorming ideas, to writing and revising, art supplies and techniques, Dave invites people of all ages into the world of cartooning. He will also share insight into working at Nickelodeon, his adventures in publishing, and hopefully inspire everyone to create their own comics and graphic novels!

3:30-4PM Dave Roman book signing
Room: JMKAC Book Signing Area

Gaithersburg Book Fest Photos

Dave — Mon, 26 May 2014 18:51:46 +0000

As expected, Raina & I had an amazing time at Gaithersburg Book Festival!

I even appear briefly in this video about the festival…

Our drawing games had a great turn out with super creative volunteers!

Thanks to everyone who came by to get their books signed and share anecdotes about reading and drawing with us!

I also got to share the stage with my good friend, Ben Hate (creator of Zita the Spacegirl) for some fun talk about space heroes.

And of course you can’t get two cartoonists on stage without some competitive drawing!

An evil banana driving a dinosaur mech, per the audience suggestion!

*Some of these photos were borrowed from Tom Angleberger & Eden Miller! A few more are posted at Comicsgirl.Tumblr.com

Princeton Children’s Book Festival, NJ

Dave — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:56:28 +0000

The Princeton Children’s Book Festival is an annual event each September at the Princeton Public Library and the Albert E. Hinds Memorial Plaza.

Come find me in the YELLOW TENT!

Here is a list of the other authors who will be there as well.

Not sure what times I’ll be signing and if I’ll also be presenting, but I’ll update this page as soon as I know!

September 21st, 2013. 11-4pm

Princeton Public Library
65 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
Tel: 609.924.9529

Quick Draw Recap

Dave — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:14:40 +0000

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 of the individual drawings (with commentary) at Pop Culture Spectrum