it's yaytime! » comics https://yaytime.com dave roman Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:16:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 San Diego Comic Con!!! https://yaytime.com/blog/san-diego-comic-con-2/ https://yaytime.com/blog/san-diego-comic-con-2/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2015 02:46:27 +0000 Dave http://yaytime.com/?p=3063 Comic Con guests

This year I’m an official guest of Comic-Con International! This is a huge honor! I’ve been going to Comic-Con since I was a teenager!

I’ll have a table in the ARTIST ALLEY section, which is where you can find me for most of the convention (look for the Teen Boat banner).

This my list of panel appearances and other places you can find me.

FRIDAY, July 10th

11AM-12PM Sci-Fi Comics Theater: Dave Roman & Tom Angleberger
A visual conversation between author Tom Angleberger (Origami Yoda) and cartoonist Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy, Teen Boat!) about self-publishing, dream jobs, graphic novels for kids, school misfits, and robot doppelgangers. Hosted by Noelene Clark (LA Times Hero Complex), this fun-filled panel will include interactive readings, improv drawing games, and surprise guests! ROOM 4

**THIS IS MY FIRST EVER SPOTLIGHT PANEL! It would be the coolest to see you there!

2PM-3PM Signing at the :01 First Second Booth #1323
I’ll be signing copies of the Astronaut Academy books at my publisher’s booth.

SATURDAY, July 11th

12PM-1PM CBLDF Comics in the Classroom
w/ Cecil Castellucci (Odd Duck, The Plain Janes), Nathan Hale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales), Matthew Holm (Babymouse, Squish), Matt Phelan (The Storm in the Barn, Bluffton),Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy, Jax Epoch and the Quicken Forbidden) and educators Rose Brock and Dr. Meryl Jaffe. Room 30CDE

Time: 3PM – 4PM Kids Comics Panel
Room 23ABC

SUNDAY, July 12th

1PM-2PM Push Fun Forward: All-Agnes Comics Have Arrived
BOOM! Studios associate editor Whitney Leopard leads a discussion of the significance of all-ages comics—from what it has achieved thus far to what lies ahead—with creators Mairghread Scott (Transformers: Windblade), Thom Zaler (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic), Aron Steinke (The Zoo Box), Ian McGinty (Munchkin), and Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy).
Room 24ABC

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Cupcake Helicopter cover

Cupcake Helicopter page

READ THE COMPLETE STORY HERE!

]]> https://yaytime.com/blog/read-cupcake-helicopter/feed/ 0 New Year, new stuff https://yaytime.com/blog/new-year-new-stuff/ https://yaytime.com/blog/new-year-new-stuff/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:23:56 +0000 Dave http://yaytime.com/?p=860 Happy New Year!
Time is already flying by as I’ve been furiously working hard on the second volume of Astronaut Academy! I’m still a ways off from being finished, but here’s a snippet of one of the early thumbnail pages:

aa2 thumbnail

I wrote the entire script for book 2 in this fashion. If you’d like to see the full page, plus what the final version looks like inked and toned, head over to the webcomic Friends With Boys by the talented Faith Erin Hicks. I did a short interview with Faith talking about Astronaut Academy, X-Men and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Friends With Boys will be coming out as a graphic from :01 books but you can read it online totally free!

]]> https://yaytime.com/blog/new-year-new-stuff/feed/ 0 NYPL: Literary Salon https://yaytime.com/events/nypl-literary-salon/ https://yaytime.com/events/nypl-literary-salon/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:11:42 +0000 Dave http://yaytime.com/?p=709 I’ll be a part of the New York Public Library’s Children’s Literary Salon on writing funny books for kids. Here is the official description:

Funny Ha-Ha: Humorous Books for Kids
Hosted by Betsy Bird, Children’s Literary Salon continues our series where we explore amusing books for children, we look at funny books in a myriad of forms: funny picture books, funny graphic novels, and funny early chapter books. Join Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy), Nick Bruel (Bad Kitty), Laurie Keller (Arnie the Donut) and Jules Feiffer (Bark, George) as we look at finding the funny for different ages of kids.

Saturday, December 3rd at 2:00 p.m. in the main branch of the library (the big stone lions one, on 42nd Street and 5th Avenue). Second floor in the Berger Forum. See you there!

NYPL salon

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

(A drawing I did in Nina Kester’s sketchbook)

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