Meet Damian Alexander, creator of Other Boys! What initially drew you to comics? I think what really drew me to comics was being able to tell a story visually. I used to write traditional prose a lot more, but I always found myself frustrated because I couldn’t directly show readers what I wanted them to [...]
Are you ready? It's time for the Winter 2022 cover round-up! That's right, we're sharing the covers for all the graphic novels we'll be publishing from January until April. There are so many excellent new books coming out and we can't wait until each and every one of them goes on sale so you [...]
Meet Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham, creators of Friends Forever! What initially drew you to comics? Shannon Hale: I didn’t grow up reading comics. I simply didn’t have access to them as a kid. But I always looked forward to the comic strips in the Sunday newspaper. Later my husband Dean introduced me to the [...]
Meet Jordan Morris and Sarah Morgan, creators of Bubble! What initially drew you to graphic novels? Jordan: I love how adventurous they can be with storytelling. I think they have more license to play with genre in fun and interesting ways. The audience is probably very pop-culture savvy so you can mash up comedy/sci-fi/romance/whatever else [...]
Meet Charise Mericle Harper and Rory Lucey, creators of Bad Sister! What initially drew you to comics? Charise: My father is French, and his mother, my grandmother did not speak English. She lived with us for six months every year, so it wasn't long before my brother and I became fluent in French. [...]
You better prepare yourselves because it's time for the Fall 2021 First Second cover round up! That's right, in this blog post we'll be sharing the covers for all the graphic novels we'll be publishing from September through the end of 2021. The list is so good and we can't wait until each and [...]
Meet Mike Holmes, creator of My Own World! What initially drew you to comics? I always loved the potential of comics - that you weren't limited by budget or resources one needs to present a visual story in a different medium, like film. If you can imagine it, you can make your dreams come [...]
test headingMay is Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage month! We want to celebrate our Asian American & Pacific Islander creators. Keep reading to learn more about your favorite creators and discover some new ones. Harmony Becker was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the illustrator of George Takei's graphic memoir, They [...]
Meet Remy Lai, creator of Pawcasso! What initially drew you to comics? Comics were the first books I read as a child. My parents placed no restrictions on the number and kinds of books my siblings and I read, which I suspect was the least costly and most effective way to keep five kids quiet. I guess [...]
Meet Dave Roman, creator of the Astronaut Academy series! What initially drew you to comics? The drawings, they drew me to comics! I was a drawer who filled his drawer . . . with drawings! As a kid, I'd copy the art from Garfield, The Far Side, and Groo the Wanderer, and those eventually morphed into my own [...]
