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Fierce Reads and First Second at Emerald City Comic Con
EMERALD CITY COMIC CON IS UPON US! And the good news is that you don’t have to be there in person to take part in what we have planned! We’re teaming up with Emerald City Comic Con this year to make sure you have access to all of our upcoming releases and spotlighted giveaways. Keep [...]
Behind the Panels: Mike Cavallaro
test heading What initially drew you to comics? I was a huge fantasy & sci-fi fan growing up in the 70s. Star Trek, Batman, Superman, The Hulk, Wonder Woman, Lost In Space, Star Wars, and the animated Lord of the Rings were all on TV or in the theaters. We had all those great Ray [...]
The Official Round-Up of Fall 2022 Graphic Novel Covers
Raise your hand if you're ready for the Fall 2022 cover round-up! That's right, we're sharing the covers for all the graphic novels we'll be publishing from September until December. There are so many amazing new books coming out and we can't wait until each and every one of them goes on sale so [...]
Behind the Panels: Jeannette Arroyo & Ren Graham
test heading What initially drew you to comics? Jeannette: I find comics to be a relatively more accessible way for creators online to share their stories. We just happened to be extremely lucky to get Blackwater published as a graphic novel. I love the level of control you have when making comics as well. Ren: [...]
Behind the Panels: Maggie Edkins Willis
test heading What initially drew you to comics? I didn’t read a lot of comic books as a kid, but I loved the daily comic strips in the paper. I was also a huge fan of heavily illustrated epistolary journal or letter-style books, like the Amelia’s Notebook series or Kate Klise’s Regarding the Fountain—I loved [...]
Behind the Panels: Jon Chad
test heading What initially drew you to comics? I've always been interested in comics since I was a little kid. I read a lot of newspaper comics like Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, Farside, and Foxtrot. In fact, my first comic at age 6, I think was a thinly-veiled rip-off of Garfield called "Grfeld." I read [...]
All My Friends: Playlist Inspired by the Book
test heading When I was asked to put together a playlist for All My Friends I had to sit with the idea for a bit. It’s tricky putting music to a comic because what if a reader “hears” it differently than the tracklist you’re presenting and thinks, “Um, I hate this?” So I chose to [...]
Behind the Panels: Hope Larson
Meet Hope Larson, creator of All My Friends! What initially drew you to comics? As a kid, I was big on reading and making up stories, but I loved drawing, too. Over the years I went back and forth between seeing myself as a writer and as an artist, and eventually, I managed to combine [...]
Behind the Panels: Alina Chau
Meet Alina Chau, creator of Marshmallow & Jordan! What initially drew you to comics? Growing up, I loved reading comics. I am from Hong Kong, so we had Japanese manga, European comics, and popular American comics. I always looked forward to Sunday newspaper comic strips, like Calvin and Hobbes and Peanuts. At the end of [...]
Behind the Panels: Misako Rocks!
Meet Misako Rocks!, creator of Bounce Back! What initially drew you to comics? While I was working at a Children Museum in Wisconsin, I met a boy who showed me Dragon Ball Z, which was translated in English. He told me how popular manga had become. To be honest, I was trying to become a [...]
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