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We're delighted that the second graphic novel by Ian Lendler and Zack Giallongo, The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Romeo and Juliet, is in stores this week! Zack and Ian's Stratford Zoo books are great -- they take the classic Shakespeare plays and have them performed by the animal inhabitants of the Stratford Zoo! It's [...]
(the wonderful Corinne Mucha brings us this lesson plan she's used to teach fables from our just-published graphic novel Fable Comics) I'm so excited to have a comic in First Second's new anthology, Fable Comics. Adapting the fable "The Elephant in Favor" was a fun writing exercise that got me thinking about how I could [...]
I love our comics anthology series! Chris Duffy puts together these wonderful collections that are full of awesome author/artists and amazing stories. This latest, Fable Comics, is the third in a trilogy that also includes Nursery Rhyme Comics and Fairy Tale Comics. In this anthology you'll find: foxes, hares, tortoises, dogs, mice, and a whole [...]
test heading (business cards; from my office wall) One of the reasons that publicists and marketing people exist is to be an intermediary between authors and the outside world. (Unrelatedly, this is also why people have FAQ sections on their websites.) When media that wants interviews or bookstores that want events and they need to [...]
test heading (Galleys of Faith Erin Hicks' upcoming graphic novel The Nameless City -- which is going to be awesome, you guys!) For most authors, getting a book published can be a struggle. It's a struggle to write or draw the book, it's a battle to edit it, it's a fight to find the right [...]
test heading (art from Box Brown's wonderful nonfiction graphic novel Andre the Giant. This is an interview, but it's not an informational one) There are times when you want a job and you know who you want it with. But: they're very clear in explaining how their hiring works, and they don't have any openings [...]
test heading (the top half of last Thursday's free PW Daily e-newsletter) Go to conventions! -- that's something that we frequently hear as advice for aspiring creators. And it's good advice -- conventions are a great place to show off your work, meet people in the industry, and see what kind of authors are getting [...]
test heading (Current :01 office bookshelf! It's got some books that we've published.) Most of the time when we talk about books on this blog, we're specifically talking about books where the pitching process goes like this: Author: I have an idea! It is this idea which I am now explaining to you in moderate [...]
Ben Hatke's new graphic novel Little Robot comes out today! One of the things that Ben is a master of is gestural storytelling. That really comes to the forefront of this graphic novel, which doesn't have a whole lot of words. It's the story of a girl and a robot who are each others first [...]
No format is better suited than comics to breaking down complex information and making learning fun. And so we’re proud to announce our all-new series: Science Comics. Science Comics’ combination of eye-grabbing art and informative scientific facts will make this series an irresistible choice for kids and educators alike, encouraging its readers to think critically [...]
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