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test heading (maybe our most trivial blog post topic yet!) We print most of our four-color (and most of our two-color) books in China. The vast majority of them get shipped here on container ships, but some extremely limited quantity of them we do air-freight so we (and our authors, and some key media and [...]
Today is the day of George O'Connor's latest volume in the Olympians series, Ares: Bringer of War! Are you a fan of the Trojan War? I am a fan of the Trojan War! After all, it has involvement of the gods, treachery, prophecy, violent and needless death, (probably unnecessarily) complicated hijinks, a giant (fake) horse, [...]
test heading We've just finished up First Second's full season of cover reveals! In case you missed any, here's the complete line-up of what's in store from First Second this fall. The most recent in the Last Man series, by Bastien Vivès, Michaël Sanlaville, and Balak: The Chase! The adventure continues (and gets more dramatic)! [...]
New book! We just got advance copies of Jay Hosler's wonderful upcoming graphic novel Last of the Sandwalkers in the mail, and it looks splendid! We can't wait to share this book with you. It's full of beetles! And also science. Our main beetle-character is named Lucy, and adorable! And she's right here on the [...]
We're excited to have early copies of Penelope Bagieu's graphic novel Exquisite Corpse in the office -- it's looking fantastic! This book is about a young woman named Zoe who becomes friends with a famous author . . . and accidentally falls into a hilarious literary conspiracy. Here's the cover. And the spine! Here are [...]
We got a number of new books in the office right after the holiday break, and we're pretty excited! Here's the first volume of the Last Man series, The Stranger! It's looking really wonderful. Here's the cover. And the spine -- with a ready-to-fight Adrian on it! Spines together! The numbers on the next volume [...]
New book! We're so excited to have the sequel to Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado's Giants Beware! in the office -- and this one features dragons! Lots and lots of dragons! (Also princes, baking, gargoyles, swords, adventure, and many more cool things.) Here's the spine -- with tiny cooking Gaston! He's so adorable. Spines all [...]
test heading (this post was suggested by the excellent Ali Wilgus; this is a photo of part of one of the walls of my office) Business cards are a thing that a lot of people have! Should you make some? If you are a person who goes out into the world a lot and frequently [...]
A DAY OF GRIEF
We are in shock. How to respond to the murder of our colleagues at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris? The obscene, monstrous attack of extremists only confirms that Charlie Hebdo's unapologetically offensive humor served a vital purpose, if as a society we all intend to protect freedom of speech. Our deepest condolences to the families of [...]
You guys! We're pretty excited to be publishing Scott McCloud. He's Scott McCloud! And I'm proud to say that we just got advance copies of his upcoming graphic novel in the office, and they look fantastic. Here are pictures! The book's cover -- with a girl coming out of the wall! And a quote from [...]
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