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It's the new year! And it's going to be filled with awesome new graphic novels. This was our 2014: 2015 should be even better! We can't wait.
test heading Books are heavy and expensive to ship. That's because they're basically made out of wood! Books are especially heavy and expensive to ship when they are graphic novels, because the paper we print on has to be thick enough to have a lot of heavy ink coverage without bleeding through to the other [...]
Happy Non-Denominational Winter Holidays!
It's the holidays! We here at First Second wish you all the best in this delightful season of celebration. We hope you get a chance to stay home and curl up with a good book! And possibly cocoa as well.
test heading (Pictured: First Second's Winter 2016 season) Publishers divide their books up into 'seasons' within the year. This is so that, as well as dealing with all their books one at a time on an individual basis, they can deal with them in clusters for purposes like conventions, bookstore visits, and catalogs. First Second [...]
test heading (image ganked from here) People who love reading and writing are notoriously (stereotypically) poor at math. It's a reciprocal thing! You love reading? Probably numbers are not your favorite thing. (I can certainly sympathize: numbers aren't my favorite thing. I certainly do not sit around all day adding columns of them up for [...]
test heading It's essential to clearly put a title and author credit on any work that you do! (from Above the Dreamless Dead) That's especially the case when you're part of an anthology! Because if you're putting out a stand-alone graphic novel or mini-comic, you probably put your book's title and your name on the [...]
We just got advance copies of Andi Watson's exciting upcoming graphic novel, Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula! It's adorable! (And presumably also delicious, though I did not myself try biting it.) Here's the cover, which features the princess and the count, her chef (specializing in pastry). This is the spine! And here's a close-up on [...]
test heading If you're a person who is a creative professional, it's generally a very good idea to be contactable. Specifically, it's a good idea to have a clear method on your website for people to contact you. It can be a direct e-mail address or phone number. It can be your agent's e-mail address [...]
We just got advance copies of out latest Adventures in Cartooning graphic novel in the office -- Sleepless Knight, by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, and Alexis Frederick-Frost. That's exciting! What's also exciting is that Sleepless Knight is one of our picture book comics; it's a book for young readers, but it's also full of speech [...]
It's December! We're officially at the end of our publishing season for 2014. We published some books this year! We're extremely proud of them all. They're attractive outside and full of delightful meaningfulness on the inside! Happy 2014, you guys! We hope you enjoyed this year as much as we did.
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