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Lucy Knisley: A Day in the Life
test heading(Lucy Knisley, the author of the graphic novel Relish: My Life in the Kitchen [it comes out tomorrow, we're super-excited!] has been kind enough to share a day from her life last week -- from the final throes of pre-publication book promotion count-down time.) Lucy Knisley -- May 28th, 2013 8am Wake up to [...]
First Second at the MoCCA Festival
test heading The MoCCA Festival is a show that we attend -- and enjoy -- every year. We get a chance to hobnob with fellow publishers, see work from upcoming cartoonists, and show off our own books while we're at it. We'll be at table c79, and here's who we'll have signing: Saturday: 11:30 - [...]
First Second Books: Fall 2013
Now announcing: the First Second Fall 2013 season of books! Gems, every one of them. We swear. Adventures in Cartooning: Characters in Action, by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, and Alexis Frederick-Frost. This book is formatted like the first one -- full color and full of how-to instruction. It's super! Battling Boy, by Paul Pope. Entertainment [...]
Publishing: It’s Just Reading All the Time
test heading (reading person on a boat from the State Library of Queensland; why this boat appears to be full of water is really anyone's guess.) When you're considering your lifetime career, publishing is something that comes up pretty frequently to the tune of the logic, 'you get to read all the time!' It's true [...]
New Book: Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
We've all been fans of Tony Cliff and Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant since it was on the internet. So we're super-excited to be publishing an edition of Delilah Dirk in print! Who can resist her globetrotting adventuring ways? No one, that's who. We just got copies of Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant [...]
DesignerView: Erik Buckham
test headingDesignerViews are mini, two question, interviews about design with creators whose work we admire: What have you designed that you love? And what design inspires you? This month we are featuring Erik Buckham, the fantastic designer behind the stunning Jerusalem jacket (written by Boaz Yakin and illustrated by Nick Bertozzi). From the haunting limited [...]
Lucy Knisley’s Relish: On Tour!
We're very excited to be bringing Lucy Knisley to Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Portland (OR), Seattle, and Toronto to celebrate her upcoming graphic novel Relish: My Life in the Kitchen (in stores April 2nd). Here's where she'll be (with an attractive food illustration for each city!).
POSEIDON’S EARTH SHAKING RELEASE!!
George O'Connor delivers POSEIDON, the fifth installment in his mythical OLYMPIANS series—and continues to dethrone D'aulaires Book of Greek Myths, as the most valuable and trustworthy reference for young readers for the original world-shaping tales of Ancient Greece . . . and O'Connor turns out to be one of their most inspired and exciting retellers. [...]
We love Kim Thompson
Everyone at First Second is sending our very best wishes to Fantagraphics co-pubisher Kim Thompson, who is dealing with some really scary health stuff right now. Fantagraphics has been showing the world how it's done for over thirty years, and it's probably safe to say that First Second wouldn't exist without them. Kim Thompson is [...]
Let Thien Pham Be Your Agent
test headingTraveling the world talking to millions of people about my book Sumo the same question all ways comes up. "Mr. Pham, " they'll say "how do I get my comic made?" "Do I need an agent?" " Why are you so awesome?" Well, I can't answer the last question, but I made up this [...]
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