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Back-to-School Reading
I just got a phone call from a bookseller who told me that it was time to start setting up fall school events; school starts August 15th! While waiting for the horror of school-before-Labor-Day-already to subside, I have composed this reading list of school-related graphic novels. (Still waiting for the horror to subside.) Americus, by [...]
Kids Comics Revolution!
test heading Kids’ Comics Revolution, the new podcast for kids AND full of comics, hosted by First Second author, Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy, Nursery Rhyme Comics) is looking for contributions for their audio book club, the first of which is dedicated to another First Second favorite, Zita the Space Girl by Ben Hatke! Kids' Comics [...]
Character Design
test heading from the desk of Zack Giallongo Ever since I started down the path of drawing when I was a kid, my favorite thing was always the characters. It sounds obvious to me, but I realize that many people don't always enjoy drawing characters or thinking about their design. As I got older, I [...]
On Book Tours
test heading (ganked from the State Library of Queensland, Australia) So, you're thinking about going on a book tour to celebrate the release of your next book. How exciting! I think that book tours are invaluable for authors; they help establish personal relationships with readers, (and, very importantly) teachers and librarians and media and booksellers [...]
SDCC 12: A Short Recap
test headingSo! We went to San Diego Comic-Con, and emerged relatively unscathed, with clean hearts, minds, and all of our limbs attached -- really as much as anyone could hope for. While at the show, we got to hang out with some of our wonderful authors -- Jorge Aguirre, Vera Brosgol, Cecil Castellucci, Tony Cliff, [...]
First Second: Fall 2012
Now that we're back from San Diego with our heads are relatively screwed on, it's time to dive into fall, which, to our surprise, is coming right up. Somehow it always does that! (image ganked from Project Documerica) Our fall list is comprised of the following books: Adventures in Cartooning Christmas Special, by James Sturm, [...]
Junior Library Guild
test headingSo, you're an author; your book is about to come out. One morning, you get this pin in the mail: What's going on? Your book has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection. What is Junior Library Guild, you ask? Do you know how your local library chooses the books they keep on [...]
Between the Panels-2
test heading Last year, we published a free e-piece for conventions called 'Between the Panels' -- a sampler of material from creators with books coming out in 2011. We're doing the same this year with Between the Panels 2, debuting today for San Diego Comic-Con. This piece contains: An original Broxo story by Zack Giallongo [...]
First Second at San Diego Comic-Con 2012
test heading We're heading out to the sunny, comics-filled town of San Diego next week for San Diego Comic-Con, along with a lot of our authors, some brand new and recent books, and our wonderful selves (which we try to bring to every convention, in a more-or-less wonderful sort of way). Here's what our SDCC [...]
Event Cancellations & Other Disasters
test heading (There are actually no other disasters in this post. It's just the one. But that's enough of a disaster.) (photo ganked from LSE Library) When you've created a graphic novel, there may subsequently be events to celebrate. Bookstores and libraries and schools and lecture serieses and museums and occasionally the odd garden party [...]
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