test headingThere's a much longer post here, but I may never have the several hours it needs in order to be written well. But since this is something that comes up pretty frequently, I thought it might be sort of interesting/useful to put out some quick and dirty comparisons between self-publishing and publishing with a [...]
Congratulations to First Second designer par excellence Colleen AF Venable and her partner in crime Stephanie Yue for their Eisner nomination for The Ferret's A Foot, the third book in the Guinea, PI series! We love these critters.
test headingFollowing Gina's excellent example, I thought it might be entertaining and instructive to document how this editor spends a typical day. (Hint: buried in paper.) What follows is a mostly honest account of Monday, April 2, 2012. * 8:00 - 8:10 - arrive at office. Heat up leftover oatmeal and write an email to [...]
test heading (image ganked from here) You know what's a great snack that doesn't immediately pop up on the radar for most people? Cheese curds. Admittedly, mostly cheese curds (pictured above -- doesn't that look cool?) aren't hitting peoples' snack-radar because they tend not to be widely available outside of Minnesota, but that doesn't make [...]
It's a mixed bag, folks. On the one hand, the paper-cut incidence rate is WICKED high. And I just gave myself one with a MANILLA FOLDER. Ouch! On the other hand, this. You saw it here first. It doesn't come out for months, but it's on my desk today. And that? Is worth a [...]
test headingDid you know that Faith Erin Hicks is awesome? Because she is. She's published books about zombies, aliens, and boarding school. She's serialized webcomics. She's even created a beautiful tribute to the Hunger Games book series, and other pieces about favorite books and movies. And her new book, Friends With Boys, is out right [...]
test heading On Saturday morning, May 10th 2012, the world lost two of its greatest master comics authors—who happened to be one and the same man: Jean Giraud and Moebius, each known for different styles and careers. Both of them dazzling, leading lights the world over. Fly on, Arzach.
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test headingThe Silence of Our Friends was a joy to edit. From early conversations with the two authors and the artist about the story structure and the nature of autobiography to the moment the printed book landed in my hot little hands, I've had nothing but joy in this project. And I could not be [...]
