test heading Today is Veterans Day in the United States. Gathering around the Flatiron Building and around Madison Square Park, where the Veterans Day Parade begins in NYC are thousands of war veterans, young and old. We honor and salute their service. In tribute to them here is ALAN'S WAR, by Emmanuel Guibert—one veteran's voice, [...]
test headingNew York City has a visitor this week and next, and it's our extremely talented author Emmanuel Guibert. If you would like to gaze upon the awesomeness that is Emmanuel, and (gasp!) perhaps even talk to him, here is where you can find him: Thursday: Witness! Quiet Revolutions in StorytellingFrom the photographs taken at [...]
test headingAlan's War, by Emmanuel Guibert, will be coming out next week, and we've been getting some questions: how does Emmanuel do it? Is he creating this art with ink or pastels? Emmanuel was kind enough to make us a video to answer this question. youtube And you should also take a look at the [...]
Every so often, we've got to post some of these things that come in. This just in from somewhere in Virginia... and this reply from Emmanuel Guibert, the very next morning:
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test headingApparently, MySpace has made American Born Chinese a featured book... Not all good news, though, since it seems to come with a rather tasteless ad campaign that uses the Chin-Kee character out of context, and has led to all kinds of discussions among people who haven't read the book. Gene Yang responds. Does acknowledging [...]
test heading This letter just came in... If anyone knows who the KAMPUNG BOY reader was on the F-train, please let us know at mail@firstsecondbooks.com and we'll put you in touch with Kashminder who wants to say thank you: Hello: My name is Kash and I met a woman on April 9th on the F-Train [...]
test headingThere are some precious lessons to be gleaned from Eddie Campbell's blog, including an entry called THE LAST WORD IN SPEECH BALLOONS. Several First Second creators have found this valuable in the midst of their thumbnails, so let's add this link to it here, in our TIPS FOR CREATIVE TYPES category (which is filling [...]
test heading (a doodle from the train ride) Been thinking about inspiration. I jotted a few things down on the train ride back from the Center for Cartoon Studies, where I had a most impressive visit. They're doing something amazing up there, Sturm and the gang. The following musing wasn't directly related to the CCS [...]
Cool beans! Joel Crabtree goes graphic at SILVER BULLET, with a wide ranging chat about First Second.
