B.B.LEAKS! Leaked cables and snapshots of BATTLING BOY, from Paul Pope's studio A new regular feature on the First Second blog! The closely guarded secrets of Paul Pope's studio, released in a controversial leak, include cell-phone snapshots by an unnamed intern, taken at great risk! This is the first such photo, with ink barely dry [...]
test headingPaul Pope news release in VARIETY this week: Paramount and Brad Pitt's Plan B Productions team up to bring BATTLING BOY to the silver screen. Read here.And a piece in the last PUBLISHERS WEEKLY COMICS WEEK:Pope said now more than anything he wants to focus on "optimistic work," particularly his ongoing series THB and Battling Boy, an [...]
test headingIt's tough to write about a work in progress, in fact, it is perhaps wiser not to do so. If it were easier to communicate the ideas and intentions you are trying to convey with a story, you'd probably be able to skip writing the story altogether and just tell it to people, like [...]
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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.
test headingDownload onesheets.pdf BOOKSELLERS, BOOKSELLERS! All around America, I've been meeting independent booksellers, large and small. Some of those who've jumped into the Graphic Novel adventure have been very pleasantly surprised! Others aren't sure, or haven't made it work yet, and are wondering what to do. For those, we're putting together a special pamphlet we'll [...]
