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What are you doing on Saturday 5/1/10? 04/22/10
Come to Mrs. Dalloway's, a cool indie bookstore in Berkeley! I'll be there on Saturday 5/1/10 at 7pm to talk about my two just-released books, Prime Baby and Animal Crackers. Here's the address:
Mrs. Dalloway's 2904 College Ave Berkeley, CA 94705
The Rise of the Graphic Novel 04/20/10
On the evening Monday 4/26, The Commonwealth Club will be hosting a panel discussion on Why Comic Books, Being So Freaking Awesome, Are Taking Over The Whole Freaking World (or as they put it, "The Rise of the Graphic Novel") with Lark Pien, Andy Hartzell, Dash Shaw, and me! Should be fun
Books! 04/15/10
Two of my books were released this month!
First, First Second recently published Prime Baby, which collects a short story I did for the New York Times at the end of 2008.
Second, Animal Crackers from SLG Publishing collects my first two graphic novels Go
Festival of Faith and Writing 04/15/10
This weekend, I'll be speaking at the Festival of Faith & Writing at Calvin College. I generally enjoy talking about comics, but I'm especially excited about this event because I get to talk about comics and God! I sometimes imagine Heaven to be a place where past, present, and future
I found out late last week that "Urgent Request," the last story in The Eternal Smile, was nominated for an Eisner! I have to tell you, I'm extremely proud of that story. Derek did an such a phenomenal job on everything, from the layouts to the pacing to the watercolors
The Genius of Shiga 04/03/10
Last month, Bay Area comics genius Jason Shiga unleashed his masterpiece:
If you want to see the sort of crazy formalist oomph-itude the comics medium is capable of, you need to go buy this book now. It will pop your mind grapes. Seriously.