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About Publishing Internships

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June 13, 2012
Posted by: Gina Gagliano
Categories: Adventures in Publishing, Behind the Scenes

(ganked from the Smithsonian Institution) So, internships!  It turns out that people want them, and then they e-mail us about their internship-related desires. I personally have nothing but good things to say about internships.  Without the two amazing internships I had — one at Red Hen Press, the other with Dark Horse Comics — I Read the Rest…

Angoulême journal entry

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February 13, 2008
Posted by: Mark Siegel
Categories: :01 Stop: Watch, Adventures in Publishing, Behind the Scenes

Adding to Gene Yang’s entry about the Comics Festival in Angoulême, here’s  a ragged little scan from my journal, of a moment shared with Gene and Moebius…

New York Comic Con Poachers

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February 26, 2007
Posted by: Danica Novgorodoff
Categories: Adventures in Publishing

At the Comic Con this past weekend… Appearances have been changed, but the words are verbatim.

INTRODUCING THE FIRST SECOND CREW

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January 30, 2007
Posted by: Mark Siegel
Categories: Adventures in Publishing
Tags: 99 Ways to Tell A Story, :01, A Late Freeze, Adam Rapp, Alan Moore, America, American Born Chinese, Angoulême, Art, Artist, artwork, Author, Batman, Battling Boy, Best, Bestseller, biographics, Black Diamond Detective Agency, Bluebonnet, Booklist, Brian Ralph, Brigitte Findakly, Calvin Reid, Cartoon, Cartoonist, Catherine Clinton, Christophe Blain, Chun Yu, comics, DANICA NOVGORODOFF, Deogratias, DEREK KIRK KIM, Eddie Campbell, Emmanuel Guibert, Fate of the Artist, first second, First Second Books, France, Gene Yang, George O'Connor, Grady Klein, grafix, Grand Prix, Graphic Novel, Greg Cook, guest blogger, Healing Hands, Heidi MacDonald, Isotope, JC Menu, Jessica Abel, Joann Sfar, JT Petty, Kampung Boy, Kirkus, Klezmer, La Perdida, Lat, Laurent Chabozy, Le chat du rabbin, Leland Myrick, Lewis Trondheim, literary, Literature, Little Vampire, Lost Colony, L’association, Malaysia, Marjane Satrapi, Mark Siegel, Matt Madden, Missouri Boy, National Book Award, Nick Abadzis, Novel, original, Oubapo, PAUL POPE, Persepolis, Polo, Printz Award, Publisher’s Weekly, Rabbi's Cat, Richard Sala, roaring brook, roaring brook press, Rwanda, Sara Varon, Seadogs, sketchbook, Spiderman, Stassen, Superman, The Beat, United States, Vampire, Vampire Loves, Writer, X-Men

TANYA McKINNON “Miracle Gro” Tanya is a fellow gardener. First Second’s vision needs an editor like Tanya to become reality. She coaches, cajoles, encourages, thrashes and nurtures like no other. Several creators swear by her and show her first anything they ever write.

REVIEWS: part 3

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April 28, 2006
Posted by: Mark Siegel
Categories: Adventures in Publishing
Tags: 99 Ways to Tell A Story, :01, A Late Freeze, Adam Rapp, Alan Moore, America, American Born Chinese, Angoulême, Art, Artist, artwork, Author, Batman, Battling Boy, Best, Bestseller, biographics, Black Diamond Detective Agency, Bluebonnet, Booklist, Brian Ralph, Brigitte Findakly, Calvin Reid, Cartoon, Cartoonist, Catherine Clinton, Christophe Blain, Chun Yu, comics, Danica Novgorodoff, Deogratias, Derek Kirk Kim, Eddie Campbell, Emmanuel Guibert, Fate of the Artist, first second, First Second Books, France, Gene Yang, George O'Connor, Grady Klein, grafix, Grand Prix, Graphic Novel, Greg Cook, guest blogger, Healing Hands, Heidi MacDonald, Isotope, JC Menu, Jessica Abel, Joann Sfar, JT Petty, Kampung Boy, Kirkus, Klezmer, La Perdida, Lat, Laurent Chabozy, Le chat du rabbin, Leland Myrick, Lewis Trondheim, literary, Literature, Little Vampire, Lost Colony, L’association, Malaysia, Marjane Satrapi, Mark Siegel, Matt Madden, Missouri Boy, Nick Abadzis, Novel, original, Oubapo, Paul Pope, Persepolis, Polo, Publisher’s Weekly, Rabbi's Cat, Richard Sala, roaring brook, roaring brook press, Rwanda, Sara Varon, Seadogs, sketchbook, Spiderman, Stassen, Superman, The Beat, United States, Vampire, Vampire Loves, Writer, X-Men

REVIEWS: part 2

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April 27, 2006
Posted by: Mark Siegel
Categories: Adventures in Publishing
Tags: 99 Ways to Tell A Story, :01, A Late Freeze, Adam Rapp, Alan Moore, America, American Born Chinese, Angoulême, Art, Artist, artwork, Author, Batman, Battling Boy, Best, Bestseller, biographics, Black Diamond Detective Agency, Bluebonnet, Booklist, Brian Ralph, Brigitte Findakly, Calvin Reid, Cartoon, Cartoonist, Catherine Clinton, Christophe Blain, Chun Yu, comics, Danica Novgorodoff, Deogratias, Derek Kirk Kim, Eddie Campbell, Emmanuel Guibert, Fate of the Artist, first second, First Second Books, France, Gene Yang, George O'Connor, Grady Klein, grafix, Grand Prix, Graphic Novel, Greg Cook, guest blogger, Healing Hands, Heidi MacDonald, Isotope, JC Menu, Jessica Abel, Joann Sfar, JT Petty, Kampung Boy, Kirkus, Klezmer, La Perdida, Lat, Laurent Chabozy, Le chat du rabbin, Leland Myrick, Lewis Trondheim, literary, Literature, Little Vampire, Lost Colony, L’association, Malaysia, Marjane Satrapi, Mark Siegel, Matt Madden, Missouri Boy, Nick Abadzis, Novel, original, Oubapo, Paul Pope, Persepolis, Polo, Publisher’s Weekly, Rabbi's Cat, Richard Sala, roaring brook, roaring brook press, Rwanda, Sara Varon, Seadogs, sketchbook, Spiderman, Stassen, Superman, The Beat, United States, Vampire, Vampire Loves, Writer, X-Men

OUR FIRST BAD REVIEW! It’s very strange, looking at the first :01 titles, on the shelf. They exist! And next week, as you know from Eddie Campbell’s pacing around — the first six of them appear in stores. From concept to realization, to release — and then what? Well, there are reviews. The way it Read the Rest…

REVIEWS: part 1

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April 25, 2006
Posted by: Mark Siegel
Categories: Adventures in Publishing
Tags: 99 Ways to Tell A Story, :01, A Late Freeze, Adam Rapp, Alan Moore, America, American Born Chinese, Angoulême, Art, Artist, artwork, Author, Batman, Battling Boy, Best, Bestseller, biographics, Black Diamond Detective Agency, Bluebonnet, Booklist, Brian Ralph, Brigitte Findakly, Calvin Reid, Cartoon, Cartoonist, Catherine Clinton, Christophe Blain, Chun Yu, comics, Danica Novgorodoff, Deogratias, Derek Kirk Kim, Eddie Campbell, Emmanuel Guibert, Fate of the Artist, first second, First Second Books, France, Gene Yang, George O'Connor, Grady Klein, grafix, Grand Prix, Graphic Novel, Greg Cook, guest blogger, Healing Hands, Heidi MacDonald, Isotope, JC Menu, Jessica Abel, Joann Sfar, JT Petty, Kampung Boy, Kirkus, Klezmer, La Perdida, Lat, Laurent Chabozy, Le chat du rabbin, Leland Myrick, Lewis Trondheim, literary, Literature, Little Vampire, Lost Colony, L’association, Malaysia, Marjane Satrapi, Mark Siegel, Matt Madden, Missouri Boy, Nick Abadzis, Novel, original, Oubapo, Paul Pope, Persepolis, Polo, Publisher’s Weekly, Rabbi's Cat, Richard Sala, roaring brook, roaring brook press, Rwanda, Sara Varon, Seadogs, sketchbook, Spiderman, Stassen, Superman, The Beat, United States, Vampire, Vampire Loves, Writer, X-Men

Oh you, wide eyed young visitor, who wonder about the exciting adventures that await in the great world of publishing! Perhaps you have felt its powerful lure, its hypnotic pull? Be ye warned! There are dangers which you should know about! Explore at your own risk! For your benefit, under this category of ADVENTURES IN Read the Rest…

INDISPENSABLE PRODUCT OF THE DAY

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March 8, 2006
Posted by: Mark Siegel
Categories: Adventures in Publishing

Hi everyone. Young parents, take note: here is a very useful item to have in your baby things for when your little one gets cranky. The modern recipe is now free of hard alcohols. It’s also highly recommended for dealing with crabby editors, petulant agents and difficult authors.

Doodlers in editorial positions: good news or bad?

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November 30, 2005
Posted by: Mark Siegel
Categories: Adventures in Publishing
Tags: Bayou, Chris Oliveros, comics, first second, Graphic Novel, Mark Siegel, Sfar, Shampooing, Trondheim

Should cartooning types be allowed to run their own graphic novel imprints? Fortunately, I’m not alone: for a number of years, there’s been Chris Oliveros running his stellar DRAWN & QUARTERLY, and now overseas, there are two new graphic novel imprints, one called SHAMPOOING, within Delcourt Publishing, and one called BAYOU, within the prestigious Gallimard Read the Rest…

P.S. Yet more from the gaming world

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November 23, 2005
Posted by: Mark Siegel
Categories: Adventures in Publishing

Well, they keep coming… Here’s a note from Don Daglow, of the impressive STORMFRONT STUDIOS. He confirms some of the problems and possibilities for art in a commercial world. “As video games have grown bigger and budgets have spiraled, we sometimes get preoccupied with the business issues and lose sight of the creative passion that Read the Rest…

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