(tree ganked from The Field Museum Library) Sometimes when I tell people that First Second is an imprint of Macmillan USA, I get blank looks — and that's about the time that I remember that not everyone spends all of their time decoding publishing family trees (that's right! That tree at the top of the Read the Rest…
I've got a lot of books in my office. It's not as many as I expected to have when I was a small child thinking about working in publishing — that envisioning had books carpeting the walls (and possibly even the ceiling). There are actually a few editors in our Macmillan-owned building who have offices Read the Rest…
(A set of Cost-of-Living offices, from the University of Washington's Digital Archives) A Day in the Life of :01 Marketing So I thought as an exercise, I’d write down all the things I do in a day and share them with the internet. I occasionally do talks at colleges about what in the world is Read the Rest…
The pretzel croissant: it is like a croissant, except that it is also like a pretzel (possibly this is magic, but it is also possible that it is salt-covered and delicious). It is the absolutely perfect thing to eat at that in-between breakfast and lunch time when you have not eaten breakfast but are wanting Read the Rest…
Some days are just too good to keep to ourselves… Imagine receiving these originals—just-inked pages from Paul Pope's BATTLING BOY… Care to gasp with us?
(a free download of interesting things) For New York Comic-Con this year, we worked with FSG and with Tor to put together a free, downloadable piece called Between the Panels. It'll be available at NYCC, but you can also download it at that link. What is in this free downloadable piece, do you ask? Well. Read the Rest…
Whatever else you have to say about the Shake Shack, you have to admit: they have an excellent graphic designer. Look at that hamburger graphic! Is that not all the things you wish for a hamburger to be? (Yes, it really is.) But I specifically wanted to recommend their custard before it gets too cold Read the Rest…
If you haven't read Sara's latest book, Bake Sale, you should check it out!
FREE GIVEAWAY! We have FIVE PAIRS OF FREE INVITATIONS to the New York City private screening of GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE—Joann Sfar's first feature-length movie! WHEN: Wednesday, August 24th @ 7 PM WHERE: New Museum — 235 Bowery (between Stanton + Rivington), NYC This is a private, invitation-only event. IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE TO Read the Rest…
Internet! Hello. You have not heard from :01 in a while, probably because we have spent the past week going to San Diego and then coming back to San Diego and then dealing with post-San Diego-exploded inboxes (which tend to happen specifically to us because the book industry does not believe in scheduling around San Read the Rest…
