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New Book: Jerusalem, by Boaz Yakin and Nick Bertozzi

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January 14, 2013
Posted by: Gina Gagliano
Categories: Books

We just got in finished copies of Jerusalem, by Boaz Yakin and Nick Bertozzi.  It looks super! Are you feeling burnt out on graphic novels about Jerusalem?  No fear!  While this is indeed a graphic novel about that same physical location, it covers a very different period — from 1940 – 1948.  This is a Read the Rest…

New Book: Odd Duck, by Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon

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January 9, 2013
Posted by: Gina Gagliano
Categories: Books

New book new book! We spend some time being excited every time we get a new book in, because they’re all so attractive and captivating (and we spent so much time working to make sure that happens!). This week, we just got in Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon’s Odd Duck, which is a story about Read the Rest…

Astronaut Academy: Re-entry — :01′s New Online Serial!

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January 7, 2013
Posted by: Gina Gagliano
Categories: Books

We’ve got a new online serial starting today — Dave Roman’s Astronaut Academy: Re-entry! This online serial begins the second volume of Dave’s Astronaut Academy series that began in Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity.  If you missed out on that one, you can catch up with this quick summary and head right on into the thrilling Read the Rest…

Advance Look: Red Handed, by Matt Kindt

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January 3, 2013
Posted by: Gina Gagliano
Categories: Books

You guys, new book! We just got in advance copies of Matt Kindt’s Red Handed.  They look amazing!  We did a small ‘this-book-looks-amazing’ dance and then scampered off to write this post about how neat these look. So, pictures (clearly the important bit)! Here’s the cover!  How many crimes can you see in process?  It’s Read the Rest…

Hilda and the Midnight Giant

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December 27, 2012
Posted by: Gina Gagliano
Categories: Books

A book review!  Because those are not really a thing that we do, but it’s the holidays. Mostly we don’t spend a lot of our time reviewing books because we spend 75% of our days talking and thinking about the books that we publish, and to say anything more about them we’d have to start Read the Rest…

Giveaway: Curses! Foiled Again

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December 18, 2012
Posted by: Gina Gagliano
Categories: Books

In honor of the holiday (and also of the fact that this book is coming out in early January), we’re doing a give-away of Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro’s Curses! Foiled Again. This book is the sequel to Foiled, a tome full of ‘girl + magic sword = trouble,’ and a wonderful book.  We’re so Read the Rest…

First Second: Spring 2013

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December 4, 2012
Posted by: Gina Gagliano
Categories: Books

Spring is coming!  You probably couldn’t tell this, because it is currently cold and dark and damp, but new leaves and flowers and things are really close.  They’re just around the corner.  You can tell because I already know what we’re publishing. And after reading this post, you can know too! Astronaut Academy: Re-entry, by Read the Rest…

Perfect Gifts for that undiscovered cartoonist

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November 28, 2012
Posted by: Mark Siegel
Categories: Adventures in Publishing, Books

James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, and Alexis Frederic Frost keep rolling out the goofy and brilliant ADVENTURES IN CARTOONING series—and we keep receiving fan art and original comics from 7, 8, and 9 year old talents! Some of them may even have found their calling thanks to these gems. Do you know a budding genius who Read the Rest…

Lucy Knisley’s Relish

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November 12, 2012
Posted by: Gina Gagliano
Categories: Books

New book! We just got in an advance copy of Lucy Knisley’s Relish, which is coming out in April of next year.  It looks amazing! So, pictures. Here’s the cover.  It looks so good! The spine.  I love the fact that there’s a fork on it. The back cover, with an amazing quote from Alison Read the Rest…

George O’Connor’s Poseidon

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November 6, 2012
Posted by: Gina Gagliano
Categories: Books

New book! We just got in copies of George O’Connor’s Poseidon, which comes out next March.  It looks super! Pictures! Here’s the cover.  You may not be able to tell from my (admittedly poor) photo, but the spear Poseidon has is bronze foil.  It looks swell!  An excellent contrast to the neon green. Here’s the Read the Rest…

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