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I was sorry to miss this one! Photos and first hand account to be found here. Also: At the Thought Balloonist, Charles W. Hatfield posts a remarkable review of THE FATE OF THE ARTIST, from which I’m skimming a bit of cream here: To those already entrained by Campbell’s rhythms the book is an openhanded, Read the Rest…

At goodcomicsforkids.com here’s a fascinating discussion about ROBOT DREAMS appearing on Oprah’s Kids List—between a handful of librarian goddesses…Brigid Alverson, Robin Brenner, Eva Volin, Esther Keller, Snow Wildsmith and Kate Dacey

Sara Varon’s gem ROBOT DREAMS, is on Oprah’s Kids Reading List!

"Growing up in Scotland, Eddie Campbell had two ambitions: to be a cowboy and to work in the circus." After that introduction, what new and lofty heights are there for this PW interview to scale?  Find out!

Stumptown (Portland’s indy comics festival) is this weekend.  First Second isn’t going — as much as we all enjoy the Portland comics scene, we’re still recovering from the whirlwind that was New York Comic-Con.  But two of our phenomenal authors will be there — Gene Luen Yang, and Derek Kirk Kim.  And they’ll be doing Read the Rest…

New York based readers of this blog may already be familiar with the Leonard Lopate show, the popular news/talk show on local public radio station WNYC. This Thursday, April 17th, our own George O’Connor will be a guest on the show to talk about his First Second graphic novel Journey into Mohawk Country. He’ll be Read the Rest…

Have a look-see: Nick Abadzis calls this gem a ‘micro site’ dedicated to the making of his LAIKA. Well worth a visit, it’s a beauty! It’s an online version of the slideshow talk he gave at various venues last October and November when Laika came out.  http://www.nickabadzis.com/laika/ "a luminous masterpiece filled with pathos and poignancy"—Kirkus Read the Rest…

First Second is publishing Cyril Pedrosa’s Three Shadows this April. Three Shadows (which was recently recognized at Angouleme with one of the prix essentiels) is the story of a father who won’t accept his son’s mortality.  NYMag is running an excerpt this week.  GO, READ!

I’d forgotten this was coming! Tuned in last night to a new Simpsons episodes called “Husbands and Knives” — featuring a new trendy comics shop and hilarious cameos by Tintin, Alan Moore, Dan Clowes, Art Spiegelman, and laughed my head off. Then it occured to me: never mind about comics getting literary awards, or graphic Read the Rest…

Hard to remember a time before email and web! As many of you may have noticed, FirstSecond.com is going through a communication meltdown — the website and our email is shut off at the moment. We’re working on it. Thanks for your patience in the meantime. Pony Express … those were the days.