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(This may turn into a series, as I quite like snacks.  Now, if only I could find more of them that are amazingly delicious and that also exist in close vicinity to our offices . . . stay tuned.) Every day from ten to four we have an ice cream truck.  It is courtesy of Read the Rest…

"Gorgeous and compelling. Zahra's Paradise is more than a graphic novel. It is a testament to the unbreakable will of a people ready to bear any cost to shake off the yoke of oppression." —Reza Aslan Author of No god but God Zahra's Paradise is an event. Thousands have discovered it online at www.zahrasparadise.com as it serialized Read the Rest…

Working with Sara Varon is a fascinating experience. She thinks and draws and tells stories like no one I know. Our first book together was Robot Dreams—a beloved title in places far and wide. It's one of the few books to have been reviewed as children's, teen's and as adult's reading. There once were two Read the Rest…

SPX is this weekend!  People will be there!!  People we publish!!!  This is very exciting to us!!!! Sara Varon's Bake Sale just came out this week, and in celebration, next week she'll be down in DC signing with the CBLDF on both Saturday and Sunday.  Stop by and snag a copy of the most delicious Read the Rest…

Do you remember the first album you bought with your own money? The first one you stayed up late listening to over and over again? Do you remember being a teenager, and feeling like your favorite song is the most important thing in the world? Like all of your feelings are swirling around in you, Read the Rest…

Richard Feynman, the subject of Jim and Leland's marvelous graphic novel biography, wrote a book called The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. How's that for a title? Finding things out is undeniably pleasurable. Anyone who has ever stepped foot in a library or fallen down a wiki hole cannot deny it. Richard Feynman loved finding Read the Rest…

In honor of the publication of Sara Varon's Bake Sale, we present to you: a sugared flowers recipe.  Happy baking!  It works!  I recipe-tested myself: my flowers ended up looking like this. Sweet and delicious.

from the desk of Jim Ottaviani When First Second suggested doing a book about Feynman, my initial reaction — and I probably said it out loud without meaning to — was "I'm not ready!" The book is all printed up and on its way out into the world.  Soon. And I'm still not ready. Richard Read the Rest…

(a meditation involving Patricia Wrede's Across the Great Barrier) So, backstory.  It tends to be a good thing for characters to have.  I recommend it, personally.  It is always nice for readers to know that the character that they are reading out hasn't just popped into existance on the page specifically for them and their Read the Rest…

(photo from the US National Archives) Earthquake!  We had one.  It's our first earthquake since First Second moved to the Flatiron, but I'm glad to report that our building looks in fact nothing like those houses from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and is, in fact, 100% fine. Just a small taste of mid-day excitement!