First Second Books
Great Graphic Novels for Every Reader



Home


:01
Collection


:01
Creators

Bookseller
& Media
Resources


Doodles
& Dailies


For FAQ's
Sake



Current :01
Catalog


For
Teachers



Trailers


Awards &
Honors



Contact Us



Subscribe   RSS

To Be Continued...
Astronaut Academy
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
Sailor Twain
Tune
Zaharas Paradise

Posts Tagged ‘ Colleen AF Venable ’


Hiding Under the Covers (well, really “Jackets,” but that doesn’t make as good a blog title)

3 Comments

October 23, 2009
Posted by: Colleen AF Venable
Categories: Design
Tags: Colleen AF Venable

Fun Game for all you Design Dorks out there (a title I proudly wear like a Girl Scout badge I stapled on since I was way too Grrrl and lazy to sew)! Pull out all of the jacketed books on your bookcase and one by one peek underneath. To make it even more interesting try Read the Rest…

Texture Field Trip: The Making of the RESISTANCE, BOOK 1 Cover

1 Comment

October 9, 2009
Posted by: Colleen AF Venable
Categories: Behind the Scenes, Design
Tags: Colleen AF Venable

I’ve always been a big fan of wrap-around covers. I have a habit that whenever I get a new book I always take off the cover and open it flat, look at the case, look at the spine…see it the way the designer did on screen, flaps out, all of the pieces together…a visual conversation Read the Rest…

Translations of a Wordless Book

Leave a Comment

September 24, 2009
Posted by: Colleen AF Venable
Categories: Design
Tags: Colleen AF Venable

Back in the day when I used to work in a cubicle almost a FULL ten feet away (my previous job was for :01′s parent company Roaring Brook) I had the pleasure of sitting right next to one of my favorite things. The Bookcase of First Second Foreign Editions—something I love so much I feel Read the Rest…

Victim or Vixen: Breaking the V-Blonde Pattern in Mystery Covers

2 Comments

September 10, 2009
Posted by: Colleen AF Venable
Categories: Design
Tags: Colleen AF Venable

Noticing patterns is a part of my job, so as I dove deep into research for my first :01 cover design, I couldn’t help but notice the Mystery of the V-Blondes of Mystery. The women on vintage and even contemporary mystery covers are, more often than not, busty blondes that generally fall into one or Read the Rest…

Find FirstSecond Online

Facebook Twitter GoodReads Flickr

Search This Blog

Drawing Words and Writing Pictures

Things People Say

  • Entertainment Weekly on Paul Pope's Battling Boy: http://shelf-life.ew.com/2013/01/16/battling-boy-paul-popes-epic-creative-quest-to-create-a-new-generation-superhero-exclusive-excerpt/

Things :01 Authors Do

We're on an events-hiatus until March, as we are hibernating for the winter. Check back for updates!

Recent Posts

  • How Do Books Get in Libraries?
  • Comic Con India!
  • A Brief Directory of Parts of a Book
  • THREE EDITORIAL ROLE MODELS
  • Where Should You Buy :01 Books?

Popular Posts

  • Draw Like a Ralph
  • PAUL POPE Guest blogger
  • When to Give Up
  • How to Survive Writing a Graphic Novel
  • GENE YANG on STEREOTYPES

Tags

Leland Myrick biographics Sara Varon Catherine Clinton Fate of the Artist :01 first second Deogratias Grady Klein Emmanuel Guibert Matt Madden JT Petty comics American Born Chinese Little Vampire roaring brook press Graphic Novel Richard Sala grafix Mark Siegel Adam Rapp First Second Books Nick Abadzis Jessica Abel Persepolis

Categories

Recent Comments

  • Keith Schoch on A Brief Directory of Parts of a Book
  • Arp on Comic Con India!
  • Sarah @ Ink Technologies on The Printing Press Zone
  • Mark Siegel on THREE EDITORIAL ROLE MODELS
  • 2013: January | The Voices Inside My Headphones on A Spine Study

Twitter Updates

  • This morning's subway had people reading Joe Meno's THE BOY DETECTIVE FAILS and Alan Hollinghurst's LINE OF BEAUTY -- best book subway yet!55 minutes ago
  • Last night's dream: @cobratalon showed up at @TorontoComics + I thought he was @yaytime because he was dressed as Darth Vadar, but in white.2 hours ago
  • Best part of any day: sketches on the envelopes from our authors! From @HombreSecretoOH - Claudette from Giants Beware! http://t.co/8h2OTnn622 hours ago
  • 'How to Take a Great Author Photo' from @Powells -- we are particularly fans of the shadow puppet approach: http://t.co/c8nHVyqw1 day ago
  • You guys, @yaytime's ASTRONAUT ACADEMY is like Louis Sachar's Wayside School, but with dinosaur-cars instead of student-flavored ice cream!1 day ago
  • Home
  • Collection
  • Creators
  • Bookseller & Media Resources
  • Doodles & Dailies
  • For FAQ's Sake
  • Current :01 Catalog
  • For Teachers
  • Trailers
  • Awards & Honors
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe

Website Design by Outbox Online

© , First Second Books. All Rights Reserved.

FIRST SECOND is an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, which owns some of America's most prestigious publishers, known for great integrity and literary quality. These include Henry Holt, FSG, St Martin's Press, Tor and Picador, all of which have garnered the most coveted prizes in publishing.

All images © by their respective owners.