| Cape May County Library Workshop: SUCCESS! |
[Jul. 14th, 2009|04:29 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | cape may, cape may county library, comics, kids, libraries, mini-comics, new jersey, outreach, photos, teens, workshop | ] |
Last week's 2-day Teen Workshop at the Cape May County Library went off without a hitch.
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I can't tell you how proud I am of those kids (I think we had 17 or 18 in total!)--they worked so hard, did such great work, and had a great time talking comics with Dave and I!
Our Flickr set from the workshop...
...and the Library's Flickr set.
And if you still don't believe girls read (and really, really want to make) comics, look no further than these photos.
Neat: here's a short YouTube video of me, helping one of our students come up with story ideas! I die of embarrassment when I hear the sound of my own voice, but this is a good snapshot of how the whole thing went.
Related: Another of our students talks about the mini-comic she wrote and drew. Like everyone else, she did an AMAZING job.
My utmost thanks to Librarian Justin Hoenke, who spearheaded this event and worked with us to make sure we'd be well-taken care of while we were in town. He and his wife Haley were fantastic hosts (and they let me play with their fantastic baby, Finn), who made sure we had lots of suggestions for fun things to do with our evenings!
Some of the fun we got up to can be evidenced in this Flickr set: cute shops, boardwalk, a visit to a small waterpark, and looooads of ice cream!
I came home about as optimistic as one could be about the future of this medium I love so much. I won't be at Comic-Con in San Diego next week, but I'll be working on comics the whole time! Hooray! |
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| SMILE: done! |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|04:41 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | amazon, cape may, done, libraries, nj, pre-order, smile, summertime, sva, workshops, x-men | ] |
It's been an important couple of days around here. First of all, I turned in SMILE this morning! The whole thing is colored and ready to print, and I couldn't be more pleased with the way it turned out.
I also discovered yesterday that you can pre-order a copy on Amazon! (Book's not out till February, but if you order now it'll ship when it's in stock.)
Paperback
Hardcover
And now that I'm done, I can focus on a couple of other things at hand: I'm speaking at an SVA class tomorrow night, and then next week Dave and I are teaching a 2-day teen comic workshop in Cape May, NJ! I don't know if anyone lives in that area and wants to come, but you need to sign up in advance if you do. The number to call is in the link! I'm looking forward to a few days of being on the shore, too...it'll almost be like a little vacation.
And of course, this weekend is the fourth, which means swimming and barbecue and raspberries off the bush and hanging out with friends, in the backyard which was the model for Stacey's family's yard in BSC#4--if you remember the scene with the kids chasing Louie the collie around and giving him a bath, you've got an idea of where I'll be!
After all of that, it's time to shift gears and work on my next couple of projects. I've got two things I'm excited to work on, although I won't really be able to talk about them for a little while. To tide you over, though, our X-Men manga comes out on August 11. We're hoping to throw a book release party the following week; stay tuned for details!
Hope everyone's having a great summer so far. It finally warmed up around here, and me and my tomato plant are both pretty happy about it. |
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