Interview at Good Comics For Kids!

A new interview with me has been posted on the Good Comics For Kids blog at SLJ. Interviewer Esther Keller asked me some very interesting questions, give it a click and give it a read.

Amazon Vs Macmillan! Goliath Vs Goliath! I'm a little David with no rocks to be found anywhere!

As I was alerted by the talented Ms. Colleen Venable, and directed to this article on the New York Times, Amazon (they get no link) has pulled down all of Macmillan Publishings titles in a dispute with the publisher over the price of ebooks for their Kindle reader. Now both First Second and Roaring Brook Press, two companies with whom I have published the majority of my books, fall under the Macmillan banner ( as well as Henry Holt, St. Martins, FSG and others) so they're all yanked; What's worse, since all of my work has included full color illustrations, they weren't even eligible for Kindle-ation, so I'm just an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire.

Realistically, this will all be resolved soon, I'm sure. However, if you're reading this, and you were planning to buy one of my books at some point in the near future, may I humbly suggest you do it right now, at a place other than Amazon?

Interview with Yours Truly on Newsarama

I know I keep saying about my recent interviews that the interviewer asks really good questions, but it's true-- they do! And this one at Newsarama is no exception. Please follow the link and take a peek.

Adam Rapp wins a Printz Honor!

Adam Rapp, the man who wrote the wonderful words (alliterative!) for Ball Peen Hammer won a Printz Honor yesterday! Not for Ball Peen, but rather for his young adult novel Punkzilla. Congrats Adam!

Olympians interview on Comic Book Resources

Please click here to read a rawther extensive interview with yours truly over at Comic Book Resources about Olympians and other exciting things.

Great review of Zeus at the School Library Journal/ Fuse #8

Click here to read what is quite possible one of my favorite reviews for any of my books, ever. It's not that it's unfailingly positive (in face there a few items mentioned as needing improvement)-- it's how well thought-out and thorough it is. Also, the reviewer picked up on a lot, if not most, of the little extra details I threw in Zeus, largely for my own amusement because I figured no-one would ever catch them. Looks like I'll have to step up my game going forward :)

Run! NOW! Zeus: King of the Gods realeased TODAY!!

It's he--e--ere! The first book in Olympians is now available in all finer bookstores (and starting tomorrow, comic shops as well). And if you haven't already, head on over to Olympiansrule.com and my new Olympians Rule blog and bask in some Olympiany goodness.

List Time on the Graphic NYC Blog-- My Top 5 Non-Comics Influences

Seth Kushner, the uber-talented photographer who took the above much-better-than-I-look-in-person photo of me, recently asked me to contribute a piece on my top 5 non-comics related influences for his Graphic NYC blog, to commemorate the imminent release of Zeus: King of the Gods. Click here to see what helped to make me into the twisted creature I am today.

Ball-Peen Hammer on Stumptown's best of the year lists

Click here to listen to a podcast of Stumptown Trade Reviews Best of 2009 list, with Ball-Peen Hammer coming in at #'s two and 3 on hosts Brian and Thor's respective lists. Devotees of this blog will remember their very kind review from earlier this year. I'm proud to say that Ball Peen shares space with such great works as David Small's Stiches and David Mazzuchelli's Asterios Polyp. Not too shabby.