| A star-studded lineup at the ALA! MEET IVAN BRUNETTI , ELISE GRAVEL , LINIERS & KEVIN MCCLOSKEY . If you're heading to Chicago for the American Library Association's Annual Conference next week, there are plenty of opportunities to meet TOON authors! Be sure to plan your schedules to catch these fantastic author signings and events. MEET LINIERS Liniers ★ ★ ★ "There are plenty of stories about what toys get up to at night, but this quiet, masterfully executed comic is particularly enchanting." --Booklist STARRED REVIEW Good Night, Planet coming September 2017 in English and Spanish editions Liniers’s U.S. debut, The Big Wet Balloon , was selected as one of Parents Magazine ’s top ten and his follow up, Written and Drawn by Henrietta , was named one of School Library Journal ’s Best Books of the Year. Liniers is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, but he now lives in Vermont as the artist-in-residence at the Center for Cartoon Studies with his wife and three young daughters. They have fallen in love with the New England landscape, the house they live in, the night sky and the family's new puppy, Elliot, all of which figure prominently in GOOD NIGHT, PLANET . Liniers' ALA Appearances: Book signing of GOOD NIGHT, PLANET June 25 @ 10 - 10:30AM Location: Consortium Booth #3124 PANEL: Universal Language of Comics: Culture and Creation Beyond America June 25 @ 1 - 2:30PM International comics creators discuss how the form bridges cultures and helps people explore common ground. Also with Elise Gravel! Click for more details >> Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park/CC 10AB Book signing of GOOD NIGHT, PLANET June 25 @ 3 - 4PM Location: Publishers Spotlight Booth #1112 MEET ELISE GRAVEL Elise Gravel ★ ★ ★ "A tribute as heartfelt as it is joyous." --Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW The Great Antonio Elise Gravel was born in Montreal in 1977, where she now lives with her two daughters, husband, cats, and a few spiders. She started to draw not long after birth, and became very talented at drawing muscles and chest hair in high school, which came in handy later on when she illustrated The Great Antonio. She has written and illustrated more than 30 books, which have been translated into a dozen languages. Elise Gravel's ALA Appearances: Book signing of The Great Antonio June 24 @ 2 - 2:30 PM Location: Publishers Spotlight booth #1112 PANEL: Universal Language of Comics: Culture and Creation Beyond America June 25 @ 1 - 2:30PM International comics creators discuss how the form bridges cultures and helps people explore common ground. Also with Liniers! Click for more details >> Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park/CC 10AB MEET KEVIN MCCLOSKEY Kevin McCloskey New! Something's Fishy "Easily digestible doses of biological and historical background, common-sense cautionary notes, and a buoyant tone" --Kirkus Reviews Kevin McCloskey is the author of the critically acclaimed TOON Books Giggle and Learn series, which also includes The Real Poop on Pigeons! and We Dig Worms! He teaches illustration at Kutztown University, in Pennsylvania. Kevin says he discovered many things about goldfish thanks to his son, Daniel. “When he was a teenager, Daniel dug a small pond about the size of a bathtub. It was soon covered with water lillies,” Kevin remembers. “Every winter the pond freezes over, but when spring comes, the fish are still alive. You see them when the ice becomes clear, all lined up next to the pump. I find that amazing. Neighborhood kids have brought us the fish they won at fairs. It’s been almost twenty years and we now have about seventeen fish.” Kevin adds, “I should point out that the various fish in this book would not all live in the same places. Some are deep-sea fish, and some are freshwater fish. I’m no scientist, but I love to learn by observing little creatures, especially those who live in my own backyard.” We Dig Worms! The Real Poop on Pigeons! Kevin McCloskey's ALA Appearances: Selected by ALA for the always-fun Artist Alley exhibit, stop by to see a happy marriage of science and creativity with Kevin McCloskey. June 23 - 25 during Exhibit Hall Hours Location: Artist's Alley Booth #1234 MEET IVAN BRUNETTI Ivan Brunetti "Sleepwalk" Wordplay ★ ★ ★ "An amusing language arts lesson in a comic book format, perfect for individual or small group sharing. What's not to love?" --School Library Journal STARRED REVIEW Ivan Brunetti has published several graphic novels and taught courses on editorial illustration and comics at the University of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago. His drawings have appeared in The New Yorker , The New York Times, and McSweeney's , among other publications, and he served as editor for Yale University Press's two-volume Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories . Ivan Brunetti's ALA Appearances: Book signing of Wordplay June 24 @ 12 - 12:30 PM Location: Publishers Spotlight booth #1112 EVENT: Comics That Kiss Better June 22, 7-9PM at Sector 2337 The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo & the French Comics Association host a FREE cross-cultural celebration with drinks, drawings and bande dessinée. Ivan Brunetti, will join the festivities and dialog! A must-attend event! Click for Facebook event>> REMINDER! DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO CAST YOUR VOTE! Ape and Armadillo Take Over The World by James Sturm NOMINATED FOR BEST EARLY READER (UP TO AGE 8) ACCESS REVIEW COPY HERE VOTE HERE |
A star-studded lineup at the ALA! |
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If you're heading to Chicago for the American Library Association's Annual Conference next week, there are plenty of opportunities to meet TOON authors! Be sure to plan your schedules to catch these fantastic author signings and events.
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★★★ "There are plenty of stories about what toys get up to at night, but this quiet, masterfully executed comic is particularly enchanting."
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Liniers’s U.S. debut, The Big Wet Balloon, was selected as one of Parents Magazine’s top ten and his follow up, Written and Drawn by Henrietta, was named one of School Library Journal’s Best Books of the Year. Liniers is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, but he now lives in Vermont as the artist-in-residence at the Center for Cartoon Studies with his wife and three young daughters. They have fallen in love with the New England landscape, the house they live in, the night sky and the family's new puppy, Elliot, all of which figure prominently in GOOD NIGHT, PLANET.
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Liniers' ALA Appearances: Book signing of GOOD NIGHT, PLANET
June 25 @ 10 - 10:30AM
Location: Consortium Booth #3124
PANEL: Universal Language of Comics: Culture and Creation Beyond America
June 25 @ 1 - 2:30PM
International comics creators discuss how the form bridges cultures and helps people explore common ground. Also with Elise Gravel!
Click for more details >>
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park/CC 10AB
Book signing of GOOD NIGHT, PLANET
June 25 @ 3 - 4PM
Location: Publishers Spotlight Booth #1112 |
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★★★ "A tribute as heartfelt as it is joyous."
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Elise Gravel was born in Montreal in 1977, where she now lives with her two daughters, husband, cats, and a few spiders. She started to draw not long after birth, and became very talented at drawing muscles and chest hair in high school, which came in handy later on when she illustrated The Great Antonio. She has written and illustrated more than 30 books, which have been translated into a dozen languages.
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Elise Gravel's ALA Appearances: Book signing of The Great Antonio
June 24 @ 2 - 2:30 PM
Location: Publishers Spotlight booth #1112
PANEL: Universal Language of Comics: Culture and Creation Beyond America
June 25 @ 1 - 2:30PM
International comics creators discuss how the form bridges cultures and helps people explore common ground. Also with Liniers!
Click for more details >>
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park/CC 10AB |
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Kevin McCloskey is the author of the critically acclaimed TOON Books Giggle and Learn series, which also includes The Real Poop on Pigeons! and We Dig Worms! He teaches illustration at Kutztown University, in Pennsylvania. Kevin says he discovered many things about goldfish thanks to his son, Daniel. “When he was a teenager, Daniel dug a small pond about the size of a bathtub. It was soon covered with water lillies,” Kevin remembers. “Every winter the pond freezes over, but when spring comes, the fish are still alive. You see them when the ice becomes clear, all lined up next to the pump. I find that amazing. Neighborhood kids have brought us the fish they won at fairs. It’s been almost twenty years and we now have about seventeen fish.” Kevin adds, “I should point out that the various fish in this book would not all live in the same places. Some are deep-sea fish, and some are freshwater fish. I’m no scientist, but I love to learn by observing little creatures, especially those who live in my own backyard.” |
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Selected by ALA for the always-fun Artist Alley exhibit, stop by to see a happy marriage of science and creativity with Kevin McCloskey.
June 23 - 25 during Exhibit Hall Hours Location: Artist's Alley Booth #1234 |
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Ivan Brunetti has published several graphic novels and taught courses on editorial illustration and comics at the University of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago. His drawings have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and McSweeney's, among other publications, and he served as editor for Yale University Press's two-volume Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories.
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Book signing of Wordplay
June 24 @ 12 - 12:30 PM
Location: Publishers Spotlight booth #1112 |
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EVENT: Comics That Kiss Better
June 22, 7-9PM at Sector 2337
The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo & the French Comics Association host a FREE cross-cultural celebration with drinks, drawings and bande dessinée. Ivan Brunetti, will join the festivities and dialog! A must-attend event! Click for Facebook event>> |
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