#First Second

[smashpages]

Preview pages from Emily Carroll’s A Guest in the House (First Second, August 2023)

[marinscos]

ladies prefer blondes

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[akasuzana]

Check it out, we're in Publisher's Weekly! ♥ We are SO excited for this project!!

Kiara Valdez at First Second has bought world rights to Tripping Over You, a YA graphic novel by Suzana Harcum & Owena White, adapted from their webcomic of the same name!

[jaymajaym]

lil newsletter update talking about my debut as a colorist and more on working on MIA AND FRIENDS as a project! This was a pretty unexpected and fun project that I'm proud to have been a part of and wanted to chat about it a bit.

Read it on substack at smile, crocodile here!!

[balu8]

Shuna's Journey 

by Hayao Miyazak

First Second

[ronsalas]

ALI

[smgoetter]

In exactly ONE MONTH!!! from now, me & Natalie's new graphic novel "The Bawk-Ness Monster" from @01firstsecond will be released! On that very same day we'll ALSO be at a book launch event at BookPeople in Austin! We'll have a live drawing demo, audience Q&A and a signing. You can RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-presents-natalie-riess-sara-goetter-the-bawk-ness-monster-tickets-634846822937 or check out the BookPeople website for more info. We're really looking forward to it!

[bidisasterevankinard]

Parents (especially mom): you don't talk to us and don't share anything. we don't know anything about you and you never let us ask

also my parents: make affensive comments or jokes about my choises

[graphicpolicy]

Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy flips familiar moments and a familiar story and it works so well

Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy flips familiar moments and a familiar story and it works so well #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel

It should have been a night of triumph for Alix’s hockey team. But when her mean-girl team captain Lindsay goes after Alix with her cruelest dig yet, Alix loses what remains of her self-control and punches Lindsay out. Before she knows it, their coach is dragging Alix off Lindsay, and her invitation to the Canada National Women’s U18 Team’s summer camp is on the line. Alix is shaken. She needs to…

[comicsispeople]

So excited for THE ELEVENTH HOUR live show tonight!!!

You can watch on the McElroy Family YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yIl0P1HISQ

Brookline Booksmith YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoV9qNkuH2I

Or Left Bank Books YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pHMfznuw4k

(only three more hours!)

[smashpages]

Out this week: A Guest in the House (First Second, $27.99):

Emily Carroll’s latest graphic novel is about a woman who marries a widower and moves in with him and his daughter — only to become haunted by the memory of his dead wife and obsessed with finding out what really happened to her. Horror at its best, in comics form.

See what else is arriving at your local comic shop this week.

[marinscos]

Belle of the Ball, my lesbian YA romcom comes out march 21st everywhere books are sold!

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[winningthesweepstakes]

Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki

Juna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki. Translated byAlex Dudok de Wit. First Second, 2022, c1983. 9781250846525 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover graphic novel Genre:  Fantasy What did you like about the book? Miyazaki’s 1983 story has been translated for the first time, and his English speaking fans will be delighted. Although not technically manga, this…

[swsearle]

Been working on inks for The Sweetness Between Us and having a lot of fun! Here’s my reference sheet for the leads, my style sure has changed since The Greatest Thing (in a good way I hope).

I post a lot more work-in-progress peeks on Patreon (swinsea)!