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More from Banned Books Week: Paste Magazine lists their top 10 challenged works:
More from Banned Books Week: Paste Magazine lists their top 10 challenged works:
Some are surprising, like the benign Bone series, while others are definitely not, like the works of Frank Miller or Alan Moore. But all of these comics offer cultural value that deserves to be experienced.
Banned Books Week 2014
September 21st marks the start of Banned Books Week, and this year’s focus is on comics and graphic novels. Graphic novels continually rate on the American Library Association’s (ALA) Top 10 list of Frequently Challenged Books, with BONE landing at the #10 spot this year.
Banned Books Week celebrates the Freedom to Read by encouraging readouts,displays, and community activities designed to raise awareness of the ongoing threats of censorship that continue to occur.CBLDF.org offers a broad range of resources about banned and challenged comics, as well as tools that libraries, retailers and individuals can use to develop their own BannedBooks Week celebrations. For an introduction to banned books and Banned Books Week,visit CBLDF’s FAQ: Banned Books Week 101.
Weekly Recap
Check out this week’s happenings!
The Challenge: Click to participate in the Tuki Spot the Difference!
The Adorable: Jeff Smith interviewed by a 5 year old!
The Freebie! New Tuki page added
The Fact: The Cartoonist Documentary
The Serious: The Guardian asked Jeff to weigh in on banned books
The Question: What are your Top 10 Books?
The Anniversary: RASL Color Hardcover released 1 year ago
Bone author Jeff Smith speaks out ahead of US Banned Books Week
Bone author Jeff Smith speaks out ahead of US Banned Books Week
‘You can’t take away someone’s ability to choose what they want to read,’ says Smith, as forces of free speech mobilise for 2014 event focusing on graphic novels and comics
Follow Friday: Liniers
Liniers is an Argentinian cartoonist best known for his very popular work Macanudo, which is a daily comic strip published in the newspaper La Nacion. Liniers’ first U.S. published work debuted last Fall – The Big Wet Balloon, via TOON Books.
Learn more about Liniers’ by visiting these sites:
http://autoliniers.blogspot.com/
http://macanudoliniers.blogspot.com/
What are your Top 10 Books?
List the 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take more than a few minutes, and don’t think too hard. They do not have to be the ‘right’ books or great works of literature, just ones that have affected you in some way.
Jeff’s Favorites are (in no particular order)
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- Prehysterical Pogo (in Pandemonia) by Walt Kelly
- The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
- Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Don Quixote by Cervantes
- Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory
- Here Comes Snoopy by Charles M. Schulz
Ready? GO!
#FollowFriday Jeff Lemire
Jeff Lemire is the author and comics artist of such brilliant stories such as the Essex County Trilogy, Sweet Tooth, The Nobody and Animal Man. While most of his work is published by Top Shelf, he also writes comics for DC, Dark Horse and Valiant Comics. Everyone here at Cartoon Books loves Jeff’s work, so give him a whirl if checked him out before: http://jefflemire.blogspot.com/
National Book Festival Fan Art
Wherever Jeff goes-Conventions, store signings, book festivals-you name it—he always comes home with sketches from fans. Whether it is an homage to BONE, RASL, or TUKI, or to Jeff himself, we wind up with a trove of treasure!
The National Book Festival was no different. Here are a few samples of the fan art gifts Jeff received last weekend from Devin Symons (portrait of Jeff).
From Oscar Ferguson (Red Dragon, Fone Bone, Tuki and the Wizard).
Follow Friday: Tom Sniegoski
Follow Friday: Tom Sniegoski
Tom Sniegoski might be best known to BONE fans as the co-collaborator on the Quest for the Spark series as well as Stupid, Stupid Rat Tails, and Tall Tales!
Tom is a very accomplished author, having worked on many other genres of books (Adult Fiction, Teen Fiction and Juvenile Fiction) including: The Fallen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Monster Book, Billy Hooten, the Remy Chandler series and I could go on and on! One of the greatest guys in comics-if you don’t know about Tom Sniegoski, you gotta check him out: http://www.sniegoski.com/
National Book Festival Follow-up
The annual National Book Festival took place last weekend in Washington, DC, where Jeff Smith was an invited guest at the first ever Graphic Novel Night Super Session. The inclusion of Graphic Novels was a smashing success with very long lines for Jeff’s signing and a jam-packed house for his presentation, which stretched late into the evening.
It was a great weekend for Graphic Novels, beginning with BONE being featured on the back page of the Washington Post’s ‘Book World’ supplement. [View the comic]
Jeff and Raina Telgemeier (Smile, Sisters) during their book signing session
Jeff and Kyle Baker (Plastic Man, Why I Hate Saturn) enjoying cocktails at the Library of Congress Gala Reception
A shot of the Library lit up for the Gala
Jeff and Vijaya at the Library of Congress
Thanks for sticking around!
Remember-you can always catch up on BONE, RASL and Tuki for FREE by visiting the links above.
Tuki #2 Cover
Check out the official cover for Tuki #2! The highly anticipated second issue will be shipping from Diamond Comics October 2014!
Follow Friday: Gene Luen Yang
Gene Yang is the graphic novelist behind the critically acclaimed Boxers and Saints as well as American Born Chinese, the latter of which was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the American Library Association’s Printz Award!
Gene continues to write, draw and promote graphic novels, while also teaching a course in ‘Writing for Children and Young Adults’ at Hamline, To see what Gene is up to and where he will be appearing next, please visit his website:
Bone in Greece
Here’s what the Greek edition of Bone Volume 1 looks like!
My inspiration for Rasl
Science fiction and noir. RASL came out of my love for these genres. Some of my favorite authors are Arthur C. Clarke, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. I also watch a lot of noir film classics like The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep. – Jeff Smith
Rocket Raccoon Sketches
Jeff Smith was invited by Marvel to participate in the re-launch of Guardians of the Galaxy’s“ Rocket Raccoon” story. He did a variant cover that was sold exclusively at Comic-Con International in San Diego this past July.
Here you can see the entire process, from pencil sketches,to the inks to the final color!
National Book Festival Reminder
As a reminder, the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival is next Saturday, August 30 at the Washington Convention Center. The event is free and open to the public, and will run from 10:00am to 10:00pm.
Jeff was invited to give a presentation at the Festivals’ first ‘Graphic Novel Night. We hope you can drop during these times!
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Book Signing
9:00 pm – 9:45 pm – Graphic Novels Super Session
More than 100 authors of all genres for readers of all ages were invited to celebrate this day of literacy, so there is something for everyone!
Emerald City Con Fan Art
This nifty piece comes from our pal Kevin H. who gifted us with this while we were attending Emerald City Con in Seattle earlier this year!
Have any fanart you want to send our way? Send ‘em on over to:
Cartoon Books
P.O. Box 16973
Columbus, OH 43216
Follow Friday: Kazu Kibuishi
Kazu Kibuishi is the author and illustrator behind the New York Times Bestselling Series ‘Amulet. He is also known for his work on ‘Copper’, ‘Daisy Kutter’ and the critically acclaimed ‘Flight’ anthologies. Kazu runs his art studio- Boltcity Productions – with a small but mighty crew, including a roster of rotating up and coming artists in their internship program!
To see what Kazu is up to and where you can catch his next tour stop, check Boltcity.com,
Introducing Bao Boutique Brera
Bao Publishing is our Italian publisher for Bone and Rasl. They recently held their first pop up store – Bao Boutique Brera – for a very fun and successful three week run. The goal of the experience was to show how comics can be in the everyday lives of normal people, more than they have been so far! Bao continues to push the envelope with their stylish and innovative ideas!
Boston Comic Con 2014 Schedule
- Booth Signing 2pm-4pm
- Booth Signing 7pm-8pm
Saturday August 9 Show Hours 10am-7pm
- Booth Signing 11am-1pm
- Booth Signing 4pm-6pm
Sunday August 10 Show Hours 10am-6pm
#followFriday: Dan Clowes
Dan Clowes is the multiple Eisner and Harvey-award winning graphic novelist of such delightfully entertaining stories like Ghost World and Eightball.
An exhibition of his work was recently unveiled at The Ohio State University’s Wexner Center for the Arts titled “Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes.” He also curated an exhibition titled ‘Eye of the Cartoonist: Daniel Clowes’Selections from Comics History’, which is coincidentally being held at The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Museum.
Find out what Dan is up to!
Official Site: http://www.danielclowes.com
Hero Complex Video Interview: Daniel Clowes talks Indie Comics
Save the Date 8/30 Book Festival
Do you live near Washington, DC? The Library of Congress National Book Festival, known for celebrating the literary contributions of authors,illustrators and poets, will take place at the Walter E.Washington Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.. This event will also be hosting its first Graphic Novel Night!
Jeff Smith will be signing books, which will be followed by a reading presentation.
Book Signing
Saturday, August 30
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Graphic Novels Super Session
Saturday, August 30
9:00 pm – 9:45 pm
The festival is free and open to the public! Visit the National Book Festival website:for further details.
Up Next: Boston Comic Con!
Our first tour stop for August takes us to the great city of Boston! This is Jeff’s first time attending Boston Comic Con, and it is also a first for Cartoon Books! We couldn’t be more excited to meet our Bostonian fans and also tour the city. As we get closer to the show, we’ll be posting our location on the show floor, as well as where you can find Jeff during panels and signings. Drop by the official Boston Comic-Con site for more details.
SDCC Preview Night Update
Cartoon Books will be posting photos during the run of the show—no other updates at this time, but guess who’s here! Jeff Smith of course, and others include: Vijaya Iver, Tom James Gaadt, and Art Hanthorn. We’ll see you there!
San Diego Comic Con T-Minus 1 Day
We’ve got 1 more day until the magic begins at San Diego Comic Con! Tom and Artie are off to San Diego and we all can;t wait to see you!
And as a reminder, here is where you can find Cartoon Books and Jeff during the run of the show:San Diego Comic-Con Schedule.
Cartoon Books’ Booth at #2109A!
Wednesday July 23 is Preview Night! Hours 5:00pm-9:00pm
- Booth Signing 6:00pm-8:00pm
Thursday July 24 Show Hours 9:00am-7:00pm
- Panel: Digital Comics 12:00pm-1:00pm Room 7AB
- Booth Signing 2:00pm-4:00pm
Friday July 25 Show Hours 9:00am-7:00pm
- Booth Signing 11:00am-1:30pm
- Panel: Pogo 3:30pm-4:30pm Room 8
Saturday July 26 Show Hours 9:00am-7:00pm
- Booth Signing 10:00am-12:00pm
- Panel: Banned Books 1:00pm-2:00pm Room 30CDE
- Panel: Spotlight on Jeff Smith 4:00pm-5:00pm Room 9
- Booth Signing 6:00pm-7:00pm
Sunday July 27 Show Hours 9:00am-5:00pm
- Booth Signing 11:00am-2:00pm
- Booth Signing 4:00pm-5:00pm
