"Shooter" - April 2009

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Amulet Nominated for Eisner Award - Amulet Book One: The Stonekeeper is nominated for an Eisner Award!

CBC Nominates Amulet - Amulet Book One: The Stonekeeper is nominated for a Children's Choice Book Award in which nearly 15,000 kids cast their votes for their favorite books of the year.

Best Books for Young Adults 2009 - Amulet Book One: The Stonekeeper makes the list!

Will Smith and Akiva Goldsman option Amulet movie - The film will be based on the story of the first two books. Screenwriters have been hired, but the film has yet to be greenlit. I hope it comes together!

Ain't It Cool News reviews Daisy Kutter - "It’s just great when I come across a book that is a perfect representation of sequential art. When I read a graphic novel/comic book that is the pinnacle of characterization, storytelling and art I just giggle with glee. It makes me so happy to come across a book that exemplifies the best in its class and make no mistake about it DAISY KUTTER: THE LAST TRAIN is one of the best comics I’ve ever read. Period." Click to read the full review.

Best Books for Young Adults 2006 - Daisy Kutter - The Last Train is listed as one of the "Best Books for Young Adults" by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and the American Library Association (ALA).

25 People in Webcomics - Comixpedia cites me as one of the 25 people of webcomics for 2005.

Best Webcomics of 2005 - The Webcomics Examiner makes a list of their favorite online comics. Copper, along with the comics of a whole slew of my friends, made it on the list this year.

Comic Belief - Another catchy article title. This is a scan of a recent article in the Pasadena Star News. Here's an accompanying cover image.

Scholastic Snares a Viper - The title of this article is pretty hilarious. It talks a little about my next graphic novel series. This article is from Publisher's Weekly.

Copper in the New York Times - Copper is featured in an article on webcomics.

Copper on G4TV - Copper is featured on Attack of the Show.

DK review at Silver Bullet Comic Books - "Daisy Kutter: The Last Train reaffirmed my faith in comic book story-telling, and I can’t wait to read it again." - Keith Dallas

DK review at Diamond's Scoop - "We had managed to overlook Daisy Kutter when it first came out in mini-series form, but no such mistake this time."

DK review at The Fourth Rail - "Mix equal parts George Lucas, Miyazaki and Sergio Leone and you've got some idea what to expect from Daisy Kutter, the western/sci-fi adventure by Kazu Kibuishi." - Randy Lander

 

 



Secret Identities
April 24, 2009 - Friday

Go

I recently drew this pin-up of a character I created called "Go" for the Secret Identities Asian American Superhero anthology.  The book was put together by Jeff Yang and it features comics by a bunch of Asian American artists and writers, including my friends Gene Yang, Sonny Liew, Benton Jew, and Anthony Wu.  For more info on the project, check out the Secret Identities blog.  And here is the plot synopsis for GO...

John Go is an ordinary programmer working for a tech company in Chicago.  Working late one night, an elderly man with a briefcase informs him that the company he works for is actually from another planet, and run by a race of beings that are not quite human.  John laughs nervously and goes to call security, but before he can pick up the phone, the elderly man opens the briefcase to reveal a strange, purple smoke swirling from inside.  The smoke surges forward and enters John’s mouth, nose, and ears, sending him to the floor in a panic attack.  The elderly man sits calmly next to John, his eyes glowing, and he begins to explain…

“In several months, an alien invasion will take place.  The work you have been so diligently performing for this company has helped lay the groundwork for the destruction of the human race.  Since you have been blissfully unaware of all this, we will give you a second chance to save your people.  The spirit that now lives in you will give you the strength needed to fight and destroy the enemy from within.  As soon as your job is done, you will be set free.”

And thus begins John Go’s quest to stop the oncoming alien assault.  He must enlist the aid of the few co-workers who are human and secretly work to subvert the plans of the company.  Will he succeed?  Will people think he’s gone crazy?  Find out what happens next in the first issue of GO!

In other news...

Tomorrow is the Street Fighter tribute show at Nucleus!  I just saw the pieces and they are incredible.  Lots of talented folks contributed.  And hey, there's a Street Fighter 4 tournament going on!  If you have the skills, you ought to give it a shot.  This should be one of the biggest shows of the year, and I'll hopefully see you there.

According to my latest royalty statement, Amulet 1 has sold 180,000 copies in its first year.  While I know we can do better, and I have high hopes for what Amulet 2 will bring to the series, we seem to be off to a great start.

The Copper book and Flight 6 are pretty much wrapped up, which means Amulet 3 is now officially underway.  The initial draft of the synopsis is done and I will be moving onto the thumbnails in the next few days.  The story is shaping up to be really good, so I'm excited to get cranking on this book!

 



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