Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.
I’m a longtime fan of Ellie Arscott‘s art, so was especially excited to hear about her debut as a children’s book illustrator for NIGHT WALK, a new picture book written by award-winning author Sara O’Leary and illustrated by Ellie. Launching Sept. 29th from Groundwood, their book has already garnered a lot . . .
I recently got tagged on a post by someone sharing one of my writing-related comics on Twitter. I usually don’t mind this, but this time I discovered that the person had purposely stripped out all of my copyright info, name of my comic, URL to my comic and my byline, . . .
Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 Part 5: Gurple and Preen Launches! Click here to see a replay of our book launch event at Blue Willow Bookshop!
Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 PART 4: How One Of The Illustrations Changed Over Revisions With help from her friends at Simon & Schuster (including from the author in later stages) as well as working on her own, Debbie went through many revisions of her illustrations for Gurple and Preen. . . .
Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 PART 3: How Debbie Created The Illustrations While waiting for Linda Sue Park and Justin Chanda to finish the manuscript, Debbie was figuring out how to do the illustrations for the book. Unlike her other book illustrations, Gurple and Preen would use photography as well as . . .
Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 From GURPLE AND PREEN author, Linda Sue Park: – I knew right away that the story would be about robots, because my favorite image from Debbie’s Broken Crayon gallery is this one: – Gurple’s name was originally ‘Grayon.’ I liked that name, but I . . .