I’m thrilled to announce that Friends of Lulu has nominated Hereville for two awards! “The Lulu Awards recognizes the the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women.”
Hereville was nominated for the Leah Adezio Award For Best Kid-Friendly Work, and Mirka was nominated for Best Female Character.
To vote for Hereville (or for the other nominees — swell folks, all of them!), go to Friends of Lulu and follow the directions there.
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Hey, speaking of Hereville, whatever happened to it? I’m still working on it, believe it or not. Comics are slow!
The graphic novel will be coming out from Abrams in late 2010 (in time for Hanukkah!). I’m just finishing up the second draft of the pencils now, and I’ll begin work on the final art in a bit over a week.
Meanwhile, just to whet people’s appetites, here’s a penciled page from chapter one:
Although most of them don’t come up in the graphic novel (which I’m working on, really!), Mirka actually has a lot of sisters. Just one brother, though. Anyhow, I thought this sketch of all the siblings would be fun to post.
On March 31, 2009 · Comments Off on Barry will be on The Erika Moen show tonight
I’ll be on Erika Moen’s weekly video podcast tonight — you can watch it here, starting at 7:30 west coast time. We’ll be talking about Hereville and whatever else comes up. And you can also type in questions for me live. (There’s an archive of Erika’s past shows here.)
Erika’s a terrific cartoonist, by the way; I’m a fan of her autobiographical comic strip “DAR: A Super-Girly Top Secret Comic Diary.” (But be warned that Erika’s comics include lots of nudity and jokes about genitals and farts, so willing adults only should check out her comics.)
On January 29, 2009 · Comments Off on More Hereville Title Page Sketches!
Remember, you can own a paper copy of “Hereville” of your very own!
For folks that pay extra, I do a sketch on the title page. Each sketch is different. Here are three sketches I haven’t posted before; you can see a bunch more here.
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On December 25, 2008 · Comments Off on Two positive mentions of “Hereville”
The School Library Journal blog has a “best graphic novels of 2008” post, in which longtime friend of Hereville Brigid Alverson is nice enough to recommend Hereville. Thanks, Brigid! (And reading through the rest of the post, I’m very jazzed to be in such great company.)
And the blog Jewschool, which I’ve liked for a long time, posted a very positive review, as well.
Beyond the thrill of a well-told story that is steeped in Jewish culture without feeling forced or condescending, it’s a pleasure to read a story with an Orthodox heroine who’s both a feminist and feminine without being, well, a cartoon.
LAST PAGE!!!!!!
Took a long time to draw this page, too.
Next week: The front cover. (I know everyone’s already seen it in tiny form, but hopefully it’ll be nicer seeing it big.)
On December 16, 2008 · Comments Off on I recorded a Peter Beagle short story for Podcastle!
Head over to Podcastle to hear me read "Gordon, the Self-Made Cat," by Peter S. Beagle. I was a huge Beagle fan as a kid, so being able to record this was a major “squeeeee!” moment for me.
I don’t remember why I decided to draw the witch’s hair that way, but I’m not ruling out masochism. Takes a loooong while to ink that stuff.
Also, sorry this posted late. I messed up when I coded the time for this entry to appear.
