gettysburg
150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
on July 1st, One hundred and fifty years ago one of the most decisive battles of the American Civil war was fought. The battle last for three days and at the end there were nearly fifty thousand casualties- nearly eight thousand people and three thousand horses were dead (amazingly only one civilian died during the […]
No News is Good News but this is Good News
First thing first- The American Library Association has posted it’s best picks for 2010 and guess who tops the list for non-fiction? Okay okay, it’s in alphabetical order but Gettysburg is amongst some amazing titles and I’m very fortunate. You can see it all right HERE! Aside of that a young Italian graphic designer- Lorenzo […]
Society of Illustrators
I had a great time last Thursday at the reception of the Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators. It was cool and rewarding to have a spread from Gettysburg up on the wall next to the work of some incredibly talented illustrators (it was the spread featured above). I didn’t have to celebrate […]
Society of Illustrators- Original Art Show
Just a reminder that a spread from my graphic novel “Gettysburg” was chosen and will be on display at the Soceity of Illustrators Original Art 2009. So if your free and are willing to purchase the tickets I’ll humbly be there amongst some of the greatest illustrators out there. Click HERE for more info on […]
New good review for Gettysburg!
Always happy to post a good review for my book Gettysburg! This time from the Reading tub blog! check it out here! Another beautiful September day in NYC maybe I was just waiting for Fall to kick in!
Gettysburg is Selected by Society of Illustrators
My book- “Gettysburg” was selected by the hallowed Society of Illustrators for their 2009 Original Art show- “The fine art of Children’s book illustration. “The Original Art”, an exhibit celebrating the fine art of children’s book illustration, is on display at the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators from October 22 through […]
Teaching Nonfiction Graphic Novels- Gettysburg
Gettysburg the Graphic Novel was recently used by Dr. Katie Monnin of the University of North Florida in this article and will be featured in this book “Teaching Graphic Novels: Practical Strategies for the Secondary ELA Classroom from Maupin House”. Dr. Monnin has done some exceptional work on the methods and practical curriculum of reading […]
Gettysburg “Top Ten U.S. History Graphic Novels”
Author Judy Drury has recently informed me that she has chosen “Gettysburg” to featured in her book on the top non-fiction graphic novels for publisher Neal-Schuman. She then told me that she thought it was in the top ten of “U.S. History” graphic novels- with the works by Jason Lutes and James Sturm out there, […]
Stumptown Trade Review
As I’ve said before I had a great time at the Stumptown Comics festival in Portland, Oregon. I met so many cool people and got some amazing comics. A couple of days before at the Kennedy School I met an individual named “Tiny”. At 6+ feet and wearing a t-shirt that said “I beat anorexia”. […]
Graphic Novel Reporter interview and stumptown
Ohh, man. I’m tired in too many ways to describe. I just got back from Portland, OR after attending a great Stumptown comicsfest. It was a truly good time and cheers to everyone I met there- On another note my interview with Dr. Katie Monnin about Graphic Novels is now up at the Graphic Novel […]